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| 1983 | WORLD TEAM CUP | 1985 | ||
| 1984 |
| Poland seeded to the Final |
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| Tampere - 1984 Season Programme Cover | Tampere - 4 page meeting insert | King's Lynn |
| ROUND 1 (1st & 2nd to Intercontinental Final) | 27.05 : Tampere, Finland | |||||||
| Denmark | 37 | Sweden | 34 | Finland | 22 | Norway | 3 | |
| Team Manager : Ole Olsen | Team Manager : Bo Wirebrand | Team Manager : Pentti Kokko | Team Manager : Jan Jacobsen | |||||
| Note A "filled
in" programme has the positions of Eriksen and Koponen in heat 13
reversed. If true, this would give an amended result of Denmark 36 Sweden 34 Finland 23 Norway 3 |
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| Tampere | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Total |
| 1 Bo Petersen | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 2 Erik Gundersen | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 3 Preben Eriksen | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 4 Hans Nielsen | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 5 Peter Ravn | - | ||||||||||||||||
| DENMARK | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 30 | 33 | 36 | 37 | 37 |
| 1 Jan Andersson | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 2 Pierre Brannefors | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 3 Tommy Nilsson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 4 Bjorn Andersson | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 5 Per Jonsson | - | ||||||||||||||||
| SWEDEN | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 34 | 34 |
| 1 Seppo Keskinen | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 Olli Tyrvainen | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 Pekka Hautamaki | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4 Ari Koponen | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 5 Kai Niemi | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| FINLAND | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 22 |
| 1 Tormod Langli | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 Einar Kyllingstad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 Roy Otto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 Ingvar Skogland | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 Trond Skretting | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| NORWAY | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| ROUND 2 (1st & 2nd to Intercontinental Final) | 13.05 : King's Lynn, England | |||||||
| USA | 34 | England | 32 | Australia | 25 | New Zealand | 5 | |
| Team Manager : John Scott | Team Manager : Carl Glover | Team Manager : James Easter | Team Manager: Trevor Redmond | |||||
| King's Lynn | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Total |
| 1. Bobby Schwartz © | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 2. Dennis Sigalos | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| 3. Lance King | f,ns | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 4. Shawn Moran | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 17 John Cook | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| USA | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 34 | 34 | 34 |
| 9. Michael Lee | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 10 Chris Morton | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 11 Simon Wigg | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 12 Dave Jessup © | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 19 John Louis | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| ENGLAND | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 32 | 32 |
| 13 Billy Sanders © | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 14 Phil Crump | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 15 John Titman | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 16 Gary Guglielmi | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 20 Steve Regeling | 1 | 1 | ef | 2 | |||||||||||||
| AUSTRALIA | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 25 |
| 5. Larry Ross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 6. Mitch Shirra | f,ex | 1 | ex | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 7. Ivan Mauger © | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 8. David Bargh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 18 Alan Mason | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| NEW ZEALAND | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Time | 64.4 | 65.0 | 63.5 | 64.9 | 64.0 | 65.2 | 63.5 | 65.1 | 64.1 | 63.7 | 64.9 | 64.5 | 64.4 | 64.9 | 64.6 | 64.4 | |
| ROUND 3 (1st & 2nd to Continental Semi-Final) | 27.05 : Lonigo, Italy (Att: 2,000) | |||||||
| West Germany | 28 | Italy | 28 | Austria | 24 | Yugoslavia | 14 | |
| Josef Aigner | 12 | Armando Castagna | 9 | Adi Funk | 9 | Zdravko Tomanic | 5 | |
| Klaus Lausch | 7 | Armando dal Chiele | 9 | Walter Nebel | 6 | Kreso Omerzel | 4 | |
| Karl Maier | 6 | Giorgio Zaramella | 6 | Hubert Fischbacher | 5 | Zvonko Pavlic | 4 | |
| Stefan Deser | 3 | Gianni Famari | 4 | Siegfried Eder | 2 | Joze Zibert | 1 | |
| Ottaviano Righetto | 0 | Robert Funk | 2 | |||||
| ROUND 4 (1st & 2nd to Continental Semi-Final) | 27.05 : Miskolc, Hungary | |||||||
| Czechoslovakia | 37 | Hungary | 32 | Holland | 15 | Bulgaria | 12 | |
| Ales Dryml | 12 | Peter Berecz | 11 | Henny Kroeze | 7 | Orlin Janakiev | 4 | |
| Petr Ondrasik | 11 | Josef Petrikovics | 6 | Frits Koppe | 4 | Rudolf Valentinov | 4 | |
| Toni Kasper | 7 | Josef Sziraczki | 6 | Ralph Geurtz | 2 | Nikolai Manev | 3 | |
| Vaclav Verner | 6 | Sandor Tihanyi | 6 | Henk Steman | 1 | Vesselin Markov | 1 | |
| Jiri Svoboda | 1 | Janos Oresko | 3 | Wil Stroes | 1 | Angel Eftimov | 0 | |
| CONTINENTAL SEMI-FINAL (1sr & 2nd to Continental Final) | 24.06 : Prague, Czechoslovakia | Ref : R Cheladze (Pol) | ||||||
| Czechoslovakia | 37 | West Germany | 27 | Hungary | 17 | Italy | 15 | |
| 1 Jiri Stancl | 9 | 5 Egon Müller | 8 | 13 Josef Petrikovics | 2 | 9 Armando dal Chiele | 4 | |
| 2 Ales Dryml | 10 | 6 Karl Maier | 11 | 14 Zoltan Adorjan | 8 | 10 Armando Castagna | 6 | |
| 3 Petr Ondrasik | 9 | 7 Josef Aigner | 5 | 15 Zoltan Hajdu | 6 | 11 Gianni Famari | 3 | |
| 4 Vaclav Verner | 9 | 8 Klaus Lausch | 3 | 16 Sandor Tihanyi | 2 | 12 Giorgio Zaramella | 1 | |
| 17 Antonin Kasper | - | 18 Peter Wurtele | - | 20 Istvan Rusz | 0 | 19 Valentino Furlanetto | 1 | |
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| Lonigo | Prague | Miskolc |
| INTERCONTINENTAL FINAL (Winner to Final ; 2nd & 3rd to Continental Final) 23.06 : Mariestad, Sweden (Att: 2,499) Ref: Graham Brodie (GB) | ||||||||
| USA | 41 | Denmark | 23 | England | 18 | Sweden | 13 | |
