|
Sweden National Speedway Team
The Sweden national speedway team are one of the major teams in international motorcycle speedway. History The Sweden speedway team has won the Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup on ten occasions and were a major force in the opening years of the tournament, winning four out of the first five, between 1960 and 1964. Key riders of the period were Ove Fundin, Rune Sörmander, Björn Knutson, Göte Nordin and Sören Sjösten. The cup eluded them for 23 years between 1971 and 1993, but they regained the trophy in 1994, when Tony Rickardsson, Henrik Gustafsson and Mikael Karlsson were successful. Sweden bookended the original World Team Cup, winning the inaugural final at the Ullevi Stadium at home in Göteborg, in 1960 before winning the last World Team Cup in 2000 at the Brandon Stadium in Coventry, England. They also went on to win in 2003 and 2004 and 2015. Additionally, they won the defunct Speedway World Pairs Championship five times. Major tournament win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motorcycle Speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only one gear and have no brakes. Racing takes place on a flat oval track usually consisting of soil, dirt, loosely packed shale, or crushed rock (mostly used in Australia and New Zealand). Competitors use this surface to slide their machines sideways, powersliding or broadsiding into the bends. On the straight sections of the track, the motorcycles reach speeds of up to . There are now both domestic and international competitions in a number of countries, including the Speedway World Cup, whilst the highest overall scoring individual in the Speedway Grand Prix events is pronounced the world champion. Speedway is popular in Central Europe, Central and Northern Europe and to a lesser extent in Australia and North America. A variant of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Speedway World Cup
The 2015 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the fifteenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 6 June and 14 June 2015 and involved nine national teams. It was won by Sweden, the first time they have achieved success since 2004. They beat hosts and defending champions Denmark by two points, while Poland edged out Australia to claim third. Qualification Ellermühle Speedway Stadium, Landshut - 9 May 2015 Qualified teams Tournament The final was delayed from 13 Jun until 14 Jun after rain caused the meeting to be abandoned. Final classification See also * 2015 Speedway Grand Prix References External links Official website {{Speedway World Cup seasons World Team 2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its cur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abensberg Stadion
The Wack Hofmeister Stadium formerly the Altes Stadion Abensberg (the Old Stadium) is a motorcycle speedway and association football stadium located slightly east of the centre of Abensberg in Germany. It hosts the speedway team MSC Abensberg and the football team TSV Abensberg 1862. History The stadium has hosted international matches for the West Germany national speedway team and in 1964, held the Speedway World Team Cup final. Also referred to as the Motorstadion Abensberg, the venue hosted the 1985 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship. It was won by Per Jonsson on 14 July 1985, who later became a world champion. The most prestigious speedway event to be held at the track was the first ever Speedway Grand Prix of Germany in 1995, which formed part of the World Championship. The 1995 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany was won by the Dane Tommy Knudsen Tommy Knudsen (born 9 November 1961 in Roager, Denmark) is a former Motorcycle sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 Speedway World Team Cup
1964 Speedway World Team Cup was the fifth edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. The final took place in Abensberg, West Germany. The World Champion title was won by Sweden (34 pts) who beat Soviet Union (27 pts), Great Britain (21 pts) and Poland (16 pts). Format ''* Great Britain seeded to the final'' Qualification Continental Semi-Final 1 * May 25 * Kraków Speedway Stadium, Kraków Continental Semi-Final 2 * May 25 * Stadion Automoto Drustvo Svetozarevo Scandinavian Round * June 6 * Selskov Stadium, Hillerød Continental Final * Army Sports Club Stadium, Lviv (Yugoslavia replaced Bulgaria) World final * Abensberg, Abensberg Speedwaystadion See also * 1964 Individual Speedway World Championship * motorcycle speedway References {{Speedway World Cup seasons 1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Olof Söderman
Per Olof Söderman (born 29 October 1932) was a speedway rider from Sweden. During his racing career he was also known as Peo Söderman. He earned 44 caps for the Sweden national speedway team. Speedway career Söderman reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on four occasions in the 1956 Individual Speedway World Championship, 1957 Individual Speedway World Championship, 1963 Individual Speedway World Championship and 1966 Individual Speedway World Championship. He was also a two time finalist at the Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship in 1965 and 1970. He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1956-58, riding for Coventry Bees. World Final appearances Individual World Championship * 1956 - London, Wembley Stadium - 6th - 10pts * 1957 - London, Wembley Stadium - 9th - 7pts * 1958 - London, Wembley Stadium - Reserve - Did not ride * 1963 - London, Wembley Stadium - 12th - 5pts * 1966 - Gothenburg, Ullevi - 16th - 1pt World T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst-Happel-Stadion
Ernst-Happel-Stadion (), known as Praterstadion until 1992, is a association football, football stadium in Leopoldstadt, the 2nd district of Austria's capital Vienna. With 50,865 seats, it is the largest stadium in Austria. It was built between 1929 and 1931 for the 1931 Workers' Olympiad, second Workers' Olympiad to the design of German architect Otto Ernst Schweizer. The stadium was renamed in honour of Austrian footballer Ernst Happel following his death in 1992. The stadium hosted seven games in UEFA Euro 2008, including the UEFA Euro 2008 Final, final which saw Spain national football team, Spain triumph over Germany national football team, Germany. The stadium is owned by the City of Vienna (Municipal Department 51 – Sports of the City of Vienna). It is managed by the ''Wiener Stadthalle Betriebs und Veranstaltungsgesellschaft m.b.H.'', a subsidiary of ''Wien Holding''. It is a UEFA stadium categories, UEFA Category 4 stadium, and as such, it is the home of the Austria nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 Speedway World Team Cup
