Finland national speedway team

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Finland
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AssociationFinnish Motorcycling Federation
Suomen Moottoriliitto r.y.
FIM codeSML
Nation colourWhite and Blue
SWC Wins0

The Finnish national speedway team are one of the teams that compete in international team motorcycle speedway.

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History

The Finnish speedway team comepeted in the inaugural Speedway World Team Cup in 1960, finishing fourth in the Scandinavian round at Odense, Denmark. The team consisted of Kalevi Lahtinen, Antti Pajari, Timo Laine, Valle Seliverstov and Aulis Lethonen. [1] [2] [3]

From 1960 to 1985, the team failed to progress from their qualifying group for the World Cup, due to the fact that they were drawn together in qualifying with two of the world's strongest speedway nations, Denmark and Sweden. The system changed in 1986 but it was not until the 1990 Speedway World Team Cup that the team progressed from qualifying to round two. [4] The team reached the final of the Speedway World Pairs Championship six times, in 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1987 and 1989. [5]

The team reached the World Cup race-off (the round before the final) in 2002 and 2003 but experienced a inert period for nearly two decades. However, an improvement ensued when Finland reached the final of the 2022 Speedway of Nations [6] and they won their first medal when they won the bronze at the 2023 European Pairs Speedway Championship. [7]

Major tournament finals

Speedway of Nations

YearVenueStandings (Pts)RidersPts
2022 Flag of Denmark.svg
Vojens
Vojens Speedway Center
1. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (30+6+7)
2. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (32+2)
3. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (30+3)
4. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (28)
5. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic (27)
6. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (26)
7. Flag of Finland.svg Finland (16)
Timo Lahti 14
Jesse Mustonen 2
Timi Salonen 0

World Pairs Championship

YearVenueStandings (Pts)RidersPts
1977 Flag of England.svg
Manchester
Hyde Road
1. Flag of England.svg England (28)
2. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (18)
3. Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (18)
4. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia (17)
5. Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (17)
6. Flag of Finland.svg Finland (14)
7. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (12)
Ila Teromaa 7
Kai Niemi 7
1979 Flag of Denmark.svg
Vojens
Vojens Speedway Center
1. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (25)
2. Flag of England.svg England (24)
3. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (20)
4. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (19)
5. Flag of the United States.svg United States (14)
6. Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (12)
7. Flag of Finland.svg Finland (7)
Kai Niemi 7
Ila Teromaa 0
1980 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg
Krsko
Matija Gubec Stadium
1. Flag of England.svg England (29)
2. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (22)
3. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (21)
4. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (18)
5. Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (16)
6. Flag of Finland.svg Finland (14)
7. Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia (6)
Ila Teromaa 8
Kai Niemi 6
1982 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Sydney
Liverpool Speedway
1. Flag of the United States.svg United States (30)
2. Flag of England.svg England (22)
3. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (21)
4. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (16)
5. Flag of Finland.svg Finland (16)
6. Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (13)
7. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia (8)
Kai Niemi 12
Ari Koponen 4
1987 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Pardubice
Svítkov Stadion
1. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (52)
2. Flag of England.svg England (44)
3. Flag of the United States.svg United States (36)
4. Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (36)
5. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia (30)
6. Flag of Finland.svg Finland (19)
7. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (21)
8. Flag of Italy.svg Italy (19)
9. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (14)
Olli Tyrväinen 11
Kai Niemi 8
1989 Flag of Poland.svg
Leszno
Alfred Smoczyk Stadium
1. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (48)
2. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (44)
3. Flag of England.svg England (37)
4. Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (36)
5. Flag of Finland.svg Finland (31)
6. Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary (22)
7. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia (25)
8. Flag of Italy.svg Italy (15)
9. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (11)
Kai Niemi 18
Olli Tyrväinen 13

International caps (as of 2022)

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. This means that the number of caps earned by a rider has decreased in the modern era. [8]

RiderCaps
Aarnio, Tero 7
Hautamäki, Pekka 7
Helminen, Markku 3
Katajisto, Kalle 3
Kokko, Petri 3
Koponen, Ari 17
Lahti, Timo 3
Laukkanen, Kai 15
Mäkinen, Jari 1
Makinen, Rauli 2
Niemi, Kai 22
Nieminen, Kauko 18
Olin, Matti 7
Pajari, Antti 14
Pellinen, Mika 4
Reima, Tomi 13
Teromaa, Ila 8
Teromaa, Pepe 3
Tuoriniemi, Veijo 3
Tyrväinen, Olli 19
Ylinen, Vesa 14

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References

  1. Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 134. ISBN   0-904584-45-3.
  2. Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN   0-09-141751-1.
  3. Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 27–28. ISBN   0-86215-017-5.
  4. "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  5. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN   0-85112-492-5.
  6. "Speedway of Nations Preview". Speedway Star page 22. 23 July 2022.
  7. "European Pairs Speedway Championship: Team Poland grabs the title at home". FIM Europe. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  8. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 7 October 2023.

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