Speedway World Pairs Championship

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The Speedway World Pairs Championship was an annual speedway event held each year in different countries. The first competition was held in 1970 and the final competition was held in 1993. From 1994 it was merged with the World Team Cup.

[edit] Rules

The final was competed between seven national teams, and each national team was represented by two riders. Each pairing rode against each other once. The pair with the highest combined score were declared the Champions. From 1991, a third rider could act as reserve.

[edit] Winners

Year		Winners	2nd place	3rd place
1970	Malmö	28 Ivan Mauger (16) Ronnie Moore (12)	25 Ove Fundin (15) Bengt Jansson (10)	19 Eric Boocock (13) Nigel Boocock (6)
1971	Rybnik	30 Jerzy Szczakiel (15) Andrzej Wyglenda (15)	25 Barry Briggs (13) Ivan Mauger (12)	22 Anders Michanek (13) Bernt Persson (9)
1972	Borås	24 Ray Wilson (15) Terry Betts (9)	24 Ivan Mauger (14) Ronnie Moore (10)	B 22 Bernt Persson (13) Holmqvist (9)
1973	Borås	24 Anders Michanek (15) Tommy Jansson (9)	21 Ole Olsen (18) Kurt Bögh (3)	21 Zenon Plech (14) Zbignew Marcinkowski (7)
1974	Belle Vue	28 Anders Michanek (14) Sören Sjösten (14)	23 Phil Crump (14) John Boulger (9)	21 Ivan Mauger (17) Barry Briggs (4)
1975	Wrocław	24 Anders Michanek (17) Tommy Jansson (7)	23 Edward Jancarz (15) Piotr Bruzda (8)	20 Ole Olsen (18) Jan Henningsen (2)
1976	Eskilstuna	27 John Louis (17) Malcolm Simmons (10)	24 Ole Olsen (18) Finn Thomsen (8)	22 Bengt Jansson (11) Bernt Persson (11)
1977	Belle Vue	28 Peter Collins (15) Malcolm Simmons (13)	18 Anders Michanek (16) Bernt Persson (2)	18 Egon Müller (11) Hans Wasserman (7)
1978	Chorzów	24 Malcolm Simmons (15) Gordon Kennett (9)	24 Ivan Mauger (12) Larry Ross (12)	21 Ole Olsen (16) Finn Thomsen (5)
1979	Vojens	25 Ole Olsen (15) Hans Nielsen (10)	24 Michael Lee (15) Malcolm Simmons (9)	20 Edward Jancarz (13) Zenon Plech (7)
1980	Krško	29 Dave Jessup (15) Peter Collins (14)	22 Edward Jancarz (15) Zenon Plech (7)	21 Ole Olsen (13) Hans Nielsen (8)
1981	Katowice	23 Bruce Penhall (14) Bobby Schwartz (9)	22 Ivan Mauger (12) Larry Ross (10)	21 Zenon Plech (15) Edward Jancarz (6)
1982	Liverpool	30 Dennis Sigalos (18) Bobby Schwartz (12)	22 Peter Collins (15) Kenny Carter (7)	21 Hans Nielsen (11) Ole Olsen (10)
1983	Gothenburg	25 Kenny Carter (15) Peter Collins (10)	24 Billy Sanders (15) Gary Guglielmi (9)	19 Hans Nielsen (11) Erik Gundersen (8)
1984	Lonigo	27 Chris Morton (14) Peter Collins (13)	25 Hans Nielsen (15) Erik Gundersen (10)	25 Mitch Shirra (15) Ivan Mauger (10)
1985	Rybnik	29 Erik Gundersen (16) Tommy Knudsen (13)	27 Kenny Carter (14) Kelvin Tatum (13)	22 Shawn Moran (11) Bobby Schwartz (11)
1986	Pocking	46 Hans Nielsen (27) Erik Gundersen (19)	46 Kelly Moran (23) Sam Ermolenko (23)	32 Antonín Kasper, Jr. (22) Roman Matousek (10)
1987	Pardubice	52 Hans Nielsen (26) Erik Gundersen (26)	44 Kelvin Tatum (24) Simon Wigg (20)	36 Sam Ermolenko (18) Kelly Moran (18)
1988	Bradford	45 Hans Nielsen (27) Erik Gundersen (18)	41 Kelvin Tatum (21) Simon Cross (20)	39 Shawn Moran (23) Sam Ermolenko (16)
1989	Leszno	48 Hans Nielsen (28) Erik Gundersen (20)	44 Jimmy Nilsen (23) Per Jonsson (21)	37 Kelvin Tatum (21) Paul Thorp (16)
1990	Landshut	43 Jan O. Pedersen (24) Hans Nielsen (19)	41 Todd Wiltshire (25) Leigh Adams (16)	33 Zoltan Adorjan (21) Sandor Tihanyi (12)
1991	Poznań	28 Hans Nielsen (14) Jan O. Pedersen (14)	44 Henrik Gustafsson (9) Jimmy Nilsen(Res) (8) Per Jonsson (7)	19 Lars Gunnestad (11) Einar Kyllingstad (8)
1992	Lonigo	23 Greg Hancock(Res) (11) Sam Ermolenko (9) Ronnie Correy (3)	23 Gary Havelock (15) Kelvin Tatum (8)	22 Per Jonsson (14) Henrik Gustafsson (8)
1993	Vojens	26 Tony Rickardsson (15) Henrik Gustafsson(Res) (6) Per Jonsson (5)	23 Ronnie Correy (14) Sam Ermolenko (9)	21 Hans Nielsen (14) Tommy Knudsen (6) Brian Karger(Res) (1)

[edit] See also

v • d • e International speedway competitions World Individual (SGP) • Pairs • Team (SWC) • Individual U-21 • Team U-21 Europe Individual • Pairs • Individual U-19 • Team U-19 • Club Governing Bodies World (FIM) • Europe (UEM)