The 1981 Speedway World Team Cup was the 22nd edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. The final took place at the Olching Speedwaybahn in

Olching Olching (Central Bavarian: ''Oiching'') is a town in the district of Fürstenfeldbruck, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Munich. Geography Olching lies approximately halfway between Dachau ...

, West Germany. Denmark won their second title. Ominously for the rest of the world the team contained a youthful Hans Nielsen and

Erik Gundersen Erik Gundersen (born 8 October 1959 in Esbjerg, Denmark) is a former motorcycle speedway rider in the late 1970s and 1980s. Gundersen is one of the most successful speedway riders of all time. He was the ...

Qualification

Round 1

* May 17 *

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, Smallmead Stadium * Referee: C. Ringstrom * Att: 7,000 * England & USA to Intercontinental Final

Round 2

* May 28 *

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Tampere Stadium Tampere Stadium ( fi, Tampereen stadion), also known as Ratina Stadium ( fi, Ratinan stadion), designed by architect Timo Penttilä and completed in 1965, is a multi-purpose stadium in Tampere, Finland, with a seating capacity of 16,800 people ...

* Denmark & Sweden to Intercontinental Final

Round 3

* May 17 *

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, Holsteinring Brokstedt * West Germany & Netherlands to Continental Semi-Final

Round 4

* May 17 *

Debrecen Debrecen ( , is Hungary's second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County. A city with county rights, it was the largest Hungarian city in the 18th century and ...

* Soviet Union & Hungary to Continental Semi-Final

Tournament

Continental Semifinal

* June 28 *

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* Soviet Union & West Germany to Continental Final

Continental Final

* July 11 *

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

* West Germany & Soviet Union to World Final

Intercontinental Final

* July 28 * King's Lynn, Norfolk Arena * Referee: Sam Bass * Denmark & England to World Final

World Final

* August 16 *

Olching Speedwaybahn Olching (Central Bavarian: ''Oiching'') is a town in the district of Fürstenfeldbruck, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Munich. Geography Olching lies approximately halfway between Dachau ...

* Referee: C. Bergstrom

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Qualification

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Tournament

Continental Semifinal

Continental Final

Intercontinental Final

World Final

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