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| 1987 | WORLD TEAM CUP | 1989 | ||
| 1988 |
| GROUP D (Winner to Group C) | ||||||||
| 10.04 : Wiener Neustadt, | Austria | 41 | New Zealand | 35 | Norway | 25 | Holland | 19 |
| Austria | Heinrich Schatzer | 14 | Mitch Shirra | 14 | Ingvar Skogland | 10 | Henny Kroeze | 8 |
| Siegfried Eder | 12 | Gary Allan | 9 | Arnt Forland | 7 | Henk Steman | 7 | |
| Robert Funk | 7 | Alan Rivett* | 8 | Tor Einar Hielm | 5 | Robert Jan Munnecom | 3 | |
| Walter Nebel | 7 | Bruce Cribb | 4 | Einar Kyllingstad | 2 | Rob Steman | 1 | |
| Andy Bössner † | 1 | (no reserve) | - | Arne Svendsen† | 1 | Rene Elzinga † | 0 | |
| * Although born in New Zealand, Rivett rode many times for Australia, where he lived, on an Australian licence. | ||||||||
| This appearance for New Zealand was due to them being unable to otherwise raise a team. | ||||||||
| GROUP C (Winner to Group B) | ||||||||
| Rd.1 - 26.06 : Szeged, Hungary | Hungary | 52 | Italy | 41 | Austria | 12 | Bulgaria | 15 |
| Rd.2 - 03.07 : Lonigo, Italy | Hungary | 44 | Italy | 43 | Austria | 22 | Bulgaria | 10 |
| Aggregate | Hungary | 96 | Italy | 84 | Austria | 34 | Bulgaria | 25 |
| Hungary | Total | Italy | Total | ||||||
| Zoltan Adorjan | 14 | 12 | 26 | Armando Castagna | 10 | 14 | 24 | ||
| Antal Kocso | 12 | 11 | 23 | Valentino Furlanetto | 9 | 12 | 21 | ||
| Sandor Tihanyi | 15 | 5 | 20 | Paolo Salvatelli | 9 | 9 | 18 | ||
| Josef Petrikovics | 4 | 12 | 16 | Armando dal Chiele | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Janos Balogh | 7† | 4† | 11 | Ottaviano Righetto | - | 8† | 8 | ||
| Gianni Famari | -† | - | - | ||||||
| Austria | Bulgaria | ||||||||
| Walter Nebel | 5 | 6 | 11 | Nikolai Manev | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Robert Funk | 4† | 5 | 9 | Georgi Petranov | 3 | 3† | 6 | ||
| Toni Pilotto | 3 | 5 | 8 | Rudolf Valentinov | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Andy Bössner | - | 5 | 5 | Angel Eftimov | 3 | - | 3 | ||
| Siegfried Eder | 0 | 1† | 1 | Orlin Janakiev | 1† | 1 | 2 | ||
| Heinrich Schatzer | 0 | - | 0 | Aleksi Todorov | - | 1 | 1 |
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| GROUP B (Winner to Group A) | ||||||||
| 12.08 : Landshut, | West Germany | 40 | Hungary | 38 | Australia | 32 | Finland | 10 |
| West Germany | Klaus Lausch | 11 | Zoltan Adorjan | 14 | Stephen Davies | 11 | Ari Koponen | 4 |
| Tommy Dunker | 10 | Antal Kocso | 13 | Mick Poole | 9 | Aki Ala-Riihimaki | 2 | |
| Karl Maier | 10 | Sandor Tihanyi | 8 | Craig Hodgson | 6 | Roy Malminheimo† | 2 | |
| Gerd Riss | 9 | Janos Balogh † | 3 | Troy Butler † | 5 | Olli Tyrvainen | 2 | |
| Hans Faltermaier † | 0 | Josef Petrikovics | 0 | Steve Baker | 1 | Kai Niemi | 0 | |
| GROUP A (Winner to Final) | ||||||||
| Rd.1 - 21.08 : Prague, Czechoslovakia | Sweden | 49 | West Germany | 26 | Czechoslovakia | 28 | Poland | 17 |
| Rd.2 - 25.08 : Linkoping, Sweden | Sweden | 51 | West Germany | 31 | Czechoslovakia | 22 | Poland | 14 |
