Speedway of Nations

The Speedway of Nations is an annual speedway event held each year in different countries. The first edition of the competition in the current format took place in 2018, replacing the Speedway World Cup on the international calendar.[1] It was the first time an official FIM international pairs competition was staged since the World Pairs Championship ceased in 1993. Russia are the current champions, having won the tournament in 2018, 2019 and 2020. The 2020 Speedway of Nations only had one completed round, after the first one that was due to be raced was postponed.

FIM Speedway of Nations
Current season, competition or edition:
2020 Speedway of Nations
SportMotorcycle speedway
Founded2018
DirectorPhil Morris
MottoNo brakes, no gears, no fear
No. of teams15 national teams
ContinentWorld
Most recent
champion(s)		 Russia
Most titles Russia (3 times)
TV partner(s)BT Sport (UK)
Related
competitions		Speedway Grand Prix
Official website

Format

Each meeting is staged between seven national teams, with each national team represented by two riders. A third rider, who must be aged 21 years or under, acts as a reserve and can be used at any time. Each pairing rides against each other once. The combined total of each pair will be used to determine the outcome.[2]

Two semi-finals are held in different countries, 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

By season
Year Venue Winners Runner-up 3rd place
2018 Wrocław Russia (45 Pts) Great Britain (46 Pts) Poland (36 Pts)
2019 Tolyatti Russia (45 Pts) Poland (47 Pts) Australia (41 Pts)
2020 Lublin Russia (23 pts) Poland (23 pts) Denmark (19 pts)
Year Venue Winners Runner-up 3rd place
  • 2020 Finished after 14 Heats due to bad weather condition. Russia has been awarded with gold as they have beaten Poland in Heat 8.

Medal classification
PosNational TeamTotal
1. Russia 3--3
2. Poland -213
3. Great Britain -1-1
4. Australia --11
5. Denmark --11

Rider classification
PosRiderTeamTotal
1.Artem Laguta Russia 3--3
Emil Sayfutdinov Russia 3--3
3.Gleb Chugunov Russia 2--2
4.Evgenii Saidullin Russia 1--1
5.Bartosz Zmarzlik Poland -2-2
6.Maksym Drabik Poland -112
Patryk Dudek Poland -112
8.Craig Cook Great Britain -1-1
Dominik Kubera Poland -1-1
Robert Lambert Great Britain -1-1
Tai Woffinden Great Britain -1-1
Szymon Wozniak Poland -1-1
13.Marcus Birkemose Denmark --11
Jason Doyle Australia --11
Max Fricke Australia --11
Maciej Janowski Poland --11
Jaimon Lidsey Australia --11
Leon Madsen Denmark --11
Anders Thomsen Denmark --11

See also

References
  1. "Breaking News:FIM Speedway of Nations". SGP.com.
  2. "Speedway of Nations draw and calendar". SGP.com.
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