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Speedway World Team Cup
Annual motorcycle speedway World Championship team event
Annual motorcycle speedway World Championship team event
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | FIM Speedway Team World Cup |
| sport | Motorcycle speedway |
| founded | 1960 |
| folded | 2000 |
| replaced | Speedway World Cup |
| continent | World |
The Speedway World Team Cup was an annual speedway event held each year in different countries. The competition started in 1960 and was replaced with the Speedway World Cup in 2001.
Format
From 1960 until 1985, each team consisted of four riders and a reserve. A final meeting was held after qualifying rounds, the winner being decided on total points scored in that final meeting. In 1986, the teams that qualified for the 'final' raced three meetings, the winner of each meeting being awarded three points, second place awarded two points, and third place awarded a point. The total points gained over the three meetings determined the champion. In 1987, the three meeting system was used again, but this time the aggregate points scored by the individual riders were added together to determine the champion. 1988 saw the championship revert to the original format. In 1994, the World Pairs Championship was merged with the World Team Cup and this system was used until 1999 when it once gain reverted to the original format. In 2001, the competition was relaunched as the Speedway World Cup.
Winners
| 2000 | ENG Brandon Stadium | |
|---|---|---|
| Coventry | SWE Sweden 40 | |
| Tony Rickardsson (16) | ||
| Peter Karlsson (12) | ||
| Henrik Gustafsson (10) | ||
| Mikael Karlsson (2) | ||
| Niklas Klingberg (0) | ENG England 40 | |
| Joe Screen (12) | ||
| Mark Loram (11) | ||
| Chris Louis (8) | ||
| Carl Stonehewer (5) | ||
| Martin Dugard (4) | USA United States 35 | |
| Greg Hancock (16) | ||
| Billy Hamill (10) | ||
| John Cook (7) | ||
| Sam Ermolenko (2) | ||
| Brent Werner (0) |
Medal classification
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References
References
- Bott, Richard. (1980). "The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4". Stanley Paul & Co Ltd.
- Oakes, Peter. (1981). "1981 Speedway Yearbook". Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd.
- "World Team Cup".
- Oakes, Peter. (1990). "Speedway Yearbook 1990". Front Page Books.
- Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. (1987). "The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results". Guinness Superlatives.
- "Speedway riders, history and results".
- "Team Speedway World Championship History".
- "WORLD TEAM CUP".
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