1986 Speedway World Team Cup

The 1986 Speedway World Team Cup was the 27th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.

A new format was started in 1986 whereby teams were seeded into groups, with Group 1 containing the leading nations competing over three legs to determine the champions. A promotion and relegation system was in place for the groups. Denmark won all three legs and therefore easily won their fourth consecutive title (and sixth in total) equalling Sweden's six titles and moving into equal second place in the all-time list. It was also Hans Nielsen's sixth gold medal having taken part in all of Denmark's title wins.

Group 4 Day Venue Winner Teams ranked 13–16 4 May Krško Austria 22 June Skien Austria 18 August Amsterdam Norway 7 September Wiener Neustadt Austria

Winner promoted to Group 3 in 1987

Round 1

4 May 1986 Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško

FirstSecondThirdFourth - 43Siegfried Eder (2,0,-,X,-) - 2 Heinrich Schatzer (3,3,3,2,3) - 14 Toni Pilotto (3,2,0,3,2) - 10 Adi Funk (3,2,2,1,-) - 8Walter Nebel (-,-,3,-,3/3) - 9 - 37Frits Koppe (1,1,-,3,2) - 7 Rob Steman (1,3,1,-,-) - 4 Leo Bathoorn (2,2,1,-,1) - 6 Henk Steman (2,3,1,0,-) - 6 Henny Kroeze (-,-,3,3/3,3/1) - 13 - 25Per Magne Levang (0,-,-,2,-) - 2 Ingvar Skogland (0,2,-,0,1) - 3Willy Tjessem (2,1,0,2,2) - 7 Arnt Førland (3,3,2,2,0) - 10 Jan Arild Slaata (-,X,2,0,1) - 3 - 13Zvone Gerjevic (1,-,0,0,-) - 1 Artur Horvat (1,0,-,1,0) - 2 Albert Kocmut (0,0,-,-,0) - 0 Zvonko Pavlic (0,1,3,0,2) - 6 Krešo Omerzel (-,0,2/1,1,0) - 4

Round 2

22 June 1986 Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien

FirstSecondThirdFourth - 44Heinrich Schatzer - 13 Adi Funk - 11 Walter Nebel - 11 Siegfried Eder - 9Toni Pilotto - NS - 37Henny Kroeze - 14 Frits Koppe - 11 Rob Steman - 8 Henk Steman - 2 Leo Bathoorn - 2 - 28Thor Halvorsroed - 9 Willy Tjessem - 8 Ingvar Skogland - 6 Arnt Førland - 4 Per Magne Levang - 1 - 11Krešo Omerzel - 4 Lazar Caba - 4 Zvone Gerjevic - 2 Zdravko Tominac - 1

Round 3 18 August 1986 Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

FirstSecondThirdFourth - 41Ingvar Skogland - 13 Einar Kyllingstad - 12 Tor Einar Hielm - 8 Arnt Førland - 6 Willy Tjessem - 2 - 36Walter Nebel - 13 Siegfried Eder - 9 Toni Pilotto - 8 Robert Funk - 4 Adi Funk - 2 - 36Henny Kroeze - 14 Frits Koppe - 10 Henk Steman - 8 Leo Bathoorn - 2 Robert Jan Munnecom - 0 - 2*Piet Seur* - 2 Ron van Dam* - 2 Joze Zibert - 2 Wil Stroes* - 1

3 Yugoslav riders did not arrive at Amsterdam, and were then banned from appearing in the Wiener Neustadt round by the Yugoslav Federation. At Amsterdam they were replaced by Dutch reserves, whose points did not count in the Yugoslav team score.

Round 4

7 September 1986 Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt

FirstSecondThirdFourth - 54Walter Nebel (3,3,3,3,3) - 15 Toni Pilotto (3,1,-,1,-) - 5 Siegfried Eder (3,2,-,3,3) - 11 Robert Funk (3,3,2,-,-) - 8 Heinrich Schatzer (-,-,3/3,3,3/3) - 15 - 33Frits Koppe (2,3,2,2,2) - 11 Henk Steman (1,1,-,2,-) - 4 Rob Steman (1,1,1,-,1) - 4 Leo Bathoorn (1,0,-,1,-) - 2 Henny Kroeze (-,-,2/3,3,2/2) - 12 - 29Jan Arild Slaata (0,-,1,-,1) - 2 Tor Einar Hielm (2,3,2,1,1) - 9 Robert Langeland (2,2,1,2,1) - 8 Arnt Førland (2,2,E,2,2) - 8 Thor Halversroed (-,2,-,F,-) - 2 - 4Franc Kalin (1,1,0,F,0) - 1 Joze Zibert (0,0,0,0,0) - 0 Gregor Pintar (0,0,1,0,0) - 1 Gorazd Gorjup (F,0,0,1,0) - 1

Group 3 Day Venue Winner Teams ranked 9–12 22 June Lonigo Italy 10 August Tampere Finland 7 September Debrecen Hungary

Winner promoted to Group 2 in 1987 ; 4th relegated to Group 4 in 1987

Round 1 22 June 1986 Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo

FirstSecondThirdFourth - 44Armando Castagna - 14 Valentino Furlanetto - 13 Armando Dal Chiele - 9 Gianni Famari - 8 - 42Kai Niemi - 14 Juha Moksunen - 11 Ari Koponen - 10 Olli Tyrväinen - 7 Roy Malminheimo - 0 - 22József Petrikovics - 6 Zoltán Adorján - 6 László Bódi - 5 János Balogh - 4 Sándor Tihanyi - 1 - 12Larry Ross - 7 David Bargh - 3 Kym Mauger - 1 Derek MacKay - 1

