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1995 WORLD TEAM CUP 1997
1996

The 1996 competition was marred by the withdrawal of many top riders, due to the insistence of the FIM that solid block tyres be used.

GROUP C (1st & 2nd to Final) 02.06 : Prelog, Croatia (Att: 2,000)
Russia 42 Croatia 29 Holland 23 France 16 Bulgaria 9
Note : New Zealand and Finland withdrew

Prelog 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
1 Oleg Kurguskin 3 3 3 3 3 - 15
2 Sergey Darkin 3 3 3 3 ex-t 3 15
3 Sergey Eroshin 3 f,ex 3 3 3 12
RUSSIA 3 6 9 12 12 15 15 15 18 21 21 21 24 27 30 33 36 36 39 42 42
4 Zlatko Krznaric 2 1 2 3 3 2 13
5 Krunoslav Zganec 0 3 1 3 2 2 11
6 Renato Kuster 2 1 1 1 5
CROATIA 2 2 4 4 5 6 9 11 12 12 15 18 18 19 21 22 22 25 27 29 29
7 Patrick Verbrugge ef f,ex 2 2 1 ef 5
8 Rob Steman 2 3 3 2 2 2 14
9 Jan van Deijk 1 2 f,ns 1 4
HOLLAND 0 2 2 3 6 8 8 11 11 13 15 17 17 19 20 20 22 23 23 23 23
13 Jerome Georges 1 1 1 0 0 2 5
14 Thierry Bouin 0 0 0 1 - - 1
15 Christophe Dubernard 2 2 2 2 1 1 10
FRANCE 0 1 1 3 3 3 5 6 6 7 8 8 10 10 10 12 13 15 16 16 16
10 Nikolai Manev 1 2 2 1 0 1 7
11 Rudolf Valentinov 1 1 0 f,ex - - 2
12 Milen Manev ef 0 ex-t 0 0 ef 0
BULGARIA 1 1 2 2 4 4 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9
16 Zeljko Feher (res) 1 1
17 Tomislav Oletic (res) did not ride -
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

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There were two programmes for the Prelog meeting. The blue programme (left) is just a single sheet (4 pages) with the scorechart in the centre. The brown/black programme (right) is a full 40-page programme, though mostly advertisements. Thanks to Duncan Luke for these.

GROUP B (1st & 2nd to Final) 30.06 : Ljubljana, Slovenia
Russia 25 Ukraine 22 Latvia 21 Italy 19 Slovenia 16 Austria 14 Croatia 9

Ljubljana 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Total
9 Oleg Kurguskin 2' 2' 2' 3 3 ex-t 12+3
10 Sergey Darkin 3 3 3 f,ns - - 9
19 Roman Povazhny 1 2' 1 4+1
RUSSIA 0 0 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 15 15 19 19 19 24 24 24 24 24 25 25 25
5 Aleksandr Liatosinsky - - 0 - - 2' 2+1
6 Igor Marko 2' 3 3 3 ef - 11+1
17 Vladimir Trofimov 3 0 - 1 2 3 9
UKRAINE 0 5 5 5 8 8 8 11 11 11 11 11 15 15 15 15 17 17 17 22 22 22
3 Nikolaj Kokins 0 2 2' f,ex 2' 2' 8+3
4 Vladimir Voronkov 1 1' 3 2 3 3 13+1
16 Aleksandr Biznia did not ride -
LATVIA 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 9 9 9 11 11 11 11 16 16 16 21 21 21 21
13 Alessandro Milanese did not ride -
14 Andrea Maida 3 3 0 2 3 ef 11
21 Valentino Furlanetto 2' 2' 1 1' 1 1 8+3
ITALY 0 0 0 5 5 5 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 14 14 14 18 18 19 19 19 19
7 Gregor Pintar 1 0 - 0 - - 1
8 Kreso Omerzel 0 1 1 - 3 2' 7+1
18 Gerhard Lekse 0 3 2' 3 8+1
SLOVENIA 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 11 11 11 16 16
1 Andreas Bossner 3 1 2 3 1 1 11
2 Helmut Lercher 2' 0 1' 0 - - 3+2
15 Thomas Stadler 0 0 0
AUSTRIA 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14
11 Zlatko Krznaric 0 1 2 2 0 1 6
12 Krunoslav Zganec 1 0 1' 0 - - 2+1
20 Renato Kuster 1 0 1
CROATIA 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 9
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

