Year
|
Venue
|
Winners
|
2nd place
|
3rd place
|
1960
|
Ullevi
Göteborg
|
Sweden 44
Ove Fundin (12)
Olle Nygren (12)
Rune Sörmander (11)
Björn Knutson (9)
Göte Nordin (dnr)
|
England 30
Peter Craven (8)
Ken McKinlay (8)
Ron How (7)
George White (6)
Nigel Boocock (1)
|
Czechoslovakia 15
Antonín Kasper Sr. (5)
Luboš Tomíček Sr. (4)
Jaroslav Machač (3)
František Richter (3)
Bohumír Bartoněk (dnr)
|
1961
|
Stadion Olimpijski
Wrocław
|
Poland 32
Marian Kaiser (10)
Henryk Żyto (7)
Florian Kapała (6)
Mieczysław Połukard (5)
Stanisław Tkocz (4)
|
Sweden 30
Ove Fundin (11)
Björn Knutson (7)
Per Tage Svensson (7)
Rune Sörmander (4)
Sören Sjösten (2)
|
England 15
Peter Craven (8)
Bob Andrews (6)
Ken McKinlay (4)
Ron How (3)
Cyril Maidment (dnr)
|
1962
|
Slaný Speedway
Slaný
|
Sweden 36
Björn Knutson (10)
Sören Sjösten (10)
Ove Fundin (9)
Göte Nordin (4)
Rune Sörmander (3)
|
Great Britain 24
Ronnie Moore (10)
Barry Briggs (8)
Peter Craven (6)
Ron How (0)
Cyril Maidment (0)
|
Poland 20
Marian Kaiser (9)
Florian Kapała (5)
Joachim Maj (4)
Paweł Waloszek (4)
Mieczysław Połukard (2)
|
1963
|
Stadion Wien
Vienna
|
Sweden 37
Björn Knutson (11)
Per Olof Söderman (10)
Ove Fundin (7)
Göte Nordin (5)
Rune Sörmander (4)
|
Czechoslovakia 27
Antonín Kasper Sr. (10)
Stanislav Kubíček (7)
Miroslav Šmíd (5)
Luboš Tomíček Sr. (5)
Zdeněk Kovář (dnr)
|
Great Britain 25
Barry Briggs (12)
Peter Craven (8)
Dick Fisher (4)
Leo McAuliffe (1)
Peter Moore (0)
|
1964
|
Abensberg Speedwaystadion
Abensberg
|
Sweden 34
Björn Knutson (11)
Göte Nordin (10)
Rune Sörmander (7)
Ove Fundin (6)
Sören Sjösten (0)
|
Soviet Union 25
Igor Plekhanov (8)
Gennady Kurilenko (8)
Yuri Chekranov (6)
Boris Samorodov (3)
Viktor Trofimov (dnr)
|
Great Britain 21
Barry Briggs (9)
Ken McKinlay (7)
Nigel Boocock (3)
Ron How (2)
Brian Brett (0)
|
1965
|
Illerstadion
Kempten
|
Poland 38
Andrzej Wyglenda (11)
Andrzej Pogorzelski (11)
Antoni Woryna (9)
Zbigniew Podlecki (7)
Paweł Waloszek (dnr)
|
Sweden 33
Björn Knutson (11)
Bengt Jansson (8)
Ove Fundin (8)
Göte Nordin (6)
Leif Larsson (dnr)
|
Great Britain 18
Ken McKinlay (7)
Nigel Boocock (6)
Jimmy Gooch (3)
Barry Briggs (1)
Charlie Monk (1)
|
1966
|
Stadion Olimpijski Wrocław
|
Poland 41
Marian Rose (12)
Andrzej Wyglenda (11)
Antoni Woryna (10)
Andrzej Pogorzelski (8)
Edmund Migoś (dnr)
|
Soviet Union 25
Boris Samorodov (9)
Viktor Trofimov (6)
