The 1990 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the twenty-first FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. [1]
The final took place at the Ellermühle Stadium in Landshut, Germany. The championship Final was dominated by favourites Denmark and the less fancied Australia. Danes Jan O. Pedersen and Hans Nielsen scored 43 points to narrowly beat Australian's Todd Wiltshire and Leigh Adams who scored 41. [2] Hungary (Zoltán Adorján and Sándor Tihanyi) finished a distant third on 33 points. Sweden (Jimmy Nilsen and Per Jonsson) also finished on 33 points, though as Hungary scored three heat wins to one for the Swedes they were awarded third place. [3]
Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
---|---|---|---|
England - 45 | Simon Cross - (4,4,4,3,5,4) | 24 | |
Kelvin Tatum - (5,5,5,5,x,1) | 21 | ||
Sweden - 40 | Per Jonsson - (3,3,4,4,3,3) | 20 | |
Jimmy Nilsen - (2,2,5,5,4,2) | 20 | ||
Australia - 39 | Todd Wiltshire - (4,5,4,2,5,5) | 25 | |
Leigh Adams - (1,4,5,4,e,0) | 14 | ||
4 | New Zealand - 41* | Mitch Shirra - (3,5,3,3,5,5) | 24 |
David Bargh - (5,4,2,x,2,4) | 17 | ||
5 | Austria - 28 | Heinrich Schatzer - (3,3,3,2,3,3) | 17 |
Toni Pilotto - (2,2,1,1,4,1) | 11 | ||
6 | Italy - 20 | Armando Dal Chiele - (2,1,1,2,3,2) | 11 |
Armando Castagna - (e,0,3,5,2,0) | 9 | ||
7 | Soviet Union - 27* | Rif Saitgareev - (1,3,0,4,4,5) | 17 |
Vladimir Trofimov - (0,2,2,3,e,3) | 10 | ||
8 | Yugoslavia - 14 | Gregor Pintar - (0,0,2,1,1,4) | 8 |
Martin Peterca - (1,1,0,0,2,2) | 6 | ||
9 | Poland - 9 | Piotr Świst - (5,f,-,-,-,-) | 5 |
Ryszard Dołomisiewicz - (4,x,-,-,-,-) | 4 |
Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
---|---|---|---|
Denmark - 50 | Hans Nielsen - (2,4,4,5,5,5) | 25 | |
Jan O. Pedersen - (4,5,5,3,4,4) | 25 | ||
United States - 44 | Ronnie Correy - (5,4,4,3,5,3) | 24 | |
Kelly Moran - (3,3,3,5,4,2) | 20 | ||
Hungary - 37 | Zoltán Adorján - (5,5,1,5,5,1) | 22 | |
Sándor Tihanyi - (4,2,3,4,2,0) | 15 | ||
4 | Czechoslovakia - 38* | Roman Matoušek - (3,5,5,4,4,0) | 21 |
Antonín Kasper Jr. - (2,3,2,2,3,5) | 17 | ||
5 | Finland - 31 | Olli Tyrväinen - (4,4,0,4,3,4) | 19 |
Kai Niemi - (5,2,2,0,2,1) | 12 | ||
6 | Norway - 24 | Lars Gunnestad - (3,1,5,1,3,2) | 15 |
Arnt Førland - (0,0,4,0,2,3) | 9 | ||
7 | Bulgaria - 21 | Nikolaj Manev - (1,2,0,3,1,5) | 12 |
Zdravko Iordanov - (2,0,1,2,0,4) | 9 | ||
8 | Netherlands - 18 | Ron Koppe - (x/2m,1,3,1,1,3) | 9 |
Rene Elzinga - (1,3,2,2,0,1) | 9 | ||
9 | France - 7 | David Ochocki - (1,1,1,1,1,2) | 7 |
Patrice Blondy - (0,0,0,0,0,0) | 0 |
Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
---|---|---|---|
Denmark - 43 | Jan O. Pedersen - (4,4,2,5,5,4) | 24 | |
Hans Nielsen - (X,2,5,4,3,5) | 19 | ||
Australia (41 pts) | Todd Wiltshire - (5,5,3,4,5,3) | 25 | |
Leigh Adams - (3,1,4,2,4,2) | 16 | ||
Hungary (33 pts) | Zoltán Adorján - (5,5,4,5,1,1) | 21 | |
Sándor Tihanyi - (3,2,1,3,3,0) | 12 | ||
4 | Sweden (33 pts) | Jimmy Nilsen - (4,4,1,3,4,2) | 17 |
Per Jonsson - (2,2,3,2,5,1) | 16 | ||
5 | New Zealand (32 pts) | Mitch Shirra - (4,5,4,1,4,5) | 23 |
David Bargh - (2,0,5,X,2,0) | 9 | ||
6 | United States (28 pts) | Ronnie Correy - (5,0,0,5,2,3) | 15 |
Kelly Moran - (1,3,3,1,1,4) | 13 | ||
7 | Czechoslovakia (21 pts) | Antonín Kasper Jr. - (0,3,2,3,0,3) | 11 |
Roman Matoušek - (1,1,0,2,1,5) | 10 | ||
8 | England (20 pts) | Kelvin Tatum - (3,4,5,1,4,3) | 20 |
Simon Cross - (X,-,-,-,-,-) | 0 | ||
9 | West Germany (15 pts) | Klaus Lausch - (2,3,2,4,2,2) | 15 |
Gerd Riss - (F,-,-,-,-,-) | 0 |
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