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1986 WORLD TEAM CUP 1988
1987

GROUP 4 (Winner promoted to Group C in 1988)
Standings Race
M 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Pts
1. Bulgaria 4 4 0 0 0 165
2. Norway 4 0 3 1 0 145
3. Holland 4 0 1 3 0 117
4. Yugoslavia 4 0 0 0 4 46

Results
Round 1 19.06 : Amsterdam, Holland Bulgaria* 38+3 Norway 34 Holland* 38+2 Yugoslavia 4
Round 2 13.09 : Skien, Norway Bulgaria 42 Norway 40 Holland 28 Yugoslavia 10
Round 3 27.09 : Ljubljana, Yugoslavia Bulgaria 43 Norway 31 Holland 24 Yugoslavia 20
Round 4 03.10 : Shumen, Bulgaria Bulgaria 42 Norway 40 Holland 27 Yugoslavia 11
* Run-off for 1st.place: Nikolai Manev (Bulgaria) beat Robert Jan Munnecom (Holland)

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Programme from the Amsterdam round. This was a trial meeting for the 2-day 1987 World Final at this track. Skien, Norway

GROUP 3 (Winner promoted to Group B in 1988 ; 4th relegated to Group D in 1988)
Standings Race
M 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Pts
1. West Germany 4 1 1.5 1.5 0 149
2. Italy 4 1 1.5 1.5 0 136
3. Hungary 4 2 1 0 1 134
4. Austria 4 0 0 1 3 56

Results
Round 1 03.05 : Lonigo, Italy West Germany 32 Italy 32 Hungary 41 Austria 15
Round 2 21.06 : Wiener Neustadt, Austria West Germany 34 Italy 36 Hungary 40 Austria 9
Round 3 11.07 : Landshut, W Germany West Germany* 43+2 Italy* 43+3 Hungary 16 Austria 18 (Att: 6,000)
Round 4 13.09 : Miskolc, Hungary West Germany 40 Italy 25 Hungary 37 Austria 14
* Run-off for 1st.place: Castagna (Italy) beat Lausch (West Germany)

Point Scorers
West Germany Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Rd.4 Total Italy Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Rd.4 Total
Karl Maier 11 10 12 8 41 Armando Castagna 9 7 13 8 37
Gerd Riss 8 8 9 12 37 Paolo Salvatelli 8 8 12 3 31
Hans Faltermeier 9 1 3 10 23 Valentino Furlanetto 9 10 - - 19
Klaus Lausch - 7 14 - 21 Giorgio Zaramella - - 12 6 18
Michael Datzmann 4 8 5 - 17 Armando dal Chiele 5 11 - - 16
Tommy Dunker - - - 10 10 Gianni Famari - 0 6 5 11
Fabrizio Vesprini - - - 3 3
Hungary Ottoviano Righetto 1 - - - 1
Zoltan Adorjan 10 14 7 12 43
Josef Petrikovics 11 12 3 - 26 Austria
Antal Kocso 2 10 5 7 24 Walter Nebel 7 2 4 3 16
Janos Balogh 13 4 0 - 17 Heinrich Schatzer 2 0 6 5 13
Sandor Tihanyi 5 0 1 11 17 Toni Pilotto 0 5 5 2 12
Janos Szeres - - - 4 4 Adi Funk 2 2 2 2 8
Laszlo Bodi - - - 3 3 Siegfried Eder 4 0 - - 4
Andy Bössner - - 1 2 3

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GROUP 2 (Winner promoted to Group A in 1988 ; 4th relegated to Group C in 1988

Standings Race
M 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Pts
1. Sweden 3 2 1 0 0 124
2. Poland 3 1 1 0 1 85
3. Australia 3 0 0 3 0 82
4. Finland 3 0 1 0 2 68

Results
Round 1 19.07 : Gdansk, Poland Sweden 41 Poland 39 Australia 27 Finland 13
Round 2 21.08 : Linkoping, Sweden Sweden 50 Poland 10 Australia 27 Finland 32 (Att: 1,562)
Round 3 13.09 : Rybnik, Poland Sweden 33 Poland 36 Australia 28 Finland 23 (Att: 23,000)