Igor Plekhanov (6)
Farid Szajnurov (4)
Yuri Chekranov (dnr)
|
Sweden 22
Björn Knutson (11)
Leif Enecrona (4)
Göte Nordin (3)
Ove Fundin (2)
Leif Larsson (2)
|
1967
|
Malmö Stadion
Malmö
|
Sweden 32
Göte Nordin (11)
Bengt Jansson (9)
Torbjörn Harrysson (6)
Ove Fundin (6)
Per Olof Söderman (dnr)
|
Poland 26
Antoni Woryna (10)
Andrzej Wyglenda (9)
Jerzy Trzeszkowski (4)
Zbigniew Podlecki (3)
Andrzej Pogorzelski (0)
|
Great Britain 19
Barry Briggs (8)
Eric Boocock (5)
Ray Wilson (4)
Ivan Mauger (2)
Colin Pratt (0)
Soviet Union 19
Igor Plekhanov (9)
Viktor Trofimov (4)
Boris Samorodov (3)
Gabdrakhman Kadyrov (2)
Farid Szajnurov (1)
|
1968
|
Wembley Stadium London
|
Great Britain 40
Ivan Mauger (12)
Nigel Boocock (10)
Martin Ashby (8)
Barry Briggs (7)
Norman Hunter (3)
|
Sweden 30
Ove Fundin (11)
Bengt Jansson (7)
Anders Michanek (7)
Olle Nygren (3)
Torbjörn Harrysson (2)
|
Poland 19
Edmund Migoś (8)
Edward Jancarz (6)
Andrzej Wyglenda (2)
Henryk Glücklich (2)
Paweł Waloszek (1)
|
1969
|
Rybnik Municipal Stadium
Rybnik
|
Poland 31
Andrzej Wyglenda (11)
Edward Jancarz (11)
Stanisław Tkocz (4)
Henryk Glücklich (3)
Andrzej Pogorzelski (2)
|
Great Britain 27
Ivan Mauger (9)
Barry Briggs (8)
Nigel Boocock (5)
Martin Ashby (5)
Pete Smith (dnr)
|
Soviet Union 23
Vladimir Smirnov (9)
Gennady Kurilenko (8)
Valeri Klementiev (5)
Yury Dubinin (1)
Viktor Trofimov (0)
|
1970
|
Wembley Stadium London
|
Sweden 42
Ove Fundin (11)
Bengt Jansson (11)
Anders Michanek (10)
Sören Sjösten (10)
Bernt Persson (dnr)
|
Great Britain 31
Barry Briggs (11)
Ivan Mauger (9)
Eric Boocock (5)
Ray Wilson (4)
Nigel Boocock (2)
|
Poland 20
Jan Mucha (6)
Antoni Woryna (5)
Edmund Migoś (4)
Henryk Glücklich (3)
Paweł Waloszek (2)
|
1971
|
Stadion Olimpijski Wrocław
|
Great Britain 37
Ray Wilson (12)
Ivan Mauger (10)
Jim Airey (9)
Barry Briggs (6)
Ronnie Moore (dnr)
|
Soviet Union 22
Grigory Khlinovsky (8)
Vladimir Smirnov (7)
Vladimir Gordeev (4)
Anatoly Kuzmin (3)
Viktor Trofimov (dnr)
|
Poland 19
Paweł Waloszek (5)
Henryk Glücklich (4)
Antoni Woryna (4)
Edward Jancarz (4)
Andrzej Wyglenda (2)
|
1972
|
Olching Speedwaybahn
Olching
|
Great Britain 36
Ivan Mauger (11)
John Louis (9)
Ray Wilson (8)
Terry Betts (8)
Ronnie Moore (dnr)
|
Soviet Union 21
Anatoly Kuzmin (6)
Grigory Khlinovsky (5)
Viktor Kalmykov (5)
Viktor Trofimov (5)
Valery Gordeev (dnr)
|
Poland 21
Zenon Plech (7)
