1997 Speedway World Team Cup

1997 Speedway World Team Cup
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The 1997 Speedway_World_Team_Cup final was held in Piła, Poland on 13 September. The winning team was Denmark.

Qualification

Group B

June 21, 1997
SVN Krško

First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth
Slovenia 38 Matej Ferjan 17 Izak Santej 14 Gerhard Lekse 7	Italy 29 Andrea Maida 16 Alessandro Dalla Valle 8 Simone Tadiello 5	Austria 24 Toni Pilotto 12 Helmut Lercher 7 Andreas Bössner 5	Croatia 16 Zlatko Krznaric 8 Krunoslav Zganec 6 Zeljko Fehere 2	France 11 Christophe Dubernard 7 Jerome Georges 2 Stéphane Tresarrieu 2

* Belarus and the Netherlands withdrew

Slovenia and Italy to Group A

Group A

August 23, 1997
HUN Debrecen

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	Czech Republic	27							10							20							27
	(3) Tomas Topinka	11	2				2				2			3				0			2
	(4) Antonin Kasper, Jr.	16	3				3				3			2				2			3
	(16) Vaclav Milik	0

2	Hungary	25							8							18							25
	(11) Zoltan Adorjan	10			3				3				2		-			1					1
	(12) Laszlo Bodi	5			1				1				-		3			-					-
	(20) Sandor Tihanyi	10											3		2			3					2

3	Slovenia	19							9							12							19
	(7) Matej Ferjan	14		3				3			0					2				3			3
	(8) Izak Santej	5		2				1			1					0				1			0
	(18) Gerhard Lekse	0

4	Norway	15							4							9							15
	(9) Kenneth Borgenhaug	6			2			0				1		0			1					2
	(10) Tryggve Jensen	9			0			2				3		1			3					0
	(19) -	0

5	Ukraine	15							5							11							15
	(13) Vladimir Kolody	5				0			0			2				3			E		0
	(14) Igor Marko	10				3			2			0				1			3		1
	(21) Aleksandr Lyatosinsky	0

6	Italy	14							4							10							14
	(1) Andrea Maida	10	1			2				3			E				2			2
	(2) Alesandro Dalla Valle	4	E			1				2			1				0			0
	(15) Alessandro Milanese	0

7	Latvia	11							2							4							11
	(5) Nikolay Kokin	7		1			1			1					E				1			3
	(6) Aleksandr Biznya	4		E			0			0					1				2			1
	(17) -	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

Czech Republic and Hungary to Final

World Final

September 13, 1997
POL Piła, Stadion Żużlowy Centrum

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	27							9							19							27
	(1) Hans Nielsen	14	3			3				2			2				2			2
	(2) Tommy Knudsen	13	1			2				3			3				1			3
	(15) Jesper B. Jensen	0

2	Poland	25							7							15							25
	(3) Tomasz Gollob	13	2				2				2			2				2			3
	(4) Jacek Krzyzaniak	0	0				-				-			-				-			-
	(16) Piotr Protasiewicz	12					3				3			1				3			2

3	Sweden	21							6							13							21
	(9) Tony Rickardsson	17			2			3				3		3			3					3
	(10) Jimmy Nilsen	3			1			0				-		-			-					2
	(19) Peter Karlsson	1										1		E			0

4	Germany	17							8							14							17
	(7) Robert Barth	9		3				1			E					3				E			2
	(8) Robbie Kessler	8		2				2			1					2				1			E
	(18) Gerd Riss	0

5	Czech Republic	16							6							12							16
	(11) Tomas Topinka	10			3				3				1		2			1					F
	(12) Antonin Kasper, Jr.	6			0				-				0		3			0					3
	(20) Vaclav Milik	0

6	Russia	10							4							7							10
	(13) Roman Povazhny	7				F			1			2				1			2		1
	(14) Rinat Mardanshin	3				1			2			0				0			-		-
	(21) Sergey Yeroshin	0																	X		0

7	Hungary	9							2							4							9
	(5) Zoltan Adorjan	3		0			0			-					-				3			0
	(6) Sandor Tihanyi	6		1			1			1					1				1			1
	(17) Laszlo Bodi	0								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