1985 Speedway World Team Cup

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The 1985 Speedway World Team Cup was the 26th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2]

The final took place at the Veterans Memorial Stadium (Long Beach), in California, United States. Denmark won their third consecutive title (and fifth in total) surpassing Poland's four titles and moving into third place in the all-time list.[3][4][5]

Commonwealth round

DayVenueWinner
stage 1
12 May England Bradford England England
12 May Norway Skien Denmark Denmark
12 May Italy Civitanova Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
12 May West Germany Olching West Germany West Germany
22 May Poland Gorzów Poland Poland

* 1st & 2nd to Intercontinental 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  England 42 2 5 8 11 13 15 16 19 22 25 28 31 34 37 40 42 42 42 42 42
(13) Phil Collins 9 3 1 3 2 9
(14) Kenny Carter 11 2 3 3 3 11
(15) Jeremy Doncaster 11 3 2 3 3 11
(16) Kelvin Tatum 11 3 2 3 3 11
(20) Chris Morton 0 0
2  Australia 21 3 5 6 7 7 10 12 12 12 13 15 17 18 20 21 21 21 21 21 21
(5) Phil Crump 8 3 3 2 0 8
(6) Steve Regeling 5 2 E 2 1 5
(7) Steve Baker 6 1 2 1 2 6
(8) Rod Hunter 1 1 0 - - 1
(18) Stan Bear 1 E 1 1
3  New Zealand 17 0 1 1 1 2 3 6 8 10 10 11 12 14 14 16 17 17 17 17 17
(1) Ivan Mauger 4 0 2 1 1 4
(2) Mitch Shirra 6 T 3 1 2 6
(3) Larry Ross 4 1 1 0 2 4
(4) Kym Mauger 1 0 1 - - 1
(17) Alan Mason 2 2 0 2
4  Finland 16 1 1 3 5 8 8 8 9 10 12 12 12 12 13 13 16 16 16 16 16
(9) Kai Niemi 10 2 3 2 3 10
(10) Ari Koponen 3 2 0 1 0 3
(11) Olli Tyrväinen 2 0 1 0 1 2
(12) Juha Moksunen 1 1 0 0 0 1
(19) Aki Ala-Riihimaki 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

Scandinavian round

* 1st & 2nd to Intercontinental Final

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Denmark - 43
Erik Gundersen - 12
Bo Petersen - 12
Preben Eriksen - 11
Jan O. Pedersen - 5
Tommy Knudsen - 3		  Sweden - 33
Jan Andersson - 10
Tommy Nilsson - 8
Per Jonsson - 6
Jimmy Nilsen - 6
Pierre Brannefors - 3		  Netherlands - 11
Frits Koppe - 5
Henny Kroeze - 3
Henk Steman - 3
Leo Bathoorn - 0
Wil Stroes - 0		  Norway - 8
Dag Haaland - 3
Einar Kyllingstad - 2
Roy Otto - 2
Ingvar Skogland - 1
Arnt Førland - 0

Continental round

* 1st & 2nd to Continental Semi-Final

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Czechoslovakia - 36
Václav Verner - 12
Antonín Kasper Jr. - 10
Aleš Dryml Sr. - 9
Zdenek Schneiderwind - 5		  Italy - 35
Armando Castagna - 10
Armando Dal Chiele - 9
Ottaviano Righetto - 8
Giorgio Zaramella - 8		  Hungary - 24
Zoltán Adorján - 8
Sándor Tihanyi - 6
Zoltan Hajdu - 5
Istvan Bodi - 4
Zsolt Papp - 1		  Yugoslavia - 1
Zvonko Pavlic - 1
Zvone Gerjevic - 0
Artur Horvat - 0
Franc Zagar - 0
Joze Zibert - 0

* 1st & 2nd to Continental Semi-Final

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 West Germany - 46
Klaus Lausch - 12
Karl Maier - 12
Egon Müller - 8
Peter Wurtele - 8
Gerd Riss - 6		  Poland - 29
Maciej Jaworek - 8
Wojciech Żabiałowicz - 8
Andrzej Huszcza - 6
Jerzy Rembas - 4
Zenon Plech - 3		  Austria - 16
Heinrich Schatzer - 7
Toni Pilotto - 6
Siegfried Eder - 2
Adi Funk - 1		  Bulgaria - 5
Nikolai Manev - 2
Stanislav Tzankov - 2
Vesselin Markov - 1
Angel Eftimov - 0
Orlin Janakiev - 0