Henryk Glücklich (6)
Paweł Waloszek (5)
Zdzisław Dobrucki (3)
Marek Cieślak (0)
|
1973
|
Wembley Stadium London
|
Great Britain 37
Peter Collins (12)
Terry Betts (9)
Ray Wilson (8)
Malcolm Simmons (8)
Dave Jessup (dnr)
|
Sweden 31
Anders Michanek (11)
Bernt Persson (9)
Bengt Jansson (6)
Tommy Jansson (5)
Sören Sjösten (dnr)
|
Soviet Union 20
Valery Gordeev (7)
Vladimir Paznikov (5)
Grigory Khlinovsky (4)
Aleksandr Pavlov (2)
Viktor Trofimov (2)
|
1974
|
Silesian Stadium
Chorzów
|
England 42
Peter Collins (12)
John Louis (12)
Dave Jessup (10)
Malcolm Simmons (8)
Ray Wilson (dnr)
|
Sweden 31
Sören Sjösten (10)
Anders Michanek (9)
Tommy Jansson (7)
Christer Löfqvist (5)
Tommy Johansson (dnr)
|
Poland 13
Zenon Plech (4)
Jan Mucha (4)
Andrzej Jurczyński (3)
Andrzej Tkocz (2)
Jerzy Szczakiel (0)
|
1975
|
Motodrom Halbemond
Norden
|
England 41
Peter Collins (12)
Malcolm Simmons (11)
Martin Ashby (10)
John Louis (8)
Dave Jessup (dnr)
|
Soviet Union 29
Valery Gordeev (8)
Grigory Khlinovsky (8)
Viktor Trofimov (8)
Vladimir Gordeev (5)
Mikhail Starostin (dnr)
|
Sweden 17
Anders Michanek (8)
Tommy Jansson (4)
Bernt Persson (2)
Sören Sjösten (2)
Sören Karlsson (1)
|
1976
|
White City Stadium London
|
Australia 31
Phil Crump (11)
Billy Sanders (7)
Phil Herne (7)
John Boulger (6)
Garry Middleton (dnr)
|
Poland 28
Edward Jancarz (8)
Marek Cieślak (8)
Zenon Plech (8)
Jerzy Rembas (5)
Bolesław Proch (1)
|
Sweden 26
Anders Michanek (11)
Bernt Persson (8)
Lars-Åke Andersson (5)
Bengt Jansson (5)
Christer Löfqvist (1)
|
1977
|
Stadion Olimpijski Wrocław
|
England 37
Peter Collins (10)
Dave Jessup (9)
Michael Lee (9)
John Davis (6)
Malcolm Simmons (3)
|
Poland 25
Edward Jancarz (10)
Bogusław Nowak (6)
Jerzy Rembas (6)
Marek Cieślak (2)
Ryszard Fabiszewski (1)
|
Czechoslovakia 23
Jiří Štancl (8)
Václav Verner (5)
Jan Verner (5)
Aleš Dryml Sr. (5)
Petr Ondrašík (dnr)
|
1978
|
Stadion Ellermühle
Landshut
|
Denmark 37
Hans Nielsen (11)
Ole Olsen (10)
Mike Lohmann (9)
Finn Thomsen (7)
Kristian Præstbro (dnr)
|
England 27
Malcolm Simmons (8)
Peter Collins (6)
Dave Jessup (5)
Michael Lee (5)
Gordon Kennett (3)
|
Poland 15
Edward Jancarz (6)
Marek Cieślak (5)
Jerzy Rembas (3)
Zenon Plech (1)
Andrzej Huszcza (1)
|
1979
|
White City Stadium London
|
New Zealand 35
Larry Ross (11)
Mitch Shirra (10)
Ivan Mauger (9)
Bruce Cribb (5)
Roger Abel (dnr)
|
