1982 Speedway World Team Cup

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The 1982 Speedway World Team Cup was the 23rd edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1]

The final took place on 15 August, at the White City Stadium in London.[2] The United States won their first title.[3][4][5]

Commonwealth round

DayVenueWinner
Stage 1
16 May England King's Lynn England England
16 May Norway Varhaug Denmark Denmark
16 May Italy Lonigo Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
16 May Hungary Miskolc Poland Poland
26 June Czechoslovakia Slaný Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
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  England 42 1 4 7 10 12 14 17 19 21 24 27 28 31 33 36 39 42 42 42 42
(13) Dave Jessup 11 3 3 2 3 11
(14) Kenny Carter 9 1 2 3 3 9
(15) Peter Collins 11 3 2 1 2 8 3
(16) Michael Lee 11 3 2 3 3 11
(20) Malcolm Simmons 0 0
2  United States 41 3 5 7 9 12 15 17 20 23 25 27 30 32 35 37 39 41 41 41 41
(1) Bruce Penhall 10 2 3 3 2 10
(2) Dennis Sigalos 8 2 2 2 2 8
(3) Shawn Moran 9 2 3 2 2 9
(4) Kelly Moran 14 3 3 3 3 12 2
(17) Scott Autrey 0 0
3  Australia 10 2 3 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10
(5) Billy Sanders 3 2 1 0 0 3
(6) Phil Crump 5 1 1 2 1 5
(7) John Titman 1 0 0 1 0 1
(8) Gary Guglielmi 1 1 0 - 0 1
(18) Steve Baker 0 0 0
4  New Zealand 8 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8
(9) Wayne Brown 1 0 0 - 1 1
(10) David Bargh 2 1 0 1 0 2
(11) Mitch Shirra 3 0 1 1 1 3
(12) Ivan Mauger 2 0 1 0 1 2
(19) Bruce Cribb 0 0 0
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

* England & USA to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian round

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Denmark - 43
Erik Gundersen - 12
Hans Nielsen - 12
Ole Olsen - 10
Tommy Knudsen - 9
Bo Petersen - NS		  Sweden - 23+3
Richard Hellsen - 8
Jan Andersson - 7+3
Tommy Nilsson - 4
Hans Danielsson - 3
Anders Eriksson - 1		  Finland - 23+2
Kai Niemi - 10+2
Ari Koponen - 6
Olli Tyrväinen - 4
Pekka Hautamaki - 3
Olli Turkia - NS		  Norway - 7
Dag Haaland - 3
Roy Otto - 3
Asgeir Bjerga - 1
Sigvart Pedersen - 0
Ingve Madland - NS

* Denmark & Sweden to Intercontinental Final

Continental round

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Czechoslovakia - 40
Petr Kucera - 11
Zdeněk Kudrna - 11
Aleš Dryml Sr. - 10
Milan Špinka - 6
Jan Verner - 2		  Italy - 37
Francesco Biginato - 11
Gianni Famari - 10
Mauro Ferraccioli - 9
Armando Dal Chiele - 7
Luigi Bazan - NS		  Netherlands - 13
Henny Kroeze - 4
Rudi Muts - 3
Piet Seur - 3
Henk Steman - 2
Leo Bathoorn - 1		  Yugoslavia - 6
Albert Kocmut - 4
Stefan Kekec - 1
Vlado Kocuvan - 1
Krešo Omerzel - 0
Zvanco Pavlic - 0

* Czechoslovakia & Italy to Continental Semi-Final

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Poland - 40
Henryk Olszak - 12
Roman Jankowski - 10
Edward Jancarz - 9
Zenon Plech - 9
Piotr Pyszny - 0		  Hungary - 24
Ferenc Farkas - 8
Zoltan Hajdu - 6
Istvan Sziraczki - 6
Zoltán Adorján - 4
Janos Oresko - NS		  Bulgaria - 18
Nikolai Manev - 7
Orlin Janakiev - 5
Angel Eftimov - 4
Vesselin Markov - 2
Todor Stojanov - NS		  Austria - 14
Hubert Fischbacher - 6
Herbert Szerecs - 3
Adi Funk - 2
Robert Funk - 2
Herbert Engelmaier - 1

* Poland & Hungary to Continental Semi-Final

Semi final

Pos.National teamPts.Riders
1st Czechoslovakia38

Aleš Dryml Sr. - 11
Petr Ondrašík - 9
Jiří Štancl - 9
Václav Verner - 9
Petr Kucera - NS

2nd Poland24

Roman Jankowski - 9
Henryk Olszak - 9
Edward Jancarz - 3
Zenon Plech - 3
Leonard Raba - 0

3rd Italy23

Francesco Biginato - 8
Gianni Famari - 6
Armando Dal Chiele - 5
Mauro Ferraccioli - 4
Luigi Bazan - NS

4 Hungary11

Zoltan Hajdu - 4
Zoltán Adorján - 3
Istvan Sziraczki - 3
Ferenc Farkas - 0
Janos Oresko - 1

Qualification stage 2

Continental final

Pos.National teamPts.Riders
1st Czechoslovakia31+3

13.Aleš Dryml Sr. - 9 (3,3,2,1)
14.Jiří Štancl - 10+3 (1,3,3,3)
15.Václav Verner - 4 (2,f,1,1)
16.Petr Ondrašík - 8 (3,2,2,1)
20.Petr Kucera - NS

2nd West Germany31+2

1.Georg Hack - 7 (0,2,3,2)
2.Alois Wiesböck - 6 (3,0,3,0)
3.Egon Müller - 8+2 (2,3,f,3)
4.Karl Maier - 10 (3,1,3,3)
17.Georg Gilgenreiner - NS

3rd Poland19

9.Edward Jancarz - 6 (1,3,2,0)
10.Roman Jankowski - 6 (2,2,f,2)
11.Marek Kepa - 2 (1,1,-,0)
12.Henryk Olszak - 5 (2,1,0,2)
19.Jerzy Rembas - 0 (-,-,f,-)

4 Soviet Union15

5.Viktor Kuznetsov - 5 (e,1,1,3)
6.Mikhail Starostin - 3 (f,0,2,1)
7.Valery Gordeev - 6 (1,2,1,2)
8.Rif Saitgareev - 0 (0,-,-,0)
18.Vladimir Paznikov - 1 (-,0,1,-)

Intercontinental final

Pos.National teamPts.Riders
1st United States34

13.Bruce Penhall - 10 (3,3,2,2)
14.Dennis Sigalos - 5 (r,2,3,0)
15.Shawn Moran - 9 (3,3,2,1)
16.Kelly Moran - 10 (1,3,3,3)
20.Bobby Schwartz - NS

2nd Denmark28

9.Ole Olsen - 3 (0,1,1,1)
10.Alf Busk - NS
11.Preben Eriksen - 7 (1,1,2,3)
12.Hans Nielsen - 8 (2,2,1,3)
19.Erik Gundersen - 10 (2,2,3,3)

3rd England25

1.Kenny Carter - 12 (3,3,3,3)
2.Dave Jessup - 4 (2,e,0,2)
3.Chris Morton - 6 (2,1,2,1)
4.Peter Collins - 3 (1,0,-,2)
17.Michael Lee - 0 (-,-,0,-)

4 Sweden9

5.Jan Andersson - 3 (2,0,1,0)
6.Richard Hellsen - 3 (f,2,0,1)
7.Tommy Nilsson - 1 (f,1,0,0)
8.Bjorn Andersson - 1 (1,0,-,0)
18.Lillebror Johansson - 1 (-,-,1,-)

World final

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