{{Short description|Motorcycle speedway world championship season}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Use British English|date=February 2024}} {{Motorsport season |title = [[Individual Speedway World Championship]] |link = Individual Speedway World Championship |year = 1989 }}
The '''1989 Individual Speedway World Championship''' was the 44th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-speedway-championships.html|title=World Championship 1936-1994|website=Edinburgh Speedway|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedway.org/history/|title=HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK|website=Speedway.org|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex|title=WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX|website=British Speedway|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref> It was the second time the championship was held in [[West Germany]] after previously being held in [[Norden, Lower Saxony|Norden]] in [[1983 Individual Speedway World Championship|1983]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/89/world|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref>
The World Final was held at the [[Olympic Stadium (Munich)|Olympic Stadium]] in [[Munich]]. [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] made up for his 1988 run-off defeat to [[Erik Gundersen]] by scoring a 15-point maximum to take his third World Championship.<ref>{{cite book |last=Oakes |first=Peter |title=Speedway Yearbook 1990 |year=1990 |page=5 |publisher=Front Page Books |isbn=0-948882-15-8}}</ref> Nielsen joined fellow Danes [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] and Erik Gundersen as a three time speedway world champion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf|title=WORLD FINALS 1936-1994|website=Speedway Researcher|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref>
[[Simon Wigg]] from England finished second with the slick, {{convert|400|m|yd|abbr=off}} track suiting his [[Long track motorcycle racing|long track]] style. Wigg defeated fellow Englishman [[Jeremy Doncaster]] in a run-off for second and third places.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nielsen topples King Eric|work=Sandwell Evening Mail |date=4 September 1989 |access-date=10 July 2021 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002488/19890904/215/0027| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> In what would prove to be his last World Final before his career ending crash in the [[1989 Speedway World Team Cup|World Team Cup Final]] at the [[Odsal Stadium]] in England just two weeks later, Erik Gundersen finished in fourth place. His chances of an outright second-place finish (after having finished second behind Nielsen in Heat 4) ended when his bike's engine seized while leading heat 9 causing him to not finish the race. In a sad twist, it was also seized engine in Heat 1 of the World Team Cup Final that would cause Gundersen's career ending crash.
Australian rider [[Troy Butler]] had a lucky passage to the World Final. After being seeded to the Commonwealth Final, he finished eighth to qualify for the Overseas Final. He then finished tenth in the Overseas Final to be the first reserve for the [[Intercontinental Final]]. He then got a start in the Intercontinental Final at Bradford when Overseas champion [[Sam Ermolenko]] injured his back in a horrific [[Long track motorcycle racing]] crash and was forced to withdraw (the American would be out for over 6 months). Butler would finish twelfth in the IC Final to become a reserve for the World Final where he once again came in as an injury replacement when Dane [[Jan O. Pedersen]] was forced to pull out. The [[1986 Australian Individual Speedway Championship|1986 Australian Champion]] ultimately finished twelfth in Munich, finishing with 4 points (two second places) from his 5 rides.
== First round == === British qualification === *Top 32 riders to British semi-finals {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |align=center| 8 April|| [[Arena Essex Raceway]], [[Purfleet]] || [[Andy Buck]] || [[Martin Goodwin]] || [[Neville Tatum]] |- |align=center| 8 April|| [[Loomer Road Stadium]], [[Chesterton, Staffordshire|Chesterton]] ||[[Louis Carr]]|| [[Nigel Crabtree]] || [[Graham Jones (speedway rider)|Graham Jones]] |- |align=center| 13 April|| [[Cleveland Park Stadium]], [[Middlesbrough]] || [[Les Collins]]|| [[Sean Wilson (speedway rider)|Sean Wilson]]||[[Mark Courtney]] |}
== Second Round == === Austrian Final === *{{flagicon|AUT}} Riders progress to Continental qualification 1989 *3 rounds {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=50px|Total |-align=center |1 ||align=left| [[Heinrich Schatzer]] || 40 |-align=center |2 ||align=left| [[Walter Nebel]] || 36 |-align=center |3 ||align=left| [[Robert Funk (speedway rider)|Robert Funk]] || 35 |-align=center |4 ||align=left| [[Andreas Bossner]] || 33 |-align=center |5 ||align=left|[[Thomas Stadler]] || 33 |-align=center |6 ||align=left|[[Toni Pilotto]] || 32 |-align=center |7 ||align=left|[[Siegfried Eder]] || 31 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[Christian Hochtl]] || 21 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Anton Wannasek]] || 7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[Manfred Trisko]] || 6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|[[Paul Ager]] || 4 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| [[Josef Faching]] || 2 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Thaddaus Walach]] || 2 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| [[Hans Kogler]] || 2 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| [[Erich Hackl (speedway rider)|Erich Hackl]] || 1 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| [[Rainer Selb]] || 1 |-align=center |17 ||align=left| [[Franz Penz]] || 0 |}