Denmark 31
Ole Olsen (12)
Hans Nielsen (9)
Mike Lohmann (6)
Finn Thomsen (4)
Bo Petersen (0)
|
Czechoslovakia 19
Jiří Štancl (6)
Aleš Dryml Sr. (5)
Zdeněk Kudrna (4)
Václav Verner (4)
Petr Ondrašík (dnr)
|
1980
|
Stadion Olimpijski Wrocław
|
England 40
Chris Morton (11)
Michael Lee (11)
Peter Collins (10)
Dave Jessup (8)
John Davis (dnr)
|
United States 29
Bruce Penhall (12)
Scott Autrey (9)
Dennis Sigalos (5)
Bobby Schwartz (3)
Ron Preston (0)
|
Poland 15
Zenon Plech (5)
Roman Jankowski (5)
Edward Jancarz (3)
Andrzej Huszcza (2)
Jerzy Rembas (0)
|
1981
|
Olching Speedwaybahn Olching
|
Denmark 36
Hans Nielsen (11)
Erik Gundersen (9)
Tommy Knudsen (9)
Ole Olsen (6)
Finn Thomsen (1)
|
England 29
Chris Morton (11)
Kenny Carter (9)
John Davis (5)
Dave Jessup (3)
Gordon Kennett (1)
|
Germany 28
Egon Müller (10)
Karl Maier (8)
Georg Hack (5)
Georg Gilgenreiner (5)
Alois Wiesböck (dnr)
|
1982
|
White City Stadium London
|
United States 34
Bruce Penhall (10)
Kelly Moran (10)
Bobby Schwartz (9)
Shawn Moran (8)
Scott Autrey (0)
|
Denmark 27
Hans Nielsen (11)
Erik Gundersen (7)
Preben Eriksen (4)
Tommy Knudsen (1)
Ole Olsen (1)
|
Germany 18
Karl Maier (7)
Georg Hack (5)
Egon Müller (5)
Georg Gilgenreiner (1)
Alois Wiesböck (0)
|
1983
|
Vojens Speedway Center
Vojens
|
Denmark 37
Erik Gundersen (12)
Hans Nielsen (11)
Ole Olsen (7)
Peter Ravn (7)
Finn Thomsen (0)
|
England 29
Michael Lee (11)
Kenny Carter (8)
Chris Morton (7)
Dave Jessup (2)
Peter Collins (1)
|
United States 27
Dennis Sigalos (9)
Bobby Schwartz (6)
Lance King (6)
Kelly Moran (6)
Rick Miller (dnr)
|
1984
|
Alfred Smoczyk Stadium
Leszno
|
Denmark 44
Erik Gundersen (12)
Bo Petersen (12)
Hans Nielsen (11)
Preben Eriksen (9)
Peter Ravn (dnr)
|
England 24
Simon Wigg (9)
Phil Collins (7)
Chris Morton (4)
Peter Collins (2)
Neil Collins (2)
|
United States 20
Shawn Moran (6)
Kelly Moran (5)
Lance King (5)
Bobby Schwartz (2)
John Cook (2)
|
1985
|
Veterans Memorial Stadium
Long Beach
|
Denmark 37
Tommy Knudsen (12)
Erik Gundersen (10)
Hans Nielsen (10)
Preben Eriksen (5)
Bo Petersen (0)
|
United States 35
Shawn Moran (11)
Bobby Schwartz (11)
Lance King (9)
Sam Ermolenko (3)
John Cook (1)
|
England 13
Jeremy Doncaster (6)
Kelvin Tatum (3)
Phil Collins (2)
Richard Knight (2)
John Davis (0)
|
1986 championship decided on points of three of three meetings - 1st = 3pts, 2nd = 2pts, 3rd = 1pt.
