Germany national long track team

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Germany
Flag of Germany.svg
AssociationGerman Motor Union
Deutscher Motor Sport Bund
FIM codeDMSB
Team managerJosef Hukelmann
Nation ColourBlack, Red and Yellow
World Championship
Team 10 4 2
Individual 32 28 25

The Germany national long track team is the national longtrack motorcycle speedway team of Germany and is controlled by the Deutscher Motor Sport Bund (DMSB). [1]

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History

The German longtrack team are traditionally the strongest nation in the world, with many of their riders prioritising a career in longtrack instead of the popular conventional oval form of speedway. The first Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship was held in 1957 (known as the European Championship at the time) [2] and the West German/German team won 16 of the first 40 individual titles from 1957 to 1996. [3] [4] [5] Since the advent of the Grand Prix series in 1997 they have continued the success, winning another 16 titles up to the end of the 2023 season.

Since the creation of the World Longtrack team championship in 2007, now called the (FIM Long Track of Nations), Germany have won 9 of the 15 editions (up to the end of 2023). [6]

Results

Longtrack of Nations

YearVenuePlacingPtsRidersRef
2007 Flag of France.svg Morizès Gold medal icon.svg 59 Stephan Katt (24), Gerd Riss (21), Matthias Kröger (9), Enrico Janoschka (5)
2008 Flag of Germany.svg Werlte Gold medal icon.svg 64 Gerd Riss (23), Bernd Diener (18), Matthias Kröger (16), Stephan Katt (7)
2009 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eenrum Gold medal icon.svg 55 Gerd Riss (26), Matthias Kröger (19), Enrico Janoschka (10), Richard Speiser (0)
2010 Flag of France.svg Morizès Gold medal icon.svg 57 Matthias Kröger (8), Stephan Katt (19), Richard Speiser (19), Martin Smolinski (11)
2011 Flag of Germany.svg Scheessel Gold medal icon.svg 68 Stephan Katt (25), Richard Speiser (21), Martin Smolinski (15), Jörg Tebbe (7)
2012 Flag of France.svg Saint-Macaire Gold medal icon.svg 48 Stephan Katt (22), Matthias Kröger (11), Jörg Tebbe (9), Bernd Diener (6)
2013 Flag of England.svg Folkestone 444 Stephan Katt 16, Jörg Tebbe 13, Enrico Janoschka 8, Richard Speiser 7
2014 Flag of Finland.svg Forssa Gold medal icon.svg 45 Erik Riss (24), Jörg Tebbe (11), Stephan Katt (6), Enrico Janoschka (4)
2015 Flag of Germany.svg Muhldorf Silver medal icon.svg 41 Erik Riss 18, Michael Hartel 14, Jörg Tebbe 9, Stephan Katt 0
2016 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Mariánské Lázně Silver medal icon.svg 44 Martin Smolinski 23, Michael Hartel 14, Jörg Tebbe 5, Stephan Katt 2
2017 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Roden Gold medal icon.svg 61 Matthias Kröger (8), Martin Smolinski (28), Michael Härtel (21), Lukas Fienhage (11), Stephan Katt (0)
2018 Flag of France.svg Morizes Bronze medal icon.svg 38 Lukas Fienhage 16, Jörg Tebbe 15, Danny Maassen 7, Jens Benneker 0
2019 Flag of Germany.svg Vechta Silver medal icon.svg 59 Lukas Fienhage 24, Martin Smolinski 24, Max Dilger 11
Not held in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19
2022 Flag of Germany.svg Herxheim Gold medal icon.svg 45+12 Gerd Riss (35), Lukas Fienhage (17), Max Dilger (2)
2023 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Roden Silver medal icon.svg 57 Erik Riss 29, Martin Smolinski 18, Jörg Tebbe 9, Stephan Katt 1 [7]
2024 Flag of France.svg Morizès Gold medal icon.svg 68 Lukas Fienhage (29), Erik Riss (25), Max Dilger (14) [8] [9]
2025 Flag of Germany.svg Vechta Bronze medal icon.svg 48 Lukas Fienhage 23, Stephan Katt 13, Mario Niedermeier 12 [10] [11]

World individual longtrack champions

National longtrack championship

[12]