=== West German Final === * 2 October 1988 * {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Holsteinring]], [[Brokstedt]] * Riders progress to Continental qualification 1989 {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px| Scores ||width=50px|Total |-align=center |1 ||align=left| [[Klaus Lausch]] || 3,3,3,3,2 || 14+3 |-align=center |2 ||align=left| [[Tommy Dunker]] || 3,3,2,3,3 || 14+2 |-align=center |3 ||align=left| [[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]] || 2,2,3,3,2 || 12 |-align=center |4 ||align=left| [[Gerd Riss]] || E,3,3,2,3 || 11 |-align=center |5 ||align=left|[[Carsten Pelzmann]] || 3,2,2,2,1 || 10 |-align=center |6 ||align=left|Andre Pollehn || 2,1,2,2,1 || 8 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Klaus Freundorfer]] || 1,3,3,F,- || 7 |-align=center |8 ||align=left|[[Peter Schrock]] || 0,2,0,2,3 || 7 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Peter Hehlert]] || 3,0,1,1,2 || 7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[Andreas Rahn]] || 1,0,1,1,3 || 6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Andreas Marynowski]] || 1,2,2,F,-|| 5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|[[Andreas Schapfl]] || 2,1,1,E,0 || 4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Hans Faltermeier]] || 2,0,0,F,1 || 3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| [[Michael Domes]] || 1,F,0,0,2 || 3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| [[Alois Bachhuber]] || 0,1,1,1,0 || 3 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| [[Egon Muller]] || F,-,-,-,- || 0 |-align=center |R1 ||align=left| [[Bernhard Osterlocher]] || 1,0,3,1,1 || 6 |}
=== Hungarian Final === *{{flagicon|HUN}} *5 rounds, riders progress to Continental qualification 1989 {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=50px|Total |-align=center |1 ||align=left| [[Zoltán Adorján]] || 56 |-align=center |2 ||align=left| [[Antal Kocso]] || 49 |-align=center |3 ||align=left| [[Róbert Nagy (speedway rider)|Róbert Nagy]] || 47 |-align=center |4 ||align=left| [[Zoltan Hajdu]] || 47 |-align=center |5 ||align=left| [[József Petrikovics]] || 46 |-align=center |6 ||align=left|[[Sándor Tihanyi]] || 45 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Robert Csilik]] || 38 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[Sandor Ujhelyi]] || 30 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Janoš Sereš]] || 30 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[Janoš Bologh]] || 28 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Andraš Kovacs]] || 26 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| [[Sandor Kabai]] || 19 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Atilla Kovacs]] || 15 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| [[Laszlo Bodi]] || 12 |}
=== Yugoslavian Final === *{{flagicon|YUG}} * 8 rounds, riders progress to Continental qualification 1989 {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=50px|Total |-align=center |1 ||align=left| [[Zvonko Pavlič]] || 110 |-align=center |2 ||align=left| [[Artur Horvat]] || 96 |-align=center |3 ||align=left| [[Gregor Pintar]] || 83 |-align=center |4 ||align=left|[[Franc Kalin]] || 79 |-align=center |5 ||align=left| [[Kreso Omerzel]] || 78 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| [[Martin Peterca]] || 76 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Darko Tominač]] || 70 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[Zdravko Tominač]] || 62 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Andrej Matjašeč]] || 57 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[Lazar Csaba]] || 54 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Goran Hoblaj]] || 54 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| [[Igor Hauptman]] || 33 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|Rudi Spitaler || 27 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|Zelkjo Feher || 23 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Drago Dolinšek || 22 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Josip Lehki || 10 |-align=center |17 ||align=left|Mitja Pungašič] || 8 |-align=center |18 ||align=left|Niko Klavzar || 6 |-align=center |19 ||align=left|Gorazd Vinšek || 1 |}
=== Czechoslovak Final === * Riders progress to Continental qualification 1989 *6 rounds {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=50px|Total |-align=center |1 ||align=left| [[Roman Matoušek]] || 76 |-align=center |2 ||align=left| [[Antonín Kasper Jr.]] || 72 |-align=center |3 ||align=left| [[Zdenek Schneiderwind]] || 68 |-align=center |4 ||align=left| [[Lubomír Jedek]] || 63 |-align=center |5 ||align=left| [[Petr Vandírek]] || 54 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| [[Bohumil Brhel]] || 53 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Stanislav Urban]] || 53 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[Pavel Karnas]] || 39 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Josef Fejfar]] || 38 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|[[Jan Schinagl]] || 35 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Jan Holub II]] || 26 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| [[Zdeněk Tesař]] || 26 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Bořivoj Hádek]] || 25 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| [[Jiří Svoboda (speedway rider)|Jiří Svoboda]] || 23 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| [[Vladimír Kalina]] || 21 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| [[Jindřich Dominik]] || 16 |-align=center |17 ||align=left| [[Václav Milík, Sr.]] || 10 |-align=center |18 ||align=left| [[Ladislav Hrádecký]] || 10 |-align=center |19 ||align=left| [[Karel Průša]] || 10 |}
=== Soviet Union Final === * 2 October 1988 * {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Rivne Speedway Stadium]], [[Rivne]] *Rriders progress to Continental Qualification 1989 {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px| Scores ||width=50px|Total |-align=center |1 ||align=left| [[Vladimir Trofimov]] ||3,3,3,3,3 ||15 |-align=center |2 ||align=left| [[Rif Saitgareev]] ||3,3,3,2,3||14 |-align=center |3 ||align=left| [[Rinat Mardanshin]] ||3,2,2,3,2||12 |-align=center |4 ||align=left| [[Mikhail Starostin]] ||2,2,2,3,2||11 |-align=center |5 ||align=left| [[Pavel Chernov (speedway rider)|Pavel Chernov]] ||2,1,3,2,2||10 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| [[Igor Dubinin]] ||E,3,2,3,1||9 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Flyur Kalimullin]] ||3,0,0,1,3||7 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[Igor Zverev]] ||1,E,3,2,1||7 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Arkady Kononec]] ||1,0,1,1,3||6 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[Andrej Korzhevoy]] ||1,3,1,0,1||6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Oleg Volokhov]] ||1,2,1,0,2||6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| [[Valery Sokolov]] ||2,2,F,1,1||6 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Grigory Kharchenko]] ||0,1,1,2,0||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| [[Aleksandr Pawlov]] ||2,F,0,1,- ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| Fjodor Zakharov ||0,T,2,0,-||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| Ruslan Koval ||ns|| |}
