1983 Speedway World Team Cup

1983 Speedway World Team Cup

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The 1983 Speedway World Team Cup was the 24th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. ^{[1] [2]}

The final took place at the Vojens Speedway Center in Denmark. The host country Denmark won their third title. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Qualification stage 1

Commonwealth and Scandinavian rounds

Commonwealth round (1st & 2nd to Intercontinental Final) Smallmead Stadium, Reading 15 May Ref: Mr. J.M.Price (Eng) Att: 5,000	Scandinavian round (1st & 2nd to Intercontinental Final) Gislaved Motorbana, Gislaved 15 May
Pos. National team Pts. Riders   United States 38 5.Bobby Schwartz - 7 (1,2,2,2) 6.Dennis Sigalos - 12 (3,3,3,3) 7.Shawn Moran - 10 (2,3,3,2) 8.Kelly Moran - 9 (2,2,3,2) 18.Lance King - NS   England 27 13.Peter Collins - 7 (2,1,1,3) 14.Kenny Carter - 8 (2,3,2,1) 15.Chris Morton - 6 (0,1,2,3) 16.Simon Wigg - 6 (0,-,3,3) 20.Dave Jessup - 0 (-,e,-,-)   New Zealand 20 9.Larry Ross - 6 (3,2,1,0) 10.Mitch Shirra - 8 (1,3,2,2) 11.David Bargh - 1 (0,0,0,1) 12.Ivan Mauger - 5 (3,2,0,0) 19.Alan Mason - NS 4   Australia 11 1.Billy Sanders - 6 (3,1,1,1) 2.Phil Crump - 2 (1,0,1,0) 3.John Titman - 2 (1,0,0,1) 4.Steve Regeling - 1 (0,1,0,-) 17.Rod Hunter - 0 (-,-,-,0)	Pos. National team Pts. Riders   Denmark 47 Erik Gundersen - 12 Hans Nielsen - 12 Ole Olsen - 12 Tommy Knudsen - 11   Sweden 24 Jan Andersson - 8 Tommy Nilsson - 7 Bjorn Andersson - 6 Hans Danielsson - 3 Lennart Bengtsson - 0   Finland 19 Kai Niemi - 8 Ari Koponen - 6 Pekka Hautamaki - 3 Hannu Lehtonen - 1 Olli Tyrväinen - 1 4   Norway 5 Dag Haaland - 3 Tormod Langli - 1 Roy Otto - 1 Jorn Haugvalstad - 0 Dagfinn Jorgensen - 0

Continental rounds

Quarter final (1st & 2nd to Continental Semi-Final) Gázvezeték Street Sports Complex, Debrecen 16 May	Quarter final (1st & 2nd to Continental Semi-Final) Giavera del Montello Municipal Stadium, Treviso 15 May
Pos. National team Pts. Riders   Hungary 35 Zoltán Adorján - 11 Zoltan Hajdu - 11 Janos Oresko - 7 József Petrikovics - 3 Istvan Sziraczki - 3   Poland 30 Roman Jankowski - 12 Boleslaw Proch - 7 Zenon Plech - 6 Wojciech Żabiałowicz - 3 Edward Jancarz - 2   Bulgaria 22 Nikolai Manev - 8 Vesselin Markov - 8 Angel Eftimov - 4 Orlin Janakiev - 2 4   Austria 8 Walter Nebel - 3 Siegfried Eder - 2 Adi Funk - 2 Toni Pilotto - 1 Hubert Fischbacher - 0	Pos. National team Pts. Riders   Czechoslovakia 43 Aleš Dryml Sr. - 12 Petr Ondrašík - 8 Milan Špinka - 8 Jiří Štancl - 8 Emil Sova - 7   Italy 32 Ottaviano Righetto - 10 Armando Dal Chiele - 9 Gianni Famari - 7 Giovanni Brizzolari - 5 Valentino Furlanetto - 0   Netherlands 15 Henny Kroeze - 5 Henk Steman - 5 Wil Stroes - 3 Leo Bathoorn - 1 Anne Elzinga - 1 4   Yugoslavia 6 Albert Kocmut - 3 Krešo Omerzel - 2 Zvonko Pavlic - 1 Artur Horvat - 0 Joze Zibert - 0

Semi final

• 26 June
• Svítkov Stadium, Pardubice

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
		Czechoslovakia	44	Aleš Dryml Sr. - 12 Jiří Štancl - 12 Václav Verner - 12 Antonín Kasper Jr. - 8
		Poland	25	Roman Jankowski - 9 Edward Jancarz - 8 Andrzej Huszcza - 7 Jan Krzystyniak - 1 Bogusław Nowak - 1
		Italy	15	Ottaviano Righetto - 6 Gianni Famari - 4 Armando Dal Chiele - 4 Valentino Furlanetto - 1 Mauro Ferraccioli - 0
4		Hungary	11	Zoltan Hajdu - 3 Zoltán Adorján - 3 Janos Oresko - 3 Ferenc Farkas - 1 Istvan Sziraczki - 1

