Speedway of Nations

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FIM Speedway of Nations
Current season, competition or edition:
Sports current event.svg 2024 Speedway of Nations
Formerly Speedway World Pairs Championship (held 1968-1993)
Sport Motorcycle speedway
Founded2018
Director Phil Morris
MottoNo brakes, no gears, no fear
No. of teams15 national teams
ContinentWorld
Most recent
champion(s)		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Most titlesFlag of Russia.svg  Russia (3 times)
Broadcaster(s) TNT Sports (United Kingdom) (UK)
Official website fimspeedway.com/son

The Speedway of Nations is a motorcycle speedway event for national teams, held each year in a different country. The first edition of the competition in the current format took place in 2018. [1] It was the first time an official FIM international pairs competition was staged since the World Pairs Championship ceased in 1993. Great Britain are the current champions after winning in 2024. The Speedway of Nations was not held in 2023 due to the return of the Speedway World Cup, but returned to the speedway calendar in 2024 and 2025. [2] [3]

Contents

Format

Each meeting is staged between seven national teams, with each national team represented by two riders. Each pairing rides against each other once. The combined total of each pair will be used to determine the outcome. [4]

Two semi-finals are held with the top three teams in each progressing to the final. The final is then staged between the hosts and the six qualified nations. It takes places over two rounds, with the second and third placed nations progressing to the semi-final, which is a single race. The winner of the semi-final faces the first placed nation in the Grand Final. The Grand Final winners are crowned Speedway of Nations champions.

Winners

YearVenueWinnersRunner-up3rd place
2018 Flag of Poland.svg Olympic Stadium
Wrocław 		Flag of Russia.svg Russia (45 pts)
Artem Laguta
Emil Sayfutdinov
Gleb Chugunov 		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (46 pts)
Tai Woffinden
Robert Lambert
Craig Cook 		Flag of Poland.svg Poland (36 pts)
Maciej Janowski
Patryk Dudek
Maksym Drabik
2019 Flag of Russia.svg Anatoly Stepanov Stadium
Tolyatti 		Flag of Russia.svg Russia (45 pts)
Artem Laguta
Emil Sayfutdinov
Gleb Chugunov 		Flag of Poland.svg Poland (47 pts)
Bartosz Zmarzlik
Patryk Dudek
Maksym Drabik
Maciej Janowski 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (41 pts)
Jason Doyle
Max Fricke
Jaimon Lidsey
2020 Flag of Poland.svg Stadion MOSiR
Lublin 		Flag of Russia.svg Russia (23 pts)
Emil Sayfutdinov
Artem Laguta
Evgeny Saidullin 		Flag of Poland.svg Poland (23 pts)
Bartosz Zmarzlik
Szymon Woźniak
Dominik Kubera 		Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (19 pts)
Leon Madsen
Marcus Birkemose
Anders Thomsen
2021 Flag of England.svg National Speedway Stadium
Manchester 		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (64 pts)
Robert Lambert
Dan Bewley
Tai Woffinden
Tom Brennan 		Flag of Poland.svg Poland (74 pts)
Bartosz Zmarzlik
Maciej Janowski
Jakub Miśkowiak 		Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (68 pts)
Leon Madsen
Mikkel Michelsen
Mads Hansen
2022 Flag of Denmark.svg Vojens Speedway Center
Vojens 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (30 pts)
Jack Holder
Max Fricke
Jason Doyle 		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (32 pts)
Dan Bewley
Robert Lambert
Tai Woffinden 		Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (30 pts)
Fredrik Lindgren
Oliver Berntzon
Victor Palovaara
2024 Flag of England.svg National Speedway Stadium
Manchester 		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (35 pts)
Robert Lambert
Dan Bewley
Tom Brennan 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (36 pts)
Jack Holder
Brady Kurtz
Max Fricke 		Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (27 pts)
Fredrik Lindgren
Jacob Thorssell
Oliver Berntzon

Medal classification

PosNational Team Gold medal icon.svg Silver medal icon.svg Bronze medal icon.svg Total
1.Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3--3
2.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 22-4
3.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1113
4.Flag of Poland.svg  Poland -314
5.Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark --22
6.Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden --22

Leading riders

PosRiderTeam Gold medal icon.svg Silver medal icon.svg Bronze medal icon.svg Total
1. Artem Laguta Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3--3
Emil Sayfutdinov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3--3
3. Robert Lambert Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 22-4
4. Dan Bewley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 21-3
5. Gleb Chugunov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2--2
Tom Brennan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2--2
7. Tai Woffinden Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 12-3
8. Max Fricke Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1113
9. Jack Holder Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 11-2
10. Jason Doyle Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1-12
11. Evgeny Saidullin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1--1

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Breaking News:FIM Speedway of Nations". SGP.com. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "2023 MONSTER ENERGY FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP FORMAT REVEALED". FIM Speedway. 5 April 2023. Archived from the original on 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Great Britain wins FIM Speedway of Nations World Title in Manchester Thriller". FIM Speedway. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Speedway of Nations draw and calendar". SGP.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2018.
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