=== Nederlands/Belgium Final === * {{flagicon|NED}} {{flagicon|BEL}} *4 rounds, riders progress to Continental Qualification {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px| Scores ||width=50px|Total |-align=center |1 ||align=left| [[Henk Steman]] || 24+22+20+24 || 90 |-align=center |2 ||align=left|[[Rene Elzinga]] || 21+21+24+23 || 89 |-align=center |3 ||align=left| [[Robert Jan Munnecom]] || 19+24+23+22 || 88 |-align=center |4 ||align=left| [[Peter Seur]] || 17+19+22+20 || 78 |-align=center |5 ||align=left| [[Ron Koppe]] || 20+20+19+19 || 78 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| [[Rikus Gorter]] || 18+14+17+21 || 70 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Ron Van Dam]] || 15+17+18+17 || 67 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[Rob Steman]] || 22+18+21+ns || 61 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Fokke Van Der Walle]] || 16+13+14+15 || 58 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[Henk Bangma]] || 8+15+16+18 || 57 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Patrick Pino]] || 14+11+15+16 || 56 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| [[John Lispet]] || 13+12+13+9 || 47 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Henny Kroeze]] || 23+23+ns+ns || 46 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| [[Rias Kazemeier]] || 9+10+11+10 || 40 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|[[Gerard Kok]] || 10+ns+12+12 || 34 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| [[Harry Kuipers]] || 6+8+8+11 || 33 |-align=center |17 ||align=left| [[Hilbert Tel]] || ns+7+10+13 || 30 |-align=center |18 ||align=left|[[Rene Van Merkenstein]] || 7+9+9+2 || 27 |-align=center |19 ||align=left| [[Mans Kok]] || 3+6+ns+7 || 16 |-align=center |20 ||align=left| [[Wil Stroes]] || ns+16+ns+ns || 16 |-align=center |21 ||align=left|[[Jim Groen]] || ns+ns+7+8 || 15 |-align=center |22 ||align=left| [[Rob Dolman]] || ns+ns+ns+14 || 14 |-align=center |23 ||align=left|[[Jan Dijkema]] || 12+ns+ns+ns || 12 |-align=center |24 ||align=left|Chris Slager || 11+ns+ns+ns || 11 |-align=center |25 ||align=left|Roy Wervaard || 5+5+ns+ns || 10 |-align=center |26 ||align=left|Herman Hulseboch || ns+ns+5+4 || 9 |-align=center |27 ||align=left|Han Hendriks || 4+4+ns+ns || 8 |-align=center |28 ||align=left|Jan Tjassing || ns+ns+3+1 || 4 |-align=center |29 ||align=left|Martinus Bikema || +ns+ns+ns+6 || 6 |-align=center |30 ||align=left|Jacco Valentejn || +ns+ns+ns+5 || 5 |-align=center |31 ||align=left|Michel Bolt || ns+ns+ns+3 || 3 |}
=== Australian qualification === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=200|Championship !width=250|Venue !width=150|Winner !width=150|2nd !width=150|3rd |- |26 Nov '88||Northern Territory ||[[Tennant Creek Speedway]]|| [[Jamie Fagg]] ||[[Glen Baxter (speedway rider)|Glen Baxter]] || Robbie War |- |align=center| 26 Dec '88||Victorian ||[[Olympic Park Speedway (Mildura)|Olympic Park]], [[Mildura]] || [[Leigh Adams]] || [[Phil Crump]] || Nigel Alderton |- |21 Dec '88||New South Wales||[[Liverpool Speedway|Liverpool City Raceway]], [[Green Valley, New South Wales|Green Valley]]|| [[Stephen Davies (speedway rider)|Stephen Davies]] || [[Craig Boyce]] || [[Tony Primmer (speedway rider)|Tony Primmer]] |- |align=center| 23 Dec '88||South Australian||[[North Arm Speedway]], [[Gillman, South Australia|Gillman]] || [[Craig Hodgson]] ||[[Mark Fiora]] ||[[Shane Parker (speedway rider)|Shane Parker]] |- |align=center| 12 Nov '88||Queensland|||[[Rockhampton Showground]] || [[Troy Butler]] || [[Steve Regeling]] || Mark Pearce |- |align=center| 25 Nov '88||Western Australian||[[Claremont Speedway]], [[Perth]] || [[Glenn Doyle]] || [[Andy Smith (speedway rider)|Andy Smith]]+ || [[Glyn Taylor]] |} + Rode as a guest
=== British semi-finals === {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *5 May *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Oxford Stadium]], [[Oxford]] *Top 8 to British final {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-{{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Simon Wigg]]||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]]||12+3 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Andrew Silver (speedway rider)|Andrew Silver]]||12+2 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Jeremy Doncaster]]||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[Martin Dugard (speedway rider)|Martin Dugard]]||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[Marvyn Cox]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| [[Mark Courtney]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left| [[Andy Grahame]]||9 |- |9 ||align=left| [[Neville Tatum]]||6 |- |10 ||align=left| [[Carl Blackbird]]||5 |- |11 ||align=left| [[Dave Mullett]]||5 |- |12 ||align=left| [[Richard Knight (speedway rider)|Richard Knight]]||4 |- |13 ||align=left| [[Gordon Kennett]]||4 |- |14 ||align=left| [[Alan Mogridge]]||3 |- |15 ||align=left| [[Andy Buck]]||2 |- |16 ||align=left|[[Daz Summer]]||2 |- |17 ||align=left|Kevin Pitts (res)||2 |} |width=50% valign=top| *8 May *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Monmore Green Stadium]], [[Wolverhampton]] *Top 8 to British final {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-{{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Alan Grahame]]||13+3 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Andy Smith (speedway rider)|Andy Smith]]||13+2 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Kelvin Tatum]]||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Les Collins]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[Neil Collins (speedway rider)|Neil Collins]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[Neil Evitts]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| [[Graham Jones (speedway rider)|Graham Jones]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left| [[Andy Phillips (speedway rider)|Andy Phillips]]||8+2 |- |9 ||align=left| [[Simon Cross]]||8+2 |- |10 ||align=left| [[Martin Goodwin]]||7 |- |11 ||align=left| [[Sean Wilson (speedway rider)|Sean Wilson]]||7 |- |12 ||align=left| [[Chris Morton]]||5 |- |13 ||align=left| [[Gary Chessell]]||3 |- |14 ||align=left| [[Nigel Crabtree]]||3 |- |15 ||align=left| [[Louis Carr]]||2 |- |16 ||align=left|[[Paul Thorp]]||0 |- |17 ||align=left|Ade Hoole (res)||0 |} |}
