1984 Speedway World Team Cup

1984 Speedway World Team Cup

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The 1984 Speedway World Team Cup was the 25th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. ^{[1] [2]}

The final took place at the Stadion Alfreda Smoczyka, in Leszno, Poland. Denmark easily won their fourth title, winning by 20 clear points in the final. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Qualification stage 1

Scandinavian & Commonwealth rounds

Scandinavia (1st & 2nd to Intercontinental Final) Eteläpuisto, Tampere 27 May	Commonwealth (1st & 2nd to Intercontinental Final) King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn 15 May
Pos. National team Pts. Riders   Denmark 37 Hans Nielsen - 11 Preben Eriksen - 9 Erik Gundersen - 9 Bo Petersen - 8 Peter Ravn - 0   Sweden 34 Jan Andersson - 11 Bjorn Andersson - 9 Pierre Brannefors - 9 Tommy Nilsson - 5 Per Jonsson - 0   Finland 22 Kai Niemi - 8 Ari Koponen - 7 Pekka Hautamaki - 4 Olli Tyrväinen - 3 Seppo Keskinen - 0 4   Norway 3 Ingvar Skogland - 3 Einar Kyllingstad - 0 Tormod Langli - 0 Roy Otto - 0 Arne Svendse - NS	Pos. National team Pts. Riders   United States 34 1.Bobby Schwartz - 5 (1,2,2,0) 2.Dennis Sigalos - 12 (3,3,3,3) 3.Lance King - 5 (f,3,1,1) 4.Shawn Moran - 11 (3,3,3,2) 17.John Cook - 1 (1,-,-,-)   England 32 9.Michael Lee - 8 (2,0,3,3) 10.Chris Morton - 5 (2,2,1,-) 11.Simon Wigg - 10 (2,3,2,3) 12.Dave Jessup - 1 (1,-,-,-) 19.John Louis - 8 (-,2,3,3\0)   Australia 25 13.Billy Sanders - 8 (3,1,2,2) 14.Phil Crump - 7 (2,1,2,2) 15.John Titman - 0 (0,-,-,-) 16.Gary Guglielmi - 8 (3,2,1,2) 20.Steve Regeling - 2 (-,1,1,e) 4   New Zealand 5 5.Larry Ross - 1 (0,0,0,1) 6.Mitch Shirra - 2 (f,1,x,1) 7.Ivan Mauger - 0 (0,0,0,-) 8.David Bargh - 1 (1,0,0,0) 18.Alan Mason - 1 (-,-,-,1)

Continental rounds

quarter final (1st & 2nd to Continental Semi-Final) Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo 27 May Att: 2,000	quarter final (1st & 2nd to Continental Semi-Final) Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc 27 May
Pos. National team Pts. Riders   West Germany 28 Josef Aigner - 12 Klaus Lausch - 7 Karl Maier - 7 Stefan Deser - 3   Italy 28 Armando Castagna - 9 Armando Dal Chiele - 9 Giorgio Zaramella - 6 Gianni Famari - 4 Ottaviano Righetto - 0   Austria 24 Adi Funk - 9 Walter Nebel - 6 Hubert Fischbacher - 5 Siegfried Eder - 2 Robert Funk - 2 4   Yugoslavia 14 Zdravko Tomanic - 5 Kreso Omerzel - 4 Zvonko Pavlic - 4 Joze Zibert - 1	Pos. National team Pts. Riders   Czechoslovakia 37 Aleš Dryml Sr. - 12 Petr Ondrašík - 11 Antonín Kasper Jr. - 7 Václav Verner - 6 Jiri Svoboda - 1   Hungary 32 Peter Berecz - 11 József Petrikovics - 6 Josef Sziraczki - 6 Sándor Tihanyi - 6 Janos Oresko - 3   Netherlands 15 Henny Kroeze - 7 Frits Koppe - 4 Ralph Geurtz - 2 Henk Steman - 1 Wil Stroes - 1 4   Bulgaria 12 Orlin Janakiev - 4 Rudolf Valentinov - 4 Nikolai Manev - 3 Vesselin Markov - 1 Angel Eftimov - 0

Semi finals

• (1st & 2nd to Continental Final)
• Svítkov Stadium, Prague
• 24 June
• Ref : R Cheladze (Pol)

