1989 Speedway World Team Cup
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Group D - Venue : Shumen, Bulgaria and Sandes, Holland

4th
Norway 45+47=92
Ingvar Skogland 24
Lars Gunnestad 23
Arne Svendsen 18
Tor Einar Hielm 15
Einar Kyllingstad 12
Bulgaria 37+37=74
Nikolaj Manev 25
Georgi Petranov 19
Zacharia Jordanov 17
Vesselin Markov 7
Orlin Janakiev 6
Holland 22+16=38
Ron Koppe 13
Henk Bangma 9
Rene Elzinga 8
Bob Dolman 4
Ron van Dam 4
New Zealand
Qualified - not started

Norway to Group C.

Group C - Venue : Lonigo, Italy and Wiener Neustadt, Austria

4th
Italy 47+30=77
Armando Dal Chiele 22
Valentino Furlanetto 21
Giorgio Zaramella 13
Armando Castagna
Armando Castagna
Armando Castagna is a former Italian international motorcycle speedway rider. He was a member of the Italy national team and has represented them in several World Team Cup competitions.-Career:...

 10
Andrea Maida 9
Fabrizio Vesprini 2
Norway 31+40=71
Lars Gunnestad 25
Einar Kyllingstad 22
Arnt Förland 10
Arne Svendsen 8
Ingvar Skogland 4
Per Erga 2
Finland 18+29=47
Olli Tyrväinen 20
Janne Moksunen 9
Kai Niemi
Kai Niemi
Kai Juhani Niemi is former international motorcycle speedway rider who represented Finland in the World Team Cup...

 7
Aki Ala-Riihimäki 6
Roy Malminheimo 4
Ari Koponen 1
Austria 24+21=45
Walter Nebel
12 Heinrich Schatzer 11
Andreas Bössner 10
Robert Funk 6
Thomas Stadler 6
Toni Pilotto 0

Italy to Group B.

Group B - Venue : Nyiregyhaza, Hungary and Rzeszów, Poland

4th
Australia 48+49=97
Troy Butler 26
Stephen Davies 24
Mick Poole 21
Craig Boyce
Craig Boyce
Craig Boyce was a motorcycle speedway rider who primarily rode for the Poole Pirates in the British Elite League...

 20
Leigh Adams
Leigh Adams
Leigh Scott Adams is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider. He is a multiple Speedway Grand Prix winner and World Team Champion...

 6
Hungary 44+17=61
Zoltan Adorjan
Zoltán Adorján
Zoltán Adorján is former international motorcycle speedway rider who appeared in two Speedway World Championship finals and finished third in the World Pairs Championship in 1990.-World Final Appearances:...

 19
Antal Kocso 15
Sandor Tihanyi 13
Jozsef Petrikovics 12
Zoltan Hajdu 2
Poland 9+38=47
Ryszard Franczyszyn 14
Roman Jankowski
Roman Jankowski
Roman Jankowski is a speedway rider active from the 1976 until 2006. He is a former Polish Champion, having won the title in 1981 and again in 1988....

 13
Piotr Świst
Piotr Swist
Piotr Świst is a Polish speedway rider who won Individual U-21 Polish Championship three times.His family name "Świst" in Polish language mean whizz.- Career :* Individual World Championship...

 9
Janusz Stachyra 8
Sławomir Drabik 2
Ryszard Dołomisiewicz 1
Italy 19+15=34
Armando Castagna
Armando Castagna
Armando Castagna is a former Italian international motorcycle speedway rider. He was a member of the Italy national team and has represented them in several World Team Cup competitions.-Career:...

 12
Valentino Furlanetto 10
Armando Dal Chiele 6
Giorgio Zaramella 4
Andrea Maida 1
Mariano Castagna 1

Australia to Group A.

Group A - Venue : Diedenbergen, Germany and Prague, Czechoslovakia

4th
Sweden 38+40=78
Per Jonsson
Per Jonsson
Per Jonsson is a former speedway rider who won the Speedway World Championship in 1990, and finished runner-up in 1992.In 1985, his second season with the Reading Racers, the team won six major trophies...

 23
Jimmy Nilsen
Jimmy Nilsen
Jimmy Nilsen is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. He was Swedish Champion in 1996 after finishing 3rd in 1994. Nilsen also rode in five World Finals as well as representing Sweden in Test Matches....

 21
Erik Stenlund 18
Tony Olsson 13
Mikael Blixt 3
Germany 39+24=63
Gerd Riss
Gerd Riss
Gerd Riss is a German motorcycle speedway rider who was a member of Germany team at 2001 Speedway World Cup and who was started in Speedway Grand Prix of Germany....

 19
Klaus Lausch 18
Karl Maier 16
Klaus Freundorfer 4
Alois Bachhuber 4
Tommy Dunker 2
Czechoslovakia 27+34=61
Bohumil Brhel
Bohumil Brhel
Bohumil Brhel is a Czech speedway rider and he won the 2001 Individual European Champion title. He won the Czechoslovakian title on six occasions-World Final Appearances:* 1989 - Munich, Olympic Stadium - 16th - 1pt...