== Third round == === Continental preliminary round === *Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |align=center| 22 April||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Piotr Świst]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jacek Gomólski]] ||{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Václav Milík Sr.]] |- |align=center| 23 April||{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Slaný Speedway Stadium]], [[Slaný]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Stanislav Urban]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Marynowski]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Bohumil Brhel]] |- |align=center| 22 April||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Borsod Volán Stadion]], [[Miskolc]] ||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Jozsef Petrikovics]] ||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Robert Csillik]] ||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Janos Seres]] |- |align=center| 7 May||{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Matija Gubec Stadium]], [[Krško]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Antoni Skupień]] ||{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Zdenek Tesar]] ||{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jan Schinagl]] |}
=== Swedish qualification === *Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(30 April, [[Målilla#Sport and leisure|Målilla Motorbana]], [[Målilla]]) |- !width=30|Pos !width=200|Rider !width=50|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Conny Ivarsson]] ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Peter Nahlin]] ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | Mikael Ritterwall ||10 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" |Niklas Karlsson ||9 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | Dennis Löfqvist ||9 |- {{speedway color|7}} |6 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)|Tommy Nilsson]] ||9 |- {{speedway color|7}} |7 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Jimmy Nilsen]] ||9 |- {{speedway color|7}} |8 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Erik Stenlund]] ||9 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | Kenneth Lindby ||9 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | Christer Jonsson ||9 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Stefan Andersson (speedway rider)|Stefan Andersson]] ||7 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | Tony Gudbrand ||6 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | Lars Andersson ||4 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | Tomas Karlsson ||2 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | Tony Samuelsson ||1 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | Kent Danielsson ||1 |- |17 || style="text-align:left;" | Tony Zetterström (res)||1 |- |18 || style="text-align:left;" | Christer Johansson Esk (res) ||1 |} {{col-2}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(1 May, [[Visby#Sports|Gamla Galgberget]], [[Visby]]) |- !width=30|Pos !width=200|Rider !width=50|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Tony Olsson]] ||13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Per Jonsson]] ||13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]] ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Mikael Teurnberg]] ||11 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Christer Rohlén]] ||10 |- {{speedway color|7}} |6 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Peter Karlsson (speedway rider)|Peter Karlsson]] ||8 |- {{speedway color|7}} |7 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Mikael Blixt]] ||8 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8 || style="text-align:left;" | Tommy Lindgren ||7 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | Kenneth Nyström ||6 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Claes Ivarsson]] ||6 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Tony Rickardsson]] ||6 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | Mikael Löfqvist ||5 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | Jörgen Johansson ||4 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | Kristian Hultgren ||4 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | Patrik Karlsson ||3 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | Bo Arrhén ||2 |- |17|| style="text-align:left;" | Patric Eriksson (res) ||2 |- |18 || style="text-align:left;" | Jan Bergqvist (res) ||1 |} {{col-end}}
=== British Final === *21 May *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Brandon Stadium]], [[Coventry]] *First 10 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points ||width=70px|Details |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} | ||align=left| [[Simon Wigg]] ||14 || (2,3,3,3,3) |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} | ||align=left| [[Kelvin Tatum]] ||12+3 || (3,3,3,0,3) |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} | ||align=left| [[Alan Grahame]] ||12+2 || (3,2,1,3,3) |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Les Collins]] ||11 || (1,3,2,3,2) |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[Andy Phillips (speedway rider)|Andy Phillips]] ||10 || (3,1,3,1,2) |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Andy Grahame]] ||7 || (2,3,X,2,0) |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| [[Martin Dugard (speedway rider)|Martin Dugard]] ||7 || (0,2,3,2,0) |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left| [[Neil Collins (speedway rider)|Neil Collins]] ||7 || (3,2,1,X,1) |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |9 ||align=left| [[Andy Smith (speedway rider)|Andy Smith]] ||7 || (2,0,1,2,2) |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |10 ||align=left|[[Jeremy Doncaster]] ||7 || (1,2,2,X,2) |-align=center {{speedway color|r}} |11 ||align=left| [[Neil Evitts]] ||6 || (2,1,2,X,1) |-align=center |12 ||align=left| [[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]] ||5 || (X,0,0,2,3) |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Mark Courtney]] ||5 || (1,1,1,1,1) |-align=center |14 ||align=left| [[Graham Jones (speedway rider)|Graham Jones]] ||4 || (0,1,0,3,X) |-align=center |15 ||align=left| [[Andrew Silver (speedway rider)|Andrew Silver]] ||4 || (1,0,2,1,0) |-align=center |16 ||align=left|[[Marvyn Cox]] ||2 || (0,X,0,1,1) |}
=== Australian Final === *{{flagicon|AUS}} 15 January, [[Newcastle Motordrome]] *Winner (+ [[Stephen Davies (speedway rider)|Stephen Davies]] & [[Troy Butler]] seeded) to Commonwealth final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Glenn Doyle]] ||13 |-align=center |2 ||align=left| [[Stephen Davies (speedway rider)|Stephen Davies]] ||12 |-align=center |3 ||align=left| [[Jamie Fagg]] ||11 |-align=center |4 ||align=left| [[Mick Poole (speedway rider)|Mick Poole]] ||11 |-align=center |5 ||align=left| [[Steve Regeling]] ||11 |-align=center |6 ||align=left|[[Phil Crump]] ||10 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Craig Boyce]] ||10 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[Troy Butler]] ||7 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Leigh Adams]] ||6 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|[[Glyn Baxter]] ||6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Craig Hodgson]] ||6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| [[Glyn Taylor]] ||6 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Chris Watson (speedway rider)|Chris Watson]] ||5 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| [[Mark Fiora]] ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| [[Shane Parker (speedway rider)|Shane Parker]] ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| [[Tony Primmer (speedway rider)|Tony Primmer]] ||1 |-align=center |17 ||align=left| [[Brian Nixon]] (res) ||0 |}