Point Scorers
Sweden Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Total Poland Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Total
Per Jonsson 15 15 11 41 Roman Jankowski 12 5 9 26
Jimmy Nilsen 13 6 11 30 Andrzej Huszcza 13 1 3 17
Tony Olsson - 13 8 21 Zenon Kasprzak 8 2 6 16
Conny Ivarsson 2 13 3 18 Ryszard Dolomisciewicz - 2 10 12
Roland Danno 7 - - 7 Piotr Swist - - 8 8
Tommy Nilsson 4 - - 4 Wojciech Zabialowicz 6 - - 6
Mikael Blixt - 3 - 3 Grzegorz Dzikowski 0 - - 0
Erik Stenlund - - 0 0 Janusz Stachyra - 0 - 0
Australia Finland
Steve Regeling 9 8 8 25 Kai Niemi 1 11 11 23
Steve Baker 9 6 8 23 Ari Koponen 5 8 9 22
Stephen Davies 7 8 7 22 Roy Malminheimo - 7 1 8
Troy Butler - - 5 5 Juha Moksunen - 6 0 6
Mick Poole - 5 - 5 Olli Tyrvainen 5 - - 5
Glenn Doyle 2 - 0 2 Janne Moksunen - 0 2 2
Alan Rivett 0 - - 0 Aki Ala-Riihimaki 1 - - 1
Team Manager : James Easter Vesa Ylinen 1 - - 1

GROUP 2, ROUND 1 19.07 : Gdansk, Poland
Sweden 41 Poland 39 Australia 27 Finland 13
Per Jonsson 3 3 3 3 3 15 Andrzej Huszcza 2 3 2 3 3 13 Steve Regeling 2 2 3 1 1 9 Ari Koponen 2 2 1 0 0 5
Jimmy Nilsen 3 3 3 1 3 13 Roman Jankowski 3 3 2 2 2 12 Steve Baker 1 2 2 3 1 9 Olli Tyrvainen 1 1 1 0 2 5
Roland Danno 3 1 0 1 2 7 Zenon Kasprzak 2 ef 1 2 3 8 Stephen Davies 1 1 2 2 1 7 Kai Niemi 1 ef 0 - - 1
Conny Ivarsson 2 - - - - 2 Wojciech Zabialowicz 2 1 3 0 - 6 Glenn Doyle 2 0 - - - 2 Aki Ala-Riihimaki 0 1 - - - 1
Tommy Nilsson † 0 3 1 0 4 Grzegorz Dzikowski † 0 0 Alan Rivett † 0 0 0 0 Vesa Ylinen † 0 0 0 1 0 1

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GROUP 1 (FINAL) (4th relegated to Group B in 1988)
Standings Race
M 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Pts
1. Denmark 3 2 1 0 0 130
2. England 3 0 2 1 0 101
3. USA 3 1 0 2 0 93
4. Czechoslovakia 3 0 0 0 3 36

Results
Round 1 16.08 : Fredericia, Denmark (Att: 4-6,000) Denmark 47 England 37 USA 24 Czechoslovakia 12 Ref: Christer Bergstrom (Sw)
Round 2 25.08‡ : Coventry, England Denmark 37 England 33 USA 43 Czechoslovakia 7 Ref: Graham Brodie (Eng)
Round 3 13.09 : Prague, Czechoslovakia (Att: 12,000) Denmark 46 England 31 USA 26 Czechoslovakia 17
‡ The meeting at Coventry was originally due to be staged as the first round, but was postponed due to rain on both the original date of 19.07, and on the re-staging date of 22.07

Point Scorers
Denmark Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Total England Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Total
Team Manager : Team Managers : Eric Boocock & Colin Pratt
Hans Nielsen 15 11 12 38 Simon Wigg © 9 11 9 29
Erik Gundersen 10 9 14 33 Kelvin Tatum 7 9 9 25
Jan O Pedersen 12 10 10 32 Jeremy Doncaster 13 6 5 24
Tommy Knudsen 10 7 10 27 Simon Cross 8 5 8 21
Marvyn Cox - 2 0 2
USA
Team Manager : John Scott Czechoslovakia
Shawn Moran 4 14 5 23 Team Manager :
Rick Miller 8 9 5 22 Roman Matousek 3 2 9 14
Sam Ermolenko 9 11 - 20 Toni Kasper 4 3 3 10
Kelly Moran - 4 10 14 Lubomir Jedek 4 0 0 4
Lance King 3 5 - 8 Petr Vandirek 1 1 2 4
John Cook - - 6 6 Zdenek Schneiderwind 0 1 3 4

