| Rd | Event | Surface | Date | Winner |
| 1 | Monte Carlo | Tarmac/snow | Sat 16th - Fri 22nd Jan | Rohrl, Walter |
| 2 | Sweden | Snow | Fri 12th - Sun 14th Feb | Blomqvist, Stig |
| 3 | Portugal | Tarmac/gravel | Wed 3rd - Sat 6th Mar | Mouton, Michele |
| 4 | Safari | Gravel | Thu 8th - Mon 12th Apr | Mehta, Shekhar |
| 5 | Corsica | Tarmac | Thu 6th - Sat 8th May | Ragnotti, Jean |
| 6 | Acropolis | Gravel | Mon 31st May - Thu 3rd Jun | Mouton, Michele |
| 7 | New Zealand | Gravel | Sat 26th - Tue 29th Jun | Waldegard, Bjorn |
| 8 | Argentina | Gravel | Event cancelled | -- |
| 9 | Brazil | Gravel | Wed 11th - Sat 14th Aug | Mouton, Michele |
| 10 | Finland | Gravel | Fri 27th - Sun 29th Aug | Mikkola, Hannu |
| 11 | San Remo | Tarmac/gravel | Sun 3rd - Fri 8th Oct | Blomqvist, Stig |
| 12 | Ivory Coast | Tarmac/gravel | Wed 27th Oct - Mon 1st Nov | Rohrl, Walter |
| 13 | Great Britain | Gravel | Sun 21st - Thu 25th Nov | Mikkola, Hannu |
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