1987 Speedway World Team Cup
Introduction The '''1987 Speedway World Team Cup''' was the 28th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.Denmark won two legs and therefore won their fifth consecutive title (and seventh in total) moving to just one title win if England's record 8.It was also Hans Nielsen's seventh gold medal having taken part in all of Denmark's title wins.
Group 4 Day Venue Winner   Teams ranked 13–16 19 June  Amsterdam  Bulgaria 13 September  Skien  Bulgaria 27 September  Ljubljana  Bulgaria 3 October   Shumen   Bulgaria* Winner promoted to Group C in 1988'''Round 1'''* 19 June 1987*  Olympic Stadium, AmsterdamFirstSecondThirdFourth''' - 38+3'''''' - 38+2'''''' - 34'''''' - 4''''''Round 2'''* 13 September 1987*  Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, SkienFirstSecondThirdFourth''' - 42'''''' - 40'''''' - 28'''''' - 10''''''Round 3'''* 27 September 1987*  Ilirija Sports Park, LjubljanaFirstSecondThirdFourth''' - 43'''''' - 31'''''' - 24'''''' - 20''''''Round 4'''* 3 October 1987*  Shumen Motopista, Shumen FirstSecondThirdFourth''' - 42'''''' - 40'''''' - 27'''''' - 11'''
Group 3 Day Venue Winner   Teams ranked 9–12 3 May  Lonigo  Hungary 21 June  Wiener Neustadt  Hungary 11 July  Landshut  Italy 13 September  Miskolc  West Germany* Winner promoted to Group B in 1988 ; 4th relegated to Group D in 1988'''Round 1'''* 3 May 1987*  Santa Marina Stadium, LonigoFirstSecondThirdFourth''' - 41'''Janosh Balogh - 13 József Petrikovics - 11 Zoltán Adorján - 10 Sándor Tihanyi - 5 Antal Kocso - 2''' - 32'''Armando Castagna - 9 Valentino Furlanetto - 9 Paolo Salvatelli - 8 Armando Dal Chiele - 5 Ottoviano Righetto - 1''' - 32'''Karl Maier - 11 Hans Faltermeier - 9 Gerd Riss - 8 Michael Datzmann - 4''' - 15'''Walter Nebel - 7 Siegfried Eder - 4 Heinrich Schatzer - 2 Adi Funk - 2 Toni Pilotto - 0'''Round 2'''* 21 June 1987*  Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener NeustadtFirstSecondThirdFourth''' - 40'''Zoltán Adorján - 14 József Petrikovics - 12 Antal Kocso - 10 Janosh Balogh - 4 Sándor Tihanyi - 0''' - 36'''Armando Dal Chiele - 11 Valentino Furlanetto - 10 Paolo Salvatelli - 8 Armando Castagna - 7 Gianni Famari - 0''' - 34'''Karl Maier - 10 Gerd Riss - 8 Michael Datzmann - 8 Klaus Lausch - 7 Hans Faltermeier - 1''' - 9'''Toni Pilotto - 5 Walter Nebel - 2 Adi Funk - 2 Heinrich Schatzer - 0 Siegfried Eder - 0'''Round 3'''* 11 July 1987*  Ellermühle Speedway Stadium, LandshutFirstSecondThirdFourth''' - 43+3'''Armando Castagna - 13+3 Paolo Salvatelli - 12 Giorgio Zaramella - 12 Gianni Famari - 6''' - 43+2'''Klaus Lausch - 14+2 Karl Maier - 12 Gerd Riss - 9 Michael Datzmann - 5 Hans Faltermeier - 3''' - 18'''Heinrich Schatzer - 6 Toni Pilotto - 5 Walter Nebel - 4 Adi Funk - 2 Andreas Bössner - 1''' - 16'''Zoltán Adorján - 7 Antal Kocso - 5 József Petrikovics - 3 Sándor Tihanyi - 1 Janosh Balogh - 0'''Round 4'''* 13 September 1987*  Borsod Volán Stadion, MiskolcFirstSecondThirdFourth''' - 40'''Gerd Riss - 12 Hans Faltermeier - 10 Tommy