1981 Speedway World Team Cup

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The 1981 Speedway World Team Cup was the 22nd edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2]

The final took place at the Olching Speedwaybahn in Olching, West Germany.[3] Denmark won their second title. Ominously for the rest of the world the team contained a youthful Hans Nielsen and Erik Gundersen.[4][5]


Qualification stage 1[edit]

Day Venue Winner
Stage 1
17 May England Reading England England
17 May West Germany Brokstedt West Germany West Germany
17 May Hungary Debrecen Soviet Union USSR
28 May Finland Tampere Denmark Denmark
26 June Italy Badia Polesine Soviet Union USSR

Commonwealth round[edit]

Placing Team / Rider name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 17 18 19 20
1 England England 36 3 5 8 9 11 13 15 17 19 22 24 27 30 33 34 36 36 36 36 36
(9) Dave Jessup 10 3 2 3 2 10
(10) Gordon Kennett 6 1 2 2 1 6
(11) Chris Morton 9 2 2 2 3 9
(12) Michael Lee 11 3 2 3 3 11
(19) John Davis 0 0
2 United States United States 32 2 5 7 9 10 13 13 16 17 18 21 22 24 26 29 32 32 32 32 32
(5) Bruce Penhall 11 2 3 3 3 11
(6) Bobby Schwartz 8 3 1 1 3 8
(7) Dennis Sigalos 3 2 F 1 - 3
(8) Scott Autrey 8 2 3 1 2 8
(18) Kelly Moran 2 2 2
3 Australia Australia 20 1 1 1 4 7 8 11 12 12 14 15 17 17 17 19 20 20 20 20 20
(13) Phil Crump 4 0 3 0 1 4
(14) John Titman 6 1 1 2 2 6
(15) Danny Kennedy 0 0 - - X 0
(16) Billy Sanders 7 3 3 1 0 7
(20) Gary Guglielmi 3 1 2 3
4 New Zealand New Zealand 8 0 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 6 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
(1) Ivan Mauger 0 0 0 0 - 0
(2) Mitch Shirra 2 1 1 - 0 2
(3) Bruce Cribb 1 1 0 0 - 1
(4) Larry Ross 1 0 0 - 1 1
(17) Tony Briggs 4 3 0 1 0 4
Placing Team / Rider name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 17 18 19 20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

* England & USA to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian round[edit]

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Denmark - 37
Hans Nielsen - 11
Bo Petersen - 10
Erik Gundersen - 8
Tommy Knudsen - 8 		 Sweden - 30
Jan Andersson - 10
Hans Danielsson - 8
Richard Hellsen - 6
Tommy Nilsson - 6 		 Finland - 19
Ari Koponen - 5
Kai Niemi - 5
Olli Tyrväinen - 4
Pekka Hautamaki - 3
Veijo Tuoriniemi - 2 		 Norway - 10
Rolf Gramstad - 8
Dag Haaland - 2
Jorn Haugvalstad - 0
Yngve Madland - 0
Roy Otto - 0

* Denmark & Sweden to Intercontinental Final

Continental round[edit]

Placing Team / Rider name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 17 18 19 20
1 West Germany West Germany 43 2 5 8 11 11 14 17 20 23 26 29 32 34 37 40 43 43 43 43 43
(13) Egon Müller 12 3 3 3 3 12
(14) Georg Hack 11 2 3 3 3 11
(15) Alois Wiesböck 12 3 3 3 3 12
(16) Georg Gilgenreiner 8 3 0 3 2 8
(20) Waldemar Bacik 0 0
2 Netherlands Nederlands 24 3 5 7 9 12 12 14 16 16 18 19 19 19 20 22 24 24 24 24 24
(9) Henny Kroeze 9 2 3 2 2 9
(10) Frits Koppe 4 2 0 - 2 4
(11) Rudi Muts 6 2 2 1 1 6
(12) Henk Steman 5 3 2 0 0 5
(19) Wil Stroes 0 0 0
3 Austria Austria 22 0 1 2 3 5 7 8 8 10 11 13 15 18 20 21 22 22 22 22 22
(1) Adi Funk 4 1 0 2 1 4
(2) Herbert Szerecs 5 1 1 2 1 5
(3) Walter Grubmuler 7 1 2 1 3 7
(4) Heinrich Schatzer 6 0 2 2 2 6
(17) Robert Funk 0 0
4 Bulgaria Bulgaria 7 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
(5) Nikolai Manev 2 1 1 0 0 2
(6) Orlin Janakiev 2 0 1 1 0 2
(7) Veselin Markov 0 0 0 0 0 0
(8) Angel Eftimov 3 0 1 1 1 3
(18) Zachari Zachariev 0 0
Placing Team / Rider name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 17 18 19 20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

