Czechoslovakia national speedway team

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Best result
World Cup silver medal (1963)

The Czechoslovakia national speedway team were one of the teams that competed in international team motorcycle speedway.

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History

The Czechoslovakian speedway team (which consisted predominantly of Czech Republic riders) competed in the inaugural Speedway World Team Cup during the 1960 Speedway World Team Cup and won the bronze medal after finishing third in the final. [1] Throughout the history of World Team Cup, the team were regular World Cup contenders from 1960 until their final World Cup in 1992. [2] They reached the final on fourteen occasions, winning the silver medal in 1963 and two more bronze medals in 1977 and 1979. [3] [4]

In addition to the four medals at the World Cup, the team won a bronze medal at the Speedway World Pairs Championship. The pair of Antonín Kasper Jr. and Roman Matoušek won the medal at the 1986 Speedway World Pairs Championship.

Following the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia at the end of 1992, the riders then competed for their new speedway nations of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Major world finals

World team Cup

YearVenueStandings (Pts)RidersPts
1960 Flag of Sweden.svg
Göteborg
Ullevi
1. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (44)
2. Flag of England.svg England (30)
3. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia (15)
4. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (7)
Antonín Kasper Sr. 5
Luboš Tomíček Sr. 4
Jaroslav Machač 3
František Richter 3
1961 Flag of Poland.svg
Wrocław
Stadion Olimpijski
1. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (32)
2. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (31)
3. Flag of England.svg England (21)
4. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia (12)
Luboš Tomíček Sr.7
Antonín Kasper Sr.4
Bohumír Bartoněk 1
Stanislav Svoboda 0
1962 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Slaný
Slaný Speedway
1. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (36)
2. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (24)
3. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (20)
4. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia (16)
Luboš Tomíček Sr.7
Bedřich Slaný 4
Jaroslav Volf3
Karel Průša2
Bohumír Bartoněk0
1963 Flag of Austria.svg
Vienna
Stadion Wien
1. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (37)
2. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia (27)
3. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (25)
4. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (7)
Antonín Kasper Sr.10
Stanislav Kubíček 7
Miroslav Šmíd 7
Luboš Tomíček Sr.5
1968 Flag of England.svg
London
Wembley
1. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (40)
2. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (30)
3. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (19)
4. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia (7)
Antonín Kasper Sr.3
Luboš Tomíček Sr.2
Jaroslav Volf1
Jan Holub I 1
1970 Flag of England.svg
London
Wembley
1. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (42)
2. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (31)
3. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (20)
4. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia (3)
Václav Verner 3
Jiří Štancl 0
Miloslav Verner 0
Luboš Tomíček Sr.0
Jan Holub I0
Zdeněk Majstr 0
1977 Flag of Poland.svg
Wrocław
Stadion Olimpijski
1. Flag of England.svg England (37)
2. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (25)
3. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia (23)
4. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (11)
Jiří Štancl8
Václav Verner5
Jan Verner 5
Aleš Dryml Sr. 5
1978 Flag of Germany.svg
Landshut
Stadion Ellermühle
1. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (37)
2. Flag of England.svg England (27)
3. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (19)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia (18)
Jiří Štancl9
Jan Verner5
Aleš Dryml Sr.2
Václav Verner2
1979 Flag of England.svg
London
White City Stadium
1. Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (35)
2. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (31)
3. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia (19)
4. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (11)
Jiří Štancl6
Aleš Dryml Sr.5
Zdeněk Kudrna 4
Václav Verner4
1980 Flag of Poland.svg
Wrocław
Stadion Olimpijski
1. Flag of England.svg England (40)
2. Flag of the United States.svg United States (29)
3. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (15)
4. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia (12)
Jiří Štancl4
Petr Ondrašík 3
Václav Verner3
Aleš Dryml Sr.1
Zdeněk Kudrna1
1982 Flag of England.svg
London
White City Stadium
1. Flag of the United States.svg United States (37)
2. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (24)
3. Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (18)
4. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia (17)
Aleš Dryml Sr.7
Václav Verner6
Jiří Štancl4
Petr Ondrašík0
Antonín Kasper Jr. 0
1983 Flag of Denmark.svg
Vojens
Vojens Speedway Center
1. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (37)
2. Flag of England.svg England (29)
3. Flag of the United States.svg United States (27)
4. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia (3)
Jiří Štancl2
Václav Verner1
Antonín Kasper Jr.0
Aleš Dryml Sr.0
Petr Ondrašík0
1987 Flag placeholder.svg
Prague
Markéta Stadium
1. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (46)
2. Flag of England.svg England (31)
3. Flag of the United States.svg United States (26)
4. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia (17)
Roman Matoušek 9
Zdeněk Schneiderwind 3
Antonín Kasper Jr.3
Petr Vandírek 2
Lubomír Jedek 0
1990 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Pardubice
Svítkov Stadion
1. Flag of the United States.svg United States (37)
2. Flag of England.svg England (34)
3. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (30)
4. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia (19)
Zdeněk Tesař 6
Bohumil Brhel 6
Roman Matoušek 3
Antonín Kasper Jr.3
Vladimír Kalina 1

World Pairs finals

International caps

Since the advent of the Speedway Grand Prix era, international caps earned by riders is largely restricted to international competitions, whereas previously test matches between two teams were a regular occurrence. [5]

RiderCaps
Bartoněk, Bohumir
Brhel, Bohumil 10
Dryml Sr., Aleš 32
Hádek, Bořivoj 1
Hádek, Jan
Havelka, Rudolf
Holub I, Jan 12
Holub II, Jan
Hradecký, Ladislav 4
Jedek, Lubomír
Kalina, Vladimír 4
Karnas, Pavel 10
Kasper Jr., Antonín 42
Kasper Sr., Antonín 13
Kubíček, Stanislav
Kudrna, Zdeněk 9
Machač, Jaroslav
Majstr, Zdeněk
Mareš, Pavel
Matoušek, Roman 26
Ondrašík, Petr 26
Průša, Karel
Richter, František
Schneiderwind, Zdeněk
Slaný, Bedřich
Šmíd, Miroslav
Sova, Emil 7
Špinka, Milan 10
Štancl, Jiří 39
Svoboda, Stanislav
Tesař, Zdeněk 13
Tomíček Sr., Luboš
Urban, Stanislav 13
Vandírek, Petr 32
Verner, Jan 9
Verner, Miloslav
Verner, Václav 42
Volf, Jaroslav

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References

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