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| 1987 | WORLD TEAM CUP | 1989 | ||
| 1988 |
| GROUP D (Winner to Group C) | ||||||||
| 10.04 : Wiener Neustadt, | Austria | 41 | New Zealand | 35 | Norway | 25 | Holland | 19 |
| Austria | Heinrich Schatzer | 14 | Mitch Shirra | 14 | Ingvar Skogland | 10 | Henny Kroeze | 8 |
| Siegfried Eder | 12 | Gary Allan | 9 | Arnt Forland | 7 | Henk Steman | 7 | |
| Robert Funk | 7 | Alan Rivett* | 8 | Tor Einar Hielm | 5 | Robert Jan Munnecom | 3 | |
| Walter Nebel | 7 | Bruce Cribb | 4 | Einar Kyllingstad | 2 | Rob Steman | 1 | |
| Andy Bössner | 1 | (no reserve) | - | Arne Svendsen | 1 | Rene Elzinga | 0 | |
| * Although born in New Zealand, Rivett rode many times for Australia, where he lived, on an Australian licence. | ||||||||
| This appearance for New Zealand was due to them being unable to otherwise raise a team. | ||||||||
| GROUP C (Winner to Group B) | ||||||||
| Rd.1 - 26.06 : Szeged, Hungary | Hungary | 52 | Italy | 41 | Austria | 12 | Bulgaria | 15 |
| Rd.2 - 03.07 : Lonigo, Italy | Hungary | 44 | Italy | 43 | Austria | 22 | Bulgaria | 10 |
| Aggregate | Hungary | 96 | Italy | 84 | Austria | 34 | Bulgaria | 25 |
| Hungary | Total | Italy | Total | ||||||
| Zoltan Adorjan | 14 | 12 | 26 | Armando Castagna | 10 | 14 | 24 | ||
| Antal Kocso | 12 | 11 | 23 | Valentino Furlanetto | 9 | 12 | 21 | ||
| Sandor Tihanyi | 15 | 5 | 20 | Paolo Salvatelli | 9 | 9 | 18 | ||
| Josef Petrikovics | 4 | 12 | 16 | Armando dal Chiele | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Janos Balogh | 7 | 4 | 11 | Ottaviano Righetto | - | 8 | 8 | ||
| Gianni Famari | - | - | - | ||||||
| Austria | Bulgaria | ||||||||
| Walter Nebel | 5 | 6 | 11 | Nikolai Manev | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Robert Funk | 4 | 5 | 9 | Georgi Petranov | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Toni Pilotto | 3 | 5 | 8 | Rudolf Valentinov | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Andy Bössner | - | 5 | 5 | Angel Eftimov | 3 | - | 3 | ||
| Siegfried Eder | 0 | 1 | 1 | Orlin Janakiev | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Heinrich Schatzer | 0 | - | 0 | Aleksi Todorov | - | 1 | 1 |
| GROUP B (Winner to Group A) | ||||||||
| 12.08 : Landshut, | West Germany | 40 | Hungary | 38 | Australia | 32 | Finland | 10 |
| West Germany | Klaus Lausch | 11 | Zoltan Adorjan | 14 | Stephen Davies | 11 | Ari Koponen | 4 |
| Tommy Dunker | 10 | Antal Kocso | 13 | Mick Poole | 9 | Aki Ala-Riihimaki | 2 | |
| Karl Maier | 10 | Sandor Tihanyi | 8 | Craig Hodgson | 6 | Roy Malminheimo | 2 | |
| Gerd Riss | 9 | Janos Balogh | 3 | Troy Butler | 5 | Olli Tyrvainen | 2 | |
| Hans Faltermaier | 0 | Josef Petrikovics | 0 | Steve Baker | 1 | Kai Niemi | 0 | |
| GROUP A (Winner to Final) | ||||||||
| Rd.1 - 21.08 : Prague, Czechoslovakia | Sweden | 49 | West Germany | 26 | Czechoslovakia | 28 | Poland | 17 |
| Rd.2 - 25.08 : Linkoping, Sweden | Sweden | 51 | West Germany | 31 | Czechoslovakia | 22 | Poland | 14 |
| Aggregate | Sweden | 100 | West Germany | 57 | Czechoslovakia | 50 | Poland | 31 |
| Sweden | Total | West Germany | Total | ||||||
| Jimmy Nilsen | 14 | 11 | 25 | Gerd Riss | 10 | 12 | 22 | ||
| Per Jonsson | 13 | 10 | 23 | Karl Maier | 8 | 11 | 19 | ||
| Tony Olsson | 11 | 10 | 21 | Klaus Lausch | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Conny Ivarsson | 6 | 11 | 17 | Tommy Dunker | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Henrik Gustafsson | 5 | 9 | 14 | Hans Faltermeier | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Czechoslovakia | Poland | ||||||||
| Roman Matousek | 11 | 11 | 22 | Zenon Kasprzak | 8 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Toni Kasper | 6 | 5 | 11 | Andrzej Huszcza | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Lubomir Jedek | 7 | 0 | 7 | Roman Jankowski | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Petr Vandirek | 4 | 3 | 7 | Eugeniusz Skupien | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Bohumil Brhel | 0 | 3 | 3 | Piotr Swist | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| FINAL | ||||||||
| 10.09 : Coliseum Stadium, | Denmark | 44 | USA | 32 | Sweden* | 22 | England* | 22 |
| Long Beach, Los Angeles, | Hans Nielsen | 14 | Sam Ermolenko | 13 | Per Jonsson | 9 | Gary Havelock | 8 |
| California, USA | Jan O Pedersen | 12 | Shawn Moran | 8 | Jimmy Nilsen | 5 | Kelvin Tatum | 7 |
| Erik Gundersen | 8 | Lance King | 6 | Henrik Gustafsson | 4 | Chris Morton | 4 | |
| Tommy Knudsen | 8 | Kelly Moran | 5 | Tony Olsson | 4 | Simon Cross | 3 | |
| John Jorgensen | 2 | Rick Miller | 0 | Conny Ivarsson | 0 | Simon Wigg | 0 | |
| *Run-off for 3rd place : Jonsson, Sweden beat Tatum, England | ||||||||
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