Czechoslovakia national speedway team explained

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Best result
World Cup silver medal (1963)

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

History

The Czechoslovakian speedway team (which consisted 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

World team Cup

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1960
Göteborg
Ullevi
1. Sweden (44)
2. England (30)
3. Czechoslovakia (15)
4. Poland (7)
5
4
3
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
1
0
1962
Slaný
Slaný Speedway
1. Sweden (36)
2. Great Britain (24)
3. Poland (20)
4. Czechoslovakia (16)
Luboš Tomíček Sr. 7
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
7
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 Volf1
1
1970
London
Wembley
1. Sweden (42)
2. Great Britain (31)
3. Poland (20)
4. Czechoslovakia (3)
3
0
0
Luboš Tomíček Sr. 0
Jan Holub I 0
0
1977
Wrocław
Stadion Olimpijski
1. England (37)
2. Poland (25)
3. Czechoslovakia (23)
4. Sweden (11)
Jiří Štancl8
Václav Verner5
Jan Verner5
Aleš Dryml Sr.5
1978
Landshut
Stadion Ellermühle
1. Denmark (37)
2. England (27)
3. Poland (19)
Czechoslovakia (18)
Jiří Štancl9
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 Štancl6
Aleš Dryml Sr.5
4
Václav Verner4
1980
Wrocław
Stadion Olimpijski
1. England (40)
2. United States (29)
3. Poland (15)
4. Czechoslovakia (12)
Jiří Štancl4
Petr Ondrašík3
Václav Verner3
Aleš Dryml Sr.1
Zdeněk Kudrna1
1982
London
White City Stadium
1. United States (37)
2. Denmark (24)
3. West Germany (18)
4. Czechoslovakia (17)
Aleš Dryml Sr.7
Václav Verner6
Jiří Štancl4
Petr Ondrašík0
Antonín Kasper Jr.0
1983
Vojens
Vojens Speedway Center
1. Denmark (37)
2. England (29)
3. United States (27)
4. Czechoslovakia (3)
Jiří Štancl2
Václav Verner1
Antonín Kasper Jr. 0
Aleš Dryml Sr. 0
Petr Ondrašík0
1987
Prague
Markéta Stadium
1. Denmark (46)
2. England (31)
3. United States (26)
4. Czechoslovakia (17)
Roman Matoušek9
Zdeněk Schneiderwind3
Antonín Kasper Jr. 3
2
Lubomír Jedek0
1990
Pardubice
Svítkov Stadion
1. United States (37)
2. England (34)
3. Denmark (30)
4. Czechoslovakia (19)
6
Bohumil Brhel6
Roman Matoušek3
Antonín Kasper Jr.3
Vladimír Kalina1

World Pairs finals

International caps

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]

RiderCaps
10
32
1
12
4
4
10
42
13
9
26
26
Průša, Karel
7
10
39
13
13
32
9
42
Volf, Jaroslav

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1960 WORLD TEAM CUP . International Speedway . 12 October 2023.
  2. Book: Rogers, Martin. The Illustrated History of Speedway. 1978. 134. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. 0-904584-45-3.
  3. Book: Bott, Richard. The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. 1980. 99. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. 0-09-141751-1.
  4. Book: Oakes, Peter. 1981 Speedway Yearbook. 1981. 27–28. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. 0-86215-017-5.
  5. Web site: ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 . British Speedway . 12 October 2023.