* West Germany & Netherlands to Continental Semi-Final

Placing Team / Rider name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 17 18 19 20
1 Soviet Union Soviet Union 39 2 5 7 9 12 14 16 19 22 24 27 29 31 33 36 39 39 39 39 39
(1) Mikhail Starostin 10 2 3 2 3 10
(2) Grigory Khlinovsky 10 2 2 3 3 10
(3) Valery Gordeev 9 3 2 2 2 9
(4) Viktor Kuznetsov 10 2 3 3 2 10
(17) Anatoly Maksimov 0 0
2 Hungary Hungary 37 3 5 8 9 11 14 17 19 21 24 26 27 30 33 35 37 37 37 37 37
(13) Zoltan Hajdu 9 2 3 2 2 9
(14) Istvan Sziraczki 10 3 2 3 2 10
(15) Zoltán Adorján 10 3 3 1 3 10
(16) Ferenc Farkash 3 1 - 2 - 3
(20) Janos Oresko 5 2 3 5
3 Italy Italy 14 1 2 3 6 6 7 8 9 9 10 11 11 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 14
(9) Mauro Ferraccioli 1 1 0 - 0 1
(10) Giuseppe Marzotto 5 3 1 0 1 5
(11) Armando Dal Chiele 3 1 1 1 - 3
(12) Giovanni Brizzolari 3 1 1 0 1 3
(19) Gianni Famari 2 1 1 2
4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
(5) Vlado Kocuvan 1 0 0 0 1 1
(6) Stefan Kekec 4 0 1 3 0 4
(7) Darko Tominac 0 0 0 - 0 0
(8) Krešo Omerzel 1 - - 1 0 1
(18) Ladislav Smidt 0 0 0 0 0
Placing Team / Rider name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 17 18 19 20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

* Soviet Union & Hungary to Continental Semi-Final

Semifinal

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Soviet Union - 33
Mikhail Starostin - 10
Viktor Kuznetsov - 9
Anatoly Maksimov - 9
Grigory Khlinovsky - 5 		 West Germany - 32
Karl Maier - 11
Georg Hack - 10
Frits Bauer - 4
Georg Gilgenreiner - 3
Egon Müller - 3 		 Hungary - 18
Istvan Sziraczki - 9
Ferenc Farkash - 4
Laszlo Meszaros - 2
Janos Oresko - 2
Zoltán Adorján - 1 		 Netherlands - 13
Henny Kroeze - 5
Frits Koppe - 4
Rudi Muts - 2
Henk Steman - 2

* Soviet Union & West Germany to Continental Final

Qualification stage 2[edit]

Day Venue Winner
Stage 2
26 June England King's Lynn Denmark Denmark
7 July Soviet Union Leningrad West Germany West Germany

Continental Final[edit]

Placing Team / Rider name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 17 18 19 20
1 West Germany West Germany 32 2 4 5 6 6 9 12 15 18 19 22 25 26 26 29 32 32 32 32 32
(1) Karl Maier 10 1 3 3 3 10
(2) Alois Wiesböck 1 1 - - - 1
(3) Georg Hack 7 2 3 1 1 7
(4) Georg Gilgenreiner 3 - 0 3 0 3
(17) Egon Müller 11 2 3 3 3 11
2 Soviet Union Soviet Union 27 3 6 9 11 13 14 15 17 17 19 21 21 23 24 26 27 27 27 27 27
(9) Grigory Khlinovsky 8 3 2 2 1 8
(10) Anatoly Maksimov 5 2 1 - 2 5
(11) Viktor Kuznetsov 8 3 2 2 1 8
(12) Mikhail Starostin 6 3 1 X 2 6
(19) Georgy Ivanov 0 0 0
3 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 21 0 1 3 3 4 4 6 6 8 11 11 13 16 18 19 21 21 21 21 21
(13) Aleš Dryml Sr. 7 1 2 2 2 7
(14) Václav Verner 4 0 X 3 1 4
(15) Milan Špinka 2 2 F - - 2
(16) Zdeněk Kudrna 0 0 - X - 0
(20) Jiří Štancl 8 1 2 3 2 8
4 Poland Poland 14 1 1 1 4 7 9 9 9 10 10 11 11 11 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
(5) Edward Jancarz 4 1 2 1 0 4
(6) Zenon Plech 3 F 3 F - 3
(7) Roman Jankowski 6 3 F 0 3 6
(8) Jerzy Rembas 1 E T 1 0 1
(18) Marek Kepa 0 0 0
Placing Team / Rider name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 17 18 19 20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

