The 1980 Speedway World Team Cup was the 21st 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. 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.
Qualification Stage 1 Day Venue Winner 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
Commonwealth Round 18 May King's Lynn, Norfolk Arena Referee: G Bergstrom
* England & USA to Intercontinental Final
Scandinivian Round 11 June Kumla Motorstadion, Kumla
1st2nd3rd4th - 43Ole Olsen - 12Bo Petersen - 12Tommy Knudsen - 11Hans Nielsen - 6Erik Gundersen - 2 - 31Anders Michanek - 10Jan Andersson- 9Richard Hellsen - 6Bengt Jansson - 5Bernt Persson - 1 - 18Kai Niemi - 6Ari Koponen - 5Veijo Tuoriniemi - 4Ila Teromaa - 3Pekka Hautamaki - 0 - 4Dag Haaland - 2Audun Ove Olsen - 1Trond Helge Skretting - 1Reidar Eide - 0Rolf Gramstad - 0 * Denmark & Sweden to Intercontinental Final
Continental Round 18 May Castiglione Olona, Varese
1st2nd3rd4th - 41Grigory Khlinovsky - 12Valery Gordeev - 11Viktor Kuznetsov - 11Mikhail Starostin - 7 - 21Francesco Biginato - 8Giuseppe Marzotto- 5Giovanni Brizzolari - 4Mauro Ferraccioli - 4 - 17Herbert Szerecs - 7Adi Funk - 5Walter Grubmüler - 4Herbert Engelmaier - 1 - 16Nikolai Manev - 7Angel Eftimov - 4Orlin Janakiev - 4Ivan Marenov - 1 * Soviet Union & Italy to Continental Semi-Final
17 May Breitenthal Speedway Stadium, Krumbach
1st2nd3rd4th - 40Waldemar Bacik - 12Georg Hack - 12Christoph Betzl - 9Egon Müller - 7 - 29Rudi Muts - 9Frits Koppe- 7Henk Steman - 6Henny Kroeze - 5Wil Stroes - 2 - 22Istvan Sziraczki - 9Laszlo Meszaros - 6Zoltan Hajdu - 4Janos Szoke - 3Ferenc Farkash - 0 - 5Franc Zagar - 2Stefan Kekec - 1Ivan Vrbnjak - 1Darko Tominac - 1Vlado Kocuvan - 0 * West Germany & Netherlands to Continental Semi-Final
Semifinal 29 June Rodenbach Motodrom, Rodenbach
* West Germany & Soviet Union to Continental Final
Qualification Stage 2 Day Venue Winner Stage 2 5 July Speedway Center, Vojens England 13 July Hansa Stadium, Bremen Poland
Continental Final 13 July Hansa Stadium, Bremen Referee: Mr. Kristensen
* Poland & Czechoslovakia to World Final
Intercontinental Final 5 July Speedway Center, Vojens Att: 8,000
* England & USA to World Final
World Final 21 September Olympic Stadium, Wrocław Att: 55,000
See also 1980 Individual Speedway World Championship 1980 Speedway World Pairs Championship
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