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Sweden national speedway team

Swedish national motorcycle speedway team

Summary

Swedish national motorcycle speedway team

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(1952, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1994, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2015)

(1952, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1994, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2015)

The Sweden national speedway team are one of the major teams in international motorcycle speedway.

History

The Sweden speedway team has won the Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup on ten occasions and were a major force in the opening years of the tournament, winning four out of the first five, between 1960 and 1964. Key riders of the period were Ove Fundin, Rune Sörmander, Björn Knutson, Göte Nordin and Sören Sjösten.

The cup eluded them for 23 years between 1971 and 1993, but they regained the trophy in 1994, when Tony Rickardsson, Henrik Gustafsson and Mikael Karlsson were successful. Sweden bookended the original World Team Cup, winning the inaugural final at the Ullevi Stadium at home in Göteborg, in 1960 before winning the last World Team Cup in 2000 at the Brandon Stadium in Coventry, England.

They also went on to win in 2003 and 2004 and 2015. Additionally, they won the defunct Speedway World Pairs Championship five times, in 1968, 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1993.

Major tournament wins

World Team Championships

YearVenueStandings (Pts)Sweden Riders and Pts
1960SWE
Göteborg
Ullevi1. SWE Sweden (44)
2. ENG England (30)
3. CZE Czechoslovakia (15)
4. POL Poland (7)Ove Fundin
Olle Nygren12
Rune Sörmander11
Björn Knutson9
Göte Nordin-
1962CZE
Slaný
Slaný Stadium1. SWE Sweden (36)
2. GBR Great Britain (24)
3. POL Poland (20)
4. CZE Czechoslovakia (16)Björn Knutson
Sören Sjösten10
Ove Fundin9
Göte Nordin4
Rune Sörmander3
1963AUT
Vienna
Stadion Wien1. SWE Sweden (37)
2. CZE Czechoslovakia (27)
3. GBR Great Britain (25)
4. POL Poland (7)Bjorn Knutson
Per Olof Söderman10
Ove Fundin7
Göte Nordin6
Rune Sörmander3
1964FRG
Abensberg
Abensberg Stadion1. SWE Sweden (34)
2. Soviet Union Soviet Union (25)
3. GBR Great Britain (21)
4. POL Poland (16)Björn Knutson
Göte Nordin10
Rune Sörmander7
Ove Fundin6
Sören Sjösten0
1967SWE
Malmö
Malmö Stadion1. SWE Sweden (32)
2. POL Poland (26)
3. GBR Great Britain (19)
= Soviet Union Soviet Union (19)Göte Nordin
Bengt Jansson9
Ove Fundin6
Torbjörn Harrysson6
Per Olof Söderman-
1970ENG
London
Wembley Stadium1. SWE Sweden (42)
2. GBR Great Britain (31)
3. POL Poland (20)
4. CZE Czechoslovakia (3)Ove Fundin
Bengt Jansson11
Anders Michanek10
Sören Sjösten10
Bernt Persson-
1994GER
Brokstedt
Holsteinring Brokstedt1. SWE Sweden (23)
2. POL Poland (20)
3. DEN Denmark (17)
4. AUS Australia (17)
5. USA USA (17)
6. GER Germany (16)
= ENG England (16)Tony Rickardsson
Henrik Gustafsson11+2
Mikael Karlsson-
2000ENG
Coventry
Brandon Stadium1. SWE Sweden (40)
2. ENG England (40)
3. USA USA (35)
4. AUS Australia (29)Tony Rickardsson
Henrik Gustafsson12+2
Peter Karlsson10+1
Mikael Karlsson2
Niklas Klingberg0
2003DEN
Vojens
Vojens Speedway Center1. SWE Sweden (62)
2. AUS Australia (57)
3. DEN Denmark (53)
4. POL Poland (49)
5. GBR Great Britain (44)Mikael Max
Andreas Jonsson12
Peter Karlsson10
Peter Ljung10
David Ruud5
2004ENG
Poole
Poole Stadium1. SWE Sweden (49)
2. GBR Great Britain (48)
3. DEN Denmark (32)
4. POL Poland (23)Peter Karlsson
Tony Rickardsson12
Antonio Lindbäck9
Mikael Max9
Andreas Jonsson7
2015DEN
Vojens
Vojens Speedway Center1. SWE Sweden (34)
2. DEN Denmark (32)
3. POL Poland (27)
4. POL Australia (26)Andreas Jonsson
Freddie Lindgren11
Antonio Lindbäck7
Linus Sundström4

