The Germany national speedway team are one of the teams that compete in international team motorcycle speedway.
History The West Germany national speedway team competed in the inaugural Speedway World Team Cup in 1960 and the following year in 1961, the East Germany national speedway team competed in the World Cup for the first time.
Traditionally the West German team was much stronger and produced the majority of the leading riders from the German nations. West Germany and East Germany became the Germany national speedway team in 1991, following the events that led to the German reunification between 1989 and 1991.
The German team reached the final of the World Team Cup in 1994, 1996, 1997 and 1998 but failed to make any impact over the next two decades, until they competed in consecutive finals of the Speedway of Nations in 2018 and 2019.
Major tournament finals World Team Championships YearVenueStandings (Pts)RidersPts1994BrokstedtHolsteinring Brokstedt 1. Sweden (23)2. Poland (20)3. Denmark (17)4. Australia (17)5. United States (17)6. Germany (16)= England (16) Gerd Riss 12 Andre Pollehn 11+2 Robert Barth 11996DiedenbergenSpeedway Diedenbergen 1. Poland (27)2. Russia (22)3. Denmark (21)4. Germany (20)5. Sweden (14)6. Great Britain (12)7. Hungary (9) Gerd Riss 14 Robert Barth 6 Robbie Kessler 01997PiłaStadion Żużlowy Centrum 1. Denmark (27)2. Poland (25)3. Sweden (21)4. Germany (17)5. Czech Republic (16)6. Russia (10)7. Hungary (9) Robert Barth 9 Robbie Kessler 8 Gerd Riss 01998VojensVojens Speedway Center 1. United States (28)2. Sweden (24)3. Denmark (23)4. Poland (17)5. Germany (14)6. Czech Republic (14)7. Hungary (6) Matthias Kröger 7 Robert Barth 6 Gerd Riss 12018WrocławOlympic Stadium 1. Russia (45)2. Great Britain (46)3. Poland (36)4. Australia (35)5. Denmark (35)6. Sweden (32)7. Germany (23) Martin Smolinski 13 Kai Huckenbeck 9 Michael Härtel 12019TolyattiAnatoly Stepanov Stadium 1. Poland (47)2. Russia (45)3. Australia (41)4. Denmark (37)5. Sweden (35)6. Germany (30)7. Great Britain (16) Kai Huckenbeck 20 Erik Riss 10 Lukas Fienhage 0 2024 ManchesterNational Speedway Stadium 1. Great Britain (35+5+7)2. Australia (36+2)3. Sweden (27+4)4. Germany (26)5. Poland (24)6. Denmark (21) 7. Latvia (20) Kai Huckenbeck 16 Norick Blödorn 10
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.
RiderCapsBusch, Tobias1Dilger, Max3Facher, Frank2Hefenbrock, Christian10Katt, Stephan1Kessler, Robbie5Kröger, Matthias6Kroner, Tobias9Kugelmann, Joachim6Lausch, Klaus2*Maier, Karl1*Mell, Steffen2Pelzmann, Carsten3*Pingel, Jorg2Pollehn, Andre4*Riss, Gerd12*Smolinski, Martin12Stange, Tommy8Wölbert, Kevin6Wolter, Mirko4
Asterisk indicates also earned caps for West Germany
See also German Individual Speedway Championship German Speedway Championship East Germany national speedway team West Germany national speedway team
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