| Team Manager: John Scott | Team Manager : Ole Olsen | Team Manager : Carl Glover | Team Manager : Bo Wirebrand | |||||
| Mariestad | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Total |
| 13 Bobby Schwartz | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 14 John Cook | 0 | - | - | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 15 Lance King | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 16 Shawn Moran | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 20 Kelly Moran | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| USA | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 39 | 41 | 41 |
| 9 Hans Nielsen | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 10 Preben Eriksen | 1 | 1 | f | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 11 Bo Petersen | 2 | f,ex | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 12 Erik Gundersen | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 19 Finn Thomsen | - | ||||||||||||||||
| DENMARK | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| 1 Simon Wigg | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 2 Chris Morton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3 Peter Collins | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4 John Louis | 1 | nf | - | - | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 17 Phil Collins | f | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| ENGLAND | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 18 |
| 5 Jan Andersson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 6 Pierre Brannefors | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 7 Tommy Nilsson | 0 | 0 | ef | - | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 8 Bjorn Andersson | 0 | - | - | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 18 Per Jonsson | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| SWEDEN | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
| Time | 59.3* | 61.2 | 61.5 | 61.5 | 61.4 | 62.1 | 63.5 | 64.2 | 66.6 | 65.0 | 64.0 | 64.6 | 62.7 | 63.5 | 64.0 | 64.6 | |
| CONTINENTAL FINAL | (1st & 2nd to Final) | 08.07 : Pocking, West Germany | (Att: 5,000) Ref: Sam Bass (Aus) | ||||
| Denmark | 34 | England | 27 | Czechoslovakia | 19 | West Germany | 16 |
| Team Manager : Ole Olsen | Team Manager : Carl Glover | ||||||
| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Total | |
| 13 Bo Petersen | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 14 Hans Nielsen | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 15 Erik Gundersen | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 16 Preben Eriksen | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 20 Peter Ravn | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| DENMARK | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 33 | 34 | 34 |
| 1 Peter Collins | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2 Chris Morton | 2 | 2 | 1 | ex | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 3 Simon Wigg | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 4 Phil Collins | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 17 Andy Grahame | - | ||||||||||||||||
| ENGLAND | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
| 9 Jiri Stancl | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 10 Ales Dryml | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 11 Petr Ondrasik | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 12 Vaclav Verner | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 19 Toni Kasper | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| CZECOSLOVAKIA | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 19 |
| 5 Egon Müller | 0 | ret | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 6 Karl Maier | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 7 Peter Würturle | 1 | ef | 2 | f,ex | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 8 Klaus Lausch | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 Georg Hack | - | ||||||||||||||||
| GERMANY | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 16 |
| Speed (km/h) | 79.6 | 79.1 | 79.1 | 77.7 | 78.3 | ? | 78.1 | 78.5 | 77.9 | 79.2 | 79.0 | 78.9 | 77.4 | 78.5 | 77.8 | 78.4 |
| FINAL | 18.08 : Leszno, Poland (Att: 40,000) | Ref : C Ringstrom (Swe) | ||||||
| Denmark | 44 | England | 24 | USA | 20 | Poland | 8 | |
| Team Manager : Ole Olsen | Team Manager : Carl Glover | Team Manager : John Scott | ||||||
| Leszno | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Total |
| 5. Bo Petersen | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| 6. Erik Gundersen | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| 7. Preben Eriksen | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 8. Hans Nielsen | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 18 Peter Ravn | - | ||||||||||||||||
| DENMARK | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 34 | 37 | 38 | 41 | 44 | 44 |
| 13 Chris Morton | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 14 Peter Collins | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 15 Simon Wigg | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 16 Phil Collins | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 20 Neil Collins | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| ENGLAND | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 24 |
| 9. Bobby Schwartz © | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 10 Shawn Moran | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 11 Kelly Moran | 1 | 2 | ex |
2 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 12 Lance King | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 19 John Cook | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| USA | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 20 |
| 1. Roman Jankowski | 0 | 1 | 0 | ex | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2. Zenon Kasprzak | 0 | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3. Zenon Plech | 2 | 0 | 2 | ef | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4. Leonard Raba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 17 Boleslaw Proch | 0 | f | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| POLAND | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Time | 66.8 | 66.0 | 66.8 | 66.9 | 65.3 | 66.6 | 66.5 | 66.6 | 67.3 | 67.3 | 67.1 | 66.5 | 66.8 | 67.0 | 66.8 | 67.6 | |
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| Mariestad | Leszno | Pocking |
| Contributors : Roger Stevens, Tracy
Holmes, Tom Marriott, Duncan Luke, Robert Rudiak, Jonas Holmqvist, David Austin, Andy Reid, Peter Heinzl, Harry Susemihl |
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| © captain ; reserve ; *track record | ||
| 1983 | 1985 |
© Brian Collins