Semifinal

* 1st & 2nd to Continental 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  Poland 31 2 4 5 7 10 12 13 15 17 19 20 22 25 28 31 31 31 31 31 31
(5) Jerzy Rembas 3 2 - 1 - 3
(6) Andrzej Huszcza 10 2 3 2 3 10
(7) Zenon Plech 3 2 1 - - 3
(8) Grzegorz Dzikowski 8 1 2 2 3 8
(18) Piotr Pyszny 7 2 2 3 F 7
2  Czechoslovakia 29 0 0 2 5 7 8 8 11 12 15 18 21 23 25 26 29 29 29 29 29
(1) Antonín Kasper Jr. 12 3 3 3 3 12
(2) Václav Verner 6 2 0 3 1 6
(3) Lubomir Jedek 0 0 - - - 0
(4) Aleš Dryml Sr. 3 0 2 1 - 3
(17) Jiří Štancl 8 1 3 2 2 8
3  West Germany 23 3 6 9 10 10 13 16 17 20 21 21 21 21 22 22 23 23 23 23 23
(9) Egon Muller 4 3 E 1 - 4
(10) Karl Maier 7 1 3 3 E 7
(11) Klaus Lausch 5 3 1 0 1 5
(12) Peter Wurtele 6 3 3 0 - 6
(19) Georg Hack 1 0 1 1
4  Italy 13 1 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 5 5 7 8 9 9 11 13 13 13 13 13
(13) Armando Castagna 5 1 2 0 2 5
(14) Armando Dal Chiele 1 1 F - - 1
(15) Giorgio Zaramella 1 0 0 1 E 1
(16) Ottaviano Righetto 3 0 - 2 1 3
(20) Valentino Furlanetto 3 1 0 2 3
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

Qualification stage 2

DayVenueWinner
Stage 2
22 June Denmark Vojens Denmark Denmark
7 July West Germany Neustadt Sweden Sweden

Intercontinental Final

* Winner to Final; 2nd & 3rd to Continental 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 37 3 5 8 11 13 14 17 20 23 26 29 31 34 36 37 37 37 37 37 37
(5) Bo Petersen 7 3 1 3 X 7
(6) Preben Eriksen 7 2 2 2 1 7
(7) Tommy Knudsen 11 3 3 3 2 11
(8) Erik Gundersen 12 3 3 3 3 12
(18) John Jørgensen 0 0
2  England 27 0 3 5 7 10 13 14 16 17 19 20 20 20 23 25 27 27 27 27 27
(9) Kelvin Tatum 9 2 3 2 2 9
(10) Chris Morton 8 2 3 1 2 8
(11) Jeremy Doncaster 9 3 2 1 3 9
(12) Kenny Carter 1 E 1 0 - 1
(19) Phil Collins 0 X 0
3  Sweden 19 1 2 3 3 4 6 8 9 11 11 11 14 16 16 16 19 19 19 19 19
(13) Jan Andersson 8 1 2 2 3 8
(14) Jimmy Nilsen 2 1 1 0 - 2
(15) Tommy Nilsson 6 1 2 3 0 6
(16) Per Jonsson 1 0 1 0 - 1
(20) Pierre Brannefors 2 2 0 2
4  Australia 13 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 13 13 13 13 13
(1) Phil Crump 2 1 0 1 - 2
(2) Steve Regeling 5 F 0 2 3 5
(3) Steve Baker 1 0 0 - 1 1
(4) Rod Hunter 3 2 0 0 1 3
(17) Stan Bear 2 1 1 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

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

Continental Final

* 1st & 2nd to 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  Sweden 40 1 4 5 8 10 13 16 19 22 24 27 30 32 35 37 40 40 40 40 40
(5) Jan Andersson 10 1 3 3 3 10
(6) Tommy Nilsson 10 3 2 3 2 10
(7) Jimmy Nilsen 11 3 3 2 3 11
(8) Per Jonsson 9 1 3 3 2 9
(18) Pierre Brannefors 0 0
2  England 31 2 2 5 5 6 8 10 12 14 17 19 21 24 26 29 31 31 31 31 31
(13) Phil Collins 4 - 2 2 - 4
(14) Kenny Carter 10 2 2 3 3 10
(15) Jeremy Doncaster 9 3 2 2 2 9
(16) Kelvin Tatum 1 F 1 - - 1
(20) Chris Morton 7 F 2 3 2 7
3  Czechoslovakia 17 3 3 5 7 7 8 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 17 17 17
(9) Antonín Kasper Jr. 4 2 0 1 1 4
(10) Lubomir Jedek 4 2 - 1 1 4
(11) Aleš Dryml Sr. 3 X 1 1 1 3
(12) Václav Verner 4 3 0 1 - 4
(19) Jiří Štancl 2 1 1 2
4  Poland 7 0 2 2 3 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
(1) Zenon Plech 1 1 - 0 0 1
(2) Wojciech Żabiałowicz 1 0 1 0 - 1
(3) Grzegorz Dzikowski 2 2 F 0 0 2
(4) Andrzej Huszcza 3 0 3 0 0 3
(17) Maciej Jaworek 0 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

World Final

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