| EUROPEAN CUP FINAL - 1st LEG |
| Oslo Owls, who turned down the chance to draft in an extra rider to strengthen themselves and rode with their regular septet, put themselves ahead in the first leg of the European Cup Final with an 8 point lead to take back to the UK. Top men Thoresen and Dalasen produced classy displays, with a crucial 5-1 in heat 15, to lead the way and got great backing from Petterson, Juritzen and Ivacic. For the visitors Bergestol reached double figures, being unlucky to suffer an engine failure in heat 15, and Haagensen, Tranberg and Benkarth supported well. The Transporters will hope for better from Gomozov and Hagen on home shale in the second leg as they will look to come out fast and reduce the deficit as quickly as possible. |
| OSLO OWLS 49 |
| 1. Olle Bjorn Thoresen....... 3 1 2* 3 3 - 12+1 |
| 2. Torbjorn Petterson........ 1 3 3 3 - - 10 |
| 3. Ove Dalasen............... 3 3 2 2 2* - 12+1 |
| 4. Merle Pandrich............ 1 0 0 1 - - 2 |
| 5. Rudi Juritzen............. 3 0 2 2* - - 7+1 |
| 6. Maxim Ivacic.............. 2 1 1* 1* 0 - 5+2 |
| 7. Jesse DeVeau.............. 0 1 0 - - - 1 |
| TEESSIDE TRANSPORTERS 41 |
| 1. Hans E Bergestol.......... 2 2 3 1 3 R 11 |
| 2. Jack Hagen................ 0 1* 1* - - - 2+2 |
| 3. Hans Benkarth............. 0 2* 1 3 - - 6+1 |
| 4. Bjorn Haagensen........... 2 3 0 2* 1 - 8+1 |
| 5. Denis Gomozov............. 0 2 3 0 - - 5 |
| 6. Lucio Vilanova............ 1 0 1 - - - 2 |
| 7. Peter Tranberg............ 3 2 2 0 Fx - 7 |
| No. Results OS TE OS TE |
| 1: Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Hans E Bergestol, Torbjorn Petterson, Jack Hagen.... 4 2 4 2 |
| 2: Peter Tranberg, Maxim Ivacic, Lucio Vilanova, Jesse DeVeau............... 2 4 6 6 |
| 3: Ove Dalasen, Bjorn Haagensen, Merle Pandrich, Hans Benkarth.............. 4 2 10 8 |
| 4: Rudi Juritzen, Peter Tranberg, Jesse DeVeau, Denis Gomozov............... 4 2 14 10 |
| 5: Ove Dalasen, Hans E Bergestol, Jack Hagen, Merle Pandrich................ 3 3 17 13 |
| 6: Torbjorn Petterson, Denis Gomozov, Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Lucio Vilanova... 4 2 21 15 |
| 7: Bjorn Haagensen, Hans Benkarth, Maxim Ivacic, Rudi Juritzen.............. 1 5 22 20 |
| 8: Torbjorn Petterson, Peter Tranberg, Jack Hagen, Jesse DeVeau............. 3 3 25 23 |
| 9: Denis Gomozov, Ove Dalasen, Lucio Vilanova, Merle Pandrich............... 2 4 27 27 |
| 10: Torbjorn Petterson, Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Hans Benkarth, Bjorn Haagensen.. 5 1 32 28 |
| 11: Hans E Bergestol, Rudi Juritzen, Maxim Ivacic, Peter Tranberg............ 3 3 35 31 |
| 12: Hans Benkarth, Ove Dalasen, Maxim Ivacic, Peter Tranberg (Fx)............ 3 3 38 34 |
| 13: Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Rudi Juritzen, Hans E Bergestol, Denis Gomozov...... 5 1 43 35 |
| 14: Hans E Bergestol, Bjorn Haagensen, Merle Pandrich, Maxim Ivacic.......... 1 5 44 40 |
| 15: Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Ove Dalasen, Bjorn Haagensen, Hans E Bergestol (R).. 5 1 49 41 |
| EUROPEAN CUP FINAL - 2nd LEG |
