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1999 Speedway World Team Cup

The 1999 Speedway World Team Cup was the 40th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2]

The final took place at the Svítkov Stadium in Pardubice in the Czech Republic. The winners were the Australia team who claimed their second title and first since winning the 1976 Speedway World Team Cup.[3][4][5]

Preliminary round

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First Second Third Fourth
  Netherlands 42
Theo Pijper 13
Maik Groen 13
Jim Groen 8
Erik Eijbergen 7
Emiel Groen 1 		  Austria 38
Toni Pilotto 15
Heinrich Schatzer 11
Helmut Lercher 7
Siegfried Eder 5
Thomas Stadler 0 		  Croatia 36
Zlatko Krznaric 19
Zeljko Feher 9
Renato Kuster 5
Tomislav Radic 3 		  Ukraine 14
Vladimir Trofimov 13
Aleksander Liatosinsky 12
Vladimir Kolodij 2

Holland, Austria and Croatia to Quarter-Final

Quarter-final

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  Australia 55
Jason Crump 17
Leigh Adams 15
Jason Lyons 12
Todd Wiltshire 11 		  Italy 47
Armando Castagna 14
Andrea Maida 13
Stefano Alfonso 11
Graziano Franchetti 5
Simone Terenzani 4 		  Slovenia 30
Matej Ferjan 12
Tomas Sustersic 7
Gerhard Lekse 5
Izak Šantej 4 		  Austria 11
Helmut Lercher 4
Sigfried Eder 4
Thomas Stadler 2
Heinrich Schatzer 1

Australia to Semi-Final

First Second Third Fourth
  Germany 56
Gerd Riss 16
Matthias Kröger 14
Joachim Kugelmann 14
Robert Barth 12 		  Norway 39
Bent E. Larsen 12
Kenneth Borgenhaug 11
Björn Hansen 9
Kjell O. Sola 7 		  Croatia 29
Zlatko Krznaric 17
Renato Kuster 8
Zejliko Feher 4
Tomislav Radic 0 		  Netherlands 20
Theo Pijper 10
Maik Groen 8
Jim Groen 1
Henk Bos 1

Germany to Semi-Final

Semi-final

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  England 53
1.Chris Louis (3,3,2,2,2,3) - 15
2.Scott Nicholls (e,0,-,-,3,2) - 5
3.Joe Screen (2,1,3,3,2,3) - 14
4.Mark Loram (3,2,2,2,3,-) - 12
5.Carl Stonehewer (-,-,3,3,-,1) - 7 		  Denmark 45
11.Hans Nielsen (3,3,3,1,3,1) - 14
12.John Jørgensen (2,0,1,3,2,0) - 8
13.Jesper B. Jensen (3,2,3,0,3,3) - 14
14.Brian Karger (1,1,2,1,2,2) - 9
15.Charlie Gjedde - NS 		  Germany 30
6.Gerd Riss (2,3,1,2,f/x,-) - 8
7.Matthias Kröger (0,2,0,0,1,e) - 3
8.Robert Barth (2,3,2,1,1,3/2) - 14
9.Robbie Kessler (1,1,0,-,-,-) - 2
10.Joachim Kugelmann (-,-,-,3,f,0) - 3 		  Hungary 16
16.Sándor Tihanyi (1,2,1,0,0,1) - 5
17.Zoltán Adorján (0,0,0,1,1,2) - 4
18.Róbert Nagy (1,0,0,0,0,1) - 2
19.Attila Stefáni (0,1,1,2,1,0) - 5
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England to World Final

First Second Third Fourth
  Australia 51
1.Jason Crump (3,3,2,3,3,3) - 17
2.Jason Lyons (2,2,3,2,2,2) - 13
3.Leigh Adams (3,2,3,2,0,2) - 12
4.Ryan Sullivan (1,1,2,3,1,1) - 9
5.Todd Wiltshire - ns 		  Poland 43
16.Roman Jankowski (2,2,-,-,1,-) - 5
17.Sławomir Drabik (0,3,3,0,-,-) - 6
18.Rafał Dobrucki (1,3,1,1,-,-) - 6
19.Piotr Protasiewicz (2,2,0,-,1,3/2)-11
20.Tomasz Gollob (-,-,2,1/3,3,3,e/3) - 15 		  Sweden 26
11.Jimmy Nilsen - ns
12.Mikael Karlsson (e,0,3,3,2,1) - 9
13.Stefan Dannö (2,1,1,1,2,1) - 8
14.Peter Svensson (-,0,0,0,0,0) - 0
15.Henrik Gustafsson (3/3,3,e,e,-,-) - 9 		  Russia 24
6.Roman Povazhny (1,0,0,1,1,1) - 4
7.Sergey Darkin (0,1,1,2,-/1,2) - 7
8.Sergey Eroshin (1,0,-,-,0/-,-) - 11
9.Mikhail Starostin (0,-,1,0,-,0) - 11
10.Oleg Kurguskin (-,1,2,2,3,3) - 11

Australia to World Final

World final

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  Australia 40
16.Jason Crump (3,1,3,3,0,3) - 13
17.Jason Lyons (0,2,2,2,2,2) - 10
18.Leigh Adams (1,3,1,3,3,3) - 14
19.Ryan Sullivan (3,2,3,2,2,-) - 12
20.Todd Wiltshire (-,-,-,-,-,2) - 2 		  Czech Republic 35
11.Bohumil Brhel (-,3,1,0,2,3) - 9
12.Aleš Dryml Jr. (0,2,3,1,3,1) - 10
13.Antonín Šváb Jr. (f,-,-,-,-,e) - 0
14.Michal Makovský (2,1,1,2,1,1) - 8
15.Antonín Kasper Jr. (2,3,0,3,0,-) - 8 		  United States 29+3
1.Sam Ermolenko (3,2,2,2,3/3,0) 16+3
2.Ronnie Correy (0,0,-,-,-,-) - 0
3.Greg Hancock (2,1,1,1/1,-,0) - 6
4.Billy Hamill (1,f,2,1/e,1,1) - 6
5.Josh Larsen (-,-,-,0,-,-) - 0 		  England 29+2
6.Chris Louis (3,1,3,3,1,1) - 12
7.Carl Stonehewer (1,-,e,-,0,0) - 1
8.Joe Screen (1,0,0,0,-,3) 4+2
9.Mark Loram (2,3,2/0,1,2,2) - 12
10.Andy Smith (-,0,-,-,0,-) - 0

Australia win Championship. United States third after Sam Ermolenko beat Joe Screen in a race off.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  2. ^ "1999 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. ^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Speedway". Scotland on Sunday. 3 October 1999. Retrieved 22 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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