Czechoslovakia national speedway team

Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
SWC Wins	0; 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

Year	Venue	Standings (Pts)	Riders	Pts
1960	Göteborg Ullevi	1. Sweden (44) 2. England (30) 3. Czechoslovakia (15) 4. Poland (7)	Antonín Kasper Sr.	5
			Luboš Tomíček Sr.	4
			Jaroslav Machač	3
			František Richter	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
			Bohumír Bartoněk	1
			Stanislav Svoboda	0
1962	Slaný Slaný Speedway	1. Sweden (36) 2. Great Britain (24) 3. Poland (20) 4. Czechoslovakia (16)	Luboš Tomíček Sr.	7
			Bedřich Slaný	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
			Stanislav Kubíček	7
			Miroslav Šmíd	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 Volf	1
			Jan Holub I	1
1970	London Wembley	1. Sweden (42) 2. Great Britain (31) 3. Poland (20) 4. Czechoslovakia (3)	Václav Verner	3
			Jiří Štancl	0
			Miloslav Verner	0
			Luboš Tomíček Sr.	0
			Jan Holub I	0
			Zdeněk Majstr	0
1977	Wrocław Stadion Olimpijski	1. England (37) 2. Poland (25) 3. Czechoslovakia (23) 4. Sweden (11)	Jiří Štancl	8
			Václav Verner	5
			Jan Verner	5
			Aleš Dryml Sr.	5
1978	Landshut Stadion Ellermühle	1. Denmark (37) 2. England (27) 3. Poland (19) Czechoslovakia (18)	Jiří Štancl	9
			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 Štancl	6
			Aleš Dryml Sr.	5
			Zdeněk Kudrna	4
			Václav Verner	4
1980	Wrocław Stadion Olimpijski	1. England (40) 2. United States (29) 3. Poland (15) 4. Czechoslovakia (12)	Jiří Štancl	4
			Petr Ondrašík	3
			Václav Verner	3
			Aleš Dryml Sr.	1
			Zdeněk Kudrna	1
1982	London White City Stadium	1. United States (37) 2. Denmark (24) 3. West Germany (18) 4. Czechoslovakia (17)	Aleš Dryml Sr.	7
			Václav Verner	6
			Jiří Štancl	4
			Petr Ondrašík	0
			Antonín Kasper Jr.	0
1983	Vojens Vojens Speedway Center	1. Denmark (37) 2. England (29) 3. United States (27) 4. Czechoslovakia (3)	Jiří Štancl	2
			Václav Verner	1
			Antonín Kasper Jr.	0
			Aleš Dryml Sr.	0
			Petr Ondrašík	0
1987	Prague Markéta Stadium	1. Denmark (46) 2. England (31) 3. United States (26) 4. Czechoslovakia (17)	Roman Matoušek	9
			Zdeněk Schneiderwind	3
			Antonín Kasper Jr.	3
			Petr Vandírek	2
			Lubomír Jedek	0
1990	Pardubice Svítkov Stadion	1. United States (37) 2. England (34) 3. Denmark (30) 4. Czechoslovakia (19)	Zdeněk Tesař	6
			Bohumil Brhel	6
			Roman Matoušek	3
			Antonín Kasper Jr.	3
			Vladimír Kalina	1

World Pairs finals

1969 (5th)
1970 (5th)
1971 (4th)
1972 (6th)
1973 (6th)
1974 (7th)
1977 (4th)
1978 (4th)
1981 (4th)
1982 (7th)
1984 (6th)
1986 (bronze)
1987 (5th)
1989 (7th)
1990 (4th)
1991 (5th)

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]

Rider	Caps
Bartoněk, Bohumir
Brhel, Bohumil	10
Dryml Sr., Aleš	32
Hádek, Bořivoj	1
Hádek, Jan
Havelka, Rudolf
Holub I, Jan	12
Holub II, Jan
Hradecký, Ladislav	4
Jedek, Lubomír
Kalina, Vladimír	4
Karnas, Pavel	10
Kasper Jr., Antonín	42
Kasper Sr., Antonín	13
Kubíček, Stanislav
Kudrna, Zdeněk	9
Machač, Jaroslav
Majstr, Zdeněk
Mareš, Pavel
Matoušek, Roman	26
Ondrašík, Petr	26
Průša, Karel
Richter, František
Schneiderwind, Zdeněk
Slaný, Bedřich
Šmíd, Miroslav
Sova, Emil	7
Špinka, Milan	10
Štancl, Jiří	39
Svoboda, Stanislav
Tesař, Zdeněk	13
Tomíček Sr., Luboš
Urban, Stanislav	13
Vandírek, Petr	32
Verner, Jan	9
Verner, Miloslav
Verner, Václav	42
Volf, Jaroslav

References

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

[1] "1960 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 12 October 2023.

[2] Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 134. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.

[3] Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.

[4] Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 27–28. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.

[5] "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 12 October 2023.

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