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29th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition

1988 Speedway World Team Cup Previous 1987 Next 1989

The 1988 Speedway World Team Cup was the 29th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.

The three legged final format was scrapped and a one off final returned, which was held at the Veterans Memorial Stadium (Long Beach) in California, United States. It made no difference to Denmark who duly wrapped up a sixth consecutive title (and eighth in total) moving level with England's record. It was also Hans Nielsen's eighth gold medal having taken part in all of Denmark's title wins.

First round

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Austria - 41
Heinrich Schatzer - 14
Siegfried Eder - 12
Walter Nebel - 7
Robert Funk - 7
Andreas Bössner - 1 		 New Zealand - 35
Mitch Shirra - 14
Gary Allan - 9
Alan Rivett - 8
Bruce Cribb - 4 		 Norway - 25
Ingvar Skogland - 10
Arnt Förland - 7
Tor Einar Hielm - 5
Einar Kyllingstad - 2
Arne Svendsen - 1 		 Netherlands - 19
Henny Kroeze - 8
Henk Steman - 7
Robert Jan Munnecom - 3
Rob Steman - 1
Rene Elzinga - 0
  • Austria to second round

Second round

Day Venue Winner
2nd round
26 June Hungary Szeged Hungary Hungary
3 July Italy Lonigo Hungary Hungary

Leg 1

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Hungary - 52
Sándor Tihanyi - 15
Zoltán Adorján - 14
Antal Kocso - 12
Janosh Balogh - 7
József Petrikovics - 4 		 Italy - 41
Armando Dal Chiele - 13
Armando Castagna - 10
Paolo Salvatelli - 9
Valentino Furlanetto - 9
Gianni Famari - NS 		 Bulgaria - 15
Nikolai Manev - 5
Georgi Petranov - 3
Rudolf Valentinov - 3
Angel Eftimov - 3
Orlin Janakiev - 1 		 Austria - 12
Walter Nebel - 5
Robert Funk - 4
Toni Pilotto - 3
Siegfried Eder - 0
Heinrich Schatzer - 0

Leg 2

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Hungary - 44
Zoltán Adorján - 12
József Petrikovics - 12
Antal Kocso - 11
Sándor Tihanyi - 5
Janosh Balogh - 4 		 Italy - 43
Armando Castagna - 14
Valentino Furlanetto - 12
Paolo Salvatelli - 9
Ottaviano Righetto - 8
Armando Dal Chiele - 0 		 Austria - 22
Walter Nebel - 6
Robert Funk - 5
Toni Pilotto - 5
Andreas Bössner - 5
Siegfried Eder - 1 		 Bulgaria - 10
Georgi Petranov - 3
Rudolf Valentinov - 3
Nikolai Manev - 2
Orlin Janakiev - 1
Aleksi Todorov - 1
  • Hungary to third round

Third round

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 West Germany - 40
Klaus Lausch - 11
Tommy Dunker - 10
Karl Maier - 10
Gerd Riss - 9
Hans Faltermaier - 0 		 Hungary - 38
Zoltán Adorján - 14
Antal Kocso - 13
Sándor Tihanyi - 8
Janosh Balogh - 3
József Petrikovics - 0 		 Australia - 32
Stephen Davies - 11
Mick Poole - 9
Craig Hodgson - 6
Troy Butler - 5
Steve Baker - 1 		 Finland - 10
Ari Koponen - 4
Aki Ala-Riihimäki - 2
Olli Tyrväinen - 2
Roy Malminheimo - 2
Kai Niemi - 0

West Germany to fourth round

Fourth round

Day Venue Winner
4th round
21 August Czechoslovakia Prague Sweden Sweden
25 August Sweden Linköping Sweden Sweden

Leg 1

Placing Team / Rider name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 17 18 19 20
1  Sweden 49 3 6 9 11 14 17 19 21 23 26 29 32 33 35 38 39 42 44 47 49
(5) Per Jonsson 13 3 3 3 1 10 3
(6) Jimmy Nilsen 14 3 3 3 3 12 2
(7) Tony Olsson 11 2 2 3 2 9 2
(8) Conny Ivarsson 6 3 2 - 1 6 -
(18) Henrik Gustafsson 5 2 2 3
2  Czechoslovakia 28 1 2 3 6 6 7 7 10 11 11 11 13 16 16 18 20 22 25 27 28
(1) Roman Matoušek 11 3 3 2 2 10 1
(2) Antonín Kasper Jr. 6 1 0 E 2 3 3
(3) Lubomír Jedek 7 1 1 F 3 5 2
(4) Petr Vandírek 4 1 0 1 - 2 2
(17) Bohumil Brhel 0 0 0
3  West Germany 26 0 3 5 6 7 9 10 10 13 14 16 16 18 21 22 25 25 25 26 26
(13) Gerd Riss 10 3 1 3 3 10 0
(14) Klaus Lausch 1 0 0 - 1 1 0
(15) Karl Maier 8 2 2 0 3 7 1
(16) Tommy Dunker 6 1 1 2 2 6 0
(20) Hans Faltermaier 1 1 1
4  Poland 17 2 2 2 2 4 4 7 8 8 10 11 12 12 13 13 13 14 15 15 17
(9) Roman Jankowski 4 0 2 2 0 4 0
(10) Piotr Świst 0 0 0 - E 0 -
(11) Andrzej Huszcza 4 0 1 1 1 3 1
(12) Zenon Kasprzak 8 2 3 1 0 6 2
(19) Eugeniusz Skupien 1 0 0 1
Placing Team / Rider name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 17 18 19 20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