=== New Zealand Final === *First 2 (+ [[Mitch Shirra]] seeded) to Commonwealth final *{{flagicon|NZL}} 28 January, [[Western Springs Stadium]] {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Larry Ross (speedway rider)|Larry Ross]] ||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Gary Allan (speedway rider)|Gary Allan]] || 14 |-align=center |3 ||align=left|[[Mark Thorpe]] ||12 |-align=center |4 ||align=left|Nathan Murray ||12 |-align=center |5 ||align=left|Stephen Rose ||10 |-align=center |6 ||align=left|Craig Wilkie ||9 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| John Roberts ||8 |-align=center |8 ||align=left|Justin Monk ||7 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| Mark Jamieson ||6 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|Greg Fisher ||6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|David Claydon ||6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|Rex Brosnan ||5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|Richard Davdison || 3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|Bradley Sockton ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| Darren Hopewell ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Scott Mitchell ||1 |-align=center |17 ||align=left|Geoff Tomkins ||1 |}
== Fourth Round == === Continental quarter-finals === *To 32 to Continental semi-finals {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |align=center| 14 May||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Stadion Wiener Neustadt]] ||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Sandor Tihanyi]] ||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Zoltán Adorján]] ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Armando Castagna]] |- |align=center| 3 June||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Zielona Góra Speedway Stadium]] ||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Antal Kocso]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Ryszard Franczyszyn]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Huszcza]] |- |align=center| 4 June||{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Svítkov Stadium]], [[Pardubice]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Pavel Karnas]] ||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Jozsef Petrikovics]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Roman Matoušek]] |- |align=center| 3 June||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Anton Treffer Stadion]], [[Neustadt an der Donau|Neustadt Donau]] ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]] ||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Zoltan Hajdu]] ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Gerd Riss]] |}
=== American Final === *3 June, Top 4 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve *{{flagicon|USA}} [[Veterans Memorial Stadium (Long Beach)|Veterans Memorial Stadium]], [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]] {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Sam Ermolenko]] || 19+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Shawn Moran]] || 19+2 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Ronnie Correy]] || 19+1 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Lance King (speedway rider)|Lance King]] || 17 |-align=center {{speedway color|r}} |5 ||align=left| [[Rick Miller (speedway rider)|Rick Miller]] || 16 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| [[Bobby Schwartz]] || 14 |-align=center |7 ||align=left|[[Mike Faria]] || 14 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[Gary Hicks (speedway rider)|Gary Hicks]] || 12 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Bart Bast]] || 12 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[Billy Hamill]] || 10 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Louis Kossuth (speedway rider)|Louis Kossuth]] || 8 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| [[Greg Hancock]] || 7 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Ed Castro]] || 7 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| [[Alan Christian]] || 7 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| [[Steve Lucero]] || 7 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| [[Brad Oxley]] || 5 |-align=center |17 ||align=left| [[John Sizemore]] || 3 |-align=center |18 ||align=left| [[Shawn Venables]] || 1 |-align=center |19 ||align=left|[[Scotty Brown]] || 1 |-align=center |20 ||align=left|[[John Kehoe (speedway rider)|John Kehoe]] || 1 |}
=== Commonwealth Final === *4 June *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Belle Vue Stadium]], [[Manchester]] *First 12 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Simon Wigg]] || 13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Mitch Shirra]] || 12+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Neil Collins (speedway rider)|Neil Collins]] || 12+2 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Andy Grahame]] || 9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Kelvin Tatum]] || 9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Andy Smith (speedway rider)|Andy Smith]] || 9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jeremy Doncaster]] || 8 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Troy Butler]] || 7 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Andy Phillips (speedway rider)|Andy Phillips]] || 7 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Martin Dugard (speedway rider)|Martin Dugard]] || 7 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Stephen Davies (speedway rider)|Stephen Davies]] || 7 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Andy Grahame]] || 7 |-align=center {{speedway color|r}} |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Les Collins]] || 6 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Gary Allan (speedway rider)|Gary Allan]] || 5 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Glenn Doyle]] || 0 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} Darren Wilson* || 0 |} <small>''*Darren Wilson replaced [[Larry Ross (speedway rider)|Larry Ross]].''</small>