* West Germany & Soviet Union to World Final

Intercontinental Final[edit]

Placing Team / Rider name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 17 18 19 20
1 Denmark Denmark 31 0 2 2 2 5 7 10 13 15 18 21 24 26 27 28 31 31 31 31 31
(1) Ole Olsen 9 0 3 3 3 9
(2) Tommy Knudsen 7 0 3 3 1 7
(3) Erik Gundersen 9 2 2 3 2 9
(4) Hans Nielsen 6 0 3 2 1 6
(17) Preben Eriksen 0 0
2 England England 30 2 2 5 8 10 11 13 14 17 19 19 20 23 26 28 30 30 30 30 30
(9) Michael Lee 9 3 2 2 2 9
(10) Chris Morton 9 3 1 3 2 9
(11) Steve Bastable 4 E 1 - 3 4
(12) Dave Jessup 8 2 2 1 3 8
(19) Kenny Carter 0 0 0
3 United States United States 26 3 6 8 10 10 13 14 16 17 18 20 22 23 25 25 26 26 26 26 26
(5) Bruce Penhall 9 3 3 2 1 9
(6) Kelly Moran 5 3 0 2 0 5
(7) Bobby Schwartz 6 2 1 1 2 6
(8) Dennis Sigalos 6 2 2 1 1 6
(18) Scott Autrey 0 0
4 Sweden Sweden 9 1 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 9 9 9
(13) Anders Michanek 1 1 0 - - 1
(14) Jan Andersson 4 1 0 0 3 4
(15) Richard Hellsen 1 1 0 0 0 1
(16) Tommy Nilsson 3 1 1 1 0 3
(20) Hans Danielsson 0 0 0 0
Placing Team / Rider name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 17 18 19 20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

* Denmark & England to World Final

World Final[edit]

Placing Team / Rider name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 17 18 19 20
1 Denmark Denmark 36 3 5 8 10 13 16 17 20 23 26 28 29 31 33 35 36 36 36 36 36
(13) Ole Olsen 6 2 1 3 - 6
(14) Hans Nielsen 11 3 3 3 2 11
(15) Erik Gundersen 9 3 3 1 2 9
(16) Tommy Knudsen 9 2 3 2 2 9
(20) Finn Thomsen 1 1 1
2 England England 29 0 3 4 7 9 10 12 14 16 17 18 21 21 24 27 29 29 29 29 29
(5) Dave Jessup 3 E 1 - 2 3
(6) Chris Morton 11 3 2 3 3 11
(7) Kenny Carter 9 3 2 1 3 9
(8) John Davis 5 1 2 2 E 5
(18) Gordon Kennett 1 1 1
3 West Germany West Germany 28 2 2 4 5 6 8 11 12 13 15 18 20 23 24 25 28 28 28 28 28
(9) Karl Maier 8 2 1 2 3 8
(10) Georg Hack 5 1 2 1 1 5
(11) Georg Gilgenreiner 5 0 1 3 1 5
(12) Egon Müller 10 2 3 2 3 10
(19) Alois Wiesböck 0 0
4 Soviet Union Soviet Union 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
(1) Valery Gordeev 0 0 0 0 0 0
(2) Mikhail Starostin 0 0 0 F - 0
(3) Viktor Kuznetsov 2 1 0 0 1 2
(4) Nikolay Kornev 1 1 - - E 1
(17) Anatoly Maksimov 0 0 0 0 0
Placing Team / Rider name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 17 18 19 20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  2. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  3. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  4. ^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  5. ^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  6. ^ "1981 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
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