{{Short description|21st edition of the World motorcycle speedway Pairs Championship}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Use British English|date=December 2023}} {{Motorsport season |title = World Pairs Championship |link = Speedway World Pairs Championship |year = 1990 }}

The '''1990 Speedway World Pairs Championship''' was the twenty-first [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] [[Speedway World Pairs Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-pairs-championship.html|title=World Pairs Championship 1968-1993|website=Edinburgh Speedway|access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref>

The final took place at the [[Ellermühle Stadium]] in [[Landshut]], Germany.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004985/19900723/036/0036 |title=Moran blast after injury |website=Manchester Evening News |date=23 July 1990 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref> The championship Final was dominated by favourites [[Denmark national speedway team|Denmark]] and the less fancied [[Australia national speedway team|Australia]]. Danes [[Jan O. Pedersen]] and [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] scored 43 points to narrowly beat Australians [[Todd Wiltshire]] and [[Leigh Adams]] who scored 41.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/8573/1990-world-pairs-final-landshut|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref> [[Hungary national speedway team|Hungary]] ([[Zoltán Adorján]] and [[Sándor Tihanyi]]) finished a distant third on 33 points. [[Sweden national speedway team|Sweden]] ([[Jimmy Nilsen]] and [[Per Jonsson]]) also finished on 33 points, though as Hungary scored three heat wins to one for the Swedes they were awarded third place.<ref>{{cite web|title=Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 4) |language=Polish |publisher=SportoweFakty.pl |date=2009-08-19 |url=http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2009/08/19/zapomniane-turnieje-mistrzostwa-swiata-par-czesc-4/ |accessdate=2009-08-23 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822150934/http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2009/08/19/zapomniane-turnieje-mistrzostwa-swiata-par-czesc-4/ |archivedate=2009-08-22 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Semifinal 1== * {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Stadion Wiener Neustadt]], [[Wiener Neustadt]] * 16 June {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=160px|Team ||width=170px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |- align=center {{Speedway color|p1}} |rowspan=2 {{Speedway color|P1}}|[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg|1st]] ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|ENG}} - '''45''' ||align=left|[[Simon Cross]] - (4,4,4,3,5,4) ||24 |- align=center {{Speedway color|p1}} |align=left|[[Kelvin Tatum]] - (5,5,5,5,x,1) ||21 |- align=center {{Speedway color|p2}} |rowspan=2 {{Speedway color|P2}}|[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg|2nd]] ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|SWE}} - '''40''' ||align=left|[[Per Jonsson]] - (3,3,4,4,3,3) ||20 |- align=center {{Speedway color|p2}} |align=left|[[Jimmy Nilsen]] - (2,2,5,5,4,2) ||20 |- align=center {{Speedway color|p3}} |rowspan=2 {{Speedway color|P3}}|[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg|3rd]] ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|AUS}} - '''39''' ||align=left|[[Todd Wiltshire]] - (4,5,4,2,5,5) ||25 |- align=center {{Speedway color|p3}} |align=left|[[Leigh Adams]] - (1,4,5,4,e,0) ||14 |- align=center style="border-top:3px solid green;" |rowspan=2|4 ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|NZL}} - '''41*''' ||align=left|[[Mitch Shirra]] - (3,5,3,3,5,5) ||24 |- align=center |align=left|[[David Bargh]] - (5,4,2,x,2,4) ||17 |- align=center |rowspan=2|5 ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|AUT}} - '''28''' ||align=left|[[Heinrich Schatzer]] - (3,3,3,2,3,3) ||17 |- align=center |align=left|[[Toni Pilotto]] - (2,2,1,1,4,1) ||11 |- align=center |rowspan=2|6 ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|ITA}} - '''20''' ||align=left|[[Armando Dal Chiele]] - (2,1,1,2,3,2) ||11 |- align=center |align=left|[[Armando Castagna]] - (e,0,3,5,2,0) ||9 |- align=center style="border-top:3px solid green;" |rowspan=2|7 ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|USSR}} - '''27*''' ||align=left|[[Rif Saitgareev]] - (1,3,0,4,4,5) ||17 |- align=center |align=left|[[Vladimir Trofimov]] - (0,2,2,3,e,3) ||10 |- align=center |rowspan=2|8 ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|YUG}} - '''14''' ||align=left|[[Gregor Pintar]] - (0,0,2,1,1,4) ||8 |- align=center |align=left|[[Martin Peterca]] - (1,1,0,0,2,2) ||6 |- align=center |rowspan=2|9 ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|POL}} - '''9''' ||align=left|[[Piotr Świst]] - (5,f,-,-,-,-) ||5 |- align=center |align=left|[[Ryszard Dołomisiewicz]] - (4,x,-,-,-,-) ||4 |}

==Semifinal 2== * {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Markéta Stadium]], [[Prague]] * 17 June

{| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=160px|Team ||width=170px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |- align=center {{Speedway color|p1}} |rowspan=2 {{Speedway color|P1}}|[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg|1st]] ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|DEN}} - '''50''' ||align=left|[[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] - (2,4,4,5,5,5) ||25 |- align=center {{Speedway color|p1}} |align=left|[[Jan O. Pedersen]] - (4,5,5,3,4,4) ||25 |- align=center {{Speedway color|p2}} |rowspan=2 {{Speedway color|P2}}|[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg|2nd]] ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|USA}} - '''44''' ||align=left|[[Ronnie Correy]] - (5,4,4,3,5,3) ||24 |- align=center {{Speedway color|p2}} |align=left|[[Kelly Moran (speedway rider)|Kelly Moran]] - (3,3,3,5,4,2) ||20 |- align=center {{Speedway color|p3}} |rowspan=2 {{Speedway color|P3}}|[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg|3rd]] ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|HUN}} - '''37''' ||align=left|[[Zoltán Adorján]] - (5,5,1,5,5,1) ||22 |- align=center {{Speedway color|p3}} |align=left|[[Sándor Tihanyi]] - (4,2,3,4,2,0) ||15 |- align=center style="border-top:3px solid green;" |rowspan=2|4 ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|CSK}} - '''38*''' ||align=left|[[Roman Matoušek]] - (3,5,5,4,4,0) ||21 |- align=center |align=left|[[Antonín Kasper Jr.]] - (2,3,2,2,3,5) ||17 |- align=center |rowspan=2|5 ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|FIN}} - '''31''' ||align=left|[[Olli Tyrväinen]] - (4,4,0,4,3,4) ||19 |- align=center |align=left|[[Kai Niemi]] - (5,2,2,0,2,1) ||12 |- align=center |rowspan=2|6 ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|NOR}} - '''24''' ||align=left|[[Lars Gunnestad]] - (3,1,5,1,3,2) ||15 |- align=center |align=left|[[Arnt Førland]] - (0,0,4,0,2,3) ||9 |- align=center style="border-top:3px solid green;" |rowspan=2|7 ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|BUL}} - '''21''' ||align=left|[[Nikolaj Manev]] - (1,2,0,3,1,5) ||12 |- align=center |align=left|[[Zdravko Iordanov]] - (2,0,1,2,0,4) ||9 |- align=center |rowspan=2|8 ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|NED}} - '''18''' ||align=left|[[Ron Koppe]] - (x/2m,1,3,1,1,3) ||9 |- align=center |align=left|[[Rene Elzinga]] - (1,3,2,2,0,1) ||9 |- align=center |rowspan=2|9 ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|FRA}} - '''7''' ||align=left|[[David Ochocki]] - (1,1,1,1,1,2) ||7 |- align=center |align=left|[[Patrice Blondy]] - (0,0,0,0,0,0) ||0 |}

==World final== * {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Ellermühle Stadium]], [[Landshut]] * 21 July * Attendance: 10,000

{| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=160px|Team ||width=170px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |- align=center {{Speedway color|p1}} |rowspan=2 {{Speedway color|P1}}|[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg|1st]] ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|DEN}} - '''43''' ||align=left|[[Jan O. Pedersen]] - (4,4,2,5,5,4) ||24 |- align=center {{Speedway color|p1}} |align=left|[[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] - (X,2,5,4,3,5) ||19 |- align=center {{Speedway color|p2}} |rowspan=2 {{Speedway color|P2}}|[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg|2nd]] ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|AUS}} (41 pts) ||align=left|[[Todd Wiltshire]] - (5,5,3,4,5,3) ||25 |- align=center {{Speedway color|p2}} |align=left|[[Leigh Adams]] - (3,1,4,2,4,2) ||16 |- align=center {{Speedway color|p3}} |rowspan=2 {{Speedway color|P3}}|[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg|3rd]] ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|HUN}} (33 pts) ||align=left|[[Zoltán Adorján]] - (5,5,4,5,1,1) ||21 |- align=center {{Speedway color|p3}} |align=left|[[Sándor Tihanyi]] - (3,2,1,3,3,0) ||12 |- align=center style="border-top:3px solid green;" |rowspan=2|4 ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|SWE}} (33 pts) ||align=left|[[Jimmy Nilsen]] - (4,4,1,3,4,2) ||17 |- align=center |align=left|[[Per Jonsson]] - (2,2,3,2,5,1) ||16 |- align=center |rowspan=2|5 ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|NZL}} (32 pts) ||align=left|[[Mitch Shirra]] - (4,5,4,1,4,5) ||23 |- align=center |align=left|[[David Bargh]] - (2,0,5,X,2,0) ||9 |- align=center |rowspan=2|6 ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|USA}} (28 pts) ||align=left|[[Ronnie Correy]] - (5,0,0,5,2,3) ||15 |- align=center |align=left|[[Kelly Moran (speedway rider)|Kelly Moran]] - (1,3,3,1,1,4) ||13 |- align=center style="border-top:3px solid green;" |rowspan=2|7 ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|CSK}} (21 pts) ||align=left|[[Antonín Kasper Jr.]] - (0,3,2,3,0,3) ||11 |- align=center |align=left|[[Roman Matoušek]] - (1,1,0,2,1,5) ||10 |- align=center |rowspan=2|8 ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|ENG}} (20 pts) ||align=left|[[Kelvin Tatum]] - (3,4,5,1,4,3) ||20 |- align=center |align=left|[[Simon Cross]] - (X,-,-,-,-,-) ||0 |- align=center |rowspan=2|9 ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|FRG}} (15 pts) ||align=left|[[Klaus Lausch]] - (2,3,2,4,2,2) ||15 |- align=center |align=left|[[Gerd Riss]] - (F,-,-,-,-,-) ||0 |}

==See also== * [[1990 Individual Speedway World Championship]] * [[1990 Speedway World Team Cup]] * [[motorcycle speedway]] * [[1990 in sports]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

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