Norway national speedway team

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World Pairs bronze (1968, 1991)

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

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History

The Norwegian speedway team competed in the inaugural Speedway World Team Cup in 1960, finishing third in the Scandinavian round at Odense, Denmark. The team consisted of Aage Hansen, Rolf Mellerud, Nils Paulsen, Rolf Westerberg and Sverre Harrfeldt. [1] [2] [3] [4]

From 1960 to 1985, the team failed to qualify from their qualifying group during 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. They did however win a bronze medal at the 1968 Speedway World Pairs Championship.

The World Team Cup system changed in 1986 but it was not until the 1991 Speedway World Team Cup that the team progressed from qualifying to round two. [5] During the same year of 1991, the team equalled their greatest feat, when winning a bronze medal at the 1991 Speedway World Pairs Championship.

The nation reached their first and only World Cup final to date in 1995. [6] In recent years, the nation has failed to qualify for the World Cup but did compete in the semi finals of the 2022 Speedway of Nations and reached the 2022 European Pairs Speedway Championship final.

Major tournament finals

World Team Championships

YearVenueStandings (Pts)RidersPts
1995 Flag of Poland.svg
Göteborg
Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium
1. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (28)
2. Flag of England.svg Great Britain (22)
3. Flag of the United States.svg United States (19)
4. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (19)
5. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (14)
6. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (13)
7. Flag of Norway.svg Norway (11)
Lars Gunnestad 8
Rune Holta 3
Arnt Førland 0

World Pairs Championship

YearVenueStandings (Pts)RidersPts
1968 Flag of Germany.svg
Kempten
Kempten Speedway
1. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (24)
2. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (12)
3. Flag of Norway.svg Norway (16)
4. Flag of Germany.svg West Germany B (12)
5. Flag of Germany.svg West Germany A (10)
6. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (6)
Odd Fossengen 11
Øyvind S. Berg 5
1973 Flag of Sweden.svg
Borås
Ryavallen
1. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (24)
2. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (21)
3. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (21)
4. Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (20)
5. Flag of Norway.svg Norway (17)
6. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia (11)
7. Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (10)
Reidar Eide 9
Dag Lövaas 8
1991 Flag of Poland.svg
Poznań
Olimpia Poznań Stadium
1. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (28)
2. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (24)
3. Flag of Norway.svg Norway (19)
4. Flag of Germany.svg Germany (18)
5. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic (18)
6. Flag of Italy.svg Italy (10)
7. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (9)
Lars Gunnestad 11
Einar Kyllingstad 8
Tor Einar Hielm -

European Pairs Championships

YearVenueStandings (Pts)RidersPts
2022 Flag of Denmark.svg
Slangerup
Slangerup Speedway Center
1. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (26)
2. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic (23)
3. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (21)
4. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (18)
5. Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia (17)
6. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (15)
7. Flag of Norway.svg Norway (6)
Truls Kamhaug 3
Lasse Fredriksen 3
Glenn Moi 1

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. [7]

RiderCaps
Andersen, Henry [8]
Berg, Øyvind S. 14
Egedius, Einar 2
Eide, Reidar 17
Faafeng, Jonny 2
Arnt Førland, Arnt [9]
Fossengen, Odd 8
Gimre, Kjell 1
Godal, Tom 2
Gramstad, Rolf 5
Gravningen, Jan Terje 5
Gunnestad, Lars 22
Hansen, Aage 22
Hansen, Bjorn 4
Hansen, Per Arne 1
Haarfeldt, Henry 1
Haarfeldt, Sverre 7
Haugvalstad, Jorn 2
Holta, Rune
Hveem, Basse 11
Kaasa, Svein 5
Kamhaug, Truls
Kyllingstad, Einar 16
Langli, Helge 4
Langli, Tormod 7
Lövaas, Dag 9
Lövaas, Ulf 6
Ødegaard, Jon 3
Olsen, Audun Ove 6
Paulsen, Nils 12
Pedersen, Sigvart 3
Pedersen, Stein Roar 1
Skretting, Trond Helge 3
Stangeland, Edgar 10

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References

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