The 1980 Speedway World Team Cup was the 21st edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1] [2] [3]
The final took place at the Vojens Speedway Center in Denmark.[4] England won their eighth title to extend their record and the United States had their best performance to date finishing second. The defending champions New Zealand finished last in the British qualifying round.[5] [6]
Day | width=300px | Venue | width=160px | Winner | width=40px | |
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Qualification | ||||||
17 May | Breitenthal Speedway Stadium, Krumbach | West Germany | ||||
18 May | King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn | England | ||||
18 May | Castiglione Olona, Varese | USSR | ||||
11 June | Kumla Motorstadion, Kumla | Denmark | ||||
29 June | Rodenbach Motodrom, Rodenbach | West Germany |
width=20% | 1st | width=20% | 2nd | width=20% | 3rd | width=20% | 4th | |
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valign=top | - 43 Ole Olsen - 12 Bo Petersen - 12 Tommy Knudsen - 11 Hans Nielsen - 6 Erik Gundersen - 2 | valign=top | - 31 Anders Michanek - 10 Jan Andersson- 9 Richard Hellsen - 6 Bengt Jansson - 5 Bernt Persson - 1 | valign=top | - 18 Kai Niemi - 6 Ari Koponen - 5 Veijo Tuoriniemi - 4 Ila Teromaa - 3 Pekka Hautamaki - 0 | valign=top | - 4 Dag Haaland - 2 Audun Ove Olsen - 1 Trond Helge Skretting - 1 Reidar Eide - 0 Rolf Gramstad - 0 |
width=20% | 1st | width=20% | 2nd | width=20% | 3rd | width=20% | 4th | |
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valign=top | - 41 Grigory Khlinovsky - 12 Valery Gordeev - 11 Viktor Kuznetsov - 11 Mikhail Starostin - 7 | valign=top | - 21 Francesco Biginato - 8 Giuseppe Marzotto- 5 Giovanni Brizzolari - 4 Mauro Ferraccioli - 4 | valign=top | - 17 Herbert Szerecs - 7 Adi Funk - 5 Walter Grubmüler - 4 Herbert Engelmaier - 1 | valign=top | - 16 Nikolai Manev - 7 Angel Eftimov - 4 Orlin Janakiev - 4 Ivan Marenov - 1 |
width=20% | 1st | width=20% | 2nd | width=20% | 3rd | width=20% | 4th | |
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valign=top | - 40 Waldemar Bacik - 12 Georg Hack - 12 Christoph Betzl - 9 Egon Müller - 7 | valign=top | - 29 Rudi Muts - 9 Frits Koppe- 7 Henk Steman - 6 Henny Kroeze - 5 Wil Stroes - 2 | valign=top | - 22 Istvan Sziraczki - 9 Laszlo Meszaros - 6 Zoltan Hajdu - 4 Janos Szoke - 3 Ferenc Farkash - 0 | valign=top | - 5 Franc Zagar - 2 Stefan Kekec - 1 Ivan Vrbnjak - 1 Darko Tominac - 1 Vlado Kocuvan - 0 |
Semifinal
Day | width=300px | Venue | width=160px | Winner | width=40px | |
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Stage 2 | ||||||
5 July | Speedway Center, Vojens | England | ||||
13 July | Hansa Stadium, Bremen | Poland |