1990 Speedway World Team Cup

1990 Speedway World Team Cup

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The 1990 Speedway World Team Cup was the 31st edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. ^{[1] [2]}

The final was staged at Svítkov Stadion, Pardubice, Czechoslovakia and the United States won their second title. ^{[3] [4]}

First Round

• 22 April 1990
• Güstrow Speedway Stadium, Gustrow

1st	2nd	3rd
Austria - 37 7.Toni Pilotto (2,2,2,2,3,3) - 14 8.Heinrich Schatzer (3,3,3,3,3,2) - 17 14.Walter Nebel (0,2,2,2) - 6	East Germany - 35 9.Mike Ott (2,3,3,1,2,2) - 13 10.Ralf Peters (3,e,2,0,3) - 8 15.Thomas Diehr (3,1,1,3,3) - 11	Netherlands - 19 5.Rene Elzinga (0,3,0,f,3,0)- 6 6.Ron Koppe (1,3,2,1,3,1) - 11 13.Henk Bangma (0,0,2,f) - 2

4th	5th
Bulgaria - 18 1.Nikolai Manev (3,2,e,3,1,0) - 9 2.Zdravko Iordanov (2,1,1,0,1,1) - 6 11.Rudolf Valentinov (0,1,0,2) - 3	Yugoslavia - 14 3.Martin Peterca (0,2,1,2,1,1) - 7 4.Gregor Pintar (1,1,2,1,0,1) - 6 12.Krešo Omerzel (0,1,0,0) - 1

• 1 May 1990
• Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana

1st	2nd	3rd
Austria - 32 Toni Pilotto - 15 Heinrich Schatzer - 11 Walter Nebel - 6	East Germany - 28 Thomas Diehr - 13 Mike Ott - 12 Ralf Peters - 3	Bulgaria - 27 Zdravko Iordanov - 12 Nikolai Manev - 11 Galio Velickov - 4

4th	5th
Yugoslavia - 19 Gregor Pintar - 11 Martin Peterca - 4 Krešo Omerzel - 4	Netherlands - 14 Rene Elzinga - 6 Rob Dolman - 5 Ron Koppe - 3

Austria to second round

Second round

• 20 May 1990
• Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo

Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20
1	Norway	44	3	5	8	11	14	17	20	21	24	24	27	29	30	32	35	36		39	41	43	44
	(1) Arnt Forland	9				3				1				2				1	7		2
	(2) Einar Kyllingstad	13			3				3				3				3		12				1
	(3) Tor Einar Hielm	9		2				3				0			1				6	3
	(4) Lars Gunnestad	13	3				3				3					2			11			2
	(17) Odd Petersen	0																	0
2	Finland	43	2	5	7	8	9	11	13	16	16	17	19	22	25	28	29	32		34	37	40	43
	(9) Olli Tyrväinen	10			2		1					1						3	7		3
	(10) Juha Moksunen	6				1		2			0						1		4	2
	(11) Vesa Ylinen	14		3						3			2			3			11				3
	(12) Kai Niemi	13	2						2					3	3				10			3
	(19) Ari Koponen	0																	0
4	Italy	22	1	1	1	3	5	6	6	8	9	12	13	14	16	16	18	20		20	19	20	22
	(13) Armando Castagna	3		0					0		1							2	3		-
	(14) Armando Dal Chiele	10	1							2		3					2		8				2
	(15) Fabrizio Vesprini	2			0			1						1		-			2	E
	(16) Valentino Furlanetto	8				2	2						1		2				7			1
	(20) Andrea Maida	1														0			0		1
4	Austria	8	0	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	5	7	7	7	7	8	8	8		8	8	8	8
	(5) Franz Leitner	0	0					0					0					0	0	E
	(6) Walter Nebel	1		1			0							-			0		1		-
	(7) Toni Pilotto	4				0			1			2				1			4				0
	(8) Heinrich Schatzer	3			1					0	2				0				3			0
	(18) Siegfried Eder	0												0					0		0
Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside	gate B	gate C	gate D – outside

• 28 May 1990
• Kotka Motor Sports Center, Karhula

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Finland - 45 Kai Niemi - 14 Olli Tyrväinen - 10 Vesa Ylinen - 6 Juha Moksunen - 13 Roy Malminheimo - 2	Norway - 35 Einar Kyllingstad - 13 Arnt Förland - 12 Lars Gunnestad - 7 Tor Einar Hielm - 3 Odd Petersen - 0	Italy - 24 Armando Dal Chiele - 7 Valentino Furlanetto - 8 Armando Castagna - 6 Fabrizio Vesprini - 3 Andrea Maida - 0	Austria - 16 Heinrich Schatzer - 6 Toni Pilotto - 3 Walter Nebel - 4 Franz Leitner - 3

Finland to third round.

