# 1986 Speedway World Pairs Championship

The 1986 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the seventeenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place at the Rottalstadion in Pocking, West Germany. The championship was won by Denmark who beat United States after Run-Off (both 46 points). Bronze medal was won by Czechoslovakia (32 points).

## Semifinal 1

* Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo
* 11 May
| Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
| | England (49 pts) | Simon Wigg | 27 |
| | England (49 pts) | Kenny Carter | 22 |
| | United States (41 pts) | Shawn Moran | 25 |
| | United States (41 pts) | Bobby Schwartz | 16 |
| | Australia (41 pts) | Phil Crump | 22 |
| | Australia (41 pts) | Steve Regeling | 19 |
| 4 | Italy (37 pts) | Armando Castagna | 21 |
| 4 | Italy (37 pts) | Valentino Furlanetto | 16 |
| 5 | Hungary (29 pts) | Zoltán Adorján | 17 |
| 5 | Hungary (29 pts) | Sándor Tihanyi | 12 |
| 6 | Italy B (29 pts) | Paolo Salvatelli | 21 |
| 6 | Italy B (29 pts) | Francisco Biginato | 8 |
| 7 | Austria (15 pts) | Toni Pilotto | 12 |
| 7 | Austria (15 pts) | Heinrich Schatzer | 3 |
| 8 | Netherlands (14 pts) | Frits Koppe | 12 |
| 8 | Netherlands (14 pts) | Henny Kroeze | 4 |
| 9 | Norway (11 pts) | Ingvar Skogland | 6 |
| 9 | Norway (11 pts) | Arnt Forland | 5 |

## Semifinal 2

* Svítkov Stadium, Pardubice
* 18 May
| Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
| | Denmark (52 pts) | Hans Nielsen | 27 |
| | Denmark (52 pts) | Erik Gundersen | 25 |
| | Sweden (45 pts) | Jan Andersson | 24 |
| | Sweden (45 pts) | Tommy Nilsson | 23 |
| | Czechoslovakia (39 pts) | Roman Matoušek | 22 |
| | Czechoslovakia (39 pts) | Antonín Kasper Jr. | 17 |
| 4 | New Zealand (34.5 pts) | Mitch Shirra | 17.5 |
| 4 | New Zealand (34.5 pts) | Larry Ross | 17 |
| 5 | Poland (30.5 pts) | Roman Jankowski | 16.5 |
| 5 | Poland (30.5 pts) | Wojciech Żabiałowicz | 14 |
| 6 | Finland (30 pts) | Kai Niemi | 19 |
| 6 | Finland (30 pts) | Ari Koponen | 11 |
| 7 | Yugoslavia (20 pts) | Krešo Omerzel | 12 |
| 7 | Yugoslavia (20 pts) | Zvonko Pavlic | 8 |
| 8 | Bulgaria (14 pts) | Nikolaj Manev | 7 |
| 8 | Bulgaria (14 pts) | Angel Jeftimov | 7 |
| 9 | France (8 pts) | Patrice Blondy | 6 |
| 9 | France (8 pts) | Thierry Hilaire | 2 |

## World final

* Rottalstadion, Pocking
* 11 June
| Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
| | Denmark (46+5 pts) | Hans Nielsen (5,4,5,4,4,5) | 27+5 |
| | Denmark (46+5 pts) | Erik Gundersen (e,5,e,5,5,4) | 19 |
| | United States (46+4 pts) | Kelly Moran (3,5,3,5,4,3) | 23+4 |
| | United States (46+4 pts) | Sam Ermolenko (4,4,4,4,5,2) | 23 |
| | Czechoslovakia (32 pts) | Antonín Kasper Jr. (1,5,5,5,5,1) | 22 |
| | Czechoslovakia (32 pts) | Roman Matoušek (2,1,4,x,3,0) | 10 |
| 4 | Sweden (32 pts) | Jan Andersson (4,3,5,1,2,2) | 17 |
| 4 | Sweden (32 pts) | Tommy Nilsson (5,1,1,2,3,3) | 15 |
| 5 | New Zealand (32 pts) | Larry Ross (3,3,3,3,4,4) | 20 |
| 5 | New Zealand (32 pts) | Mitch Shirra (4,2,2,4,x,x) | 12 |
| 6 | West Germany (27 pts) | Karl Maier (3,4,4,3,3,5) | 22 |
| 6 | West Germany (27 pts) | Klaus Lausch (2,0,0,1,1,1) | 5 |
| 7 | England (23 pts) | Jeremy Doncaster (5,2,2,1,0,2) | 12 |
| 7 | England (23 pts) | Simon Wigg (0,3,0,3,2,3) | 11 |
| 8 | Italy (15 pts) | Valentino Furlanetto (1,1,0,0,1,5) | 8 |
| 8 | Italy (15 pts) | Armando Castagna (0,0,1,2,0,4) | 7 |
| 9 | Australia (15 pts) | Phil Crump (2,2,3,0,2,1) | 10 |
| 9 | Australia (15 pts) | Steve Regeling (1,0,2,2,f,-) | 5 |