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
edit- 7 June 1998
Stadium Lokomotīve, Daugavpils- Austria and France withdrew
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|
 Latvia 3510.Nikolay Kokin (2,1,3,3,2,2,3,2) - 18 11.Vladimir Voronkov (3,3,3,1,3,3,1,e) - 17 |
 Norway 291.Lars Gunnestad (3,1,3,3,3,1,3,3) - 20 2.Arnt Førland (2,1,2,1,2,e,0,1) - 9 |
 Ukraine 2713.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 264.Matej Ferjan (1,0,3,1,3,2,3,3) - 16 5.Tomas Šustersič (3,2,f,0,1,1,2,1) - 10 |
 Italy 37.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
edit- 28 June 1998
Stroitel Stadium, Togliatti- Norway withdrew and were replaced by Ukraine, England and Australia withdrew
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|
 Czech Republic 3910.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 351.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 327.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 14. 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 6. |
- Czech Republic and Hungary to World final
World Final
edit- 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 |  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
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.