Dunker - 10 Karl Maier - 8''' - 37'''Zoltán Adorján - 12 Sándor Tihanyi - 11 Antal Kocso - 7 Janos Szeres - 4 Laszlo Bodi - 3''' - 25'''Armando Castagna - 8 Giorgio Zaramella - 6 Gianni Famari - 5 Paolo Salvatelli - 3 Fabrizio Vesprini - 3''' - 14'''Heinrich Schatzer - 5 Walter Nebel - 3 Toni Pilotto - 2 Adi Funk - 2 Andreas Bössner - 2'''Group 2'''Day Venue Winner   Teams ranked 5–8 19 July  Gdańsk  Sweden 21 August  Linköping  Sweden 13 September  Rybnik  Poland* Winner promoted to Group A in 1988 ; 4th relegated to Group C in 1988'''Round 1'''* 19 July 1987*  Gdańsk Speedway Stadium, GdańskFirstSecondThirdFourth''' - 41'''Per Jonsson (3,3,3,3,3) - 15 Jimmy Nilsen (3,3,3,1,3) - 13 Roland Dannö (3,1,0,1,2) - 7 Conny Ivarsson (2,-,-,-,-) - 2 Tommy Nilsson (-,0,3,1,0) - 4''' - 39'''Andrzej Huszcza (2,3,2,3,3) - 13 Roman Jankowski (3,3,2,2,2) - 12 Zenon Kasprzak (2,E,1,2,3) - 8 Wojciech Żabiałowicz (2,1,3,0,-) - 6 Grzegorz Dzikowski (-,-,-,-,0) - 0''' - 27'''Steve Regeling (2,2,3,1,1) - 9 Steve Baker (1,2,2,3,1) - 9 Stephen Davies (1,1,2,2,1) - 7 Glenn Doyle (2,0,-,-,-) - 2 Alan Rivett (-,-,0,0,0) - 0''' - 13'''Ari Koponen (2,2,1,0,0) - 5 Olli Tyrväinen (1,1,1,0,2) - 5 Kai Niemi (1,E,0,-,-) - 1 Aki Ala-Riihimaki (0,1,-,-,-) - 1 Vesa Ylinen (-,-,0,0/0,1/0) - 1'''Round 2'''* 21 August 1987*  Linköping Motorstadion, LinköpingFirstSecondThirdFourth''' - 50'''Per Jonsson - 15 Tony Olsson - 13 Conny Ivarsson - 13 Jimmy Nilsen - 6 Mikael Blixt - 3''' - 32'''Kai Niemi - 11 Ari Koponen - 8 Roy Malminheimo - 7 Juha Moksunen - 6 Janne Moksunen - 0''' - 27'''Steve Regeling - 8 Stephen Davies - 8 Steve Baker - 6 Mick Poole - 5''' - 10'''Roman Jankowski - 5 Zenon Kasprzak - 2 Ryszard Dołomisiewicz - 2 Andrzej Huszcza - 1 Janusz Stachyra - 0'''Round 3'''* 13 September 1987*  Rybnik Municipal Stadium, RybnikFirstSecondThirdFourth''' - 36'''Ryszard Dołomisiewicz - 10 Roman Jankowski - 9 Piotr Świst - 8 Zenon Kasprzak - 6 Andrzej Huszcza - 3''' - 33'''Per Jonsson - 11 Jimmy Nilsen - 11 Tony Olsson - 8 Conny Ivarsson - 3 Erik Stenlund - 0''' - 28'''Steve Regeling - 8 Steve Baker - 8 Stephen Davies - 7 Troy Butler - 5 Glenn Doyle - 0''' - 23'''Kai Niemi - 11 Ari Koponen - 9 Janne Moksunen - 2 Roy Malminheimo - 1 Juha Moksunen - 0
World final group Day Venue Winner   Teams ranked 1–4 16 August  Fredericia  Denmark 25 August  Coventry  USA 13 September  Prague  Denmark* 4th relegated to Group B in 1988===Round 1===* 16 August 1987*  Fredericia Speedway Center, Fredericia* Att: 5,000* Ref: Christer Bergstrom (Sw)	===Round 2===* 25 August 25, 1987*  Brandon Stadium, Coventry* Ref: Graham Brodie (Eng) 	 	===Round 3===* 13 September 1987*  Marketa Stadium, Prague * Att: 12,000	 	===Final standings=== Pos Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Pts1  Denmark               210082  England         021053  United States   102054  Czechoslovakia 00030
See also * 1987 Individual Speedway World Championship* 1987 Speedway World Pairs Championship
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