| Oslo Owls became the European Cup winners with an amazing display in the second leg in Teesside. The home side blasted into a 10 point lead by heat 5, seemingly taking control on aggregate and extending the gap by a further 2 points in the next heats. As expected Oslo made changes in heat 8 and Thoresen and Juritzen levelled things on aggregate with a 5-1 but the Transporters still seemed very much favourites to pull away again. A good win for Juritzen kept the aggregate scores level but Bergestol and Hagen put Teesside 2 up again in heat 10. A fall for home reserve Vilanova meant Thoresen and Petterson pulled the aggregate level once more in heat 11 before Dalasen and Ivacic stunned the home crowd with a 5-1 over Benkarth and Tranberg in the next. Suddenly Oslo were 4 ahead on aggregate and the meeting was wide open. A fall for Thoresen in heat 13 made things harder but Juritzen split the home pairing to maintain Oslo's lead and with the next heat shared it all came down to a last heat decider. Bergestol and Gomozov looked fired up but disaster struck when Bergestol's bike gave up as he lined up at the start and he failed to get back to the tapes in time to beat the 2 minute allowance. With reserve Tranberg replacing him the visitors knew they could afford to let Gomozov go and Thoresen and Juritzen tucked in behind the Russian to draw the heat and give Oslo a 91-89 victory on aggregate. The home fans looked gutted at the end and they had certainly seen their side suffer some bad luck but they had also seen one of the best meetings anyone in attendance will see for many a long year. |
| TEESSIDE TRANSPORTERS 48 (89) |
| 1. Hans E Bergestol.......... 3 1 3 1 N2 - 8 |
| 2. Jack Hagen................ 1 3 1 1 - - 6 |
| 3. Hans Benkarth............. 1* 3 2 1 - - 7+1 |
| 4. Bjorn Haagensen........... 2 2* 1* 0 - - 5+2 |
| 5. Denis Gomozov............. 1* 3 2 3 3 - 12+1 |
| 6. Lucio Vilanova............ 2* 0 Fx - - - 2+1 |
| 7. Peter Tranberg............ 3 2 0 0 3 0 8 |
| OSLO OWLS 42 (91) |
| 1. Olle Bjorn Thoresen....... 2 1 3 3 Fx 2 11 |
| 2. Torbjorn Petterson........ 0 0 1 - - - 1 |
| 3. Ove Dalasen............... 0 2 2 3 - - 7 |
| 4. Merle Pandrich............ 3 1* 0 2 - - 6+1 |
| 5. Rudi Juritzen............. 3 2 2* 3 2 1* 13+2 |
| 6. Maxim Ivacic.............. 1 0 2* 1* - - 4+2 |
| 7. Jesse DeVeau.............. 0 0 0 - - - 0 |
| No. Results TE OS TE OS |
| 1: Hans E Bergestol, Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Jack Hagen, Torbjorn Petterson........ 4 2 4 2 |
| 2: Peter Tranberg, Lucio Vilanova, Maxim Ivacic, Jesse DeVeau................... 5 1 9 3 |
| 3: Merle Pandrich, Bjorn Haagensen, Hans Benkarth, Ove Dalasen.................. 3 3 12 6 |
| 4: Rudi Juritzen, Peter Tranberg, Denis Gomozov, Jesse DeVeau................... 3 3 15 9 |
| 5: Hans Benkarth, Bjorn Haagensen, Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Torbjorn Petterson...... 5 1 20 10 |
| 6: Jack Hagen, Rudi Juritzen, Hans E Bergestol, Jesse DeVeau.................... 4 2 24 12 |
| 7: Denis Gomozov, Ove Dalasen, Merle Pandrich, Lucio Vilanova................... 3 3 27 15 |
| 8: Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Rudi Juritzen, Jack Hagen, Peter Tranberg............... 1 5 28 20 |
| 9: Rudi Juritzen, Hans Benkarth, Bjorn Haagensen, Maxim Ivacic.................. 3 3 31 23 |
| 10: Hans E Bergestol, Ove Dalasen, Jack Hagen, Merle Pandrich.................... 4 2 35 25 |
| 11: Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Denis Gomozov, Torbjorn Petterson, Lucio Vilanova (Fx).. 2 4 37 29 |
| 12: Ove Dalasen, Maxim Ivacic, Hans Benkarth, Peter Tranberg..................... 1 5 38 34 |
| 13: Denis Gomozov, Rudi Juritzen, Hans E Bergestol, Olle Bjorn Thoresen (Fx)..... 4 2 42 36 |
| 14: Peter Tranberg, Merle Pandrich, Maxim Ivacic, Bjorn Haagensen................ 3 3 45 39 |
| 15: Denis Gomozov, Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Rudi Juritzen, Peter Tranberg............ 3 3 48 42 |