=== Swedish Final === *R1 (16 May, [[Nässjö Motorstadion]], [[Nässjö]]) *R2 (17 May, [[Nyköpings Motorstadion]], [[Nyköping]]) *R3 (18 May, [[Kalvholmen Motorstadion]], [[Karlstad]]) * First 6 to Nordic Final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px| Scores ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Per Jonsson]] || 13+15+14 || 42 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Mikael Blixt]] || 13+13+11 || 37 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]] || 11+12+11 || 34 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Jimmy Nilsen]] || 14+11+8 || 33 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Erik Stenlund]] || 9+10+13 || 32 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[Tony Olsson]] || 11+8+11 || 30 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| [[Niklas Karlsson (speedway rider)|Niklas Karlsson]] || 7+8+9 || 24 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[Peter Karlsson (speedway rider)|Peter Karlsson]] || 8+9+5 || 22 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Christer Rohlén]] || 6+6+8 || 20 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[Conny Ivarsson]] || 8+4+7 || 19 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Dennis Löfqvist]] || 5+7+3 || 15 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| [[Mikael Teurnberg]] || 1+4+10 || 15 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Mikael Ritterwall]] || 6+1+3 || 10 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| [[Peter Nahlin]] || 4+6+ns || 10 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| [[Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)|Tommy Nilsson]] || 3+5+0 || 8 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|[[Kenneth Lindby]] || ns+ns+5 || 5 |-align=center |17 ||align=left|[[Tommy Lindgren (speedway rider)|Tommy Lindgren]] || 1+1+ns || 2 |}
=== Norway Final === *{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Vinsvollbanen]], [[Drammen]] *30 August 1987, top 1 (+1 seeded) to Nordic final 1988 {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Lars Gunnestad]]||14+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| Tor Einar Hielm ||14+2 |-align=center |3 ||align=left|[[Arnt Førland]] ||11 |-align=center |4 ||align=left|Ingvar Skogland ||10 |-align=center |5 ||align=left| Gjermund Aas ||10 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| Willy Tjessem ||8 |-align=center |7 ||align=left|Atle Knutsen ||8 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| Arne Svendsen ||8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| Ronny Erga ||6 |}
=== Finland Final === * 28 August 1988, top 1 (+1 seeded) to Nordic Final 1989 *{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kotkan Motor Center]], [[Karhula]] {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Heat Scores ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Kai Niemi]] ||3,3,3,3,3 ||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Ari Koponen (speedway rider)|Ari Koponen]] ||3,3,3,2,3 ||14 |-align=center |3 ||align=left| [[Vesa Ylinen]] ||3,3,1,3,2 ||12+3 |-align=center |4 ||align=left| [[Petri Kokko (speedway rider)|Petri Kokko]] ||2,2,3,3,2 ||12+2 |-align=center |5 ||align=left| Aki Ala Riihimaki ||2,3,3,2,1 ||11 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| Janne Moksunen ||2,2,2,E,3 ||9 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| Jonko Jarvi ||0,1,2,2,3 ||8 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| Roy Malminhelmo ||3,2,2,X,1 ||8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| Janne Koivula ||1,1,1,1,2 ||6 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| Jari Moisio ||2,0,0,3,F ||5 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|Ossi Henriksson ||1,1,2,1,0 ||5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|Tomi Havu ||0,F,0,2,2 ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| Olli Turkia ||1,2,0,1,- ||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| Esa Reijo ||1,1,1,E,1 ||4 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Petri Hurmisniemi ||0,0,1,0,- ||1 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Esa Einola ||0,-,-,-,- ||0 |-align=center |R1 ||align=left|Jarno Kosonen ||1 ||1 |-align=center |R2 ||align=left|Jouni Ala Koskela ||0 ||0 |-align=center |R3 ||align=left|Kaj Kujala ||0,0,0 ||0 |-align=center |R4 ||align=left|Markku Haapala ||X ||0 |}
=== Danish Final === *19 May *{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Vojens Speedway Center|Speedway Center]], [[Vojens]] *First 6 to Nordic final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Erik Gundersen]] || 14+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Jan O. Pedersen]] || 14+2 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Brian Karger]] || 14+1 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] || 12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[John Jørgensen]] || 11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[Peter Ravn (speedway rider)|Peter Ravn]] || 9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| [[Allan Johansen (speedway rider)|Allan Johansen]] || 9 |-align=center |8 ||align=left|[[Ole Hansen (speedway rider)|Ole Hansen]] || 7+3 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|[[Kenneth Arnfred]] || 7+2 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|[[Jan Stæchmann]] || 6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Per Sorensen]] || 5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| [[John Eskildsen]] || 3 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|[[Jan Jakobsen]] || 3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|[[Henrik Kristensen]] || 3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| [[Jens-Henry Nielsen]] || 2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|[[Jan Pedersen (speedway rider)|Jan Pedersen]] (Res) || 1 |-align=center |17 ||align=left| [[Torben Hansen (speedway rider)|Torben Hansen]] || 0 |}
