1995 Speedway World Team Cup

The 1995 Speedway World Team Cup was the 36th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The final took place at the Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium in Poland. Hans Nielsen (paired with Tommy Knudsen) won his tenth gold medal and in the process sent Denmark to their tenth title success and clear of England in the all time winners list.^[4]^[5]^[6]

First round

4 June 1995
Stroitel Stadium, Togliatti

1st	2nd	3rd
Ukraine 37 10.Igor Marko (3,2,3,3,3,3) - 17 11.Vladimir Kolodiy (1,2,3,3,1,3) - 13 12.Aleksandr Lyatosinskiy (2,2,-,2,1,-) - 7	Latvia 32 1.Nikolay Kokin (2,3,1,1,2,-) - 9 2.Vladimir Voronkov (3,2,f/x,3,3/2) - 13 3.Andrey Korolyov (2,3,-,1,2,2) - 10	Russia 29 4.Oleg Kurguskin (3,3,3,3,e,f/x) - 12 5.Sergey Jeroshin (2,3,2,2,2,f/x) - 11 6.Roman Povazhny - (f/x,0,-,3,3,-) - 6

4th	5th	not started
Croatia 12 13.Zlatko Kržnarič (0,1,2,1,0,2) - 6 14.Renato Kušter (1,1,e,0,0,1) - 3 15.Željko Feher (0,1,-,2,0,-) - 3	France 10 7.Thierry Bouin (0,0,1,0,0,-) - 1 8.Christophe Dubernard (1,1,0,1,2,1) - 6 9.Stephane Tresarrieu (1,f,,,1,1) - 3	Slovakia Bulgaria

Ukraine and Latvia to second round

Second round

2 July 1995
Matija Gubec Stadium, Krsko

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	Norway	26							8							16							26
	(1) Lars Gunnestad	15	3			X				3			3				3			3
	(2) Rune Holta	11	2			3				1			1				2			2
	(15) -	0

2	Ukraine	22 +3							5							14							22
	(3) Vladimir Kolody	7	1				1				1			2				2			E
	(4) Igor Marko	15	0				3				3			3				3			3			3
	(16) Aleksandr Lyatosinsky	0

3	Slovenia	22 +2							5							12							22
	(5) Martin Peterca	1		1			0			-					-				-			-
	(6) Gerhard Lekse	15		2			2			2					3				3			3		2
	(17) Gregor Pintar	6								0					2				2			2

4	Austria	18							6							13							18
	(13) Franz Leitner	8				2			2			1				0			1		2
	(14) Heinrich Schatzer	9				1			1			3				3			-		1
	(21) Helmut Lercher	1										0							1

5	Latvia	16							6							11							16
	(7) Nikolay Kokin	6		-				2			0					-				1			3
	(8) Vladimir Voronkov	2		0				-			-					2				-			-
	(18) Andrey Korolevs	8		3				1			2					1				0			1

6	New Zealand	12							7							10							12
	(9) Mark Thorpe	10			3			3				2		1			1					E
	(10) Tony Briggs	2			1			0				0		F			0					1
	(19) Tommy Spekler	0

7	Finland	11							5							8							11
	(11) Vesa Ylinen	8			E				3				2		1			0					2
	(12) Kai Laukkanen	3			2				E				0		0			1					0
	(20) -	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

Norway and Ukraine to third round

Third round

26 August 1995
Rottalstadion, Pocking

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	England	28							10							19							28
	(11) Mark Loram	15			2				2				3		2			3					3
	(12) Chris Louis	13			3				3				1		3			2					1
	(20) Steve Schofield	0

2	Norway	23							10							17							23
	(1) Lars Gunnestad	10	3			2				3			0				1			1
	(2) Rune Holta	13	2			3				2			2				2			2
	(15) -	0

3	Germany	18 +3							2							8							18
	(13) Gerd Riss	12				0			1			3				2			3		3			3
	(14) Robert Barth	6				1			0			-				1			2		2
	(21) Andre Pollehn	0										0

4	Czech Republic	18 +2							4							10							18
	(9) Antonín Kasper Jr.	12			0			1				2		3			3					3
	(10) Tomas Topinka	6			1			2				1		0			0					2		2
	(19) Roman Matoušek	0

5	Hungary	17							6							12							17
	(7) Zoltán Adorján	17		3				3			3					3				3			2
	(8) Róbert Nagy	0		0				-			0					-				-			0
	(18) Csaba Hell	0						0								0				0

6	Italy	14							6							12							14
	(3) Stefano Alfonso	8	0				3				2			2				1			F
	(4) Armando Castagna	6	1				2				1			1				-			1
	(16) Andrea Maida	0																0

7	Ukraine	7							4							5							7
	(5) Vladimir Kolody	5		2			1			1					F				0			1
	(6) Igor Marko	1		1			0			-					X				-			-
	(17) Aleksandr Lyatosinsky	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

England and Norway to World final

World Final

24 September 1995
Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz

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	Denmark	28							10							20							28
	(3) Hans Nielsen	13	3				2				2			3				3			-
	(4) Tommy Knudsen	15	2				3				3			2				2			3
	(16) Brian Karger	0																			0

2	England	22							7							16							22
	(13) Mark Loram	11				1			2			3				1			3		1
	(14) Chris Louis	11				3			1			2				3			0		2
	(21) Steve Schofield	0

3	USA	19 +3							4							11							19
	(5) Sam Ermolenko	9		1			1			2					1				2			2
	(6) Billy Hamill	2		2			0			-					-				-			-
	(17) Greg Hancock	8								1					3				1			3		3

4	Sweden	19 +2							6							13							19
	(11) Tony Rickardsson	15			3				3				3		2			1					3	2
	(12) Henrik Gustafsson	4			0				-				2		0			0					2
	(20) Peter Karlsson	0							0

5	Australia	14							8							10							14
	(9) Craig Boyce	6			1			3				1		-			1					0
	(10) Jason Crump	8			2			2				0		1			2					1
	(19) Leigh Adams	0												0

6	Poland	13							3							7							13
	(1) Tomasz Gollob	12	1			2				3			F				3			3
	(2) Jacek Gollob	1	0			0				-			1				0			E
	(15) Rafal Dobrucki	0								0

7	Norway	11							4							7							11
	(7) Lars Gunnestad	8		3				1			1					2				1			E
	(8) Rune Holta	3		0				0			0					-				2			1
	(18) Arnt Forland	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

References

^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "1995 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
^ "World Team Championship". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 25 September 1995. Retrieved 26 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ "Speedway". Birmingham Daily Post. 25 September 1995. Retrieved 22 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[1] "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[2] "1995 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

[3] "World Team Championship". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 25 September 1995. Retrieved 26 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[4] "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[5] "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

[6] "Speedway". Birmingham Daily Post. 25 September 1995. Retrieved 22 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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See also	Host cities Medalists Medal classification
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First round

Second round

Third round

World Final

See also

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