West Germany national speedway team

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

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History

The West German speedway team competed in the inaugural Speedway World Team Cup in 1960, finishing second in the Central European Round. [1] [2] The following year in 1961, the East Germany national speedway team competed in their first World Cup and competed as a separate nation from West Germany. [3] [4]

In 1977, West Germany won a bronze medal in the Speedway World Pairs Championship but they struggled to progress through the World Cup rounds and it was not until the 1981 Speedway World Team Cup that they finally reached a final. [5] Another appearance in the final came the following year in 1982. [6]

The team became part of the Germany national speedway team in 1991, following the events that led to the German reunification between 1989 and 1991.

Major tournament finals

World Team Championships

YearVenueStandings (Pts)RidersPts
1981 Flag of Germany.svg
Olching
Olching Speedwaybahn 		1. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (36)
2. Flag of England.svg England (29)
3. Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (28)
4. Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (3)		 Egon Müller 10
Karl Maier 8
Georg Hack 5
Georg Gilgenreiner 5
Alois Wiesböck 0
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)		Karl Maier7
Egon Müller5
Georg Hack5
Georg Gilgenreiner1
Alois Wiesböck0

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)		Peter Barth9 (B)
Rudolf Kastl3 (B)
Manfred Poschenreider 8 (A)
Fred Aberl2 (A)
1975 Flag of Poland.svg
Wrocław
Stadion Olimpijski 		1. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (24)
2. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (23)
3. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (20)
4. Flag of England.svg England (20)
5. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (19)
6. Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (10)
7. Flag of Austria.svg Austria (10)		 Christoph Betzl 6
Fritz Baur4
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)		Egon Müller11
Hans Wassermann 7
1978 Flag of Poland.svg
Chorzów
Stadion Śląski 		1. Flag of England.svg England (24)
2. Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (24)
3. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (21)
4. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia (18)
5. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (15)
6. Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (13)
7. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (11)		Georg Hack8
Hans Wassermann5
1981 Flag of Poland.svg
Chorzów
Stadion Śląski 		1. Flag of the United States.svg United States (28)
2. Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (22)
3. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (21)
4. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia (18)
5. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (17)
6. Flag of England.svg England (9)
7. Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (3)		Egon Müller2
Georg Gilgenreiner1
1983 Flag of Sweden.svg
Göteborg
Ullevi 		1. Flag of England.svg England (25)
2. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (24)
3. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (19)
4. Flag of the United States.svg United States (18)
5. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (16)
6. Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (12)
7. Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (11)		Karl Maier6
Egon Müller6
1986 Flag of Germany.svg
Pocking
Rottalstadion 		1. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (46)
2. Flag of the United States.svg United States (46)
3. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia (32)
4. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (32)
5. Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (32)
6. Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (27)
7. Flag of England.svg England (23)
8. Flag of Italy.svg Italy (15)
9. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (15)		Karl Maier22
Klaus Lausch 5
1988 Flag of England.svg
Bradford
Odsal Stadium 		1. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (45)
2. Flag of England.svg England (41)
3. Flag of the United States.svg United States (39)
4. Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (32)
5. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (26)
6. Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary (25)
7. Flag of Italy.svg Italy (21)
8. Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (21)
9. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (17)		 Gerd Riss 17
Tommy Dunker 4
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)		Karl Maier22
Gerd Riss14
1990 Flag of Germany.svg
Landshut
Ellermühle Stadium 		1. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (43)
2. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (41)
3. Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary (33)
4. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (33)
5. Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (32)
6. Flag of the United States.svg United States (28)
7. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia (21)
8. Flag of England.svg England (20)
9. Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (15)		Klaus LauschZ15
Gerd Riss0

International caps

Caps limited to West Germany only (East Germany and unified Germany not included). [7]

RiderCaps
Angermüller, Josef 14
Betzl, Chritophh 24
Deser, Stefan 2
Hack, Georg 26
Lausch, Klaus 27
Maier, Karl 38
Mouncer, Rob 1
Muller, Egon 44
Pelzmann, Carsten 1
Pollehn, Andre4
Riss, Gerd 22
Schroeck, Peter 1
Wassermann, Hans 15
Wiesböck, Alois 24
Würtele, Peter 6

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References

  1. ↑ "1960 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  2. ↑ Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 134. ISBN   0-904584-45-3.
  3. ↑ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN   0-09-141751-1.
  4. ↑ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 27–28. ISBN   0-86215-017-5.
  5. ↑ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN   0-85112-492-5.
  6. ↑ "1982 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
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