== Fifth Round == === Continental semi-finals=== {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *24 June *{{flagicon|POL}} [[Rybnik Municipal Stadium]], [[Rybnik]] *Top 8 to Continental final {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Zdeněk Tesař]] || 14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Antal Kocso]] || 12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Rif Saitgareev]] || 11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Roman Jankowski]] || 10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Antonín Kasper, Jr.]] || 10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Ryszard Franczyszyn]] || 10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Gerd Riss]] || 9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Bohumil Brhel]] || 10 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]] ||8 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Andreas Marynowski]] || 7 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Zoltan Hajdu]] || 6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Stanisław Urban (speedway rider)|Stanisław Urban]] || 4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Armando Dal Chiele]] || 4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Sandor Ujhelyi]] || 3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Huszcza]] || 2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giorgio Zaramella]] || 0 |} |width=50% valign=top| *25 June *{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Rivne Speedway Stadium]], [[Rivne]] *Top 8 to Continental final {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Roman Matoušek]] || 14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Petr Vandírek]] || 12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Ryszard Dołomisiewicz]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Igor Dubinin]] || 11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Zoltán Adorján]] || 10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Sándor Tihanyi]] || 9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Armando Castagna]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[József Petrikovics]] ||9 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Pavel Karnas]] || 8 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Igor Zverev]] || 6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Wojciech Załuski (speedway rider)|Wojciech Załuski]] || 5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Zbigniew Krakowski]] || 5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Róbert Nagy (speedway rider)|Róbert Nagy]]|| 4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Vladimir Trofimov]] || 4 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Václav Milík Sr.]] || 1 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Heinrich Schatzer]] || 1 |} |}
=== Nordic Final === *4 June *{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Eteläpuisto]], [[Tampere]] *First 7 to Intercontinental final plus 1 reserve {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] || 14+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Jan O. Pedersen]] || 14+2 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Erik Gundersen]] || 12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Peter Ravn (speedway rider)|Peter Ravn]] || 10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Tony Olsson]] || 9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[John Jørgensen]] || 8+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Olli Tyrväinen]] || 8+2 |-align=center {{speedway color|r}} |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Erik Stenlund]] || 8+1 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Mikael Blixt]] || 7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kai Niemi]] || 7 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Lars Gunnestad]] || 6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Per Jonsson]] || 5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Brian Karger]] || 5 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jimmy Nilsen]] || 4 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Peter Karlsson (speedway rider)|Peter Karlsson]] || 2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Arne Svendsen (speedway rider)|Arne Svendsen]] || 1 |}
===Overseas Final=== *25 June *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Brandon Stadium]], [[Coventry]] *First 9 to Intercontinental final plus 1 reserve {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Sam Ermolenko]] || 13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Kelvin Tatum]] || 12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ronnie Correy]] || 11+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Simon Wigg]] || 11+2 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Andy Grahame]] || 9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Mitch Shirra]] || 9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Andy Grahame]] || 8 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jeremy Doncaster]] || 8 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Andy Smith (speedway rider)|Andy Smith]] || 8 |-align=center {{speedway color|r}} |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Troy Butler]] || 6+3 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Martin Dugard (speedway rider)|Martin Dugard]] || 6+2 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Lance King (speedway rider)|Lance King]] || 5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Stephen Davies (speedway rider)|Stephen Davies]] || 5 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Rick Miller (speedway rider)|Rick Miller]]* || 4 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Neil Collins (speedway rider)|Neil Collins]] || 4 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Andy Phillips (speedway rider)|Andy Phillips]] || 1 |} <small>''* [[Rick Miller (speedway rider)|Rick Miller]] replaced [[Shawn Moran]]. [[Bobby Schwartz]] came in as the reserve rider''</small>
== Sixth Round == === Continental Final === *12 August *{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Debrecen Speedway]], [[Debrecen]] *First 5 to World final plus 1 reserve {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Zoltán Adorján]] || 14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]] || 10+ |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Roman Matoušek]] || 10+ |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Gerd Riss]] || 10+ |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Bohumil Brhel]] || 10+ |-align=center {{speedway color|r}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[József Petrikovics]] || 10+ |-align=center |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Rif Saitgareev]] || 10+ |-align=center |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Antal Kocso]] || 10+ |-align=center |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Antonín Kasper, Jr.]] || 8 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Sándor Tihanyi]] || 8 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Ryszard Dołomisiewicz]] || 7 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Zdeněk Tesař]] || 4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Igor Zverev]] || 3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Wojciech Załuski (speedway rider)|Wojciech Załuski]] (Res) || 3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Igor Dubinin]] || 2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Pavel Karnas]] || 1 |-align=center |17 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Roman Jankowski]] || 0 |}
