The Czech Republic national speedway team is one of the major teams in international

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History

As Czechoslovakia

The Czechoslovakia speedway team (which consisted predominantly of Czech Republic riders) competed in the inaugural

Speedway World Team Cup The Speedway World Team Cup was an annual motorcycle speedway, speedway event held each year in different countries. The competition started in 1960 and was replaced with the Speedway World Cup in 2001. Format From 1960 until 1985, each team c ...

during the

1960 Speedway World Team Cup 1960 Speedway World Team Cup was the first edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. The final took place in Gothenburg, Sweden. The World Champion title was won by Sweden team (44 pts) who beat England ...

and won the bronze medal after finishing third in the final. Throughout the history of World Team Cup, the team were regular World Cup contenders from 1960 until their final World Cup in 1992. They reached the final on fourteen occasions, winning the silver medal in 1963 and two more bronze medals in 1977 and 1979. In addition to the four medals at the World Cup, the team won a bronze medal at the

Speedway World Pairs Championship The Speedway World Pairs Championship was an annual motorcycle speedway event held annually in different countries. The first competition was held in 1968, and the final competition was held in 1993. In 1994, it was merged with the World Team ...

. Following the

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at the end of 1992, the riders then competed for their new speedway nations of the Czech Republic and

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As the Czech Republic

The Czech Republic national team competed in their first World Team Cup in the

1993 Speedway World Team Cup The 1993 Speedway World Team Cup was the 34th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. The final was staged at the Brandon Stadium in Coventry, England. The United States won their fourth title. First ...

, finishing in 7th place. The team continued to compete at the highest level, reaching the World Team Cup finals in 1997 and 1998 and winning a silver medal in 1999. From 2001, the competition was rebranded the

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and the Czech Republic reached their fourth and fifth finals in 2002 and 2013. The team also won the

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on five occasions and have since reached the finals of the

2020 Speedway of Nations The 2020 Speedway of Nations (sponsored by Monster Energy) was the third FIM Speedway of Nations. The competition was scheduled to consist of a two-legged final but was reduced to a single leg because of heavy rain on the opening day. The Speedwa ...

and

2022 Speedway of Nations The 2022 Speedway of Nations was the fifth FIM Speedway of Nations. The competition consisted of two semi-finals and a final. Great Britain were the defending champions having won the 2021 competition. Both the semi-finals and final were hel ...

Major world medals

World Cup

European Pairs titles

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Bohumil Brhel Bohumil Brhel (born 10 June 1965) is a Czech former motorcycle speedway rider. He earned 10 international caps for the Czechoslovakia national speedway team and 15 caps for the Czech Republic national speedway team. Career Brhel started racin ...

Aleš Dryml Jr. Aleš Dryml Jr. (born 19 October 1979) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from the Czech Republic. He earned 23 international caps for the Czech Republic national speedway team. Career Dryml and his younger brother Lukáš Dryml were introdu ...

) *

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

(Aleš Dryml Jr.,

Lukáš Dryml Lukáš Dryml (born 16 April 1981 in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from the Czech Republic. He earned 20 international caps for the Czech Republic national speedway team and represented his nati ...

Zdeněk Simota Zdeněk Simota (born 4 May 1985 in Prachatice, Czech Republic) also known as Sam Simota, is a former motorcycle speedway rider from the Czech Republic. He earned 5 international caps for the Czech Republic national speedway team. Career Simo ...

) *

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(Aleš Dryml Jr. & Lukáš Dryml) *

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

(Aleš Dryml Jr. & Lukáš Dryml) *

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Václav Milík Jr. Václav Milík Jr. (born 22 May 1993) is a Czech speedway rider. He is a member of the Czech Republic national speedway team. He is a son of former Czechoslovak and Czech speedway rider Václav Milík Sr. Biography Václav Milík Jr. was bo ...

Eduard Krčmář Eduard Krčmář (born 26 March 1996) is a Czech 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-clockw ...

)

International caps

Since the advent of the

Speedway Grand Prix Speedway Grand Prix are a series of stand-alone motorcycle speedway events over the course of a season used to determine the Speedway World Champion. The series started in 1995 replacing the previous format of a single event final. The first ...

era, international caps earned by riders is largely restricted to international competitions, whereas previously test matches between two teams were a regular occurrence. This means that the number of caps earned by a rider has decreased in the modern era.

References

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