1982 Speedway World Team Cup

{{Short description|23rd edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Use British English|date=December 2023}} {{Motorsport season |title = Speedway World Team Cup |link = Speedway World Team Cup |year = 1982 }} The '''1982 Speedway World Team Cup''' was the 23rd edition of the [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] [[Speedway World Team Cup]] to determine the team world champions.<ref>{{cite book|last=Matthews/Morrison|first=Peter/Ian|title=The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results|year=1987|page=290|publisher=Guinness Superlatives|isbn=0-85112-492-5}}</ref>

The final took place on 15 August, at the [[White City Stadium]] in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/9462/1982-world-team-cup-final|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref> The United States won their first title.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2014/02/world-team-cup-1960-1990.html|title=World Team Cup 1960-1990|website=Edinburgh Speedway|access-date=13 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://motorsporttop20.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/11.-Speedway-World-Cup-Nations.pdf|title=FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS|website=Motor Sport Top 20|access-date=13 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000324/19820807/019/0019 |title=Ex Vikings through to World Finals |website=Hull Daily Mail |date=7 August 1982 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=24 August 2024}}</ref>

==Qualification stage 1== {| class=wikitable !Day ||width=200px|Venue ||width=160px|Winner ||width=40px| |- !colspan=4| Stage 1 |- |align=center| 16 May | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[King's Lynn]] | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[England national speedway team|England]] |- |align=center| 16 May | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Varhaug]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Denmark national speedway team|Denmark]] |align=center| |- |align=center| 16 May | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Lonigo]] | {{flagicon|CSK}} [[Czechoslovakia national speedway team|Czechoslovakia]] |align=center| |- |align=center| 16 May | {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Miskolc]] | {{flagicon|POL}} [[Poland national speedway team|Poland]] |align=center| |- |align=center| 26 June | {{flagicon|CSK}} [[Slaný]] | {{flagicon|CSK}} [[Czechoslovakia national speedway team|Czechoslovakia]] |}

===Commonwealth round=== * 16 May * {{flagicon|ENG}} [[King's Lynn]], [[King's Lynn Stadium|Norfolk Arena]] * Referee: {{flagicon|SWE}} C. Ringstrom

{{speedway event 4t 4r|team1= {{speedway event 4t 4r/y|P1||{{speedway|ENG}} |[[Dave Jessup]] |3|3|2|3| |[[Kenny Carter]] |1|2|3|3| |[[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]] |3|2|1|2|17|3.17p=3 |[[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]] |3|2|3|3| |[[Malcolm Simmons (speedway racer)|Malcolm Simmons]] }}|team2= {{speedway event 4t 4r/r|P2||{{speedway|USA}} |[[Bruce Penhall]] |2|3|3|2| |[[Dennis Sigalos]] |2|2|2|2| |[[Shawn Moran]] |2|3|2|2| |[[Kelly Moran (speedway rider)|Kelly Moran]] |3|3|3|3|17|4.17p=2 |[[Scott Autrey]] }}|team3= {{speedway event 4t 4r/b|3||{{speedway|AUS}} |[[Billy Sanders]] |2|1|0|0| |[[Phil Crump]] |1|1|2|1| |[[John Titman]] |0|0|1|0| |[[Gary Guglielmi]] |1|0||4.9i=-|0| |[[Steve Baker (speedway rider)|Steve Baker]] |5.9p=0 }}|team4= {{speedway event 4t 4r/w|4||{{speedway|NZL}} |[[Wayne Brown (speedway rider)|Wayne Brown]] |0|0||1.10i=-|1| |[[David Bargh]] |1|0|1|0| |[[Mitch Shirra]] |0|1|1|1| |[[Ivan Mauger]] |0|1|0|1| |[[Bruce Cribb]] |5.10p=0 }} }} '''* England & USA to Intercontinental Final'''

===Scandinavian round=== * 16 May * {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Elgane]], [[Varhaug]]

