The West Germany national speedway team were one of the teams that competed in international team motorcycle speedway.
History The West German speedway team competed in the inaugural Speedway World Team Cup in 1960, finishing second in the Central European Round. The following year in 1961, the East Germany national speedway team competed in their first World Cup and competed as a separate nation from West Germany.
In 1977, West Germany won a bronze medal in the Speedway World Pairs Championship but they struggled to progress through the World Cup rounds and it was not until the 1981 Speedway World Team Cup that they finally reached a final. Another appearance in the final came the following year in 1982.
The team became part of the Germany national speedway team in 1991, following the events that led to the German reunification between 1989 and 1991.
Major tournament finals World Team Championships YearVenueStandings (Pts)RidersPts1981OlchingOlching Speedwaybahn 1. Denmark (36)2. England (29)3. West Germany (28)4. Soviet Union (3) Egon Müller 10 Karl Maier 8 Georg Hack 5 Georg Gilgenreiner 5 Alois Wiesböck 01982LondonWhite City Stadium 1. United States (37)2. Denmark (24)3. West Germany (18)4. Czechoslovakia (17) Karl Maier7 Egon Müller 5 Georg Hack 5 Georg Gilgenreiner 1 Alois Wiesböck 0
World Pairs Championship YearVenueStandings (Pts)RidersPts1968Kempten Kempten Speedway 1. Sweden (24)2. Great Britain (12)3. Norway (16) 4. West Germany B (12)5. West Germany A (10)6. Denmark (6) Peter Barth 9 (B) Rudolf Kastl 3 (B) Manfred Poschenreider 8 (A) Fred Aberl 2 (A)1975WrocławStadion Olimpijski1. Sweden (24)2. Poland (23) 3. Denmark (20)4. England (20) 5. Australia (19)6. West Germany (10)7. Austria (10) Christoph Betzl 6 Fritz Baur 41977Manchester Hyde Road 1. England (28)2. Sweden (18)3. West Germany (18)4. Czechoslovakia (17)5. New Zealand (17)6. Finland (14)7. Australia (12) Egon Müller 11 Hans Wassermann 71978ChorzówStadion Śląski1. England (24)2. New Zealand (24)3. Denmark (21)4. Czechoslovakia (18)5. Poland (15)6. West Germany (13)7. Sweden (11) Georg Hack 8 Hans Wassermann 51981ChorzówStadion Śląski1. United States (28) 2. New Zealand (22)3. Poland (21)4. Czechoslovakia (18)5. Denmark (17)6. England (9)7. West Germany (3) Egon Müller 2 Georg Gilgenreiner 11983GöteborgUllevi1. England (25)2. Australia (24) 3. Denmark (19)4. United States (18)5. Sweden (16)6. West Germany (12)7. New Zealand (11) Karl Maier 6 Egon Müller 61986PockingRottalstadion1. 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) Karl Maier 22 Klaus Lausch 51988BradfordOdsal Stadium1. 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) Gerd Riss 17 Tommy Dunker 41989LesznoAlfred Smoczyk Stadium1. 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) Karl Maier 22 Gerd Riss 141990LandshutEllermühle Stadium1. Denmark (43)2. Australia (41) 3. Hungary (33)4. Sweden (33)5. New Zealand (32)6. United States (28)7. Czechoslovakia (21)8. England (20) 9. West Germany (15) Klaus LauschZ 15 Gerd Riss 0
International caps Caps limited to West Germany only (East Germany and unified Germany not included).
RiderCapsAngermüller, Josef14Betzl, Chritophh24Deser, Stefan2Hack, Georg26Lausch, Klaus27Maier, Karl38Mouncer, Rob1Muller, Egon44Pelzmann, Carsten1Pollehn, Andre4Riss, Gerd22Schroeck, Peter1Wassermann, Hans15Wiesböck, Alois24Würtele, Peter6
See also German Individual Speedway Championship German Speedway Championship Germany national speedway team East Germany national speedway team
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