 17
Antonín Kasper
Antonín Kasper, Jr.
Antonín 'Toni' Kasper was in international motorcycle speedway rider who appeared in four Speedway World Championship finals and featured in four Speedway Grand Prix series....

 16
Roman Matousek 12
Zdenek Tesar 9
Zdenek Schneiderwind 7
Jan Holub 0
Australia 16+22=38
Craig Boyce
Craig Boyce
Craig Boyce was a motorcycle speedway rider who primarily rode for the Poole Pirates in the British Elite League...

 12
Stephen Davies 10
Mick Poole 8
Troy Butler 6
Leigh Adams
Leigh Adams
Leigh Scott Adams is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider. He is a multiple Speedway Grand Prix winner and World Team Champion...

 2
Craig Hodgson 0
Todd Wiltshire
Todd Wiltshire
Todd Wiltshire is a retired Australian motorcycle speedway rider who competed at the highest level of the sport, finishing a career best third in the 1990 Individual Speedway World Championship at the Odsal Stadium in Bradford, England.-Australia:Todd Wiltshire started racing in 1979 at the Lake...

 0

Sweden to Final.

Venue : Bradford, England

4th
Great Britain 48
Jeremy Doncaster
Jeremy Doncaster
Jeremy Doncaster is a former international motorcycle speedway rider who won the World Team Cup in 1989, top scoring for Great Britain with 13 points. He also finished in third place in the 1989 World Final...

 13
Kelvin Tatum
Kelvin Tatum
Kelvin Martin Tatum MBE is a former British international motorcycle speedway and Grasstrack rider.-Career:...

 12
Paul Thorp
Paul Thorp
Paul Thorp is a motorcycle speedway rider won the World Team Cup with England in 1989.-World final appearances:* 1991 - Göteborg, Ullevi - 6th - 10pts-References:...

 12
Simon Wigg
Simon Wigg
Simon Wigg was a speedway, grasstrack and Longtrack rider who finished runner-up in the Speedway World Championship in 1989....

 11
Simon Cross
Simon Cross
.Simon James Cross is a former motorcycle speedway rider who spent most of his career with the Cradley Heath Heathens....

 0
Denmark 34
Hans Nielsen
Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)
Hans Hollen Nielsen - a prominent speedway rider active from the 1970s to the late 1990s; a former World Champion....

 11
Gert Handberg
Gert Handberg
Gert Handberg is a former international motorcycle speedway rider. He was a member of the Denmark speedway team when they won the 1991 World Team Cup...

 9
John Jørgensen
John Jørgensen
John Jørgensen is a former international motorcycle speedway rider who won the 1988 Speedway World Team Cup...

 7
Brian Karger
Brian Karger
Brian Karger is a former international motorcycle speedway rider. He was a member of the Denmark speedway team when they won the 1991 and 1995 World Team Cup Finals...

 7
Erik Gundersen
Erik Gundersen
Erik Gundersen was a speedway rider in the late 1970s and 1980s. Gundersen was the Speedway World Championship on three occasions, a two time Long Track World Champion and a seven time World Team Cup winner with Denmark.-Career:Gundersen rode for the Cradley Heath Heathens from 1979 until 1989...

 0
Sweden 30
Mikael Blixt 10
Per Jonsson
Per Jonsson
Per Jonsson is a former speedway rider who won the Speedway World Championship in 1990, and finished runner-up in 1992.In 1985, his second season with the Reading Racers, the team won six major trophies...

 8
Tony Olsson
Tony Olsson
John Tony Olsson is a former international motorcycle speedway rider. He was a member of the Sweden speedway team when they finished third in the 1988 and 1989 World Team Cup finals. He also represented his country at Test level.-Career:He twice finished runner-up in the Swedish Under-21...

 7
Erik Stenlund 5
Jimmy Nilsen
Jimmy Nilsen
Jimmy Nilsen is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. He was Swedish Champion in 1996 after finishing 3rd in 1994. Nilsen also rode in five World Finals as well as representing Sweden in Test Matches....

 0
USA 8
Kelly Moran
Kelly Moran
Kelly Moran was a professional speedway rider who rode for a number of British clubs and also represented USA....

 6
Greg Hancock
Greg Hancock
Gregory Alan "Greg" Hancock is an American motorcycle speedway rider.He is a current Speedway World Champion and a multiple World Team champion with USA, with whom he is currently captain...

 2
Ronnie Correy
Ronnie Correy
Ronnie Dean Correy is an American international motorcycle speedway rider. He is a former World Pairs Champion, winning the title in 1992.-Career summary:...

 0
Rick Miller
Rick Miller (speedway rider)
Richard Leonard Miller is a former American international motorcycle speedway rider. Rick won two national BMX titles as a Webco sponsored rider in his early teens. Rick then rode motocross in the southern California area before switching to Speedway...

 0
Lance King 0
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