The 1987 Speedway World Team Cup was the 28th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.
Denmark won two legs and therefore won their fifth consecutive title (and seventh in total) moving to just one title win if England's record 8. It was also Hans Nielsen's seventh gold medal having taken part in all of Denmark's title wins.
Group 4 Day Venue Winner Teams ranked 13–16 19 June Amsterdam Bulgaria 13 September Skien Bulgaria 27 September Ljubljana Bulgaria 3 October Shumen Bulgaria
Winner promoted to Group C in 1988
Round 1
19 June 1987 Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
FirstSecondThirdFourth - 38+3 - 38+2 - 34 - 4
Round 2
13 September 1987 Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien
FirstSecondThirdFourth - 42 - 40 - 28 - 10
Round 3
27 September 1987 Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana
FirstSecondThirdFourth - 43 - 31 - 24 - 20
Round 4
3 October 1987 Shumen Motopista, Shumen
FirstSecondThirdFourth - 42 - 40 - 27 - 11
Group 3 Day Venue Winner Teams ranked 9–12 3 May Lonigo Hungary 21 June Wiener Neustadt Hungary 11 July Landshut Italy 13 September Miskolc West Germany
Winner promoted to Group B in 1988; 4th relegated to Group D in 1988
Round 1
3 May 1987 Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo
FirstSecondThirdFourth - 41Janosh Balogh - 13 József Petrikovics - 11 Zoltán Adorján - 10 Sándor Tihanyi - 5 Antal Kocso - 2 - 32Armando Castagna - 9 Valentino Furlanetto - 9 Paolo Salvatelli - 8 Armando Dal Chiele - 5 Ottoviano Righetto - 1 - 32Karl Maier - 11 Hans Faltermeier - 9 Gerd Riss - 8 Michael Datzmann - 4 - 15Walter Nebel - 7 Siegfried Eder - 4 Heinrich Schatzer - 2 Adi Funk - 2 Toni Pilotto - 0
Round 2
21 June 1987 Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt
FirstSecondThirdFourth - 40Zoltán Adorján - 14 József Petrikovics - 12 Antal Kocso - 10 Janosh Balogh - 4 Sándor Tihanyi - 0 - 36Armando Dal Chiele - 11 Valentino Furlanetto - 10 Paolo Salvatelli - 8 Armando Castagna - 7 Gianni Famari - 0 - 34Karl Maier - 10 Gerd Riss - 8 Michael Datzmann - 8 Klaus Lausch - 7 Hans Faltermeier - 1 - 9Toni Pilotto - 5 Walter Nebel - 2 Adi Funk - 2 Heinrich Schatzer - 0 Siegfried Eder - 0
Round 3
11 July 1987 Ellermühle Speedway Stadium, Landshut
FirstSecondThirdFourth - 43+3Armando Castagna - 13+3 Paolo Salvatelli - 12 Giorgio Zaramella - 12 Gianni Famari - 6 - 43+2Klaus Lausch - 14+2 Karl Maier - 12 Gerd Riss - 9 Michael Datzmann - 5 Hans Faltermeier - 3 - 18Heinrich Schatzer - 6 Toni Pilotto - 5 Walter Nebel - 4 Adi Funk - 2 Andreas Bössner - 1 - 16Zoltán Adorján - 7 Antal Kocso - 5 József Petrikovics - 3 Sándor Tihanyi - 1 Janosh Balogh - 0
Round 4
13 September 1987 Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc
FirstSecondThirdFourth - 40Gerd Riss - 12 Hans Faltermeier - 10 Tommy Dunker - 10 Karl Maier - 8 - 37Zoltán Adorján - 12 Sándor Tihanyi - 11 Antal Kocso - 7 Janos Szeres - 4 Laszlo Bodi - 3 - 25Armando Castagna - 8 Giorgio Zaramella - 6 Gianni Famari - 5 Paolo Salvatelli - 3 Fabrizio Vesprini - 3 - 14Heinrich Schatzer - 5 Walter Nebel - 3 Toni Pilotto - 2 Adi Funk - 2 Andreas Bössner - 2
Group 2 Day Venue Winner Teams ranked 5–8 19 July Gdańsk Sweden 21 August Linköping Sweden 13 September Rybnik Poland
Winner promoted to Group A in 1988; 4th relegated to Group C in 1988
Round 1
19 July 1987 Gdańsk Speedway Stadium, Gdańsk
FirstSecondThirdFourth - 41Per Jonsson (3,3,3,3,3) - 15 Jimmy Nilsen (3,3,3,1,3) - 13 Roland Dannö (3,1,0,1,2) - 7 Conny Ivarsson (2,-,-,-,-) - 2 Tommy Nilsson (-,0,3,1,0) - 4 - 39Andrzej Huszcza (2,3,2,3,3) - 13 Roman Jankowski (3,3,2,2,2) - 12 Zenon Kasprzak (2,E,1,2,3) - 8 Wojciech Żabiałowicz (2,1,3,0,-) - 6 Grzegorz Dzikowski (-,-,-,-,0) - 0 - 27Steve Regeling (2,2,3,1,1) - 9 Steve Baker (1,2,2,3,1) - 9 Stephen Davies (1,1,2,2,1) - 7 Glenn Doyle (2,0,-,-,-) - 2 Alan Rivett (-,-,0,0,0) - 0 - 13Ari Koponen (2,2,1,0,0) - 5 Olli Tyrväinen (1,1,1,0,2) - 5 Kai Niemi (1,E,0,-,-) - 1 Aki Ala-Riihimaki (0,1,-,-,-) - 1 Vesa Ylinen (-,-,0,0/0,1/0) - 1
Round 2
21 August 1987 Linköping Motorstadion, Linköping
FirstSecondThirdFourth - 50Per Jonsson - 15 Tony Olsson - 13 Conny Ivarsson - 13 Jimmy Nilsen - 6 Mikael Blixt - 3 - 32Kai Niemi - 11 Ari Koponen - 8 Roy Malminheimo - 7 Juha Moksunen - 6 Janne Moksunen - 0 - 27Steve Regeling - 8 Stephen Davies - 8 Steve Baker - 6 Mick Poole - 5 - 10Roman Jankowski - 5 Zenon Kasprzak - 2 Ryszard Dołomisiewicz - 2 Andrzej Huszcza - 1 Janusz Stachyra - 0
Round 3
13 September 1987 Rybnik Municipal Stadium, Rybnik
FirstSecondThirdFourth - 36Ryszard Dołomisiewicz - 10 Roman Jankowski - 9 Piotr Świst - 8 Zenon Kasprzak - 6 Andrzej Huszcza - 3 - 33Per Jonsson - 11 Jimmy Nilsen - 11 Tony Olsson - 8 Conny Ivarsson - 3 Erik Stenlund - 0 - 28Steve Regeling - 8 Steve Baker - 8 Stephen Davies - 7 Troy Butler - 5 Glenn Doyle - 0 - 23Kai Niemi - 11 Ari Koponen - 9 Janne Moksunen - 2 Roy Malminheimo - 1 Juha Moksunen - 0
World final group Day Venue Winner Teams ranked 1–4 16 August Fredericia Denmark 25 August Coventry USA 13 September Prague Denmark
4th relegated to Group B in 1988
Round 1 16 August 1987 Fredericia Speedway Center, Fredericia Att: 5,000 Ref: Christer Bergstrom (Sw)
Round 2 25 August 25, 1987 Brandon Stadium, Coventry Ref: Graham Brodie (Eng)
Round 3 13 September 1987 Marketa Stadium, Prague Att: 12,000
Final standings Pos Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Pts1 Denmark 210082 England 021053 United States 102054 Czechoslovakia 00030
See also 1987 Individual Speedway World Championship 1987 Speedway World Pairs Championship
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