1984 Speedway World Team Cup
Introduction The '''1984 Speedway World Team Cup''' was the 25th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.The final took place at the Stadion Alfreda Smoczyka, in Leszno, Poland. Denmark easily won their fourth title, winning by 20 clear points in the final.
Qualification stage 1 ===Scandinavian & Commonwealth rounds===* '''Scandinavia''' (1st & 2nd to Intercontinental Final)*  Eteläpuisto, Tampere* 27 May* '''Commonwealth''' (1st & 2nd to Intercontinental Final)*  King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn* 15 MayPos. National team Pts. Riders  '''37''' Hans Nielsen - '''11''' Preben Eriksen - '''9''' Erik Gundersen - '''9''' Bo Petersen - '''8''' Peter Ravn - '''0'''  '''34''' Jan Andersson - '''11''' Bjorn Andersson - '''9''' Pierre Brannefors - '''9''' Tommy Nilsson - '''5''' Per Jonsson - '''0'''   '''22''' Kai Niemi - '''8''' Ari Koponen - '''7''' Pekka Hautamaki - '''4''' Olli Tyrväinen - '''3''' Seppo Keskinen - '''0'''  '''3''' Ingvar Skogland - '''3''' Einar Kyllingstad - '''0''' Tormod Langli - '''0''' Roy Otto - '''0''' Arne Svendse - '''NS''' Pos. National team Pts. Riders  '''34''' 1.Bobby Schwartz - '''5''' (1,2,2,0) 2.Dennis Sigalos - '''12''' (3,3,3,3) 3.Lance King - '''5''' (f,3,1,1) 4.Shawn Moran - '''11''' (3,3,3,2) 17.John Cook - '''1''' (1,-,-,-)   '''32''' 9.Michael Lee - '''8''' (2,0,3,3) 10.Chris Morton - '''5''' (2,2,1,-) 11.Simon Wigg - '''10''' (2,3,2,3) 12.Dave Jessup - '''1''' (1,-,-,-) 19.John Louis - '''8''' (-,2,3,3\0)   '''25''' 13.Billy Sanders - '''8''' (3,1,2,2) 14.Phil Crump - '''7''' (2,1,2,2) 15.John Titman - '''0''' (0,-,-,-) 16.Gary Guglielmi - '''8''' (3,2,1,2) 20.Steve Regeling - '''2''' (-,1,1,e)  '''5''' 5.Larry Ross - '''1''' (0,0,0,1) 6.Mitch Shirra - '''2''' (f,1,x,1) 7.Ivan Mauger - '''0''' (0,0,0,-) 8.David Bargh - '''1''' (1,0,0,0) 18.Alan Mason - '''1''' (-,-,-,1) ===Continental rounds===* '''quarter final''' (1st & 2nd to Continental Semi-Final)*  Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo* 27 May* Att: 2,000* '''quarter final''' (1st & 2nd to Continental Semi-Final)*  Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc* 27 MayPos. National team Pts. Riders  '''28''' Josef Aigner - '''12''' Klaus Lausch - '''7''' Karl Maier - '''7''' Stefan Deser - '''3'''   '''28''' Armando Castagna - '''9''' Armando Dal Chiele - '''9''' Giorgio Zaramella - '''6''' Gianni Famari - '''4''' Ottaviano Righetto - '''0'''   '''24''' Adi Funk - '''9''' Walter Nebel - '''6''' Hubert Fischbacher - '''5''' Siegfried Eder - '''2''' Robert Funk - '''2'''   '''14''' Zdravko Tomanic - '''5''' Kreso Omerzel - '''4''' Zvonko Pavlic - '''4''' Joze Zibert - '''1''' Pos. National team Pts. Riders  '''37''' Aleš Dryml Sr. - '''12''' Petr Ondrašík - '''11''' Antonín Kasper Jr. - '''7''' Václav Verner - '''6''' Jiri Svoboda - '''1'''   '''32''' Peter Berecz - '''11''' József Petrikovics - '''6''' Josef Sziraczki - '''6''' Sándor Tihanyi - '''6''' Janos Oresko - '''3'''   '''15''' Henny Kroeze - '''7''' Frits Koppe - '''4''' Ralph Geurtz - '''2''' Henk Steman - '''1''' Wil Stroes - '''1'''   '''12''' Orlin Janakiev - '''4''' Rudolf Valentinov - '''4''' Nikolai Manev - '''3''' Vesselin Markov - '''1''' Angel Eftimov - '''0''' '''Semi