The Czechoslovakia national speedway team were one of the teams that competed in international team motorcycle speedway.
| Czechoslovakia | |
|---|---|
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| SWC Wins | 0 Best result World Cup silver medal (1963) |
History edit
The Czechoslovakian speedway team (which comprised predominantly of Czech Republic riders) competed in the inaugural Speedway World Team Cup during the 1960 Speedway World Team Cup and won the bronze medal after finishing third in the final.[1] Throughout the history of World Team Cup, the team were regular World Cup contenders from 1960 until their final World Cup in 1992.[2] They reached the final on fourteen occasions, winning the silver medal in 1963 and two more bronze medals in 1977 and 1979.[3][4]
In addition to the four medals at the World Cup, the team won a bronze medal at the Speedway World Pairs Championship. The pair of Antonín Kasper Jr. and Roman Matoušek won the medal at the 1986 Speedway World Pairs Championship.
Following the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia at the end of 1992, the riders then competed for their new speedway nations of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Major world finals edit
World team Cup edit
| Year | Venue | Standings (Pts) | Riders | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 |  Göteborg Ullevi |
1. Sweden (44) 2.  England (30)3.  Czechoslovakia (15)4.  Poland (7)
|
Antonín Kasper Sr. | 5 |
| Luboš Tomíček Sr. | 4 | |||
| Jaroslav Machač | 3 | |||
| František Richter | 3 | |||
| 1961 | Wrocław Stadion Olimpijski |
1. Poland (32) 2. Sweden (31)3. England (21)4. Czechoslovakia (12)
|
Luboš Tomíček Sr. | 7 |
| Antonín Kasper Sr. | 4 | |||
| Bohumír Bartoněk | 1 | |||
| Stanislav Svoboda | 0 | |||
| 1962 | Slaný Slaný Speedway |
1. Sweden (36) 2.  Great Britain (24)3. Poland (20)4. Czechoslovakia (16)
|
Luboš Tomíček Sr. | 7 |
| Bedřich Slaný | 4 | |||
| Jaroslav Volf | 3 | |||
| Karel Průša | 2 | |||
| Bohumír Bartoněk | 0 | |||
| 1963 |  Vienna Stadion Wien |
1. Sweden (37) 2. Czechoslovakia (27)3. Great Britain (25)4. Poland (7)
|
Antonín Kasper Sr. | 10 |
| Stanislav Kubíček | 7 | |||
| Miroslav Šmíd | 7 | |||
| Luboš Tomíček Sr. | 5 | |||
| 1968 | London Wembley |
1. Great Britain (40) 2. Sweden (30)3. Poland (19)4. Czechoslovakia (7)
|
Antonín Kasper Sr. | 3 |
| Luboš Tomíček Sr. | 2 | |||
| Jaroslav Volf | 1 | |||
| Jan Holub I | 1 | |||
| 1970 | London Wembley |
1. Sweden (42) 2. Great Britain (31)3. Poland (20)4. Czechoslovakia (3)
|
Václav Verner | 3 |
| Jiří Štancl | 0 | |||
| Miloslav Verner | 0 | |||
| Luboš Tomíček Sr. | 0 | |||
| Jan Holub I | 0 | |||
| Zdeněk Majstr | 0 | |||
| 1977 | Wrocław Stadion Olimpijski |
1. England (37) 2. Poland (25)3. Czechoslovakia (23)4. Sweden (11)
|
Jiří Štancl | 8 |
| Václav Verner | 5 | |||
| Jan Verner | 5 | |||
| Aleš Dryml Sr. | 5 | |||
| 1978 |  Landshut Stadion Ellermühle |
1.  Denmark (37)2. England (27)3. Poland (19) Czechoslovakia (18)
|
Jiří Štancl | 9 |
| Jan Verner | 5 | |||
| Aleš Dryml Sr. | 2 | |||
| Václav Verner | 2 | |||
| 1979 | London White City Stadium |
1.  New Zealand (35)2. Denmark (31)3. Czechoslovakia (19)4. Poland (11)
|
Jiří Štancl | 6 |
| Aleš Dryml Sr. | 5 | |||
| Zdeněk Kudrna | 4 | |||
| Václav Verner | 4 | |||
| 1980 | Wrocław Stadion Olimpijski |
1. England (40) 2.  United States (29)3. Poland (15)4. Czechoslovakia (12)
|
Jiří Štancl | 4 |
| Petr Ondrašík | 3 | |||
| Václav Verner | 3 | |||
| Aleš Dryml Sr. | 1 | |||
| Zdeněk Kudrna | 1 | |||
| 1982 | London White City Stadium |
1. United States (37) 2. Denmark (24)3. West Germany (18)4. Czechoslovakia (17)
|
Aleš Dryml Sr. | 7 |
| Václav Verner | 6 | |||
| Jiří Štancl | 4 | |||
| Petr Ondrašík | 0 | |||
| Antonín Kasper Jr. | 0 | |||
| 1983 | Vojens Vojens Speedway Center |
1. Denmark (37) 2. England (29)3. United States (27)4. Czechoslovakia (3)
|
Jiří Štancl | 2 |
| Václav Verner | 1 | |||
| Antonín Kasper Jr. | 0 | |||
| Aleš Dryml Sr. | 0 | |||
| Petr Ondrašík | 0 | |||
| 1987 |  Prague Markéta Stadium |
1. Denmark (46) 2. England (31)3. United States (26)4. Czechoslovakia (17)
|
Roman Matoušek | 9 |
| Zdeněk Schneiderwind | 3 | |||
| Antonín Kasper Jr. | 3 | |||
| Petr Vandírek | 2 | |||
| Lubomír Jedek | 0 | |||
| 1990 | Pardubice Svítkov Stadion |
1. United States (37) 2. England (34)3. Denmark (30)4. Czechoslovakia (19)
|
Zdeněk Tesař | 6 |
| Bohumil Brhel | 6 | |||
| Roman Matoušek | 3 | |||
| Antonín Kasper Jr. | 3 | |||
| Vladimír Kalina | 1 |
World Pairs finals edit
International caps edit
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.[5]
References edit
- ^ "1960 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 134. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
- ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
- ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 27–28. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
- ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 12 October 2023.