1996_Speedway_World_Team_Cup

1996 Speedway World Team Cup

1996 Speedway World Team Cup

37th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition

The 1996 Speedway World Team Cup was the 37th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2]

The final took place on 15 September, at the Rhein-Main Arena in Germany. The Poland team won their seventh title but their first for 27 years having last won the 1969 Speedway World Team Cup.[3][4][5]

First round

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New Zealand and Finland withdrew

Russia and Croatia to second round

Second round

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 Russia Russia 25 10 19 25
(9) Oleg Kurguskin 12 2 2 2 3 3 T
(10) Sergey Darkin 9 3 3 3 F - -
(19) Roman Povazhny 4 1 2 1
2 Ukraine Ukraine 22 8 15 22
(5) Aleksandr Lyatosinsky 2 - - 0 - - 2
(6) Igor Marko 11 2 3 3 3 F -
(17) Vladimir Trofimov 9 3 0 1 2 3
3 Latvia Latvia 21 4 11 21
(3) Nikolay Kokin 8 X 2 2 X 2 2
(4) Vladimir Voronkov 13 1 1 3 2 3 3
(16) Aleksandr Biznya 0
4 Italy Italy 19 10 14 19
(13) Alessandro Milanese 0
(14) Andrea Maida 11 3 3 0 2 3 F
(21) Valentino Furlanetto 8 2 2 1 1 1 1
5 Slovenia Slovenia 16 2 6 16
(7) Gregor Pintar 1 1 0 - 0 - -
(8) Krešo Omerzel 7 0 1 1 - 3 2
(18) Gerhard Lekse 8 0 3 2 3
6 Austria Austria 14 6 12 14
(1) Andreas Bossner 11 3 1 2 3 1 1
(2) Helmut Lercher 3 2 0 1 0 - -
(15) Thomas Stadler 0 0 0
7 Croatia Croatia 9 2 7 9
(11) Zlatko Krznraric 6 0 1 2 2 0 1
(12) Krunoslav Zganec 2 1 0 1 0 - -
(20) Renato Kuster 1 1 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

Russia and Ukraine to third round

Third round

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 Poland Poland 25 9 18 25
(7) Tomasz Gollob 10 1 2 2 3 2 -
(8) Piotr Protasiewicz 13 3 3 3 - 1 3
(18) Rafal Dobrucki 2 1 1
2 Russia Russia 24 8 16 24
(1) Rinat Mardanshin 16 1 3 3 3 3 3
(2) Sergey Darkin 8 2 2 0 2 2 0
(15) Flyur Kalimullin 0
3 Hungary Hungary 19 6 13 19
(13) Csaba Hell 10 1 2 2 2 1 2
(14) Zoltán Adorján 9 0 3 3 0 2 1
(21) Sándor Tihanyi 0
4 Czech Republic Czech Republic 18 5 12 18
(5) Tomas Topinka 13 2 1 1 3 3 3
(6) Antonín Kasper Jr. 4 0 2 2 - 0 -
(17) Bohumil Brhel 1 1 E
5 Norway Norway 15 6 9 15
(3) Lars Gunnestad 9 3 3 1 2 - -
(4) Rune Holta 0
(16) Tryggve Jensen 6 0 0 0 0 3 3
6 Poland Poland B 13 5 10 13
(9) Wiesław Jaguś 9 3 E - 3 1 2
(10) Grzegorz Walasek 4 1 1 1 1 - E
(19) Sebastian Ułamek 0 E E
7 Ukraine Ukraine 11 3 6 11
(11) Igor Marko 9 2 1 E 2 2 2
(12) Vladimir Kolody 0
(20) Aleksandr Lyatosinsky 2 0 0 1 0 1 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

Poland and Russia to World final

World Final

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 Poland Poland 27 8 17 27
(7) Tomasz Gollob 15 3 2 2 3 2 3
(8) Piotr Protasiewicz 0 F - - - - -
(18) Slawomir Drabik 12 3 3 1 3 2
2 Russia Russia 22 8 18 22
(1) Rinat Mardanshin 13 3 1 3 3 2 1
(2) Sergey Darkin 4 2 2 - - - -
(15) Oleg Kurguskin 5 2 2 1 0
3 Denmark Denmark 21 6 14 21
(9) Brian Andersen 16 3 1 3 3 3 3
(10) Jesper B. Jensen 4 2 0 1 - - 1
(19) Nicki Pedersen 1 1 0
4 Germany Germany 20 8 12 20
(13) Gerd Riss 14 3 3 F 2 3 3
(14) Robert Barth 6 0 2 2 - 2 E
(21) Robbie Kessler 0 0
5 Sweden Sweden 14 3 6 14
(3) Niklas Klingberg 7 0 E 1 2 2 2
(4) Stefan Dannö 7 1 2 - 0 3 1
(16) Daniel Andersson 0 0
6 England England 12 6 9 12
(5) Paul Thorp 9 2 3 0 2 0 2
(6) Sean Wilson 3 1 E 1 X 1 E
(17) Scott Nicholls 0
7 Hungary Hungary 9 2 7 9
(11) Sándor Tihanyi 3 1 0 - 1 - 1
(12) Zoltán Adorján 3 0 1 1 - 1 -
(20) Norbert Magosi 3 0 3 0 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

References

  1. [1]
    "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  2. [2]
    "1996 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. [3]
    "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  5. [5]
    "Speedway". Western Daily Press. 16 September 1996. Retrieved 22 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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