Leg 2

Placing Team / Rider name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 17 18 19 20
1  Sweden 51 3 6 9 12 15 17 20 22 25 28 30 33 36 38 41 42 45 48 50 51
(9) Per Jonsson 10 3 3 3 - 9 1
(10) Jimmy Nilsen 11 3 2 - 3 8 3
(11) Tony Olsson 10 3 2 - 2 7 3
(12) Conny Ivarsson 11 3 3 3 - 9 2
(19) Henrik Gustafsson 9 3 2 3 1 9
2  West Germany 31 2 3 3 4 6 9 11 11 11 13 16 17 17 20 20 22 24 26 29 31
(5) Gerd Riss 12 2 3 3 2 10 2
(6) Klaus Lausch 6 1 2 1 0 4 2
(7) Karl Maier 11 1 2 2 3 8 3
(8) Tommy Dunker 0 0 0 - 0 0 -
(18) Hans Faltermaier 2 0 0 2
3  Czechoslovakia 22 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 6 7 8 9 11 13 13 15 18 18 18 19 22
(1) Roman Matoušek 11 0 3 2 3 8 3
(2) Antonín Kasper Jr. 5 1 0 1 2 4 1
(3) Lubomír Jedek 0 0 0 - - 0 -
(4) Petr Vandírek 3 1 1 1 0 3 F
(17) Bohumil Brhel 3 1 2 3 F
4  Poland 14 0 2 4 6 6 7 8 9 11 11 11 11 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 14
(13) Andrzej Huszcza 5 2 1 2 0 5 0
(14) Piotr Świst 1 0 - 0 1 1 -
(15) Roman Jankowski 4 2 1 0 1 4 0
(16) Zenon Kasprzak 2 2 0 0 - 2 F
(20) Eugeniusz Skupien 2 1 1 2 E
Placing Team / Rider name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 17 18 19 20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside
  • Sweden to World Final

World Final

Placing Team / Rider name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 17 18 19 20
1  Denmark 44 2 3 6 9 10 13 16 19 20 23 26 29 30 33 36 39 40 42 44 44
(1) Hans Nielsen 14 3 3 3 3 12 2
(2) Jan O. Pedersen 12 3 3 3 3 12 -
(3) Erik Gundersen 8 1 3 3 1 8 -
(4) Tommy Knudsen 8 2 1 1 3 7 1
(17) John Jørgensen 2 0 2 0
2  United States 32 1 4 4 5 7 9 11 13 16 16 16 18 20 21 21 23 26 26 29 32
(13) Sam Ermolenko 13 3 2 3 2 10 3
(14) Lance King 6 1 2 0 - 3 3
(15) Shawn Moran 8 F 2 2 1 5 3
(16) Kelly Moran 5 1 2 0 2 5 0
(20) Rick Miller 0 E 0
3  Sweden 22 3 3 5 5 8 9 10 11 11 12 13 14 14 14 16 17 17 20 20 22
(9) Per Jonsson 9 2 3 1 1 7 2
(10) Conny Ivarsson 0 0 - F - 0 -
(11) Tony Olsson 4 0 1 - 0 1 3
(12) Jimmy Nilsen 5 3 1 1 E 5 E
(19) Henrik Gustafsson 4 1 1 2 4 E
4  England 22 0 2 3 5 5 5 5 5 7 9 11 11 14 16 17 17 19 20 21 22
(5) Simon Wigg 0 0 0 - 0 0 -
(6) Simon Cross 3 2 0 0 - 2 1
(7) Kelvin Tatum 7 2 0 2 2 6 1
(8) Chris Morton 4 1 0 - 3 4 -
(18) Gary Havelock 8 2 2 1 5 2 1
Placing Team / Rider name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 17 18 19 20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

See also

References

  1. "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  2. "1988 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  4. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
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