1998 Speedway World Team Cup

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

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1st 2nd 3rd
  Latvia 35
10.Nikolay Kokin (2,1,3,3,2,2,3,2) - 18
11.Vladimir Voronkov (3,3,3,1,3,3,1,e) - 17
  Norway 29
1.Lars Gunnestad (3,1,3,3,3,1,3,3) - 20
2.Arnt Førland (2,1,2,1,2,e,0,1) - 9
  Ukraine 27
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
  Slovenia 26
4.Matej Ferjan (1,0,3,1,3,2,3,3) - 16
5.Tomas Šustersič (3,2,f,0,1,1,2,1) - 10
  Italy 3
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

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1st 2nd 3rd
  Czech Republic 39
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
  Hungary 35
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
  Russia 32
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
  Latvia 8
13.Nikolay Kokin (1,1,0,1,1,f) - 4
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15.Aleksandr Biznya (2,0,0,1,0,1) - 4
  Ukraine 2
4.Igor Marko (f,-,-,-,-,-) - 0
5.Aleksandr Lyatosinskiy (0,1,1,0,0,-) - 2
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  • Czech Republic and Hungary to World final

World Final

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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   USA 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   Sweden 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   Denmark 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   Poland 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   Germany 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   Czech Republic 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   Hungary 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

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References

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  1. ^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  2. ^ "1998 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. ^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.