Speedway of Nations

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FIM Speedway of Nations
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2021 Speedway of Nations
FormerlyWorld Team Cup (held 1960-2000)
World Cup (held 2001-2017)
SportMotorcycle speedway
Founded2018
DirectorPhil Morris
MottoNo brakes, no gears, no fear
No. of teams15 national teams
ContinentWorld
Most recent
champion(s)		 Great Britain
Most titles Russia (3 times)
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
2018 Poland Wrocław Russia Russia (45 Pts) United Kingdom Great Britain (46 Pts) Poland Poland (36 Pts)
2019 Russia Tolyatti Russia Russia (45 Pts) Poland Poland (47 Pts) Australia Australia (41 Pts)
2020 Poland Lublin Russia Russia (23 pts) Poland Poland (23 pts) Denmark Denmark (19 pts)
2021 United Kingdom Belle Vue United Kingdom Great Britain (64 pts) Poland Poland (74 pts) Denmark Denmark (68 pts)
Denmark Esbjerg
  • 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 Gold Silver Bronze Total
1.  Russia 3 - - 3
2.  Great Britain 1 1 - 2
3.  Poland - 3 1 4
4.  Denmark - - 2 2
5.  Australia - - 1 1

Rider classification[]

Pos Rider Team Gold Silver Bronze Total
1. Artem Laguta  Russia 3 - - 3
Emil Sayfutdinov  Russia 3 - - 3
3. Gleb Chugunov  Russia 2 - - 2
4. Robert Lambert  Great Britain 1 1 - 2
Tai Woffinden  Great Britain 1 1 - 2
6. Evgeny Saidullin  Russia 1 - - 1
Dan Bewley  Great Britain 1 - - 1
Tom Brennan  Great Britain 1 - - 1
9. Bartosz Zmarzlik  Poland - 3 - 3
10. Patryk Dudek  Poland - 1 1 2
Maksym Drabik  Poland - 1 1 2
Maciej Janowski  Poland - 1 1 2
13. Craig Cook  Great Britain - 1 - 1
Dominik Kubera  Poland - 1 - 1
Szymon Woźniak  Poland - 1 - 1
Jakub Miśkowiak  Poland - 1 - 1
17. Leon Madsen  Denmark - - 2 2
18. Jason Doyle  Australia - - 1 1
Max Fricke  Australia - - 1 1
Jaimon Lidsey  Australia - - 1 1
Anders Thomsen  Denmark - - 1 1
Marcus Birkemose  Denmark - - 1 1
Mikkel Michelsen  Denmark - - 1 1
Mads Hansen  Denmark - - 1 1

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Breaking News:FIM Speedway of Nations". SGP.com.
  2. ^ "Speedway: Great Britain claim first world title since 1989 with win over Poland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Speedway of Nations draw and calendar". SGP.com.

External links[]

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