{| border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=75% style="border-collapse:collapse" |- align=center style="background:#efefef;" !width=20% {{Speedway color|P1}}|1st !width=20% {{Speedway color|P2}}|2nd !width=20% {{Speedway color|P3}}|3rd !width=20%|4th |- align=center |valign=top {{Speedway color|p1}}|'''{{speedway|DEN}} - 43''' [[Erik Gundersen]] - 12 [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] - 12 [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] - 10 [[Tommy Knudsen]] - 9 [[Bo Petersen]] - NS |valign=top {{Speedway color|p2}}|'''{{speedway|SWE}} - 23+3''' [[Richard Hellsen]] - 8 [[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]] - 7+3 [[Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)|Tommy Nilsson]] - 4 [[Hans Danielsson]] - 3 [[Anders Eriksson (speedway rider)|Anders Eriksson]] - 1 |valign=top {{Speedway color|p3}}|'''{{speedway|FIN}} - 23+2''' [[Kai Niemi]] - 10+2 [[Ari Koponen (speedway rider)|Ari Koponen]] - 6 [[Olli Tyrväinen]] - 4 [[Pekka Hautamaki]] - 3 [[Olli Turkia]] - NS |valign=top|'''{{speedway|NOR}} - 7''' [[Dag Haaland]] - 3 [[Roy Otto]] - 3 [[Asgeir Bjerga]] - 1 [[Sigvart Pedersen]] - 0 [[Ingve Madland]] - NS |} '''* Denmark & Sweden to Intercontinental Final'''

===Continental round=== * 16 May * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Santa Marina Stadium]], [[Lonigo]]

{| border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=75% style="border-collapse:collapse" |- align=center style="background:#efefef;" !width=20% {{Speedway color|P1}}|1st !width=20% {{Speedway color|P2}}|2nd !width=20% {{Speedway color|P3}}|3rd !width=20%|4th |- align=center |valign=top {{Speedway color|p1}}|'''{{speedway|CSK}} - 40''' [[Petr Kucera]] - 11 [[Zdeněk Kudrna]] - 11 [[Aleš Dryml Sr.]] - 10 [[Milan Špinka]] - 6 [[Jan Verner]] - 2 |valign=top {{Speedway color|p2}}|'''{{speedway|ITA}} - 37''' [[Francesco Biginato]] - 11 [[Gianni Famari]] - 10 [[Mauro Ferraccioli]] - 9 [[Armando Dal Chiele]] - 7 [[Luigi Bazan]] - NS |valign=top {{Speedway color|p3}}|'''{{speedway|NED}} - 13''' [[Henny Kroeze]] - 4 [[Rudi Muts]] - 3 [[Piet Seur]] - 3 [[Henk Steman]] - 2 [[Leo Bathoorn]] - 1 |valign=top|'''{{speedway|YUG}} - 6''' [[Albert Kocmut]] - 4 [[Stefan Kekec]] - 1 [[Vlado Kocuvan]] - 1 [[Krešo Omerzel]] - 0 [[Zvanco Pavlic]] - 0 |} '''* Czechoslovakia & Italy to Continental Semi-Final'''

* 16 May * {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Borsod Volán Stadion]], [[Miskolc]]

{| border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=75% style="border-collapse:collapse" |- align=center style="background:#efefef;" !width=20% {{Speedway color|P1}}|1st !width=20% {{Speedway color|P2}}|2nd !width=20% {{Speedway color|P3}}|3rd !width=20%|4th |- align=center |valign=top {{Speedway color|p1}}|'''{{speedway|POL}} - 40''' [[Henryk Olszak]] - 12 [[Roman Jankowski]] - 10 [[Edward Jancarz]] - 9 [[Zenon Plech]] - 9 [[Piotr Pyszny]] - 0 |valign=top {{Speedway color|p2}}|'''{{speedway|HUN}} - 24''' [[Ferenc Farkas (speedway rider)|Ferenc Farkas]] - 8 [[Zoltan Hajdu]] - 6 [[Istvan Sziraczki]] - 6 [[Zoltán Adorján]] - 4 [[Janos Oresko]] - NS |valign=top {{Speedway color|p3}}|'''{{speedway|BUL}} - 18''' [[Nikolai Manev]] - 7 [[Orlin Janakiev]] - 5 [[Angel Eftimov]] - 4 [[Vesselin Markov]] - 2 [[Todor Stojanov]] - NS |valign=top|'''{{speedway|AUT}} - 14''' [[Hubert Fischbacher]] - 6 [[Herbert Szerecs]] - 3 [[Adi Funk]] - 2 [[Robert Funk (speedway rider)|Robert Funk]] - 2 [[Herbert Engelmaier]] - 1 |} '''* Poland & Hungary to Continental Semi-Final'''

