1984 Speedway World Team Cup

The 1984 Speedway World Team Cup was the 25th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.

The final took place at the Stadion Alfreda Smoczyka, in Leszno, Poland. Denmark easily won their fourth title, winning by 20 clear points in the final.

Qualification stage 1

Scandinavian & Commonwealth rounds

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
 Denmark 37

Hans Nielsen - 11
Preben Eriksen - 9
Erik Gundersen - 9
Bo Petersen - 8
Peter Ravn - 0

 Sweden 34

Jan Andersson - 11
Bjorn Andersson - 9
Pierre Brannefors - 9
Tommy Nilsson - 5
Per Jonsson - 0

 Finland 22

Kai Niemi - 8
Ari Koponen - 7
Pekka Hautamaki - 4
Olli Tyrväinen - 3
Seppo Keskinen - 0

4  Norway 3

Ingvar Skogland - 3
Einar Kyllingstad - 0
Tormod Langli - 0
Roy Otto - 0
Arne Svendse - NS

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
 United States 34

1.Bobby Schwartz - 5 (1,2,2,0)
2.Dennis Sigalos - 12 (3,3,3,3)
3.Lance King - 5 (f,3,1,1)
4.Shawn Moran - 11 (3,3,3,2)
17.John Cook - 1 (1,-,-,-)

 England 32

9.Michael Lee - 8 (2,0,3,3)
10.Chris Morton - 5 (2,2,1,-)
11.Simon Wigg - 10 (2,3,2,3)
12.Dave Jessup - 1 (1,-,-,-)
19.John Louis - 8 (-,2,3,3\0)

 Australia 25

13.Billy Sanders - 8 (3,1,2,2)
14.Phil Crump - 7 (2,1,2,2)
15.John Titman - 0 (0,-,-,-)
16.Gary Guglielmi - 8 (3,2,1,2)
20.Steve Regeling - 2 (-,1,1,e)

4  New Zealand 5

5.Larry Ross - 1 (0,0,0,1)
6.Mitch Shirra - 2 (f,1,x,1)
7.Ivan Mauger - 0 (0,0,0,-)
8.David Bargh - 1 (1,0,0,0)
18.Alan Mason - 1 (-,-,-,1)

Continental rounds

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
 West Germany 28

Josef Aigner - 12
Klaus Lausch - 7
Karl Maier - 7
Stefan Deser - 3

 Italy 28

Armando Castagna - 9
Armando Dal Chiele - 9
Giorgio Zaramella - 6
Gianni Famari - 4
Ottaviano Righetto - 0

 Austria 24

Adi Funk - 9
Walter Nebel - 6
Hubert Fischbacher - 5
Siegfried Eder - 2
Robert Funk - 2

4  Yugoslavia 14

Zdravko Tomanic - 5
Kreso Omerzel - 4
Zvonko Pavlic - 4
Joze Zibert - 1

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
 Czechoslovakia 37

Aleš Dryml Sr. - 12
Petr Ondrašík - 11
Antonín Kasper Jr. - 7
Václav Verner - 6
Jiri Svoboda - 1

 Hungary 32

Peter Berecz - 11
József Petrikovics - 6
Josef Sziraczki - 6
Sándor Tihanyi - 6
Janos Oresko - 3

 Netherlands 15

Henny Kroeze - 7
Frits Koppe - 4
Ralph Geurtz - 2
Henk Steman - 1
Wil Stroes - 1

4  Bulgaria 12

Orlin Janakiev - 4
Rudolf Valentinov - 4
Nikolai Manev - 3
Vesselin Markov - 1
Angel Eftimov - 0

Semi finals

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
 Czechoslovakia 37

1.Jiří Štancl - 9
2.Aleš Dryml Sr. - 10
3.Petr Ondrašík - 9
4.Václav Verner - 9
17.Antonín Kasper Jr. - NS

 West Germany 27

5.Egon Müller - 8
6.Karl Maier - 11
7.Josef Aigner - 5
8.Klaus Lausch - 3
18.Peter Wurtele - NS

 Hungary 17

13.József Petrikovics - 2
14.Zoltán Adorján - 8
15.Zoltan Hajdu - 6
16.Sándor Tihanyi - 2
20.Istvan Rusz - 0

4  Italy 15

9.Armando Dal Chiele - 4
10.Armando Castagna - 6
11.Gianni Famari - 3
12.Giorgio Zaramella - 1
19.Valentino Furlanetto - 1

Qualification stage 2

Intercontinental final

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
 United States 41

Lance King - 11
Shawn Moran - 11
Bobby Schwartz - 10
Kelly Moran - 6
John Cook - 3

 Denmark 32

Erik Gundersen - 9
Hans Nielsen - 5
Bo Petersen - 5
Preben Eriksen - 4

 England 18

Simon Wigg - 8
Peter Collins - 4
Chris Morton - 4
Phil Collins - 1
John Louis - 1

4  Sweden 13

Jan Andersson - 5
Per Jonsson - 5
Pierre Brannefors - 2
Bjorn Andersson - 1
Tommy Nilsson - 0

Continental final

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
 Denmark 34

Hans Nielsen - 8 (2,3,1,2)
Bo Petersen - 8 (3,3,1,1)
Erik Gundersen - 10 (1,3,3,3)
Preben Eriksen - 0 (0,-,-,-)
Peter Ravn - 8 (-,2,3,3)

 England 27

Phil Collins - 11 (3,3,3,2)
Simon Wigg - 5 (1,2,0,2)
Chris Morton - 5 (2,2,1,x)
Peter Collins - 6 (3,1,2,0)
Andy Grahame - NS

 Czechoslovakia 19

Václav Verner - 2 (1,1,0,0)
Petr Ondrašík - 1 (0,0,-,1)
Jiří Štancl - 8 (3,0,3,2)
Aleš Dryml Sr. - 8 (2,1,2,3)
Antonín Kasper Jr. - 0 (-,-,0,-)

4  West Germany 16

Egon Müller - 5 (0,e,2,3)
Karl Maier - 5 (2,1,1,1)
Klaus Lausch - 3 (0,2,0,1)
Peter Wurtele - 3 (1,e,2,x)
Georg Hack - NS

World final

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
 Denmark 44

5.Bo Petersen - 12 (3,3,3,3)
6.Erik Gundersen - 12 (3,3,3,3)
7.Preben Eriksen - 9 (2,3,3,1)
8.Hans Nielsen - 11 (2,3,3,3)
18.Peter Ravn - NS

 England 24

13.Chris Morton - 4 (0,1,2,1)
14.Peter Collins - 2 (2,0,0,-)
15.Simon Wigg - 9 (3,2,1,3)
16.Phil Collins - 7 (1,2,2,2)
20.Neil Collins - 2 (-,-,-,2)

 United States 20

9.Bobby Schwartz - 2 (1,-,1,-)
10.Shawn Moran - 6 (3,1,1,1)
11.Kelly Moran - 5 (1,2,x,2)
12.Lance King - 5 (0,2,2,1)
19.John Cook - 2 (-,0,-,2)

4  Poland 8

1.Roman Jankowski - 1 (0,1,0,x)
2.Zenon Kasprzak - 1 (0,-,1,-)
3.Zenon Plech - 4 (2,0,2,f)
4.Leonard Raba - 2 (1,1,0,0)
17.Boleslaw Proch - 0 (-,0,-,f)

See also

References

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