Continental Speedway final

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The Continental final was a Motorcycle speedway final sanctioned by the FIM as the qualifying round for the Speedway World Championship between 1976 and 2000. [1] [2]

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From 1952 to 1975 it acted as the final qualifier for the Championship round or European final but from 1976 to 1990 it was upgraded in stature and acted as a final qualifier for the World Championship final itself. [3] It was not held from 1991 to 1994 and then from 1995 to 2001 it acted as a final qualifier for the Speedway Grand Prix or Grand Prix Challenge. [4]

Editions

YearVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
1952 Flag of Sweden.svg Falköping Flag of Sweden.svg Rune Sörmander Flag of Sweden.svg Olle Nygren Flag of Sweden.svg Stig Pramberg
1953 Flag of Sweden.svg Kumla Flag of Norway.svg Basse Hveem Flag of Sweden.svg Olle Nygren Flag of Sweden.svg Dan Forsberg
1954 Flag of Sweden.svg Linköping Flag of Sweden.svg Ove Fundin Flag of Sweden.svg Rune Sörmander Flag of Sweden.svg Sune Karlsson
1955 Flag of Germany.svg Abensberg Flag of Austria.svg Fritz Dirtl Flag of Austria.svg Josef Kamper Flag of Sweden.svg Georg Duneborn
1956 Flag of Germany.svg Oberhausen Flag of Sweden.svg Kjell Carlsson Flag of Germany.svg Josef Seidl Flag of Poland.svg Andrzej Krzesiński
1957 Flag of Austria.svg Vienna Flag of Germany.svg Josef Hofmeister Flag of Germany.svg Josef Seidl Flag of Poland.svg Stanisław Tkocz
1958 Flag of Germany.svg Oberhausen Flag of Sweden.svg Joel Jansson Flag of Germany.svg Josef Hofmeister Flag of Germany.svg Josef Seidl
1959 Flag of Germany.svg Munich Flag of Germany.svg Josef Hofmeister Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Knutson Flag of Poland.svg Mieczysław Połukard
1960 Flag of Austria.svg Vienna Flag of Germany.svg Josef Hofmeister Flag of Poland.svg Henryk Żyto Flag of Poland.svg Marian Kaiser
1961 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Slaný Flag of Poland.svg Florian Kapała Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Igor Plekhanov Flag of Poland.svg Stanisław Tkocz
1962 Flag of Poland.svg Wrocław Flag of Poland.svg Marian Kaiser Flag of Poland.svg Paweł Waloszek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Luboš Tomíček Sr.
1963 Flag of Poland.svg Wrocław Flag of Poland.svg Stanisław Tkocz Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Boris Samorodov Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Antonín Kasper Sr.
1964 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Slaný Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Igor Plekhanov Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslav Volf Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Boris Samorodov
1965 Flag of Poland.svg Wrocław Flag of Poland.svg Andrzej Wyglenda Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Igor Plekhanov Flag of Poland.svg Andrzej Pogorzelski
1966 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Slaný Flag of Poland.svg Andrzej Pogorzelski Flag of Poland.svg Antoni Woryna Flag of Poland.svg Konstanty Pociejkewicz
1967 Flag of Germany.svg Kempten Flag of Poland.svg Andrzej Wyglenda Flag of Poland.svg Jerzy Trzeszkowski Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Igor Plekhanov
1968 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Slaný Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Gennady Kurilenko Flag of Poland.svg Paweł Waloszek Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Smirnov
1969 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Ufa Flag of Poland.svg Antoni Woryna Flag of Poland.svg Andrzej Wyglenda Flag of Poland.svg Edward Jancarz
1970 Flag of Germany.svg Abensberg Flag of East Germany.svg Hans Jürgen Fritz Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valeri Klementiev Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Zdenek Majstr
1971 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Slaný Flag of Poland.svg Henryk Glücklich Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Mucha Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Gennady Kurilenko
1972 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Cherkessk Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Viktor Trofimov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Viktor Kalmykov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Anatoly Kuzmin
1973 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Leningrad Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valery Gordeev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Grigory Khlinovsky Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Zapleshny
1974 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Tolyatti Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Gordeev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Mikhail Starostin Flag of Poland.svg Zenon Plech
1975 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Leningrad Flag of Poland.svg Edward Jancarz Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valery Gordeev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Viktor Kalmykov
1976 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Leningrad Flag of Germany.svg Egon Müller Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Štancl Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valery Gordeev
1977 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Tolyatti Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Verner Flag of Germany.svg Egon Müller Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Štancl
1978 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Prague Flag of Germany.svg Hans Wassermann Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Štancl Flag of Poland.svg Marek Cieślak
1979 Flag of Germany.svg Pöcking Flag of Germany.svg Christoph Betzl Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Mikhail Starostin Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Zdeněk Kudrna
1980 Flag of Italy.svg Lonigo Flag of Poland.svg Zenon Plech Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Štancl Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Aleš Dryml Sr.
1981 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Prague Flag of Germany.svg Egon Müller Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Aleš Dryml Sr. Flag of Poland.svg Edward Jancarz
1982 Flag of Poland.svg Leszno Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Štancl Flag of Poland.svg Edward Jancarz Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Verner
1983 Flag of Poland.svg Rybnik Flag of Poland.svg Zenon Plech Flag of Germany.svg Egon Müller Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Štancl
1984 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Rovno Flag of Germany.svg Egon Müller Flag of Germany.svg Karl Maier Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Štancl
1985 Flag of Germany.svg Pöcking Flag of Germany.svg Egon Müller Flag of Italy.svg Armando Castagna Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltán Adorján
1986 Flag of Austria.svg Wiener Neustadt Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Viktor Kuznetsov Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Antonín Kasper Jr. Flag of Italy.svg Armando Castagna
1987 Flag of Italy.svg Lonigo Flag of Germany.svg Gerd Riss Flag of Poland.svg Roman Jankowski Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Antonín Kasper Jr.
1988 Flag of Poland.svg Leszno Flag of Poland.svg Zenon Kasprzak Flag of Hungary.svg Antal Kocso Flag of Poland.svg Roman Jankowski
1989 Flag of Hungary.svg Debrecen Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltán Adorján [5] Flag of Germany.svg Karl Maier Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Matoušek
1990 Flag of Germany.svg Norden Flag of Germany.svg Gerd Riss Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltán Adorján Flag of Italy.svg Armando Castagna
1991-1994not held
1995 Flag of Hungary.svg Miskolc Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltán Adorján Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Alfonso Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Antonín Kasper Jr.
1996 [6] Flag of Germany.svg Abensberg Flag of Poland.svg Tomasz Gollob Flag of Poland.svg Sławomir Drabik Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltán Adorján
1997 Flag of Italy.svg Lonigo Flag of Italy.svg Armando Castagna Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltán Adorján Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Topinka
1998 Flag of Hungary.svg Debrecen Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Antonín Kasper Jr. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Marián Jirout Flag of Russia.svg Roman Povazhny
1999 Flag of Poland.svg Wrocław Flag of Poland.svg Rafał Dobrucki Flag of Poland.svg Piotr Protasiewicz Flag of Poland.svg Sławomir Drabik
2000 Flag of Italy.svg Lonigo Flag of Slovenia.svg Matej Ferjan Flag of Poland.svg Piotr Protasiewicz Flag of Poland.svg Piotr Świst
2001 Flag of Poland.svg Gdańsk Flag of Poland.svg Sebastian Ułamek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Bohumil Brhel Flag of Poland.svg Wiesław Jaguś

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