Speedway Champions Cup

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The Speedway Champions Cup was an annual motorcycle speedway event held each year organized by the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) between 1986 and 1993. [1] [2]

Motorcycle speedway motorcycle sport

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This competition featured the national champions of the top sixteen countries. It was held to give smaller speedway nations their own "World Final", but was scrapped with the introduction of the Speedway Grand Prix in 1995. [1]

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.

Previous winners

YearVenueWinnersRunner-up3rd place
1986 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pardubice Flag of Sweden.svg Erik Stenlund (14 pts) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Viktor Kuzniecov (13+3 pts) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Antonín Kasper, Jr. (13+2 pts)
1987 Flag of Hungary.svg Miskolc Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltán Adorján (12 pts) Flag of Italy.svg Armando Castagna (12 pts) Flag of England.svg Neil Evitts (11 pts)
1988 Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Krško Flag of Sweden.svg Per Jonsson (14 pts) Flag of Germany.svg Gerd Riss (13+3 pts) Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltán Adorján (13+2 pts)
1989 Flag of Austria.svg Natschbach-Loipersbach Flag of Denmark.svg Jan O. Pedersen (15 pts) Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Shirra (13 pts) Flag of Finland.svg Kai Niemi (10 pts)
1990 Flag of Italy.svg Lonigo Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Nielsen (14+3 pts) Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltán Adorján (14+2 pts) Flag of England.svg Simon Wigg (12 pts)
1991 Flag of Norway.svg Elgane Flag of Norway.svg Lars Gunnestad (14 pts) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Antonín Kasper, Jr. (13 pts) Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Nielsen (12 pts)
1992 Flag of Ukraine.svg Rivne Flag of Denmark.svg Gert Handberg (13 pts) Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltán Adorján (12 pts) Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Karlsson (10 pts)
1993 Flag of Finland.svg Tampere Flag of Poland.svg Tomasz Gollob (13+3 pts) Flag of Australia.svg Leigh Adams (13+2 pts) Flag of Italy.svg Armando Castagna (13+1 pts)
YearVenueWinnersRunner-up3rd place

See also

Track racing

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The Individual Speedway European Championship is an annual individual speedway event organized by the European Motorcycle Union (UEM) to determine the champion of Europe. The competition was founded in 2001 and was initially staged as a one-off meeting, however the single event was replaced by the Speedway European Championship series in 2012. As of 2015, the competition was staged over four rounds in a Grand Prix format, with the winner being declared as the rider who accumulated the most points over the duration of the four rounds. The minimum age of a rider to compete is 16 years of age.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Speedway FAQ: World Champions" (in Polish). www.speedway-faq.org. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
  2. ↑ "IPE" (in Polish). speedway.hg.pl. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
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