# 1983 Speedway World Team Cup

The 1983 Speedway World Team Cup was the 24th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.
The final took place at the Vojens Speedway Center in Denmark. The host country Denmark won their third title.

## Qualification stage 1
### Commonwealth and Scandinavian rounds

| Commonwealth round (1st & 2nd to Intercontinental Final) Smallmead Stadium, Reading 15 May Ref: Mr. J.M.Price (Eng) Att: 5,000 | Scandinavian round (1st & 2nd to Intercontinental Final) Gislaved Motorbana, Gislaved 15 May |
| Pos.National teamPts.Riders  United States38 5.Bobby Schwartz - 7 (1,2,2,2) 6.Dennis Sigalos - 12 (3,3,3,3) 7.Shawn Moran - 10 (2,3,3,2) 8.Kelly Moran - 9 (2,2,3,2) 18.Lance King - NS  England27 13.Peter Collins - 7 (2,1,1,3) 14.Kenny Carter - 8 (2,3,2,1) 15.Chris Morton - 6 (0,1,2,3) 16.Simon Wigg - 6 (0,-,3,3) 20.Dave Jessup - 0 (-,e,-,-)  New Zealand20 9.Larry Ross - 6 (3,2,1,0) 10.Mitch Shirra - 8 (1,3,2,2) 11.David Bargh - 1 (0,0,0,1) 12.Ivan Mauger - 5 (3,2,0,0) 19.Alan Mason - NS 4 Australia11 1.Billy Sanders - 6 (3,1,1,1) 2.Phil Crump - 2 (1,0,1,0) 3.John Titman - 2 (1,0,0,1) 4.Steve Regeling - 1 (0,1,0,-) 17.Rod Hunter - 0 (-,-,-,0) | Pos.National teamPts.Riders  Denmark47 Erik Gundersen - 12 Hans Nielsen - 12 Ole Olsen - 12 Tommy Knudsen - 11  Sweden24 Jan Andersson - 8 Tommy Nilsson - 7 Bjorn Andersson - 6 Hans Danielsson - 3 Lennart Bengtsson - 0  Finland19 Kai Niemi - 8 Ari Koponen - 6 Pekka Hautamaki - 3 Hannu Lehtonen - 1 Olli Tyrväinen - 1 4 Norway5 Dag Haaland - 3 Tormod Langli - 1 Roy Otto - 1 Jorn Haugvalstad - 0 Dagfinn Jorgensen - 0 |

### Continental rounds

| Quarter final (1st & 2nd to Continental Semi-Final) Gázvezeték Street Sports Complex, Debrecen 16 May | Quarter final (1st & 2nd to Continental Semi-Final) Giavera del Montello Municipal Stadium, Treviso 15 May |
| Pos.National teamPts.Riders  Hungary35 Zoltán Adorján - 11 Zoltan Hajdu - 11 Janos Oresko - 7 József Petrikovics - 3 Istvan Sziraczki - 3  Poland30 Roman Jankowski - 12 Boleslaw Proch - 7 Zenon Plech - 6 Wojciech Żabiałowicz - 3 Edward Jancarz - 2  Bulgaria22 Nikolai Manev - 8 Vesselin Markov - 8 Angel Eftimov - 4 Orlin Janakiev - 2 4 Austria8 Walter Nebel - 3 Siegfried Eder - 2 Adi Funk - 2 Toni Pilotto - 1 Hubert Fischbacher - 0 | Pos.National teamPts.Riders  Czechoslovakia43 Aleš Dryml Sr. - 12 Petr Ondrašík - 8 Milan Špinka - 8 Jiří Štancl - 8 Emil Sova - 7  Italy32 Ottaviano Righetto - 10 Armando Dal Chiele - 9 Gianni Famari - 7 Giovanni Brizzolari - 5 Valentino Furlanetto - 0  Netherlands15 Henny Kroeze - 5 Henk Steman - 5 Wil Stroes - 3 Leo Bathoorn - 1 Anne Elzinga - 1 4 Yugoslavia6 Albert Kocmut - 3 Krešo Omerzel - 2 Zvonko Pavlic - 1 Artur Horvat - 0 Joze Zibert - 0 |
Semi final
* 26 June
* Svítkov Stadium, Pardubice
| Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders |
| | Czechoslovakia | 44 | Aleš Dryml Sr. - 12 Jiří Štancl - 12 Václav Verner - 12 Antonín Kasper Jr. - 8 |
| | Poland | 25 | Roman Jankowski - 9 Edward Jancarz - 8 Andrzej Huszcza - 7 Jan Krzystyniak - 1 Bogusław Nowak - 1 |
| | Italy | 15 | Ottaviano Righetto - 6 Gianni Famari - 4 Armando Dal Chiele - 4 Valentino Furlanetto - 1 Mauro Ferraccioli - 0 |
| 4 | Hungary | 11 | Zoltan Hajdu - 3 Zoltán Adorján - 3 Janos Oresko - 3 Ferenc Farkas - 1 Istvan Sziraczki - 1 |