'''Semi final''' *26 June *{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Slaný Speedway Stadium]], [[Slaný]] {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !Pos. || ||National team ||Pts. ||Riders |- align=center {{speedway color|p1}} |[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg|1st]] ||{{speedway color|}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|CSK}} ||'''38''' ||align=left| [[Aleš Dryml Sr.]] - '''11''' [[Petr Ondrašík]] - '''9''' [[Jiří Štancl]] - '''9''' [[Václav Verner]] - '''9''' [[Petr Kucera]] - '''NS''' |- align=center {{speedway color|p2}} |[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg|2nd]] ||{{speedway color|}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|POL}} ||'''24''' ||align=left| [[Roman Jankowski]] - '''9''' [[Henryk Olszak]] - '''9''' [[Edward Jancarz]] - '''3''' [[Zenon Plech]] - '''3''' [[Leonard Raba]] - '''0''' |- align=center {{speedway color|p3}} |[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg|3rd]] ||{{speedway color|}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|ITA}} ||'''23''' ||align=left| [[Francesco Biginato]] - '''8''' [[Gianni Famari]] - '''6''' [[Armando Dal Chiele]] - '''5''' [[Mauro Ferraccioli]] - '''4''' [[Luigi Bazan]] - '''NS''' |- align=center |4 ||{{speedway color|}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|HUN}} ||'''11''' ||align=left| [[Zoltan Hajdu]] - '''4''' [[Zoltán Adorján]] - '''3''' [[Istvan Sziraczki]] - '''3''' [[Ferenc Farkas (speedway rider)|Ferenc Farkas]] - '''0''' [[Janos Oresko]] - '''1''' |}

==Qualification stage 2== ===Continental final=== * 11 July * {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Ellermühle Stadium]], [[Landshut]] {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !Pos. || ||National team ||Pts. ||Riders |- align=center {{speedway color|p1}} |[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg|1st]] ||{{speedway color|}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|CSK}} ||'''31+3''' ||align=left| 13.[[Aleš Dryml Sr.]] - '''9''' (3,3,2,1) 14.[[Jiří Štancl]] - '''10+3''' (1,3,3,3) 15.[[Václav Verner]] - '''4''' (2,f,1,1) 16.[[Petr Ondrašík]] - '''8''' (3,2,2,1) 20.[[Petr Kucera]] - '''NS''' |- align=center {{speedway color|p2}} |[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg|2nd]] ||{{speedway color|}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|FRG}} ||'''31+2''' ||align=left| 1.[[Georg Hack]] - '''7''' (0,2,3,2) 2.[[Alois Wiesböck]] - '''6''' (3,0,3,0) 3.[[Egon Müller]] - '''8+2''' (2,3,f,3) 4.[[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]] - '''10''' (3,1,3,3) 17.[[Georg Gilgenreiner]] - '''NS''' |- align=center {{speedway color|p3}} |[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg|3rd]] ||{{speedway color|}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|POL}} ||'''19''' ||align=left| 9.[[Edward Jancarz]] - '''6''' (1,3,2,0) 10.[[Roman Jankowski]] - '''6''' (2,2,f,2) 11.[[Marek Kepa]] - '''2''' (1,1,-,0) 12.[[Henryk Olszak]] - '''5''' (2,1,0,2) 19.[[Jerzy Rembas]] - '''0''' (-,-,f,-) |- align=center |4 ||{{speedway color|}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|USSR}} ||'''15''' ||align=left| 5.[[Viktor Kuznetsov (speedway rider)|Viktor Kuznetsov]] - '''5''' (e,1,1,3) 6.[[Mikhail Starostin]] - '''3''' (f,0,2,1) 7.[[Valery Gordeev]] - '''6''' (1,2,1,2) 8.[[Rif Saitgareev]] - '''0''' (0,-,-,0) 18.[[Vladimir Paznikov]] - '''1''' (-,0,1,-) |}