Third round

• 8 July 1990
• Napos út, Szeged

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Australia - 49 Todd Wiltshire - 14 Troy Butler - 13 Leigh Adams - 11 Craig Boyce - 6 Stephen Davies - 5	Hungary - 40 Zoltán Adorján - 14 Zoltan Hajdu - 10 Sándor Tihanyi - 8 Róbert Nagy - 7 József Petrikovics - 1	Finland - 23 Vesa Yulinen - 9 Olli Tyrväinen - 7 Roy Malminheimo - 5 Juha Moksunen - 2	Poland - 9 Jan Krzystyniak - 5 Tomasz Gollob - 2 Eugeniusz Skupien - 2 Tomasz Fajfer- 0 Jacek Gomólski - 0

• 14 July 1990
• Edward Jancarz Stadium, Gorzow

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Australia - 55 Todd Wiltshire (3,3,3,3,3) - 15 Leigh Adams (3,3,3,3,3) - 15 Troy Butler (3,1,3,3,3) - 13 Stephen Davies (2,3,3,1,-) - 9 Craig Boyce (-,-,-,-,3) - 3	Hungary - 29 Zoltán Adorján (2,2,1,3,2) - 10 Zoltan Hajdu (1,3,-,2,2) - 8 József Petrikovics (2,2,0,-,2) - 6 Sándor Tihanyi (2,0,-,e,-) - 2 Laszlo Bodi (-,-,e\2,0,1) - 3	Finland - 24 Olli Tyrväinen (3,2,2,2,1) - 10 Vesa Yulinen (1,2,1,2,1) - 7 Juha Moksunen (0,1,0,1,2) - 5 Roy Malminheimo (f,1,2,0,0) - 3	Poland - 11 Tomasz Gollob (0,0,2,2,f) - 4 Krzysztof Okupski (1,0,1,1,0) - 3 Jan Krzystyniak (f,1,-,-,-) - 1 Ryszard Franczyszyn (f,0,-,1,0) - 1 Dariusz Śledź (-,0,1,0,1) - 2

Australia to fourth round.

Fourth round

• 27 July 1990
• Olching Speedwaybahn, Olching

Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20
1	Sweden	38	2	2	4	7	9	11	13	16	19	21	21	24	27	27	29	30		32	34	37	38
	(9) Per Jonsson	9			2		2					2						1	7		2
	(10) Jimmy Nilsen	13				3		2			3						2		10			3
	(11) Dennis Löfqvist	0		0						-			-			0			0	-
	(12) Henrik Gustafsson	11	2						2					3	3				10				1
	(19) Conny Ivarsson	5								3			0						3	2
2	United States	37	3	5	8	10	10	11	14	16	17	20	22	22	24	25	28	30		33	34	34	37
	(1) Sam Ermolenko	7				2				2				F				2	6		1
	(2) Rick Miller	14			3				3				2				3		11				3
	(3) Kelly Moran	8		2				1				3			2				8			0
	(4) Ronnie Correy	8	3				0				1					1			5	3
	(17) -	0																	0
4	Australia	23	0	1	1	2	3	3	4	5	7	8	9	11	11	14	15	15		16	19	21	23
	(13) Stephen Davies	6		1					1		2							E	4			2
	(14) Leigh Adams	4	0							1		1					1		3	1
	(15) Troy Butler	7			F			-						2		3			5				2
	(16) Craig Boyce	6				1	1						1		F				3		3
	(20) Craig Hodgson	0						0											0
4	West Germany	22	1	4	5	5	8	11	11	11	11	11	14	15	16	18	18	21		21	21	22	22
	(5) Klaus Lausch	10	1					3					3					3	10				0
	(6) Andre Pollehn	8		3			3							1			0		7			1
	(7) Tommy Dunker	2				0			0			0				2			2		0
	(8) Alois Bachhuber	0			F					-	-				-				0	-
	(18) Carsten Pelzmann	2			1					0	0				1				2	0
Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside	gate B	gate C	gate D – outside