finals'''* (1st & 2nd to Continental Final)*  Svítkov Stadium, Prague* 24 June* Ref : R Cheladze (Pol)Pos. National team Pts. Riders  '''37''' 1.Jiří Štancl - '''9''' 2.Aleš Dryml Sr. - '''10''' 3.Petr Ondrašík - '''9''' 4.Václav Verner - '''9''' 17.Antonín Kasper Jr. - '''NS'''   '''27''' 5.Egon Müller - '''8''' 6.Karl Maier - '''11''' 7.Josef Aigner - '''5''' 8.Klaus Lausch - '''3''' 18.Peter Wurtele - '''NS'''   '''17''' 13.József Petrikovics - '''2''' 14.Zoltán Adorján - '''8''' 15.Zoltan Hajdu - '''6''' 16.Sándor Tihanyi - '''2''' 20.Istvan Rusz - '''0'''   '''15''' 9.Armando Dal Chiele - '''4''' 10.Armando Castagna - '''6''' 11.Gianni Famari - '''3''' 12.Giorgio Zaramella - '''1''' 19.Valentino Furlanetto - '''1'''
Qualification stage 2 ===Intercontinental final===* (Winner to Final ; 2nd & 3rd to Continental Final)*  Grevby Motorstadion, Mariestad* 23 June* Ref: Graham Brodie (GB)* Att: 2,499Pos. National team Pts. Riders  '''41''' Lance King - '''11''' Shawn Moran - '''11''' Bobby Schwartz - '''10''' Kelly Moran - '''6''' John Cook - '''3'''   '''32''' Erik Gundersen - '''9''' Hans Nielsen - '''5''' Bo Petersen - '''5''' Preben Eriksen - '''4'''   '''18''' Simon Wigg - '''8''' Peter Collins - '''4''' Chris Morton - '''4''' Phil Collins - '''1''' John Louis - '''1'''  '''13''' Jan Andersson - '''5''' Per Jonsson - '''5''' Pierre Brannefors - '''2''' Bjorn Andersson - '''1''' Tommy Nilsson - '''0''' ===Continental final===* (1st & 2nd to Final)*  Rottalstadion, Pocking* 8 July* Att: 5,000* Ref: Sam Bass (Aus)Pos. National team Pts. Riders  '''34''' Hans Nielsen - '''8''' (2,3,1,2) Bo Petersen - '''8''' (3,3,1,1) Erik Gundersen - '''10''' (1,3,3,3) Preben Eriksen - '''0''' (0,-,-,-) Peter Ravn - '''8''' (-,2,3,3)   '''27''' Phil Collins - '''11''' (3,3,3,2) Simon Wigg - '''5''' (1,2,0,2) Chris Morton - '''5''' (2,2,1,x) Peter Collins - '''6''' (3,1,2,0) Andy Grahame - '''NS'''   '''19''' Václav Verner - '''2''' (1,1,0,0) Petr Ondrašík - '''1''' (0,0,-,1) Jiří Štancl - '''8''' (3,0,3,2) Aleš Dryml Sr. - '''8''' (2,1,2,3) Antonín Kasper Jr. - '''0''' (-,-,0,-)   '''16''' Egon Müller - '''5''' (0,e,2,3) Karl Maier - '''5''' (2,1,1,1) Klaus Lausch - '''3''' (0,2,0,1) Peter Wurtele - '''3''' (1,e,2,x) Georg Hack - '''NS'''
World final *  Alfred Smoczyk Stadium, Leszno* 18 August* Att: 40,000* Ref : C Ringstrom (Swe)Pos. National team Pts. Riders  '''44''' 5.Bo Petersen - '''12''' (3,3,3,3) 6.Erik Gundersen - '''12''' (3,3,3,3) 7.Preben Eriksen - '''9''' (2,3,3,1) 8.Hans Nielsen - '''11''' (2,3,3,3) 18.Peter Ravn - '''NS'''   '''24''' 13.Chris Morton - '''4''' (0,1,2,1) 14.Peter Collins - '''2''' (2,0,0,-) 15.Simon Wigg - '''9''' (3,2,1,3) 16.Phil Collins - '''7''' (1,2,2,2) 20.Neil Collins - '''2''' (-,-,-,2)   '''20''' 9.Bobby Schwartz - '''2''' (1,-,1,-) 10.Shawn Moran - '''6''' (3,1,1,1) 11.Kelly Moran - '''5''' (1,2,x,2) 12.Lance King - '''5''' (0,2,2,1) 19.John Cook - '''2''' (-,0,-,2)   '''8''' 1.Roman Jankowski - '''1''' (0,1,0,x) 2.Zenon Kasprzak - '''1''' (0,-,1,-) 3.Zenon Plech - '''4''' (2,0,2,f) 4.Leonard Raba - '''2''' (1,1,0,0) 17.Boleslaw Proch - '''0''' (-,0,-,f)
See also * 1984 Individual Speedway World Championship* 1984 Speedway World Pairs Championship
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