| Aggregate | Sweden | 100 | West Germany | 57 | Czechoslovakia | 50 | Poland | 31 |
| Sweden | Total | West Germany | Total | ||||||
| Jimmy Nilsen | 14 | 11 | 25 | Gerd Riss | 10 | 12 | 22 | ||
| Per Jonsson | 13 | 10 | 23 | Karl Maier | 8 | 11 | 19 | ||
| Tony Olsson | 11 | 10 | 21 | Klaus Lausch | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Conny Ivarsson | 6 | 11 | 17 | Tommy Dunker | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Henrik Gustafsson | 5† | 9† | 14 | Hans Faltermeier | 1† | 2† | 3 | ||
| Czechoslovakia | Poland | ||||||||
| Roman Matousek | 11 | 11 | 22 | Zenon Kasprzak | 8 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Toni Kasper | 6 | 5 | 11 | Andrzej Huszcza | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Lubomir Jedek | 7 | 0 | 7 | Roman Jankowski | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Petr Vandirek | 4 | 3 | 7 | Eugeniusz Skupien | 1† | 2† | 3 | ||
| Bohumil Brhel | 0† | 3† | 3 | Piotr Swist | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| FINAL | ||||||||
| 10.09 : Los Angeles | Denmark | 44 | USA | 32 | Sweden | 22* | England | 22* |
| Coliseum, Long Beach, | Erik Gundersen 1 3 3 1 - | 8 | Sam Ermolenko 3 2 3 2 3 | 13 | Per Jonsson 2 3 1 1 2 | 9 | Kelvin Tatum 2 0 2 2 1 | 7 |
| California, USA | Hans Nielsen 3 3 3 3 2 | 14 | Kelly Moran 1 2 0 2 0 | 5 | Jimmy Nilsen 3 1 1 ef ef | 5 | Simon Wigg 0 0 - 0 - | 0 |
| (Att: 7,000) | Jan O Pedersen 3 3 3 3 - | 12 | Shawn Moran f 2 2 1 3 | 8 | Conny Ivarsson 0 - f - - | 0 | Chris Morton 1 0 - 3 - | 4 |
| Tommy Knudsen 2 1 1 3 1 | 8 | Lance King 1 2 0 - 3 | 6 | Tony Olsson 0 1 - 0 3 | 4 | Simon Cross 2 0 0 - 1 | 3 | |
| John Jorgensen † 2 0 | 2 | Rick Miller † ef | 0 | Henrik Gustafsson † 1 1 2 ef | 4 | Gary Havelock † 2 2 1 2 1 | 8 | |
| *Run-off for 3rd place : Jonsson, Sweden beat Tatum, England | ||||||||
| Ht 1:
Nilsen, Knudsen, King, Wigg 71.0 Ht 2: Ermolenko, Cross, Gundersen,Olsson 69.4 (track record) Ht 3: Pedersen, Jonsson, Morton, S Moran (f) 69.9 Ht 4: Nielsen, Tatum, K Moran, Ivarsson 69.9 Ht 5: Jonsson, K Moran, Knudsen, Cross 69.7 Ht 6: Gundersen, S Moran, Gustafsson, Wigg 70.8 Ht 7: Pedersen, Ermolenko, Nilsen, Tatum 69.7 Ht 8: Nielsen, King, Olsson, Morton 70.2 Ht 9: Ermolenko, Havelock, Knudsen, Ivarsson (f) 70.0 Ht 10: Gundersen, Tatum, Jonsson, King 71.0 Ht 11: Pedersen, Havelock, Gustafsson, K Moran 71.3 |
Ht 12: Nielsen, S Moran,
Nilsen, Cross 70.9 Ht 13: Morton, K Moran, Gundersen, Nilsen (ef) 71.9 Ht 14: Knudsen, Tatum, S Moran, Olsson 70.9 Ht 15: Pedersen, Gustafsson, Havelock, Miller (ef) 71.6 Ht 16: Nielsen, Ermolenko, Jonsson, Wigg 70.6 Ht 17: King, Havelock, Knudsen, Gustafsson (ef) 72.3 Ht 18: Olsson, Jorgensen, Cross, K Moran 71.8 Ht 19: S Moran, Nielsen, Havelock, Nilsen (ef) 71.1 Ht 20: Ermolenko, Jonsson, Tatum, Jorgensen 70.6 Run-off for Bronze Medal: Jonsson, Tatum 71.0 |
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| Contributors : Duncan Luke, Robert Rudiak, Jonas Holmqvist, David Austin | |||
| 1987 | 1989 |
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