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18th edition of the World motorcycle speedway Pairs Championship

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The 1987 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the eighteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia. The championship was won by host Denmark (52 points) who beat England (44 points) and United States (36 points).

Semifinal 1

Pos. Team Rider Points
1st  Denmark (54 pts) 11.Hans Nielsen (5,4,4,5,4,5) 27
12.Erik Gundersen (4,5,5,4,5,4) 27
2nd  New Zealand (44 pts) 15.Mitch Shirra (5,5,4,2,5,2) 23
16.David Bargh (3,3,5,3,4,3) 21
3rd  Poland (36 pts) 9.Wojciech Żabiałowicz (3,4,4,5,4,1) 21
10.Roman Jankowski (2,2,5,4,2,0) 15
4  Finland (35 pts) 13.Kai Niemi (4,4,3,2,3,4) 20
14.Olli Tyrväinen (2,5,1,0,5,2) 15
5  Sweden (30 pts) 5.Jimmy Nilsen (5,3,0,1,3,5) 17
6.Per Jonsson (4,0,3,3,0,3) 13
6  Bulgaria (26 pts) 7.Angel Jeftimov (1,1,2,2,0,4) 10
8.Nikolaj Manev (0,3,1,5,2,5) 16
7  Norway (20 pts) 3.Arne Svendsen (3,0,2,4,3,1) 13
4.Tor Einar Hielm (2,1,0,3,1,0) 7
8  France (16 pts) 17.Thierry Hilaire (1,2,2,1,1,3) 9
18.Patrice Blondy (0,1,3,0,0,2) 7
9  Yugoslavia (9 pts) 1.Czaba Lazar (1,0,1,1,2,1) 5
2.Artur Horvat (0,2,0,0,1,0) 4

Semifinal 2

Pos. Team Rider Points
1st  United States (49 pts) Shawn Moran 26
Kelly Moran 23
2nd  England (40 pts) Kelvin Tatum 21
Simon Wigg 19
3rd  Italy (38 pts) Valentino Furlanetto 23
Armando Castagna 15
4  Australia (36 pts) Steve Regeling 18
Steve Baker 18
5  Hungary (25 pts) Zoltan Adorjan 15
Jozsef Petrikovics 10
6  West Germany (23 pts) Karl Maier 19
Gerd Riss 4
7  Austria (23 pts) Toni Pilotto 17
Heinrich Schatzer 6
8  Netherlands (14 pts) Robert-Jan Munnecom 10
Will Stroes 4
9  Belgium (14 pts) Vital Cardeynaels 9
Geert Cools 5


World final

Pos. Team Rider Points
1st  Denmark (52 pts) Erik Gundersen (4,4,5,4,4,5) 26
Hans Nielsen (3,5,4,5,5,4) 26
2nd  England (44 pts) Kelvin Tatum (5,5,5,5,3,1) 24
Simon Wigg (1,4,4,4,5,2) 20
3rd  United States (36 pts) Sam Ermolenko (3,0,5,2,5,3) 18
Kelly Moran (4,3,4,3,4,e) 18
4  New Zealand (36 pts) David Bargh (2,3,3,5,3,4) 20
Mitch Shirra (5,1,2,4,1,3) 16
5  Czechoslovakia (30 pts) Roman Matoušek (2,1,3,2,3,5) 16
Antonín Kasper Jr. (3,2,2,3,2,2) 14
6  Finland (19 pts) Olli Tyrväinen (5,4,0,e,2,0) 11
Kai Niemi (1,e,1,1,4,1) 8
7  Australia (21 pts) Steve Baker (4,2,0,3,2,5) 16
Steve Regeling (0,e,1,2,0,2) 5
8  Italy (18 pts) Armando Castagna (2,5,2,1,1,0) 11
Valentino Furlanetto (0,3,3,0,0,1) 7
9  Poland (14 pts) Wojciech Żabiałowicz (0,2,1,1,1,3) 8
Roman Jankowski (1,1,0,0,0,4) 6

See also

References

  1. "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 4)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 19 August 2009. Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
  3. "Danes defeat spirited challenge". Sandwell Evening Mail. 29 June 1987. Retrieved 11 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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