1980 Speedway World Team Cup
Introduction The '''1980 Speedway World Team Cup''' was the 21st edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.The final took place at the Vojens Speedway Center in Denmark. England won their eighth title to extend their record and the United States had their best performance to date finishing second. The defending champions New Zealand finished last in the British qualifying round.
Qualification Stage 1 Day Venue Winner   Qualification 17 May  Breitenthal Speedway Stadium, Krumbach  West Germany 18 May  King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn  England 18 May  Castiglione Olona, Varese  USSR 11 June  Kumla Motorstadion, Kumla  Denmark 29 June  Rodenbach Motodrom, Rodenbach  West Germany===Commonwealth Round===* 18 May*  King's Lynn, Norfolk Arena* Referee:  G Bergstrom'''* England & USA to Intercontinental Final'''===Scandinivian Round===* 11 June*  Kumla Motorstadion, Kumla1st2nd3rd4th''' - 43'''Ole Olsen - 12Bo Petersen - 12Tommy Knudsen - 11Hans Nielsen - 6Erik Gundersen - 2''' - 31'''Anders Michanek - 10Jan Andersson- 9Richard Hellsen - 6Bengt Jansson - 5Bernt Persson - 1''' - 18'''Kai Niemi - 6Ari Koponen - 5Veijo Tuoriniemi - 4Ila Teromaa - 3Pekka Hautamaki - 0''' - 4'''Dag Haaland - 2Audun Ove Olsen - 1Trond Helge Skretting - 1Reidar Eide  - 0Rolf Gramstad - 0'''* Denmark & Sweden to Intercontinental Final'''===Continental Round===* 18 May*  Castiglione Olona, Varese1st2nd3rd4th''' - 41'''Grigory Khlinovsky - 12Valery Gordeev - 11Viktor Kuznetsov - 11Mikhail Starostin - 7''' - 21'''Francesco Biginato - 8Giuseppe Marzotto- 5Giovanni Brizzolari - 4Mauro Ferraccioli - 4''' - 17'''Herbert Szerecs - 7Adi Funk - 5Walter Grubmüler - 4Herbert Engelmaier - 1''' - 16'''Nikolai Manev - 7Angel Eftimov - 4Orlin Janakiev - 4Ivan Marenov  - 1'''* Soviet Union & Italy to Continental Semi-Final'''* 17 May*  Breitenthal Speedway Stadium, Krumbach1st2nd3rd4th''' - 40'''Waldemar Bacik - 12Georg Hack - 12Christoph Betzl - 9Egon Müller - 7''' - 29'''Rudi Muts - 9Frits Koppe- 7Henk Steman - 6Henny Kroeze - 5Wil Stroes - 2''' - 22'''Istvan Sziraczki - 9Laszlo Meszaros - 6Zoltan Hajdu - 4Janos Szoke - 3Ferenc Farkash - 0''' - 5'''Franc Zagar - 2Stefan Kekec - 1Ivan Vrbnjak - 1Darko Tominac  - 1Vlado Kocuvan - 0'''* West Germany & Netherlands to Continental Semi-Final''''''Semifinal'''* 29 June*  Rodenbach Motodrom, Rodenbach'''* West Germany & Soviet Union to Continental Final'''
Qualification Stage 2 Day Venue Winner   Stage 2 5 July  Speedway Center, Vojens  England 13 July  Hansa Stadium, Bremen  Poland===Continental Final===* 13 July*  Hansa Stadium, Bremen* Referee:  Mr. Kristensen'''* Poland & Czechoslovakia to World Final'''===Intercontinental Final===* 5 July*  Speedway Center, Vojens* Att: 8,000'''* England & USA to World Final'''
World Final * 21 September*  Olympic Stadium, Wrocław* Att: 55,000
See also * 1980 Individual Speedway World Championship* 1980 Speedway World Pairs Championship
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