1998 Speedway World Team Cup
39th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition
The 1998 Speedway World Team Cup was the 39th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2]
The final took place on 11 September at the Vojens Speedway Center in Denmark. The winners were the United States team who claimed their fifth title.[3][4]
First round
- 7 June 1998
Stadium Lokomotīve, Daugavpils
- Austria and France withdrew
1st | 2nd | 3rd |
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![]() 10.Nikolay Kokin (2,1,3,3,2,2,3,2) - 18 11.Vladimir Voronkov (3,3,3,1,3,3,1,e) - 17 | ![]() 1.Lars Gunnestad (3,1,3,3,3,1,3,3) - 20 2.Arnt Førland (2,1,2,1,2,e,0,1) - 9 | ![]() 13.Igor Marko (1,2,2,2,3,2,e,2) - 14 14.Aleksandr Lyatosinskiy (2,1,2,1,2,1,2,2) - 13 |
4th | 5th | track reserve |
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![]() 4.Matej Ferjan (1,0,3,1,3,2,3,3) - 16 5.Tomas Šustersič (3,2,f,0,1,1,2,1) - 10 | ![]() 7.Simone Terenzani (0,0,1,0,0,1,1,0) - 3 8.Nicolo Andriolo (0,0,0,e,0,0,0,0) - 0 | 16.Aleksandr Biznya - ns 17.Maksim Andreev - ns |
- Latvia and Norway to second round
Second round
- 28 June 1998
Stroitel Stadium, Togliatti
- Norway withdrew and were replaced by Ukraine, England and Australia withdrew
1st | 2nd | 3rd |
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![]() 10.Marian Jirout (3,2,2,3,3,1) - 14 11.Adrian Rymel (3,3,1,*,1,2) - 10 12.Antonín Kasper Jr. (3,3,*,3,3,3) - 15 | ![]() 1.Zoltán Adorján (2,2,3,3,3,3) - 16 2.Sándor Tihanyi (3,3,3,1,2,2) - 14 3.Róbert Nagy (1,e,*,2,2,*) - 5 | ![]() 7.Roman Povazhny - (1,2,2,2,2,3) - 12 8.Sergej Darkin (2,3,2,2,2,2) - 13 9.Oleg Kurguskin (1,2,*,1,3,*) - 7 |
4th | 5th |
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![]() 13.Nikolay Kokin (1,1,0,1,1,f) - 4 14. 15.Aleksandr Biznya (2,0,0,1,0,1) - 4 | ![]() 4.Igor Marko (f,-,-,-,-,-) - 0 5.Aleksandr Lyatosinskiy (0,1,1,0,0,-) - 2 6. |
- Czech Republic and Hungary to World final
World Final
- 11 September 1998
Speedway Center, Vojens
Placing | Pair / Rider Name | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
1 | ![]() | 28 | 10 | 18 | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||
(1) Greg Hancock | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
(2) Billy Hamill | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
(15) Sam Ermolenko | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 24 | 10 | 15 | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||
(5) Tony Rickardsson | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||
(6) Jimmy Nilsen | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
(17) Peter Karlsson | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 23 | 8 | 13 | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||
(11) Hans Nielsen | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
(12) Brian Karger | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||
(20) Brian Andersen | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 17 | 4 | 12 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||
(13) Tomasz Gollob | 15 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
(14) Jacek Gollob | 0 | 0 | E | - | - | - | E | |||||||||||||||||
(21) Robert Dados | 2 | E | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | ![]() | 14 | 6 | 12 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||
(9) Gerd Riss | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||
(10) Robert Barth | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
(19) Matthias Kröger | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | E | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | ![]() | 14 | 2 | 10 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||
(3) Antonín Kasper Jr. | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
(4) Marian Jirout | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
(16) Adrian Rymel | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
(7) Zoltán Adorján | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
(8) Sándor Tihanyi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
(18) - | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Placing | Pair / Rider Name | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell
ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify
gate A - inside | gate B | gate C | gate D - outside |
See also
References
- ^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "1998 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
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