Speedway of Nations
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Formerly | World Team Cup (held 1960-2000) World Cup (held 2001-2017) |
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Sport | Motorcycle speedway |
Founded | 2018 |
Director | Phil Morris |
Motto | No brakes, no gears, no fear |
No. of teams | 15 national teams |
Continent | World |
Most recent champion(s) | ![]() |
Most titles | ![]() |
TV partner(s) | BT Sport (UK) |
Related competitions | Speedway Grand Prix |
Official website | [1] |
The Speedway of Nations is a speedway event for national teams, held each year in a different country. The first edition of the competition in the current format took place in 2018, replacing the Speedway World Cup on the international calendar.[1] It was the first time an official FIM international pairs competition was staged since the World Pairs Championship ceased in 1993. Great Britain are the current champions after winning in 2021.[2]
Format[]
Each meeting is staged between seven national teams, with each national team represented by two riders. A third rider, who must be aged 21 years or under, acts as a reserve and can be used at any time. Each pairing rides against each other once. The combined total of each pair will be used to determine the outcome.[3]
Two semi-finals are held in different countries, with the top three teams in each progressing to the final. The final is then staged between the hosts and the six qualified nations. It takes places over two rounds, with the second and third placed nations progressing to the semi-final, which is a single race. The winner of the semi-final faces the first placed nation in the Grand Final. The Grand Final winners are crowned Speedway of Nations champions.
Winners[]
By season[]
Year | Venue | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place |
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2019 | ![]() |
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2020 | ![]() |
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2021 | ![]() |
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- 2020 Finished after 14 Heats due to bad weather condition. Russia awarded gold as they beat Poland in Heat 8.
Medal classification[]
Pos | National Team | ![]() |
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Total |
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1. | ![]() |
3 | - | - | 3 |
2. | ![]() |
1 | 1 | - | 2 |
3. | ![]() |
- | 3 | 1 | 4 |
4. | ![]() |
- | - | 2 | 2 |
5. | ![]() |
- | - | 1 | 1 |
Rider classification[]
Pos | Rider | Team | ![]() |
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Total |
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1. | Artem Laguta | ![]() |
3 | - | - | 3 |
Emil Sayfutdinov | ![]() |
3 | - | - | 3 | |
3. | Gleb Chugunov | ![]() |
2 | - | - | 2 |
4. | Robert Lambert | ![]() |
1 | 1 | - | 2 |
Tai Woffinden | ![]() |
1 | 1 | - | 2 | |
6. | Evgeny Saidullin | ![]() |
1 | - | - | 1 |
Dan Bewley | ![]() |
1 | - | - | 1 | |
Tom Brennan | ![]() |
1 | - | - | 1 | |
9. | Bartosz Zmarzlik | ![]() |
- | 3 | - | 3 |
10. | Patryk Dudek | ![]() |
- | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Maksym Drabik | ![]() |
- | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Maciej Janowski | ![]() |
- | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
13. | Craig Cook | ![]() |
- | 1 | - | 1 |
Dominik Kubera | ![]() |
- | 1 | - | 1 | |
Szymon Woźniak | ![]() |
- | 1 | - | 1 | |
Jakub Miśkowiak | ![]() |
- | 1 | - | 1 | |
17. | Leon Madsen | ![]() |
- | - | 2 | 2 |
18. | Jason Doyle | ![]() |
- | - | 1 | 1 |
Max Fricke | ![]() |
- | - | 1 | 1 | |
Jaimon Lidsey | ![]() |
- | - | 1 | 1 | |
Anders Thomsen | ![]() |
- | - | 1 | 1 | |
Marcus Birkemose | ![]() |
- | - | 1 | 1 | |
Mikkel Michelsen | ![]() |
- | - | 1 | 1 | |
Mads Hansen | ![]() |
- | - | 1 | 1 |
See also[]
- Speedway Grand Prix
- Team Speedway Junior World Championship (U-21)
- List of world championships
References[]
- ^ "Breaking News:FIM Speedway of Nations". SGP.com.
- ^ "Speedway: Great Britain claim first world title since 1989 with win over Poland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ "Speedway of Nations draw and calendar". SGP.com.
External links[]
- Speedway of Nations
- Speedway competitions
- World cups
- Recurring sporting events established in 2018