1963 Speedway World Team Cup was the fourth edition of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. The final took place in Vienna, Austria. The World Champion title was won by Sweden national speedway team, Sweden (37 pts) who beat Czechoslovakia national speedway team, Czechoslovakia (27 pts), Great Britain national speedway team, Great Britain (25 pts) and Poland national speedway team, Poland (7 pts). Format Qualification Nordic Round * 23 May * Målilla#Speedway, Målilla Motorbana, Målilla British Round The British Round was cancelled. Great Britain national speedway team, Great Britain was seeded to the Final. Central European Round * 13 June * Olching, Olching Speedwaybahn East European Round * 4 August * Stroitel Stadium (Ufa), Stroitel Stadium, Ufa World final * 31 August * Vienna, Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Stadion Wien See also * 1963 Individual Speedway World Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Britain Speedway Team
The Great Britain national speedway team (formerly the England speedway team) is one of the major teams in international motorcycle speedway. The team is managed by former Great Britain riders Oliver Allen (speedway rider), Oliver Allen and Simon Stead, and captained by the Tai Woffinden. The team raced as England from 1928 to 1961 and again from 1974 to 2000. They have raced as Great Britain from 1962 to 1973 and since 2001. History The national speedway team held test matches against the Australia national speedway team, Australia as early as 1928, although the first official test match is listed as 30 June 1930 at Wimbledon Stadium. The team won the Speedway World Team Cup on five occasions as England and four times as Great Britain from 1968 to 1989. They were a major force in the 1970s, winning five consecutive tournaments, two as England and three as Great Britain. Key riding members of the title wins include Peter Collins (speedway rider), Peter Collins (five wins), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slaný Speedway Stadium
Slaný Speedway Stadium () is a speedway track in Slaný, Czech Republic. The track is located on the Netovická road in the southeastern area of the town. The stadium hosts the speedway team AK Slaný. History The stadium was constructed throughout 1948 and 1949 and opened on 13 August 1950. Major reconstructions took place in 1958 and 1974, the latter when FIM regulations required a cinder/shale track. In-between the stadium hosted arguably what was its most significant event, the final of the 1962 Speedway World Team Cup, which attracted a crowd of 35,000. Further major events took place at the track when the final of the Speedway Under-21 World Championship was held in 1981 and 1988 respectively. In 1986, the width of the track increased allowing six riders to race and in 1988 a grandstand opened which featured VIP areas and seating for 1,000 spectators. The 2002 Speedway Under-21 World Championship was hosted at the stadium and was won by Czech rider Lukáš Dryml and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 Speedway World Team Cup
1962 Speedway World Team Cup was the third edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. The final took place in Slaný, Czechoslovakia. The World Champion title was won by Sweden (36 pts) who beat Great Britain (24 pts), Poland (20 pts) and Czechoslovakia (16 pts). Format Qualification Nordic Round * 23 April * Vetlanda, Vetlanda Motorstadion British Round The British Round was cancelled. Great Britain was seeded to the World Final. Central European Round * 15 July * Pavlovičky Stadion, Liberec * West Germany was replaced by second team from Czechoslovakia East European Round * 15 July * Rybnik, Rybnik Municipal Stadium World final * 29 July * Slaný, Slaný Speedway See also * motorcycle speedway * 1962 Individual Speedway World Championship References {{Speedway World Cup seasons 1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olle Nygren
Harald Olof Ingemar Nygren (11 November 1929 – 13 February 2021) was a Swedish motorcycle speedway rider, who reached the finals of the Speedway World Championship five times. He earned 90 caps for the Sweden national speedway team. Career Nygren was the inaugural Swedish Champion during the 1949 Swedish speedway season. He also helped his Swedish team Vargarna win the Swedish Speedway Team Championship. He started riding in Great Britain during the 1951 Speedway National League, when he joined the Harringay Racers. He soon established himself as a leading rider, recording exceptional averages for New Cross Rangers and then Bristol Bulldogs during the 1953 Speedway National League season. After a season with Wimbledon Dons in 1954 he would not ride in Britain again until 1960. In the meantime, he reached several world finals and was considered a world class rider, winning his second Nordic Championship and the World Team Cup in 1960. He returned to British spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland National Speedway Team
The Poland national speedway team is the national motorcycle speedway team of Poland and is controlled by the Polish Motor Union ( PZM). They are one of the most successful speedway nations of all time. History The Polish speedway team participated in the inaugural Speedway World Team Cup, being seeded through to the final of the 1960 Speedway World Team Cup. The team were a major force in the opening decade of the tournament, winning the World Team Cup in 1961, 1965, 1966 and 1969, with only the Swedish team winning more World Cups. In the 1970s, the team continued to be one of the major forces in Eastern Europe and qualified for the World Team Cup final every year from 1970 to 1979. Andrzej Wyglenda and Jerzy Szczakiel also won the 1971 Speedway World Pairs Championship. However, during the 1980s the team began to struggle against the best nations and only managed two finals in 1980 and 1984. It was not until the mid-1990s and the arrival of Tomasz Gollob that Poland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
