The 1998 Speedway World Team Cup was the 39th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.
The final took place on 11 September at the Vojens Speedway Center in Denmark. The winners were the United States team who claimed their fifth title.
First round 7 June 1998 Stadium Lokomotīve, Daugavpils Austria and France withdrew 1st2nd3rd 3510.Nikolay Kokin (2,1,3,3,2,2,3,2) - 18 11.Vladimir Voronkov (3,3,3,1,3,3,1,e) - 17 291.Lars Gunnestad (3,1,3,3,3,1,3,3) - 202.Arnt Førland (2,1,2,1,2,e,0,1) - 9 2713.Igor Marko (1,2,2,2,3,2,e,2) - 1414.Aleksandr Lyatosinskiy (2,1,2,1,2,1,2,2) - 13 4th5thtrack reserve 264.Matej Ferjan (1,0,3,1,3,2,3,3) - 165.Tomas Šustersič (3,2,f,0,1,1,2,1) - 10 37.Simone Terenzani (0,0,1,0,0,1,1,0) - 38.Nicolo Andriolo (0,0,0,e,0,0,0,0) - 016.Aleksandr Biznya - ns17.Maksim Andreev - ns
Latvia and Norway to second round
Second round 28 June 1998 Stroitel Stadium, Togliatti Norway withdrew and were replaced by Ukraine, England and Australia withdrew 1st2nd3rd 3910.Marian Jirout (3,2,2,3,3,1) - 1411.Adrian Rymel (3,3,1,*,1,2) - 1012.Antonín Kasper Jr. (3,3,*,3,3,3) - 15 351.Zoltán Adorján (2,2,3,3,3,3) - 162.Sándor Tihanyi (3,3,3,1,2,2) - 143.Róbert Nagy (1,e,*,2,2,*) - 5 327.Roman Povazhny - (1,2,2,2,2,3) - 128.Sergej Darkin (2,3,2,2,2,2) - 139.Oleg Kurguskin (1,2,*,1,3,*) - 7 4th5th 813.Nikolay Kokin (1,1,0,1,1,f) - 414. 15.Aleksandr Biznya (2,0,0,1,0,1) - 4 24.Igor Marko (f,-,-,-,-,-) - 05.Aleksandr Lyatosinskiy (0,1,1,0,0,-) - 26.
Czech Republic and Hungary to World final
World Final 11 September 1998 Speedway Center, Vojens
See also 1998 Speedway Grand Prix
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