1988 Speedway World Team Cup

1988 Speedway World Team Cup
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Contents

Qualification

Group D - Venue : Wiener Neustadt, Austria

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Austria 41
Heinrich Schatzer 14
Siegfried Eder 12
Walter Nebel 7
Robert Funk 7
Andreas Bössner 1
New Zealand 35
Mitch Shirra 14
Gary Allan 9
Alan Rivett 8
Bruce Cribb 4
Norway 25
Ingvar Skogland 10
Arnt Förland 7
Tor Einar Hielm 5
Einar Kyllingstad 2
Arne Svendsen 1
Holland 19
Henny Kroeze 8
Henk Steman 7
Robert Jan Munnecom 3
Rob Steman 1
Rene Elzinga 0

Austria to Group C.

Group C - Venue : Szeged, Hungary and Lonigo, Italy

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Hungary 52+44=96
Zoltan Adorjan 26
Antal Kocso 23
Sandor Tihanyi 20
Jozsef Petrikovics 16
Janos Balogh 11
Italy 41+43=84
Armando Castagna 24
Valentino Furlanetto 21
Paolo Salvatelli 18
Armando Dal Chiele 13
Ottaviano Righetto 8
Austria 12+22=34
Walter Nebel 11
Robert Funk 9
Toni Pilotto 8
Andreas Bössner 5
Siegfried Eder 1
Heinrich Schatzer 0
Bulgaria 15+10=25
Nikolaj Manev 7
Rudolf Valentinov 6
Georgi Petranov 6
Angel Eftimov 3
Orlin Janakiev 2
Aleksi Todorov 1

Hungary to Group B.

Group B - Venue : Landshut, Germany

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Germany 40
Klaus Lausch 11
Tommy Dunker 10
Karl Maier 10
Gerd Riss 9
Hans Faltermaier 0
Hungary 38
Zoltan Adorjan 14
Antal Kocso 13
Sandor Tihanyi 8
Janos Balogh 3
Jozsef Petrikovics 0
Australia 32
Stephen Davies 11
Mick Poole 9
Craig Hodgson 6
Troy Butler 5
Steve Baker 1
Finland 10
Ari Koponen 4
Aki Ala-Riihimäki 2
Olli Tyrväinen 2
Roy Malminheimo 2
Kai Niemi 0

Germany to Group A.

Group A - Venue : Prague, Czechoslovakia and Linköping, Sweden

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Sweden 49+51=100
Jimmy Nilsen 25
Per Jonsson 23
Tony Olsson 21
Conny Ivarsson 17
Henrik Gustafsson 14
Germany 26+31=57
Gerd Riss 22
Karl Maier 19
Klaus Lausch 7
Tommy Dunker 6
Hans Faltermaier 3
Czechoslovakia 28+22=50
Roman Matousek 22
Antonín Kasper 11
Lubomir Jedek 7
Petr Vandirek 7
Bohumil Brhel 3
Poland 17+14=31
Zenon Kasprzak 10
Andrzej Huszcza 9
Roman Jankowski 8
Eugeniusz Skupień 3
Piotr Świst 1

Sweden to Final.

World final

Venue : Los Angeles, USA

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Denmark 44
Hans Nielsen 14
Jan O. Pedersen 12
Erik Gundersen 8
Tommy Knudsen 8
John Jørgensen 2
USA 32
Sam Ermolenko 13
Shawn Moran 8
Lance King 6
Kelly Moran 5
Rick Miller 0
Sweden 22
Per Jonsson 9
Jimmy Nilsen 5
Tony Olsson 4
Henrik Gustafsson 4
Great Britain 22
Gary Havelock 8
Kelvin Tatum 7
Chris Morton 4
Simon Cross 3
Simon Wigg 0

Sweden finished third after Per Jonsson beat Kelvin Tatum in a race off.