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
		Czechoslovakia	37	1.Jiří Štancl - 9 2.Aleš Dryml Sr. - 10 3.Petr Ondrašík - 9 4.Václav Verner - 9 17.Antonín Kasper Jr. - NS
		West Germany	27	5.Egon Müller - 8 6.Karl Maier - 11 7.Josef Aigner - 5 8.Klaus Lausch - 3 18.Peter Wurtele - NS
		Hungary	17	13.József Petrikovics - 2 14.Zoltán Adorján - 8 15.Zoltan Hajdu - 6 16.Sándor Tihanyi - 2 20.Istvan Rusz - 0
4		Italy	15	9.Armando Dal Chiele - 4 10.Armando Castagna - 6 11.Gianni Famari - 3 12.Giorgio Zaramella - 1 19.Valentino Furlanetto - 1

Qualification stage 2

Intercontinental final

• (Winner to Final ; 2nd & 3rd to Continental Final)
• Grevby Motorstadion, Mariestad
• 23 June
• Ref: Graham Brodie (GB)
• Att: 2,499

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
		United States	41	Lance King - 11 Shawn Moran - 11 Bobby Schwartz - 10 Kelly Moran - 6 John Cook - 3
		Denmark	32	Erik Gundersen - 9 Hans Nielsen - 5 Bo Petersen - 5 Preben Eriksen - 4
		England	18	Simon Wigg - 8 Peter Collins - 4 Chris Morton - 4 Phil Collins - 1 John Louis - 1
4		Sweden	13	Jan Andersson - 5 Per Jonsson - 5 Pierre Brannefors - 2 Bjorn Andersson - 1 Tommy Nilsson - 0

Continental final

• (1st & 2nd to Final)
• Rottalstadion, Pocking
• 8 July
• Att: 5,000
• Ref: Sam Bass (Aus)

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
		Denmark	34	Hans Nielsen - 8 (2,3,1,2) Bo Petersen - 8 (3,3,1,1) Erik Gundersen - 10 (1,3,3,3) Preben Eriksen - 0 (0,-,-,-) Peter Ravn - 8 (-,2,3,3)
		England	27	Phil Collins - 11 (3,3,3,2) Simon Wigg - 5 (1,2,0,2) Chris Morton - 5 (2,2,1,x) Peter Collins - 6 (3,1,2,0) Andy Grahame - NS
		Czechoslovakia	19	Václav Verner - 2 (1,1,0,0) Petr Ondrašík - 1 (0,0,-,1) Jiří Štancl - 8 (3,0,3,2) Aleš Dryml Sr. - 8 (2,1,2,3) Antonín Kasper Jr. - 0 (-,-,0,-)
4		West Germany	16	Egon Müller - 5 (0,e,2,3) Karl Maier - 5 (2,1,1,1) Klaus Lausch - 3 (0,2,0,1) Peter Wurtele - 3 (1,e,2,x) Georg Hack - NS

World final

• Alfred Smoczyk Stadium, Leszno
• 18 August
• Att: 40,000
• Ref : C Ringstrom (Swe)

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
		Denmark	44	5.Bo Petersen - 12 (3,3,3,3) 6.Erik Gundersen - 12 (3,3,3,3) 7.Preben Eriksen - 9 (2,3,3,1) 8.Hans Nielsen - 11 (2,3,3,3) 18.Peter Ravn - NS
		England	24	13.Chris Morton - 4 (0,1,2,1) 14.Peter Collins - 2 (2,0,0,-) 15.Simon Wigg - 9 (3,2,1,3) 16.Phil Collins - 7 (1,2,2,2) 20.Neil Collins - 2 (-,-,-,2)
		United States	20	9.Bobby Schwartz - 2 (1,-,1,-) 10.Shawn Moran - 6 (3,1,1,1) 11.Kelly Moran - 5 (1,2,x,2) 12.Lance King - 5 (0,2,2,1) 19.John Cook - 2 (-,0,-,2)
4		Poland	8	1.Roman Jankowski - 1 (0,1,0,x) 2.Zenon Kasprzak - 1 (0,-,1,-) 3.Zenon Plech - 4 (2,0,2,f) 4.Leonard Raba - 2 (1,1,0,0) 17.Boleslaw Proch - 0 (-,0,-,f)

See also

• 1984 Individual Speedway World Championship
• 1984 Speedway World Pairs Championship

References

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