Speedway of Nations

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]

FIM Speedway of Nations
Current season, competition or edition:
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

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 Wrocław Russia (45 Pts) Great Britain (46 Pts) Poland (36 Pts)
2019 Tolyatti Russia (45 Pts) Poland (47 Pts) Australia (41 Pts)
2020 Lublin Russia (23 pts) Poland (23 pts) Denmark (19 pts)
2021 Belle Vue Great Britain (64 pts) Poland (74 pts) Denmark (68 pts)
2022 Esbjerg
2024
2025
2027
2028
2030
2031
  • 2020 Finished after 14 Heats due to bad weather condition. Russia awarded gold as they beat Poland in Heat 8.

Medal classification
PosNational TeamTotal
1. Russia 3--3
2. Great Britain 11-2
3. Poland -314
4. Denmark --22
5. Australia --11

Rider classification
PosRiderTeamTotal
1.Artem Laguta Russia 3--3
Emil Sayfutdinov Russia 3--3
3.Gleb Chugunov Russia 2--2
4.Robert Lambert Great Britain 11-2
Tai Woffinden Great Britain 11-2
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 -112
Maksym Drabik Poland -112
Maciej Janowski Poland -112
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 --22
18.Jason Doyle Australia --11
Max Fricke Australia --11
Jaimon Lidsey Australia --11
Anders Thomsen Denmark --11
Marcus Birkemose Denmark --11
Mikkel Michelsen Denmark --11
Mads Hansen Denmark --11

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.
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