=== Intercontinental Final === *13 August *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Odsal Stadium]], [[Bradford]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Oakes |first=Peter |title=Speedway Yearbook 1990 |year=1990 |pages=7–9 |publisher=Front Page Books |isbn=0-948882-15-8}}</ref> *First 11 to World final plus 1 reserve {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Kelvin Tatum]] || 13+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Erik Gundersen]] || 13+2 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] || 12+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Mitch Shirra]] || 12+2 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Jan O. Pedersen]] || 9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Simon Wigg]] || 9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Tony Olsson]] || 8 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jeremy Doncaster]] || 7 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Andy Smith (speedway rider)|Andy Smith]] || 6 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Olli Tyrväinen]] || 5+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ronnie Correy]] || 5+2 |-align=center {{speedway color|r}} |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Troy Butler]]* || 5+1 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Andy Grahame]] || 5+0 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Peter Ravn (speedway rider)|Peter Ravn]] || 4 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Alan Grahame]] || 3 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[John Jørgensen]] || 3 |-align=center |R1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Martin Dugard (speedway rider)|Martin Dugard]] || 1 |-align=center |R2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Erik Stenlund]] || 0 |} <small>''*[[Troy Butler]] replaced the injured [[Sam Ermolenko]]. [[Martin Dugard (speedway rider)|Martin Dugard]] came in as the reserve rider.''</small>
== World Final == *2 September 1989 *{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Olympic Stadium (Munich)|Olympic Stadium]], [[Munich]]<ref>Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. {{ISBN|0-7524-2402-5}}</ref> *Referee: ({{flagicon|NED}}) Henry van den Boomen
{| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Heat Scores ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|p1}} |{{Speedway color|P1}}|1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] ||(3,3,3,3,3) ||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|p2}} |{{Speedway color|P2}}|2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Simon Wigg]] ||(1,3,3,3,2)|| 12+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|p3}} |{{Speedway color|P3}}|3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jeremy Doncaster]] || (3,2,1,3,3) ||12+2 |-align=center |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Erik Gundersen]] || (2,3,R,3,3) ||11 |-align=center |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Kelvin Tatum]] || (3,3,2,2,Fx) ||10 |-align=center |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Mitch Shirra]] || (2,2,3,2,1) ||10 |-align=center |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Andy Smith (speedway rider)|Andy Smith]] || (1,2,2,2,3) ||10 |-align=center |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Tony Olsson]] || (1,1,3,1,2) ||8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Gerd Riss]] || (3,1,1,0,Fx) ||5 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Roman Matoušek]] ||(0,2,0,1,2) ||5 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]] ||(2,1,1,0,1) ||5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Troy Butler]]* ||(2,0,2,0,0) ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Olli Tyrväinen]] ||(0,0,2,0,2) ||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ronnie Correy]] ||(0,0,1,2,1) ||4 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Zoltán Adorján]] ||(1,1,0,1,1) ||4 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Bohumil Brhel]] ||(0,0,0,1,0) ||1 |-align=center |R1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Andy Grahame]] ||did not ride||- |-align=center |R2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[József Petrikovics]] ||did not ride||- |-align=center |} <small>''* [[Troy Butler]] replaced the injured [[Jan O. Pedersen]]. [[Andy Grahame]] came in as the reserve rider.''</small>
=== Classification === {{Speedway event 20heats| RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|1|13|DEN|[[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]]| |3|3|3|3|3| pts=15 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|2|6|ENG|[[Simon Wigg]]| |1|3|3|3|2| pts=12+3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|3|1|ENG|[[Jeremy Doncaster]]| |3|2|1|3|3| pts=12+2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|16|DEN|[[Erik Gundersen]]| |2|3||9i=e|3|3| pts=11 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|11|ENG|[[Kelvin Tatum]]| |3|3|2|2|20i=Fx| pts=10 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|3|NZL|[[Mitch Shirra]]| |2|2|3|2|1| pts=10 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|4|ENG|[[Andy Smith (speedway rider)|Andy Smith]]| |1|2|2|2|3| pts=10 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|15|SWE|[[Tony Olsson]]| |1|1|3|1|2| pts=8 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|8|FRG|[[Gerd Riss]]| |3|1|1|0|17i=Fx| pts=5 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|14|TCH|[[Roman Matoušek]]| |0|2|0|1|2| pts=5 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|5|FRG|[[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]]| |2|1|1|0|1| pts=5 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|12|AUS|[[Troy Butler]]| |2|0|2|0|0| pts=4 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|9|FIN|[[Olli Tyrväinen]]| |0|0|2|0|2| pts=4 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|7|USA|[[Ronnie Correy]]| |0|0|1|2|1| pts=4 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|10|HUN|[[Zoltán Adorján]]| |1|1|0|1|1| pts=4 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|2|TCH|[[Bohumil Brhel]]| |0|0|0|1|0| pts=1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||17|ENG|[[Andy Grahame]] | pts=0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||18|HUN|[[József Petrikovics]] | pts=0 }} }}
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