|
1986
|
Ullevi
Göteborg
Vojens Speedway Center
Vojens
Odsal Stadium
Bradford
|
Denmark 130 (47 + 37 + 46)
Hans Nielsen (35)
Erik Gundersen (33)
Tommy Knudsen (33)
Jan O. Pedersen (20)
John Jørgensen (8)
|
United States 4 (76)
Shawn Moran (27)
Sam Ermolenko (22)
Lance King (19)
Bobby Schwartz (5)
Rick Miller (2)
|
England 3 (81)
Simon Wigg (6)
Chris Morton (3)
Kelvin Tatum (2)
Jeremy Doncaster (2)
Marvyn Cox (0)
|
1987 championship decided on aggregate scores of three meetings.
|
1987
|
Fredericia Stadion
Fredericia
Brandon Stadium
Coventry
Marketa Stadium Prague
|
Denmark 130 (47 + 37 + 46)
Hans Nielsen (38)
Erik Gundersen (33)
Jan O. Pedersen (32)
Tommy Knudsen (27)
John Jørgensen (dnr)
|
England 101 (37 + 33 + 31)
Simon Wigg (29)
Kelvin Tatum (25)
Jeremy Doncaster (24)
Simon Cross (21)
Marvyn Cox (0)
|
United States 93 (24 + 43 + 26)
Shawn Moran (23)
Rick Miller (22)
Sam Ermolenko (20)
Kelly Moran (14)
Lance King (8)
John Cook (6)
|
1988
|
Veterans Memorial Stadium Long Beach
|
Denmark 44
Hans Nielsen (14)
Jan O. Pedersen (12)
Erik Gundersen (8)
Tommy Knudsen (8)
John Jørgensen (2)
|
United States 32
Sam Ermolenko (13)
Shawn Moran (8)
Lance King (6)
Kelly Moran (5)
Rick Miller (0)
|
Sweden 22
Per Jonsson (9)
Jimmy Nilsen (5)
Tony Olsson (4)
Henrik Gustafsson (4)
Conny Ivarsson (0)
|
1989
|
Odsal Stadium Bradford
|
England 48
Jeremy Doncaster (13)
Kelvin Tatum (12)
Paul Thorp (12)
Simon Wigg (11)
Simon Cross (0)
|
Denmark 34
Hans Nielsen (11)
Gert Handberg (9)
John Jørgensen (7)
Brian Karger (7)
Erik Gundersen (0)
|
Sweden 30
Mikael Blixt (10)
Per Jonsson (8)
Tony Olsson (7)
Erik Stenlund (5)
Jimmy Nilsen (0)
|
1990
|
Svítkov Stadion
Pardubice
|
United States 37
Kelly Moran (12)
Sam Ermolenko (11)
Shawn Moran (10)
Billy Hamill (4)
Rick Miller (0)
|
England 34
Kelvin Tatum (11)
Jeremy Doncaster (8)
Simon Wigg (8)
Gary Havelock (5)
Marvyn Cox (2)
|
Denmark 30
Hans Nielsen (13)
Brian Karger (5)
John Jørgensen (4)
Tommy Knudsen (4)
Bo Petersen (4)
|
1991
|
Vojens Speedway Center Vojens
|
Denmark 51
Jan O. Pedersen (15)
Hans Nielsen (14)
Tommy Knudsen (13)
Gert Handberg (8)
Brian Karger (1)
|
Sweden 30
Per Jonsson (9)
Henrik Gustafsson (7)
Jimmy Nilsen (7)
Tony Rickardsson (7)
Peter Nahlin (dnr)
|
United States 28
Sam Ermolenko (9)
Billy Hamill (9)
Greg Hancock (6)
Rick Miller (4)
Ronnie Correy (0)
|
1992
|
Kumla Speedway
Kumla
|
United States 39
Greg Hancock (11)
Sam Ermolenko (10)
Billy Hamill (10)
Ronnie Correy (5)
Bobby Ott (3)
|
Sweden 33
Henrik Gustafsson (12)
Per Jonsson (11)
Tony Rickardsson (7)
Peter Nahlin (2)
Jimmy Nilsen (1)
|
England 31
Martin Dugard (12)
Gary Havelock (7)
Mark Loram (7)
Kelvin Tatum (3)
Joe Screen (2)
|
1993
|
Brandon Stadium Coventry
|
United States 40
Sam Ermolenko (13)
Billy Hamill (10)
Greg Hancock (9)
Josh Larsen (5)
Bobby Ott (3)
|
Denmark 38
Hans Nielsen (13)
Tommy Knudsen (12)
John Jørgensen (8)
Brian Karger (5)
Brian Andersen (dnr)
|
Sweden 28
Tony Rickardsson (9)
Peter Karlsson (7)
Per Jonsson (6)
Henrik Gustafsson (6)
Peter Nahlin (dnr)
|
From 1994 the
World Pairs Championship merged into the World Team Cup.