Round 2 10 August 1986 Eteläpuisto, Tampere

FirstSecondThirdFourth - 41Kai Niemi - 12 Juha Moksunen - 10 Olli Tyrväinen - 9 Vesa Ylinen - 7 Ari Koponen - 3 - 32Armando Castagna - 10 Paolo Salvatelli - 8 Armando Dal Chiele - 7 Mariano Castagna - 6 Valentino Furlanetto - 1 - 30József Petrikovics - 11 László Bódi - 10 János Balogh - 7 Atilla Kovacs - 2 Zoltán Hajdú - 0 - 17David Bargh - 11 Larry Ross - 6 Alan Mason - 0 Kym Mauger - 0

Round 3 7 September 1986 Gázvezeték Street Sports Complex, Debrecen

FirstSecondThirdFourth - 35Sándor Tihanyi - 13 József Petrikovics - 8 János Balogh - 6 Antal Kocso - 6 László Bódi - 2 - 31Kai Niemi - 11 Ari Koponen - 9 Olli Tyrväinen - 6 Juha Moksunen - 5 Vesa Ylinen - 0 - 29Valentino Furlanetto - 8 Gianni Famari - 8 Armando Dal Chiele - 7 Paolo Salvatelli - 6 Ottoviano Righetto - 0 - 24Larry Ross - 11 David Bargh - 9 Alan Mason - 4 Derek MacKay - 0

Group 2 Day Venue Winner Teams ranked 5–8 4 May Krumbach Australia 22 June Žarnovica Czechoslovakia 10 August Norden Czechoslovakia 6 September Leszno Poland

Winner promoted to Group 1 in 1987 ; 4th relegated to Group 3 in 1987

Round 1 4 May 1986 Breitenthal Speedway Stadium, Krumbach

FirstSecondThirdFourth - 49Phil Crump (3,3,3,-,2) - 11 Steve Regeling (3,3,3,1,3) - 13 Steve Baker (3,3,1,2,3) - 12 David Cheshire (1,3,3,3,1) - 11 Mark Carlson (-,-,-,2,-) - 2 - 29Roman Matoušek (2,2,1,3,2) - 10 Antonín Kasper Jr. (2,1,0,-,2) - 5 Stanislav Urban (1,-,3,2,2) - 8 Petr Vandírek (1,0,-,3,0) - 4 Lubomír Jedek (-,0,2,X,-) - 2 - 22Egon Müller (2,0,2,E,3) - 7 Karl Maier (0,1,0,3,3) - 7 Klaus Lausch (1,1,0,1,-) - 3 Gerd Riss (0,2,2,0,1) - 5 Hans Faltermeier (-,-,-,-,0) - 0 - 20Wojciech Żabiałowicz (0,1,1,1,1) - 4 Roman Jankowski (3,2,0,2,0) - 7 Andrzej Huszcza (0,0,1,0,1) - 2 Zenon Kasprzak (2,2,2,1,E) - 7 Maciej Jaworek - NS

Round 2 22 June 1986 Speedway Žarnovica, Zarnovica

FirstSecondThirdFourth - 33Roman Matoušek - 9 Stanislav Urban - 9 Antonín Kasper Jr. - 8 Petr Vandírek - 6 Lubomír Jedek - 1 - 32Zenon Kasprzak - 12 Roman Jankowski - 9 Janusz Stachyra - 6 Maciej Jaworek - 4 Wojciech Żabiałowicz - 1 - 28Karl Maier - 13 Gerd Riss - 10 Heinz Huber - 3 Hans Faltermeier - 2 Klaus Lausch - 0 - 27Steve Baker - 9 Steve Regeling - 7 Phil Crump - 7 Dave Jackson - 2 Alan Rivett - 2

Round 3 10 August 1986 Motodrom Halbemond, Norden

FirstSecondThirdFourth - 43Antonín Kasper Jr. - 12 Stanislav Urban - 11 Petr Vandírek - 11 Lubomír Jedek - 11 - 30Steve Baker - 11 Steve Regeling - 7 Phil Crump - 7 Mark Fiora - 5 - 24Karl Maier - 8 Klaus Lausch - 7 Gerd Riss - 6 Hans Faltermeier - 3 Peter Hehlert - 0 - 22Andrzej Huszcza - 7 Zenon Plech - 7 Roman Jankowski - 4 Zenon Kasprzak - 4

Round 4 6 September 1986 Alfred Smoczyk Stadium, Leszno

FirstSecondThirdFourth - 42Andrzej Huszcza - 12 Ryszard Dołomisiewicz - 11 Zenon Kasprzak - 9 Roman Jankowski - 9 Grzegorz Dzikowski - 1 - 30Lubomír Jedek - 7 Petr Vandírek - 7 Pavel Karnas - 7 Stanislav Urban - 6 Antonín Kasper Jr. - 3 - 29Steve Baker - 11 Steve Regeling - 7 Phil Crump - 7 Mark Fiora - 3 Dave Jackson - 1 - 18*Gerd Riss - 9 Hans Faltermeier - 6 Klaus Lausch - 3 Michal Stachyra (guest) - 1

World final group Day Venue Winner Teams ranked 1–4 7 August Gothenburg Denmark 8 August Vojens Denmark 17 August Bradford Denmark

4th relegated to Group 2 in 1987

Round 1 7 August 1986 Ullevi, Gothenburg Att: 4,083 Ref: Jorgen Jensen (Den)

Round 2 8 August 1986 Speedway Center, Vojens Att: 13,000 Ref: C Ringstrom (Swe)

Round 3 17 August 1986 Odsal Stadium, Bradford Att: 3,585 Ref: R Randborg (Swe)

Final standings Pos Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Match Pts Table Pts1 Denmark 300012992 United States 02017643 England 00308134 Sweden 0102732

See also 1986 Individual Speedway World Championship 1986 Speedway World Pairs Championship

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