The 1985 Speedway World Team Cup was the 26th edition of the FIM
Speedway World Team Cup
The Speedway World Team Cup was an annual motorcycle speedway, speedway event held each year in different countries. The competition started in 1960 and was replaced with the Speedway World Cup in 2001.
Format
From 1960 until 1985 each team cons ...
to determine the team world champions.
The final took place at the
Veterans Memorial Stadium (Long Beach)
Veterans Memorial Stadium (also known as Veterans Stadium, Vets Stadium or simply The Vet) is an 11,600-seat stadium located south of the Liberal Arts Campus of Long Beach City College in Long Beach, California. It is the home stadium to a numbe ...
, in California, United States. Denmark won their third consecutive title (and fifth in total) surpassing Poland's four titles and moving into third place in the all time list.
Qualification
Round 1
* May 12, 1985
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Bradford
Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...
* Att: 8,000
* Ref: J M Price (GB)
* 1st & 2nd to Intercontinental Final
Round 2
* May 12, 1985
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Skien Skien () is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county in Norway. In modern times it is regarded as part of the traditional region of Grenland, although historically it belonged to Grenmar/Skiensfjorden, while Grenland referred the ...
* 1st & 2nd to Intercontinental Final
Round 3
* May 12, 1985
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Civitanova Marche
Civitanova Marche is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about southeast of Ancona and about east of Macerata.
Geography
Civitanova Marche borders the municipalities: Montecosaro, Port ...
* 1st & 2nd to Continental Semi-Final
Round 4
* May 12, 1985
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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 ...
* Att: 6,000
* 1st & 2nd to Continental Semi-Final
Tournament
Continental Semifinal
* May 22, 1985
* Gorzów
* Att: 18,000
* 1st & 2nd to Continental Final
Intercontinental Final
* June 22, 1985
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Vojens
Vojens (german: Woyens) is a railway town in Denmark with a population of 7,475 (1 January 2022).Neustadt
* Att: 8,000
* 1st & 2nd to Final
World Final
* August 10, 1985
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Long Beach
Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 466,742 as of 2020. A charter city, Long Beach is the seventh-most populous city in California.
Incorporat ...
1985 Individual Speedway World Championship
The 1985 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 40th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.
Odsal Stadium, the new home of international speedway in England after the demise of the Wembley Sta ...
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1985 Speedway World Pairs Championship
The 1985 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the sixteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Rybnik, Poland. The championship was won by Denmark (29 points) who they beat England (27 pts) and United States (22 pts) ...