|
1994
|
Holsteinring Brokstedt
Brokstedt
|
Sweden 23
Tony Rickardsson (13)
Henrik Gustafsson (11)
Mikael Karlsson (–)
|
Poland 20
Tomasz Gollob (16)
Jacek Gollob (4)
Dariusz Śledź (0)
|
Denmark 17
Tommy Knudsen (12)
Hans Nielsen (5)
Jan Stæchmann (0)
|
1995
|
Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium
Bydgoszcz
|
Denmark 28
Tommy Knudsen (15)
Hans Nielsen (13)
Brian Karger (0)
|
England 22
Mark Loram (11)
Chris Louis (11)
Steve Schofield (–)
|
United States 19
Sam Ermolenko (9)
Greg Hancock (8)
Billy Hamill (2)
|
1996
|
Rhein-Main Arena
Diedenbergen
|
Poland 27
Tomasz Gollob (15)
Sławomir Drabik (12)
Piotr Protasiewicz (0)
|
Russia 22
Rinat Mardanshin (13)
Oleg Kurguskin (5)
Sergey Darkin (4)
|
Denmark 21
Brian Andersen (16)
Jesper B. Jensen (4)
Nicki Pedersen (1)
|
1997
|
Stadion Żużlowy Centrum
Piła
|
Denmark 27
Hans Nielsen (14)
Tommy Knudsen (13)
Jesper B. Jensen (–)
|
Poland 25
Tomasz Gollob (13)
Piotr Protasiewicz (12)
Jacek Krzyżaniak (0)
|
Sweden 21
Tony Rickardsson (17)
Jimmy Nilsen (3)
Peter Karlsson (1)
|
1998
|
Vojens Speedway Center Vojens
|
United States 28
Billy Hamill (16)
Greg Hancock (12)
Sam Ermolenko (–)
|
Sweden 24
Jimmy Nilsen (13)
Peter Karlsson (6)
Tony Rickardsson (5)
|
Denmark 23
Hans Nielsen (10)
Brian Andersen (9)
Brian Karger (4)
|
From 1999 format reverted to four riders per team plus reserve.
|
1999
|
Svítkov Stadion Pardubice
|
Australia 51
Leigh Adams (14)
Jason Crump (13)
Ryan Sullivan (12)
Jason Lyons (10)
Todd Wiltshire (2)
|
Czech Republic 35
Aleš Dryml Jr. (10)
Bohumil Brhel (9)
Michal Makovský (8)
Antonín Kasper Jr. (8)
Antonín Šváb Jr. (0)
|
United States 29
Sam Ermolenko (16)
Greg Hancock (6)
Billy Hamill (6)
Josh Larsen (2)
Ronnie Correy (0)
|
2000
|
Brandon Stadium Coventry
|
Sweden 40
Tony Rickardsson (16)
Peter Karlsson (12)
Henrik Gustafsson (10)
Mikael Karlsson (2)
Niklas Klingberg (0)
|
England 40
Joe Screen (12)
Mark Loram (11)
Chris Louis (8)
Carl Stonehewer (5)
Martin Dugard (4)
|
United States 35
Sam Ermolenko (16)
Greg Hancock (6)
Billy Hamill (6)
Josh Larsen (2)
Ronnie Correy (0)
|