YearWinnersRunner-up3rd place
West German Longtrack Championship
1967 Heinrich Sprenger Manfred Poschenreider Rainer Jüngling
1968 Manfred Poschenreider Rudi Kastl Hans Zierk
1969 Manfred Poschenreider Georg Purzer Rudi Kastl
1970 Gottfried Schwarze Horst Kinkelbur Rudi Kastl
1971 Manfred Poschenreider Josef Angermüller Hans Siegl
1972 Hans Siegl Alois Wiesböck Manfred Poschenreider
1973 Egon Müller Manfred Poschenreider Waldemar Bacik
1974 Alois Wiesböck Otto Lantenhammer Josef Angermüller
1975 Egon Müller Hans Wassermann Georg Hack
1976 Alois Wiesböck Egon Müller Josef Angermüller
1977 Egon Müller Wilhelm Kall Karl Maier
1978 Alois Wiesböck Egon Müller Wilhelm Duden
1979 Karl Maier Egon Müller Wilhelm Duden
1980 Karl Maier Josef Aigner Egon Müller
1981 Alois Wiesböck Christoph Betzl Karl Maier
1982 Egon Müller Georg Gilgenreiner Alois Wiesböck
1983 Karl Maier Hans-Otto Pingel Georg Hack
1984 Egon Müller Hans-Otto Pingel Josef Aigner
1985 Egon Müller Karl Maier Michael Datzmann
1986 Klaus Lausch Robert Gührer Karl Maier
1987 Karl Maier Wilhelm Duden Klaus Lausch
1988 Gerd Riss Karl Maier Klaus Lausch
1989 Karl Maier Egon Müller Alois Bachhuber
1990 Karl Maier Hans-Otto Pingel Andre Pollehn
German Longtrack Championship
1991 Gerd Riss Klaus Lausch Georg Limbrunner
1992 Karl Maier Uwe Gessner Gerd Riss
1993 Karl Maier Gerd Riss Marvyn Cox
1994 Robert Barth Gerd Riss Marvyn Cox
1995 Gerd Riss Karl Maier Bernd Diener
1996 Gerd Riss Karl Maier Bernd Diener
1997 Gerd Riss Tommy Dunker Robert Barth
1998 Gerd Riss Bernd Diener Matthias Kröger
1999 Robert Barth Gerd Riss Herbert Rudolph
2000 Bernd Diener Robert Barth Daniel Bacher
2001 Robert Barth Gerd Riss Stephan Katt
2002 Gerd Riss Robert Barth Daniel Bacher
2003 Robert Barth Gerd Riss Enrico Janoschka
2004 Gerd Riss Herbert Rudolph Stephan Katt
2005 Robert Barth Enrico Janoschka Bernd Diener
2006 Robert Barth Bernd Diener Stephan Katt
2007 Gerd Riss Stephan Katt Enrico Janoschka
2008 Sirg Schützbach Gerd Riss Bernd Diener
2009 Gerd Riss Stephan Katt Matthias Kröger
2010 Stephan Katt Bernd Diener Matthias Kröger
2011 Stephan Katt Martin Smolinski Matthias Kröger
2012 Martin Smolinski Gerd Riss Herbert Rudolph
2013 Martin Smolinski Richard Speiser Enrico Janoschka
2014 Erik Riss Jörg Tebbe Bernd Diener
2015 Jörg Tebbe Bernd Diener Stephan Katt
2016 Martin Smolinski Stephan Katt Bernd Diener
2017 Stephan Katt Bernd Diener Max Dilger
2018 Jörg Tebbe Martin Smolinski Andrew Appleton
2019 Michael Härtel Max Dilger Bernd Diener
2020 cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Max Dilger Lukas Fienhage Stephan Katt
2022 cancelled due to bad weather
2023 cancelled due death of sidecar rider Peter Maurer [13]

See also

References

  1. "Dates and events". DMSB. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  2. Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 29–30. ISBN   0-86215-017-5.
  3. "World Longtrack Finals 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes" (PDF). Speedway Plus.com. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  4. "Speedway and Longtrack". Speedway.org. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  5. Montague, Trevor (2004). The A-Z of Sport. Little, Brown. pp. 511–512. ISBN   0-316-72645-1.
  6. "World Longtrack Team World Champions". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  7. "Long Track of Nations - 2023". www.baansportfansite.nl. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  8. "Erik Riss holt Gold für Deutschland". Schwabische. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  9. "Langbahn-Team-WM: Deutschland zum zehnten Mal Weltmeister". DMV. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  10. "FIM Long Track of Nations-Vechta". Baansport. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  11. "GB are World Longtrack Champions". British Speedway. 14 September 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  12. "Deutsche Langbahnmeisterschaft". Speedway Yesterday. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  13. "Sandbahn Herxheim: Race abandoned after fatal accident". Speedweek. Retrieved 1 April 2024.