• 25 August 1990
• Grevby Motorstadion, Mariestad

Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20
1	United States	44	2	5	6	9	10	13	14	17	18	21	24	25	28	29	32	35		36	38	41	44
	(5) Sam Ermolenko	14	2					3					3					3	11				3
	(6) Rick Miller	7		3			1							1			-		5		2
	(7) Kelly Moran	6				3			1			-				1			5	1
	(8) Ronnie Correy	2			1					-	1				-				2			-
	(18) Shawn Moran	15								3		3			3		3		12			3
2	Sweden	40	1	2	4	6	9	11	14	15	18	20	21	24	26	28	30	31		34	37	39	40
	(13) Per Jonsson	10		1					3		3							1	8			2
	(14) Jimmy Nilsen	9	1							1		2					2		6	3
	(15) Henrik Gustafsson	10			2			2						3		2			9				1
	(16) Peter Nahlin	11				2	3						1		2				8		3
	(20) -	0																	0
4	Australia	36	3	5	8	9	11	12	14	16	18	19	21	23	24	27	28	30		32	33	34	36
	(1) Todd Wiltshire	7				1				2				2				2	7		-
	(2) Troy Butler	9			3				2				2				1		8			1
	(3) Leigh Adams	6		2				1				1			-				4	2
	(4) Craig Boyce	12	3				2				2					3			10				2
	(17) Stephen Davies	2													1				1		1
4	West Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	(9) Klaus Lausch	0			0		0					0						0	0				0
	(10) Hans-Otto Pingel	0				0		0			0						0		0	0
	(11) Andre Pollehn	0		0						0			0			0			0		0
	(12) Tommy Dunker	0	0						0					0	0				0			0
	(19) -	0																	0
Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside	gate B	gate C	gate D – outside

USA to World final.

World final

• 16 September 1990
• Svítkov Stadion, Pardubice

Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20
1	United States	37	0	2	2	5	8	8	8	10	13	16	18	21	24	27	29	30		30	32	35	37
	(1) Sam Ermolenko	11				3				2				3				1	9				2
	(2) Rick Miller	0			0				0				-				-		0	-
	(3) Shawn Moran	10		2				0				3			3				8		2
	(4) Kelly Moran	12	0				3				3					3			9			3
	(17) Billy Hamill	4											2				2		4	0
2	England	34	2	5	6	7	8	11	14	17	18	18	19	20	22	24	24	27		29	32	33	34
	(13) Kelvin Tatum	11		3					3		1							3	10				1
	(14) Simon Wigg	8	2							3		0					0		5		3
	(15) Jeremy Doncaster	8			1			3						1		2			7			1
	(16) Marvyn Cox	2				1	-						1		-				2	-
	(20) Gary Havelock	5					1								2				3	2
3	Denmark	30	3	4	7	9	11	13	14	15	15	17	20	20	20	21	22	24		25	25	27	30
	(5) Hans Nielsen	13	3					2					3					2	10				3
	(6) John Jørgensen	4		1			2							0			1		4			-
	(7) Bo Petersen	4				2			1			-				-			3	1
	(8) Tommy Knudsen	4			3					1	0				0				4		0
	(18) Brian Karger	5										2				1			3			2
4	Czechoslovakia	19	1	1	3	3	3	4	6	6	8	9	9	11	12	12	15	15		18	19	19	19
	(9) Roman Matoušek	3			2		0					1						0	3		-
	(10) Zdeněk Tesař	6				0		1			2						3		6				0
	(11) Antonín Kasper Jr.	3		0						0			-			0			0	3
	(12) Bohumil Brhel	6	1						2					2	1				6			0
	(19) Vladimir Kalina	1											0						0		1
Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside	gate B	gate C	gate D – outside

See also

• 1990 Individual Speedway World Championship
• 1990 Speedway World Pairs Championship

References

1. "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
2. "1990 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
3. "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
4. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.