# 1998 Speedway World Team Cup

The 1998 Speedway World Team Cup was the 39th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.
The final took place on 11 September at the Vojens Speedway Center in Denmark. The winners were the United States team who claimed their fifth title.

## First round

* 7 June 1998
* Stadium Lokomotīve, Daugavpils
* Austria and France withdrew
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Latvia 35 10.Nikolay Kokin (2,1,3,3,2,2,3,2) - 18 11.Vladimir Voronkov (3,3,3,1,3,3,1,e) - 17 | Norway 29 1.Lars Gunnestad (3,1,3,3,3,1,3,3) - 20 2.Arnt Førland (2,1,2,1,2,e,0,1) - 9 | Ukraine 27 13.Igor Marko (1,2,2,2,3,2,e,2) - 14 14.Aleksandr Lyatosinskiy (2,1,2,1,2,1,2,2) - 13 |
| 4th | 5th | track reserve |
| Slovenia 26 4.Matej Ferjan (1,0,3,1,3,2,3,3) - 16 5.Tomas Šustersič (3,2,f,0,1,1,2,1) - 10 | Italy 3 7.Simone Terenzani (0,0,1,0,0,1,1,0) - 3 8.Nicolo Andriolo (0,0,0,e,0,0,0,0) - 0 | 16.Aleksandr Biznya - ns 17.Maksim Andreev - ns |
* Latvia and Norway to second round

## Second round

* 28 June 1998
* Stroitel Stadium, Togliatti
* Norway withdrew and were replaced by Ukraine, England and Australia withdrew
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Czech Republic 39 10.Marian Jirout (3,2,2,3,3,1) - 14 11.Adrian Rymel (3,3,1,*,1,2) - 10 12.Antonín Kasper Jr. (3,3,*,3,3,3) - 15 | Hungary 35 1.Zoltán Adorján (2,2,3,3,3,3) - 16 2.Sándor Tihanyi (3,3,3,1,2,2) - 14 3.Róbert Nagy (1,e,*,2,2,*) - 5 | Russia 32 7.Roman Povazhny - (1,2,2,2,2,3) - 12 8.Sergej Darkin (2,3,2,2,2,2) - 13 9.Oleg Kurguskin (1,2,*,1,3,*) - 7 |
| 4th | 5th |
| Latvia 8 13.Nikolay Kokin (1,1,0,1,1,f) - 4 14. 15.Aleksandr Biznya (2,0,0,1,0,1) - 4 | Ukraine 2 4.Igor Marko (f,-,-,-,-,-) - 0 5.Aleksandr Lyatosinskiy (0,1,1,0,0,-) - 2 6. |
* Czech Republic and Hungary to World final

## World Final

* 11 September 1998
* Speedway Center, Vojens
| 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 | USA | 28 | | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | | 18 | | | | | | | 28 | |
| 1 | (1) Greg Hancock | 12 | 2 | | | 3 | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | 2 | | | | |
| 1 | (2) Billy Hamill | 16 | 3 | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | 3 | | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | | |
| 1 | (15) Sam Ermolenko | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Sweden | 24 | | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | | 15 | | | | | | | 24 | |
| 2 | (5) Tony Rickardsson | 5 | | 3 | | | 2 | | | 0 | | | | | - | | | | - | | | - | | |
| 2 | (6) Jimmy Nilsen | 13 | | 2 | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | | | 0 | | | | 3 | | | 2 | | |
| 2 | (17) Peter Karlsson | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | 1 | | | 3 | | |
| 3 | Denmark | 23 | | | | | | | 8 | | | | | | | 13 | | | | | | | 23 | |
| 3 | (11) Hans Nielsen | 10 | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 | | | | | 2 | |
| 3 | (12) Brian Karger | 4 | | | 3 | | | | 1 | | | | 0 | | - | | | - | | | | | - | |
| 3 | (20) Brian Andersen | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | | | 3 | |
| 4 | Poland | 17 | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | 12 | | | | | | | 17 | |
| 4 | (13) Tomasz Gollob | 15 | | | | 1 | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | | 3 | | | 2 | | 3 | | | |
| 4 | (14) Jacek Gollob | 0 | | | | 0 | | | E | | | - | | | | - | | | - | | E | | | |
| 4 | (21) Robert Dados | 2 | | | | | | | | | | E | | | | 2 | | | 0 | | | | | |
| 5 | Germany | 14 | | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | | 12 | | | | | | | 14 | |
| 5 | (9) Gerd Riss | 1 | | | 1 | | | - | | | | - | | - | | | - | | | | | - | | |
| 5 | (10) Robert Barth | 6 | | | 0 | | | 3 | | | | 1 | | 0 | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 5 | (19) Matthias Kröger | 7 | | | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | 3 | | | 0 | | | | | E | | |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 14 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | | 14 | |
| 6 | (3) Antonín Kasper Jr. | 9 | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | 2 | | | | 0 | | | 2 | | | |
| 6 | (4) Marian Jirout | 5 | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 2 | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | |
| 6 | (16) Adrian Rymel | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Hungary | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | 6 | |
| 7 | (7) Zoltán Adorján | 5 | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | 0 | | | | 1 | | | 1 | |
| 7 | (8) Sándor Tihanyi | 1 | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | 0 | | | | | 1 | | | | 0 | | | 0 | |
| 7 | (18) - | 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 |