GROUP A (1st & 2nd to Final) 25.08 : Pila, Poland (Att: 12,000)
Poland 25 Russia 24 Hungary 19 Czech Republic 18 Norway 15 Poland B 13 Ukraine 11
Note : Australia withdrew, replaced by Poland B

Pila 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Total
7 Tomasz Gollob 1 2' 2' 3 2 - 10+2
8 Piotr Protasiewicz 3 3 3 - 1' 3 13+1
18 Rafal Dobrucki † 1 1 2
POLAND 0 4 4 4 4 9 9 9 14 14 14 14 14 18 18 18 18 21 21 21 25 25
1 Rinat Mardanshin 1' 3 3 3 3 3 16+1
2 Sergey Darkin 2 2' 0 2' 2' 0 8+3
15 Fleur Kalimullin † -
RUSSIA 3 3 3 8 8 8 8 11 11 11 16 16 16 16 21 21 21 24 24 24 24 24
13 Csaba Hell 1 2' 2' 2 1' 2 10+3
14 Zoltan Adorjan 0 3 3 0 2 1' 9+1
21 Sandor Tihanyi † -
HUNGARY 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 6 6 11 11 11 11 13 13 13 16 16 19 19 19 19
5 Tomas Topinka 2 1' 1' 3 3 3 13+2
6 Toni Kasper 0 2 2 - - 0 4
17 Bohumil Brhel † 1 ef 1
CZECH REPUBLIC 0 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 12 12 12 12 15 15 15 18 18 18
3 Lars Gunnestad 3 3 1 2 - - 9
4 Rune Holta f,ns - - - - - -
16 Trygve Jensen † 0 0 0 0 3 3 6
NORWAY 3 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 12 12 12 15 15 15 15
9 Wieslaw Jagus 3 ef ef 3 1 2 9
10 Grzegorz Walasek 1 1 - 1 - 1 4
19 Sebastian Ulamek † ef 0 0
POLAND B 0 0 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 13 13 13
11 Igor Marko 2 1 ef 2 2 2 9
12 Vladimir Kolodyi - - - - - - -
20 Alexander Liatosinsky† 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
UKRAINE 0 0 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 6 6 6 9 9 9 9 9 11 11
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

FINAL 15.09 : Diedenbergen, Germany (Att: 2,000)
Poland 27 Russia 22 Denmark 21 Germany 20 Sweden 14 England 12 Hungary 9
Note : USA withdrew; replaced by 3rd in Group A (Hungary)

Diedenbergen 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Total
7 Tomasz Gollob 3 2' 2' 3 2' 3 15+3
8 Piotr Protasiewicz f,ex - - - - 0
18 Slawomir Drabik † 3 3 1 3 2' 12+1
POLAND 0 3 3 3 3 8 8 8 13 13 13 13 13 17 17 17 17 22 22 22 27 27
1 Rinat Mardanshin 3 1' 3 3 2 1 13+1
2 Sergey Darkin 2' 2 - - 1' - 5+2
15 Oleg Kurguskin † 2' 2' 0 4+2
RUSSIA 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 13 13 13 18 18 18 18 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 22
9 Brian Andersen 3 1 3 3 3 3 16
10 Jesper B Jensen 2' 0 1 - - 1 4+1
19 Nicki Pedersen † 1 0 1
DENMARK 0. 0 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 10 10 14 14 14 17 17 17 17 17 21 21 21
13 Gerd Riss 3 3 f 2 3 3 14
14 Robert Barth 0 2' 2 - 2' ef 6+2
21 Robert Kessler † 0 0
GERMANY 0 0 0 3 3 3 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 12 12 12 17 17 20 20 20 20
3 Niklas Klingberg 0 ef 1 2 2' 2 7+1
4 Stefan Danno 1 2 - 0 3 1' 7+1
16 Daniel Andersson † 0 0
SWEDEN 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 11 11 11 14 14 14 14
5 Paul Thorp 2 3 0 2 0 2 9
6 Sean Wilson 1' ef 1 ex-2 1 ef 3+1
17 Scott Nicholls † -
ENGLAND 0 3 3 3 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 12 12 12
11 Zoltan Adorjan 0 1 1 - 1 - 3
12 Sandor Tihanyi 1 0 - 1 0 1 3
20 Norbert Magosi † 0 3 0 3
HUNGARY 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 9

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† = reserve
Contributors : Roger Stevens, Stanislaw Szczucinski, Duncan Luke, Robert Rudiak, Harry Susemihl

1995 1997

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