West Germany national speedway team
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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.[1][2] 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.[3][4] 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.[5] Another appearance in the final came the following year in 1982.[6] 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
| Year | Venue | Standings (Pts) | Riders | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | West Germany Olching Olching Speedwaybahn |
1. Denmark Denmark (36) 2. England England (29) 3. West Germany West Germany (28) 4. Soviet Union Soviet Union (3) |
Egon Müller | 10 |
| Karl Maier | 8 | |||
| Georg Hack | 5 | |||
| Georg Gilgenreiner | 5 | |||
| Alois Wiesböck | 0 | |||
| 1982 | England London White City Stadium |
1. United States United States (37) 2. Denmark Denmark (24) 3. West Germany West Germany (18) 4. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (17) |
Karl Maier | 7 |
| Egon Müller | 5 | |||
| Georg Hack | 5 | |||
| Georg Gilgenreiner | 1 | |||
| Alois Wiesböck | 0 |
World Pairs Championship
| Year | Venue | Standings (Pts) | Riders | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | West Germany Kempten Kempten Speedway |
1. Sweden Sweden (24) 2. United Kingdom Great Britain (12) 3. Norway Norway (16) 4. West Germany West Germany B (12) 5.West Germany West Germany A (10) 6. Denmark Denmark (6) |
Peter Barth | 9 (B) |
| Rudolf Kastl | 3 (B) | |||
| Manfred Poschenreider | 8 (A) | |||
| Fred Aberl | 2 (A) | |||
| 1975 | Poland Wrocław Stadion Olimpijski |
1. Sweden Sweden (24) 2. Poland Poland (23) 3. Denmark Denmark (20) 4. England England (20) 5. Australia Australia (19) 6. West Germany West Germany (10) 7. Austria Austria (10) |
Christoph Betzl | 6 |
| Fritz Baur | 4 | |||
| 1977 | England Manchester Hyde Road |
1. England England (28) 2. Sweden Sweden (18) 3. West Germany West Germany (18) 4.Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (17) 5. New Zealand New Zealand (17) 6. Finland Finland (14) 7.Australia Australia (12) |
Egon Müller | 11 |
| Hans Wassermann | 7 | |||
| 1978 | Poland Chorzów Stadion Śląski |
1. England England (24) 2. New Zealand New Zealand (24) 3. Denmark Denmark (21) 4. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (18) 5. Poland Poland (15) 6. West Germany West Germany (13) 7. Sweden Sweden (11) |
Georg Hack | 8 |
| Hans Wassermann | 5 | |||
| 1981 | Poland Chorzów Stadion Śląski |
1. United States United States (28) 2. New Zealand New Zealand (22) 3. Poland Poland (21) 4. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (18) 5. Denmark Denmark (17) 6. England England (9) 7. West Germany West Germany (3) |
Egon Müller | 2 |
| Georg Gilgenreiner | 1 | |||
| 1983 | Sweden Göteborg Ullevi |
1. England England (25) 2. Australia Australia (24) 3. Denmark Denmark (19) 4. United States United States (18) 5. Sweden Sweden (16) 6. West Germany West Germany (12) 7. New Zealand New Zealand (11) |
Karl Maier | 6 |
| Egon Müller | 6 | |||
| 1986 | West Germany Pocking Rottalstadion |
1. Denmark Denmark (46) 2. United States United States (46) 3. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (32) 4. Sweden Sweden (32) 5. New Zealand New Zealand (32) 6. West Germany West Germany (27) 7. England England (23) 8. Italy Italy (15) 9. Australia Australia (15) |
Karl Maier | 22 |
| Klaus Lausch | 5 | |||
| 1988 | England Bradford Odsal Stadium |
1. Denmark Denmark (45) 2. England England (41) 3. United States United States (39) 4. New Zealand New Zealand (32) 5. Sweden Sweden (26) 6. Hungary Hungary (25) 7. Italy Italy (21) 8. West Germany West Germany (21) 9. Poland Poland (17) |
Gerd Riss | 17 |
| Tommy Dunker | 4 | |||
| 1989 | Poland Leszno Alfred Smoczyk Stadium |
1. Denmark Denmark (48) 2. Sweden Sweden (44) 3. England England (37) 4. West Germany West Germany (36) 5. Finland Finland (31) 6. Hungary Hungary (22) 7. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (25) 8. Italy Italy (15) 9. Poland Poland (11) |
Karl Maier | 22 |
| Gerd Riss | 14 | |||
| 1990 | West Germany Landshut Ellermühle Stadium |
1. Denmark Denmark (43) 2. Australia Australia (41) 3. Hungary Hungary (33) 4. Sweden Sweden (33) 5. New Zealand New Zealand (32) 6. United States United States (28) 7. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (21) 8. England England (20) 9. West Germany West Germany (15) |
Klaus LauschZ | 15 |
| Gerd Riss | 0 |
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International caps
Caps limited to West Germany only (East Germany and unified Germany not included).[7]
| Rider | Caps |
|---|---|
| Angermüller, Josef | 14 |
| Betzl, Chritophh | 24 |
| Deser, Stefan | 2 |
| Hack, Georg | 26 |
| Lausch, Klaus | 27 |
| Maier, Karl | 38 |
| Mouncer, Rob | 1 |
| Muller, Egon | 44 |
| Pelzmann, Carsten | 1 |
| Pollehn, Andre | 4 |
| Riss, Gerd | 22 |
| Schroeck, Peter | 1 |
| Wassermann, Hans | 15 |
| Wiesböck, Alois | 24 |
| Würtele, Peter | 6 |
See also
- German Individual Speedway Championship
- German Speedway Championship
- Germany national speedway team
- East Germany national speedway team
References
- ↑ "1960 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 10 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.
- ↑ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
- ↑ "1982 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