Qualification stage 2

Intercontinental final

• Wimbledon Stadium, London
• 26 June
• Ref: R.Randborg

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
		Denmark	35	9.Ole Olsen - 1 (1,-,-,-) 10.Erik Gundersen - 12 (3,3,3,3) 11.Tommy Knudsen - 5 (0,1,2,2) 12.Hans Nielsen - 12 (3,3,3,3) 19.Finn Thomsen - 5 (-,2,1,2)
		United States	31	5.Dennis Sigalos - 9 (2,1,3,3) 6.Bobby Schwartz - 6 (2,3,9,1) 7.Kelly Moran - 2 (2,f,-,-) 8.Shawn Moran - 10 (3,3,2,2) 18.Lance King - 4 (-,-,3,1)
		England	26	1.Peter Collins - 0 (0,-,-,-) 2.Kenny Carter - 7 (2,2,1,2) 3.Chris Morton - 8 (3,2,2,1) 4.Simon Wigg - 3 (1,1,1,-) 17.Dave Jessup - 8 (-,2,2,3\1)
4		Sweden	4	13.Jan Andersson - 2 (1,1,0,0) 14.Lillebror Johansson - 0 (0,0,-,-) 15.Tommy Nilsson - 1 (0,0,1,0) 16.Pierre Brannefors - 1 (1,0,0,0) 20.Anders Eriksson - 0 (-,-,0,0)

Continental final

• Altes Stadion, Abensberg
• 10 July
• Att: 12,000

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
		England	40	1.Peter Collins - 9 (3,3,3,e) 2.Kenny Carter - 12 (3,3,3,3) 3.Chris Morton - 5 (1,2,2,-) 4.Dave Jessup - 11 (3,3,2,3) 17.Les Collins - 3 (-,-,-,3)
		Czechoslovakia	27	9.Antonín Kasper Jr. - 7 (2,2,3,-) 10.Jiří Štancl - 6 (f,1,3,2) 11.Aleš Dryml Sr.- 6 (3,1,1,1) 12.Václav Verner - 6 (2,1,1,2) 19.Petr Ondrašík - 2 (-,-,-,2)
		West Germany	17	5.Egon Muller - 9 (1,3,2,3) 6.Karl Maier - 5 (2,0,2,1) 7.Josef Aigner - 3 (1,0,-,2) 8.Peter Würtele - 0 (x,0,f,0) 18.Stefan Deser - 0 (-,-,0,-)
4		Soviet Union	12	13.Anatoly Maksimov - NS 14.Mikhail Starostin - 3 (0,2,1,0) 15.Rif Saitgareev - 1 (1,0,0,0) 16.Viktor Kuznetsov - 4 (2,1,0,1) 20.Valery Gordeev - 4 (0,2,1,1)

World final

• Speedway Center, Vojens
• 12 August
• Att: 25,000
• Ref : Gunther Sorber (W.Ger)

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
		Denmark	37	9.Ole Olsen - 7 (2,1,2,2) 10.Erik Gundersen - 12 (3,3,3,3) 11.Finn Thomsen - 0 (0,-,-,-) 12.Hans Nielsen - 11 (2,3,3,3) 19.Peter Ravn - 7 (-,1,3,3)
		England	29	13.Kenny Carter - 8 (3,2,2,1) 14.Michael Lee - 11 (3,3,3,2) 15.Dave Jessup - 2 (e,-,-,2) 16.Chris Morton - 7 (1,2,2,2) 20.Peter Collins - 1 (-,1,0,-)
		United States	27	1.Dennis Sigalos - 9 (2,2,2,3) 2.Bobby Schwartz - 6 (3,1,1,1) 3.Lance King - 6 (2,2,1,1) 4.Kelly Moran - 6 (1,3,1,1) 17.Rick Miller - NS
4		Czechoslovakia	3	5.Antonín Kasper Jr. - 0 (0,0,e,-) 6.Jiří Štancl - 2 (1,0,1,0) 7.Aleš Dryml Sr. - 0 (0,0,0,0) 8.Václav Verner - 1 (1,0,0,0) 18.Petr Ondrašík - 0 (-,-,-,0)

See also

• 1983 Individual Speedway World Championship
• 1983 Speedway World Pairs Championship

References

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4. "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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