===Intercontinental final=== * {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Vojens Speedway Center|Speedway Center]], [[Vojens]] * 26 June * Att: 9,500 {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !Pos. || ||National team ||Pts. ||Riders |- align=center {{speedway color|p1}} |[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg|1st]] ||{{speedway color|}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|USA}} ||'''34''' ||align=left| 13.[[Bruce Penhall]] - '''10''' (3,3,2,2) 14.[[Dennis Sigalos]] - '''5''' (r,2,3,0) 15.[[Shawn Moran]] - '''9''' (3,3,2,1) 16.[[Kelly Moran (speedway rider)|Kelly Moran]] - '''10''' (1,3,3,3) 20.[[Bobby Schwartz]] - '''NS''' |- align=center {{speedway color|p2}} |[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg|2nd]] ||{{speedway color|}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|DEN}} ||'''28''' ||align=left| 9.[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] - '''3''' (0,1,1,1) 10.[[Alf Busk]] - '''NS''' 11.[[Preben Eriksen]] - '''7''' (1,1,2,3) 12.[[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] - '''8''' (2,2,1,3) 19.[[Erik Gundersen]] - '''10''' (2,2,3,3) |- align=center {{speedway color|p3}} |[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg|3rd]] ||{{speedway color|}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|ENG}} ||'''25''' ||align=left| 1.[[Kenny Carter]] - '''12''' (3,3,3,3) 2.[[Dave Jessup]] - '''4''' (2,e,0,2) 3.[[Chris Morton]] - '''6''' (2,1,2,1) 4.[[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]] - '''3''' (1,0,-,2) 17.[[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]] - '''0''' (-,-,0,-) |- align=center |4 ||{{speedway color|}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|SWE}} ||'''9''' ||align=left| 5.[[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]] - '''3''' (2,0,1,0) 6.[[Richard Hellsen]] - '''3''' (f,2,0,1) 7.[[Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)|Tommy Nilsson]] - '''1''' (f,1,0,0) 8.[[Bjorn Andersson (speedway rider)|Bjorn Andersson]] - '''1''' (1,0,-,0) 18.Lillebror Johansson - '''1''' (-,-,1,-) |}

==World final== * {{flagicon|ENG}} [[White City Stadium]], London<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc82.htm|title=1982 WORLD TEAM CUP|website=International Speedway|access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref> * 15 August * Att: 3,500 * Referee: {{flagicon|ENG}} John Whitaker

{| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !Pos. || ||National team ||Pts. ||Riders |- align=center {{speedway color|p1}} |[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg|1st]] ||{{speedway color|}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|USA}} ||'''37''' ||align=left| 1.[[Bruce Penhall]] - '''10''' (3,2,3,2) 2.[[Bobby Schwartz]] - '''9''' (3,3,3,-) 3.[[Shawn Moran]] - '''8''' (3,1,1,3) 4.[[Kelly Moran (speedway rider)|Kelly Moran]] - '''10''' (1,3,3,3) R [[Scott Autrey]] - '''0''' (-,-,-,0) |- align=center {{speedway color|p2}} |[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg|2nd]] ||{{speedway color|}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|DEN}} ||'''24''' ||align=left| 1.[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] - '''1''' (0,1,-,-) 2.[[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] - '''11''' (3,3,3,2) 3.[[Erik Gundersen]] - '''7''' (2,3,2,e) 4.[[Preben Eriksen]] - '''4''' (f,-,2,2) R [[Tommy Knudsen]] - '''1''' (-,0,1,0) |- align=center {{speedway color|p3}} |[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg|3rd]] ||{{speedway color|}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|FRG}} ||'''18''' ||align=left| 1.[[Georg Hack]] - '''5''' (2,2,f,1) 2.[[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]] - '''7''' (1,2,1,3) 3.[[Egon Müller]] - '''5''' (2,2,0,1) 4.[[Alois Wiesböck]] - '''0''' (0,0,-,-) R [[Georg Gilgenreiner]] - '''1''' (-,-,0,1) |- align=center |4 ||{{speedway color|}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|CSK}} ||'''17''' ||align=left| 1.[[Aleš Dryml Sr.]] - '''7''' (1,1,2,3) 2.[[Jiří Štancl]] - '''4''' (1,0,2,1) 3.[[Václav Verner]] - '''6''' (2,1,1,2) 4.[[Petr Ondrašík]] - '''0''' (0,-,0,-) R [[Antonín Kasper, Jr.]] - '''0''' (-,0,-,0) |}

==See also== * [[1982 Individual Speedway World Championship]] * [[1982 Speedway World Pairs Championship]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:1982 in speedway|World Team]] [[Category:Speedway World Team Cup]]

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