The Continental final was a motorcycle speedway final sanctioned by the FIM as the qualifying round for the Speedway World Championship between 1976 and 2000.
From 1952 to 1975 it acted as the final qualifier for the Championship round or European final. From 1976 to 1990 it was upgraded in stature and acted as a final qualifier for the World Championship final itself. It was not held from 1991 to 1994. From 1995 to 2001 it acted as a final qualifier for the Speedway Grand Prix or Grand Prix Challenge.
Editions YearVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place 1952 Falköping Rune Sörmander Olle Nygren Stig Pramberg 1953 Kumla Basse Hveem Olle Nygren Dan Forsberg 1954 Linköping Ove Fundin Rune Sörmander Sune Karlsson 1955 Abensberg Fritz Dirtl Josef Kamper Georg Duneborn 1956 Oberhausen Kjell Carlsson Josef Seidl Andrzej Krzesiński 1957 Vienna Josef Hofmeister Josef Seidl Stanisław Tkocz 1958 Oberhausen Joel Jansson Josef Hofmeister Josef Seidl 1959 Munich Josef Hofmeister Björn Knutson Mieczysław Połukard 1960 Vienna Josef Hofmeister Henryk Żyto Marian Kaiser 1961 Slaný Florian Kapała Igor Plekhanov Stanisław Tkocz 1962 Wrocław Marian Kaiser Paweł Waloszek Luboš Tomíček Sr. 1963 Wrocław Stanisław Tkocz Boris Samorodov Antonín Kasper Sr. 1964 Slaný Igor Plekhanov Jaroslav Volf Boris Samorodov 1965 Wrocław Andrzej Wyglenda Igor Plekhanov Andrzej Pogorzelski 1966 Slaný Andrzej Pogorzelski Antoni Woryna Konstanty Pociejkewicz 1967 Kempten Andrzej Wyglenda Jerzy Trzeszkowski Igor Plekhanov 1968 Slaný Gennady Kurilenko Paweł Waloszek Vladimir Smirnov 1969 Ufa Antoni Woryna Andrzej Wyglenda Edward Jancarz 1970 Abensberg Hans Jürgen Fritz Valeri Klementiev Zdenek Majstr 1971 Slaný Henryk Glücklich Jan Mucha Gennady Kurilenko 1972 Cherkessk Viktor Trofimov Viktor Kalmykov Anatoly Kuzmin 1973 Leningrad Valery Gordeev Grigory Khlinovsky Vladimir Zapleshny 1974 Tolyatti Vladimir Gordeev Mikhail Starostin Zenon Plech 1975 Leningrad Edward Jancarz Valery Gordeev Viktor Kalmykov 1976 Leningrad Egon Müller Jiří Štancl Valery Gordeev 1977 Tolyatti Jan Verner Egon Müller Jiří Štancl 1978 Prague Hans Wassermann Jiří Štancl Marek Cieślak 1979 Pöcking Christoph Betzl Mikhail Starostin Zdeněk Kudrna 1980 Lonigo Zenon Plech Jiří Štancl Aleš Dryml Sr. 1981 Prague Egon Müller Aleš Dryml Sr. Edward Jancarz 1982 Leszno Jiří Štancl Edward Jancarz Václav Verner 1983 Rybnik Zenon Plech Egon Müller Jiří Štancl 1984 Rovno Egon Müller Karl Maier Jiří Štancl 1985 Pöcking Egon Müller Armando Castagna Zoltán Adorján 1986 Wiener Neustadt Viktor Kuznetsov Antonín Kasper Jr. Armando Castagna 1987 Lonigo Gerd Riss Roman Jankowski Antonín Kasper Jr. 1988 Leszno Zenon Kasprzak Antal Kocso Roman Jankowski 1989 Debrecen Zoltán Adorján Karl Maier Roman Matoušek 1990 Norden Gerd Riss Zoltán Adorján Armando Castagna 1991–1994not held 1995 Miskolc Zoltán Adorján Stefano Alfonso Antonín Kasper Jr. 1996 Abensberg Tomasz Gollob Sławomir Drabik Zoltán Adorján 1997 Lonigo Armando Castagna Zoltán Adorján Tomáš Topinka 1998 Debrecen Antonín Kasper Jr. Marián Jirout Roman Povazhny 1999 Wrocław Rafał Dobrucki Piotr Protasiewicz Sławomir Drabik 2000 Lonigo Matej Ferjan Piotr Protasiewicz Piotr Świst 2001 Gdańsk Sebastian Ułamek Bohumil Brhel Wiesław Jaguś
See also Speedway World Championship Speedway Grand Prix Motorcycle speedway
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