## Qualification stage 2
### Intercontinental final

* Wimbledon Stadium, London
* 26 June
* Ref: R.Randborg
| Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders |
| | Denmark | 35 | 9.Ole Olsen - 1 (1,-,-,-) 10.Erik Gundersen - 12 (3,3,3,3) 11.Tommy Knudsen - 5 (0,1,2,2) 12.Hans Nielsen - 12 (3,3,3,3) 19.Finn Thomsen - 5 (-,2,1,2) |
| | United States | 31 | 5.Dennis Sigalos - 9 (2,1,3,3) 6.Bobby Schwartz - 6 (2,3,9,1) 7.Kelly Moran - 2 (2,f,-,-) 8.Shawn Moran - 10 (3,3,2,2) 18.Lance King - 4 (-,-,3,1) |
| | England | 26 | 1.Peter Collins - 0 (0,-,-,-) 2.Kenny Carter - 7 (2,2,1,2) 3.Chris Morton - 8 (3,2,2,1) 4.Simon Wigg - 3 (1,1,1,-) 17.Dave Jessup - 8 (-,2,2,3\1) |
| 4 | Sweden | 4 | 13.Jan Andersson - 2 (1,1,0,0) 14.Lillebror Johansson - 0 (0,0,-,-) 15.Tommy Nilsson - 1 (0,0,1,0) 16.Pierre Brannefors - 1 (1,0,0,0) 20.Anders Eriksson - 0 (-,-,0,0) |

### Continental final

* Altes Stadion, Abensberg
* 10 July
* Att: 12,000
| Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders |
| | England | 40 | 1.Peter Collins - 9 (3,3,3,e) 2.Kenny Carter - 12 (3,3,3,3) 3.Chris Morton - 5 (1,2,2,-) 4.Dave Jessup - 11 (3,3,2,3) 17.Les Collins - 3 (-,-,-,3) |
| | Czechoslovakia | 27 | 9.Antonín Kasper Jr. - 7 (2,2,3,-) 10.Jiří Štancl - 6 (f,1,3,2) 11.Aleš Dryml Sr.- 6 (3,1,1,1) 12.Václav Verner - 6 (2,1,1,2) 19.Petr Ondrašík - 2 (-,-,-,2) |
| | West Germany | 17 | 5.Egon Muller - 9 (1,3,2,3) 6.Karl Maier - 5 (2,0,2,1) 7.Josef Aigner - 3 (1,0,-,2) 8.Peter Würtele - 0 (x,0,f,0) 18.Stefan Deser - 0 (-,-,0,-) |
| 4 | Soviet Union | 12 | 13.Anatoly Maksimov - NS 14.Mikhail Starostin - 3 (0,2,1,0) 15.Rif Saitgareev - 1 (1,0,0,0) 16.Viktor Kuznetsov - 4 (2,1,0,1) 20.Valery Gordeev - 4 (0,2,1,1) |

## World final

* Speedway Center, Vojens
* 12 August
* Att: 25,000
* Ref : Gunther Sorber (W.Ger)
| Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders |
| | Denmark | 37 | 9.Ole Olsen - 7 (2,1,2,2) 10.Erik Gundersen - 12 (3,3,3,3) 11.Finn Thomsen - 0 (0,-,-,-) 12.Hans Nielsen - 11 (2,3,3,3) 19.Peter Ravn - 7 (-,1,3,3) |
| | England | 29 | 13.Kenny Carter - 8 (3,2,2,1) 14.Michael Lee - 11 (3,3,3,2) 15.Dave Jessup - 2 (e,-,-,2) 16.Chris Morton - 7 (1,2,2,2) 20.Peter Collins - 1 (-,1,0,-) |
| | United States | 27 | 1.Dennis Sigalos - 9 (2,2,2,3) 2.Bobby Schwartz - 6 (3,1,1,1) 3.Lance King - 6 (2,2,1,1) 4.Kelly Moran - 6 (1,3,1,1) 17.Rick Miller - NS |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 5.Antonín Kasper Jr. - 0 (0,0,e,-) 6.Jiří Štancl - 2 (1,0,1,0) 7.Aleš Dryml Sr. - 0 (0,0,0,0) 8.Václav Verner - 1 (1,0,0,0) 18.Petr Ondrašík - 0 (-,-,-,0) |