Heat Details
Rd.1 - Fredericia 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
1. Hans Nielsen 3 3 3 3 3 15
2. Erik Gundersen 3 3 3 1 0 10
3. Jan O Pedersen 2 3 3 1 3 12
4. Tommy Knudsen 2 2 3 2 1 10
17 John Jorgensen † -
DENMARK 2 4 7 10 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 33 34 36 37 40 41 44 44 47 47
5. Kelvin Tatum 1 0 2 2 2 7
6. Jeremy Doncaster 3 3 2 3 2 13
7. Simon Cross 1 1 2 3 1 8
8. Simon Wigg 1 2 1 3 2 9
18 Marvyn Cox † -
ENGLAND 1 4 5 6 9 9 10 12 13 15 17 19 22 25 28 30 32 34 35 37 37
9. Shawn Moran 0 1 0 0 3 4
10 Sam Ermolenko 0 2 2 2 3 9
11 Lance King 0 1 1 1 0 3
12 Rick Miller 3 2 0 2 1 8
19 Ronnie Correy † -
USA 3 3 3 3 4 6 8 9 11 11 12 12 14 15 17 17 20 20 23 24 24
13 Roman Matousek 1 f,ex 0 1 1 3
14 Petr Vandirek 0 - 1 0 - 1
15 Lubomir Jedek 2 1 1 0 0 4
16 Toni Kasper 2 0 0 0 2 4
20 Zdenek Schneiderwind † 0 0 0
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0 1 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 10 12 12 12
Time 69.7 68.3 69.4 68.5 69.2 68.1* 68.9 68.2 68.5 69.2 69.0 69.2 69.5 69.0 69.0 68.3 69.1 68.9 69.9 68.4

Rd.2 - Coventry 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
13 Shawn Moran 3 3 3 3 2 14
14 Lance King 1 3 1 - - 5
15 Sam Ermolenko 3 2 3 f,rm 3 11
16 Rick Miller 1 3 2 1 2 9
20 Kelly Moran † 3 1 4
USA 1 4 7 8 11 13 16 19 22 23 25 28 29 29 32 35 36 38 41 43 43
5. Hans Nielsen 3 3 3 2 ex 11
6. Erik Gundersen 2 0 2 2 3 9
7. Jan O Pedersen
 2 2 3 3 0 10
8. Tommy Knudsen 2 1 1 3 0 7
18 John Jorgensen † -
DENMARK 3 5 7 9 9 12 14 15 16 19 22 24 27 30 32 34 37 37 37 37 37
1. Kelvin Tatum 3 2 1 1 2 9
2. Jeremy Doncaster 1 1 1 3 6
3. Marvyn Cox 1 1 0 2
4. Simon Wigg 2 2 2 2 3 11
17 Simon Cross † 2 1 2 5
ENGLAND 2 3 4 7 9 10 11 13 15 17 18 19 19 21 22 23 25 28 30 33 33
9. Roman Matousek 0 1 f 0 1 2
10 Petr Vandirek 0 0 - 0 1 1
11 Lubomir Jedek 0 0 0 - 0 0
12 Toni Kasper 0 0 0 2 1 3
19 Zdenek Schneiderwind † 0 1 1
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 4 4 5 6 7 7
Time 62.1 62.4 62.1 62.5 63.3 61.6 62.5 63.3 62.9 63.4 62.3 62.2 62.7 62.4 63.9 63.0 63.6 63.8 62.9 64.0

Rd.3 - Prague 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
13 Hans Nielsen 3 ef 3 3 3 12
14 Erik Gundersen 3 3 3 3 2 14
15 Jan O Pedersen 2 3 1 1 3 10
16 Tommy Knudsen 3 1 3 2 1 10
20 John Jorgensen † -
DENMARK 3 6 8 11 12 15 15 18 21 24 27 28 30 31 34 37 40 41 44 46 46
9. Simon Wigg 3 0 2 2 2 9
10 Kelvin Tatum 2 2 0 2 3 9
11 Jeremy Doncaster 2 2 1 0 - 5
12 Simon Cross 2 2 3 1 0 8
19 Marvyn Cox † 0 0
ENGLAND 2 4 7 9 9 11 13 15 15 17 18 21 22 22 24 26 26 29 31 31 31
5. Shawn Moran 0 1 2 0 2 5
6. John Cook 1 3 0 1 1 6
7. Kelly Moran 1 3 1 2 3 10
8. Rick Miller 0 1 1 3 0 5
18 (no reserve) † -
USA 0 1 1 2 5 6 9 10 11 12 14 14 17 19 20 20 22 22 23 26 26
1. Toni Kasper 0 0 - 1 2 3
2. Petr Vandirek 1 1 0 0 0 2
3. Lubomir Jedek 0 0 0 - - 0
4. Roman Matousek 1 2 2 3 1 9
17 Zdenek Schneiderwind † 2 0 1 3
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1 1 2 2 4 4 5 5 7 7 7 9 9 12 12 13 14 16 16 17 17
Time *

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† reserve ; © captain ; * track record
Contributors : Christian Weber, Roger Stevens, Jonas Holmqvist, David Austin, Robert Rudiak

1986 1988

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