1980 Speedway World Pairs Championship

1980 World Pairs Championship
The venue for the 1980 final
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The 1980 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the eleventh FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. ^{[1] [2]} The final took place at the Matija Gubec Stadium in Krsko, Yugoslavia. The championship was won by England (29 points) who beat Poland (22 points) and Denmark (21 points). ^{[3] [4]}

Preliminary round

• Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc
• 27 April

Pos.	Team	Rider	Points
	Hungary (23 pts)	?	?
		?	?
	Austria (23 pts)	?	?
		?	?
	Finland (22 pts)	?	?
		?	?
4	Netherlands (21 pts)	?	?
		?	?
5	Italy (19 pts)	?	?
		?	?
6	Bulgaria (10 pts)	?	?
		?	?
7	Yugoslavia (8 pts)	?	?
		?	?

Semifinal 1

• Olching Speedwaybahn, Olching
• 5 June

Placing	Pair / Rider Name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
1	New Zealand	25							8							18							25
	(11) Ivan Mauger	17			3				3				3		3			3					2
	(12) Larry Ross	8			0				2				2		2			2					E
2	Finland	23							6							16							23
	(9) Ila Teromaa	12			1			3				2		2			1					3
	(10) Kai Niemi	11			2			0				3		3			3					0
3	Sweden	21							5							14							21
	(7) Jan Andersson	16		2				2			3					3				3			3
	(8) Richard Hellsén	5		0				1			1					2				0			1
4	United States	20							7							12							20
	(5) Bruce Penhall	12		3			2			3					E				2			2
	(6) Scott Autrey	8		1			1			1					1				3			1
5	Czechoslovakia	16							8							11							16
	(1) Jiri Stancl	11	2			2				2			1				2			2
	(2) Petr Ondrasik	5	3			1				0			0				0			1
6	West Germany	13							4							7							13
	(3) Georg Hack	10	1				3				2			0				1			3
	(4) Christoph Betzl	3	0				0				E			1				0			2
7	Austria	8							4							6							8
	(13) Herbert Szerecs	8				3			1			1				1			1		1
	(14) Adi Funk	0				0			E			0				0			0		E
Placing	Pair / Rider Name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell
ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside

Semifinal 2

• Arena Częstochowa, Czestochowa
• 8 June

Placing	Pair / Rider Name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
1	Poland	25							8							18							25
	(11) Edward Jancarz	10			1				3				2		2			2					0
	(12) Zenon Plech	15			2				2				3		3			3					2
2	Denmark	22							9							15							22
	(7) Ole Olsen	10		1				2			3					3				E			1
	(8) Hans Nielsen	12		3				3			0					E				3			3
3	England	22							4							13							22
	(9) Dave Jessup	12			E			E				3		3			3					3
	(10) Peter Collins	10			3			1				2		1			2					1
4	Australia	20							7							13							20
	(5) Billy Sanders	13		2			3			3					0				3			2
	(6) John Titman	7		0			2			2					1				2			0
5	Norway	14							8							10							14
	(1) Audun Ove Olsen	4	2			1				0			0				0			1
	(2) Rolf Gramstad	10	3			2				1			1				1			2
6	Hungary	12							2							7							12
	(3) Istvan Sziraczki	9	1				1				1			2				1			3
	(4) Laszlo Meszaros	3	0				0				2			0				0			1
7	Netherlands	10							4							8							10
	(13) Henny Kroeze	7				3			1			1				2			E		E
	(14) Rudy Muts	3				0			E			0				1			E		2
Placing	Pair / Rider Name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell
ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside

World final

• Matija Gubec Stadium, Krsko
• 22 June

Placing	Pair / Rider Name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
1	England	29							10							20							29
	(13) Dave Jessup	15				2			3			2				2			3		3
	(14) Peter Collins	14				3			2			3				3			2		1
2	Poland	22							6							15							22
	(11) Edward Jancarz	15			3				1				2		3			3					3
	(12) Zenon Plech	7			2				E				3		1			1					0
3	Denmark	21							8							14							21
	(7) Ole Olsen	13		1				3			3					1				3			2
	(8) Hans Nielsen	8		2				2			2					0				1			1
4	Sweden	18							8							14							18
	(3) Jan Andersson	9	1				3				0			3				0			2
	(4) Richard Hellsén	9	2				2				1			2				2			0
5	New Zealand	16							4							9							16
	(1) Ivan Mauger	11	3			1				3			1				3			0
	(2) Larry Ross	5	E			0				1			0				2			2
6	Finland	14							4							8							14
	(5) Ila Teromaa	8		0			1			2					2				1			2
	(6) Kai Niemi	6		3			0			0					0				0			3
7	Yugoslavia	6							2							4							6
	(9) Vladislav Kočuvan	0			0			0				0		0			0					0
	(10) Stefan Kekeč	6			1			1				1		1			1					1
Placing	Pair / Rider Name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell
ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside

See also

• 1980 Individual Speedway World Championship
• 1980 Speedway World Team Cup
• motorcycle speedway
• 1980 in sports

References

1. "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
2. Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 27–28. ISBN   0-86215-017-5.
3. "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par(część 2)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 16 July 2009. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
4. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN   0-85112-492-5.