Titles

1963 (3rd title) 1964 (4th title) 2004 (10th title)

World Pairs Championship

YearRiders
1968Ove Fundin & Torbjörn Harrysson
1973Anders Michanek & Tommy Jansson
1974Anders Michanek & Sören Sjösten
1975Anders Michanek & Tommy Jansson
1993Tony Rickardsson, Per Jonsson & Henrik Gustafsson

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.

RiderCaps
Andersson, Åke7
Andersson, Bengt Olof2
Andersson, Björn10
Andersson, Daniel1
Andersson, Jan39
Andersson, Stefan6
Bengtsson, Lennart5
Bergqvist, Tommy2
Blixt, Mikael18
Brannefors, Bengt20
Brannefors, Pierre14
Carlsson, Arne17
Danielsson, Hasse15
Dannö, Roland10
Dannö, Stefan5
Davidsson, Jan-Olov9
Davidsson, Jonas14
Enecrona, Leif16
Eriksson, Anders8
Eriksson, Freddie1
Forsberg, Birger19
Forsberg, Dan17
Fundin, Ove99
Gerhardsson, Per Ake1
Gustafsson, Henka50
Harrysson, Torbjörn26
Hellsen, Richard22
Henriksson, Terje3
Holmqvist, Hasse30
Hultberg, Lars-Inge1
Hultgren, Jurgen Per Gunnar2
Ivarsson, Conny40
Jansson, Bengt107
Jansson, Lars8
Jansson, Tommy52
Johansson, Jorgen12
Johansson, Tommy32
Johansson, Lillebror5
Johansson, Stefan3
Johansson, Uno Ingemar3
Jonasson, Thomas4
Jonsson, Alfe Folke10
Jonsson, Andreas26
Jonsson, Per65
Josefsson, Bo13
Karlsson, Magnus1
Karlsson, Niklas4
Karlsson, Peter40
Karlsson, Sören29
Karlsson, Sune7
Klingberg, Börje5
Klingberg, Niklas11
Knutson, Björn42
Larsson, Bengt26
Larsson, Leif14
Lindbäck, Antonio17
Lindgren, Freddie19
Ljung, Peter6
Löfqvist, Christer42
Löfqvist, Dennis7
Malmqvist, Gunnar13
Max, Mikael21
Michanek, Anders101
Nahlin, Peter32
Nermark, Daniel5
Nilsen, Jimmy53
Nilsson, Tommy65
Nordin, Göte45
Nygren, Olle90
Nystrom, Kenneth6
Olsson, Tony26
Persson, Bernt102
Pettersson, Tommy7
Rickardsson, Tony43
Ringstrom, Nils4
Rohlén, Christer2
Ruud, David6
Salomonsson, Stefan5
Samuelsson, Conny9
Segerstrom, Olle2
Simensen, Jan25
Sjösten, Christer8
Sjösten, Sören76
Smith, Peter1
Soderberg, Leif1
Söderman, Peo44
Sörmander, Rune66
Stenlung, Erik25
Svensson, Per Tage14
Teurnberg, Mikael9
Wahlmann, Leif2
Wedin, Runo1
Wirebrand, Bo16
Zetterström, Magnus3

References

References

  1. Rogers, Martin. (1978). "The Illustrated History of Speedway". Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd.
  2. Bott, Richard. (1980). "The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4". Stanley Paul & Co Ltd.
  3. Oakes, Peter. (1981). "1981 Speedway Yearbook". Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd.
  4. "1994 WORLD TEAM CUP".
  5. "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS".
  6. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. (1987). "The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results". Guinness Superlatives.
  7. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022".
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