Italy national speedway team explained

Clubname:Italy
[[Fim]] Code:FMI (Federazione Motociclistica Italiana)
Colour:Red, White and Green
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The Italy national speedway team are one of the teams that compete in international team motorcycle speedway.

History

The Italy speedway team first competed in the Speedway World Team Cup during the 1970 Speedway World Team Cup, finishing fourth in the Continental quarter final round.[1] After missing the 1972 and 1973 events, the team were ever present from 1973 to 2000.[2] However, they were one of the weaker nations and failed to reach a final during the years that the competition was known as the World Team Cup.[3] [4]

The team experienced a better record in the World Pairs Championship, hosting the final in 1984 and then reaching six finals from 1986 to 1992.[5]

Since 2001, Italy have failed to make an impact in the World Cup or the Speedway of Nations introduced in 2018. They have however won a gold medal in the European Pairs during the 2016 European Pairs Speedway Championship, with Nicolás Covatti and Nicolas Vicentin.[6] [7]

Major world finals

World Pairs Championships

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1984
Lonigo
Santa Marina Stadium
1. England (27)
2. Denmark (25)
3. New Zealand (25)
4. United States (19)
5. Australia (14)
6. Czechoslovakia (10)
7. Italy (6)
5
1
1986
Pocking
Rottalstadion
1. Denmark (46)
2. United States (46)
3. Czechoslovakia (32)
4. Sweden (32)
5. New Zealand (32)
6. West Germany (27)
7. England (23)
8. Italy (15)
9. Australia (15)
8
Armando Castagna 7
1987
Pardubice
Svítkov Stadion
1. Denmark (52)
2. England (44)
3. United States (36)
4. New Zealand (36)
5. Czechoslovakia (30)
6. Finland (19)
7. Australia (21)
8. Italy (18)
9. Poland (14)
Armando Castagna11
Valentino Furlanetto 7
1988
Bradford
Odsal Stadium
1. Denmark (45)
2. England (41)
3. United States (39)
4. New Zealand (32)
5. Sweden (26)
6. Hungary (25)
7. Italy (21)
8. West Germany (21)
9. Poland (17)
Armando Castagna17
Valentino Furlanetto4
1989
Leszno
Alfred Smoczyk Stadium
1. Denmark (48)
2. Sweden (44)
3. England (37)
4. West Germany (36)
5. Finland (31)
6. Hungary (22)
7. Czechoslovakia (25)
8. Italy (15)
9. Poland (11)
Armando Dal Chiele9
Valentino Furlanetto6
1991
Poznan
Olimpia Poznań Stadium
1. Denmark (28)
2. Sweden (24)
3. Norway (19)
4. Germany (18)
5. Czechoslovakia (18)
6. Italy (10)
7. Poland (9)
Armando Castagna9
Valentino Furlanetto1
Fabrizio Vesprini0
1992
Lonigo
Santa Marina Stadium
1. United States (23)
2. England (23)
3. Sweden (22)
4. Italy (18)
5. Denmark (16)
6. New Zealand (14)
7. Australia (10)
Armando Castagna 16
Valentino Furlanetto 2
Armando Dal Chiele 0

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.[8]

RiderCaps
Alfonso, Stefano7
Carpanese, Mattia8
Castagna, Armando43
Dal Chiele, Armando43
Covatti, Nico1
Famari, Gianni24
Franchetti, Guglielmo5
Furlanetto, Valentino36
Marzotto, Giuseppe15
Miotello, Christian
Righetto, Ottoviano15
Salvatelli, Paolo20
Sanchez, Emiliano4
Terenzani, Simone8
Tessari, Daniele5
Vicentin, Nicolas

References

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1970 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: Speedway riders, history and results. wwosbackup. 12 October 2023.
  6. Web site: EUROPEAN PAIRS SPEEDWAY CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL AT RIGA. FIM. 14 August 2016 . 29 July 2021.
  7. Web site: Final. FIM. 29 July 2021.
  8. Web site: ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 . British Speedway . 12 October 2023.