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. Throughout the history of World Team Cup, the team were regular World Cup contenders from 1960 until their final World Cup in 1992. They reached the final on fourteen occasions, winning the silver medal in 1963 and two more bronze medals in 1977 and 1979.
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 YearVenueStandings (Pts)RidersPts1960GöteborgUllevi 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 31961WrocławStadion 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 01962SlanýSlaný 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 01963ViennaStadion 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. 51968LondonWembley 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 11970LondonWembley 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 01977WrocławStadion Olimpijski 1. England (37)2. Poland (25)3. Czechoslovakia (23)4. Sweden (11) Jiří Štancl 8 Václav Verner 5 Jan Verner5 Aleš Dryml Sr.51978LandshutStadion Ellermühle 1. Denmark (37)2. England (27)3. Poland (19) Czechoslovakia (18) Jiří Štancl9 Jan Verner 5 Aleš Dryml Sr.2 Václav Verner 21979LondonWhite City Stadium 1. New Zealand (35)2. Denmark (31)3. Czechoslovakia (19)4. Poland (11) Jiří Štancl6 Aleš Dryml Sr.5 Zdeněk Kudrna 4 Václav Verner41980WrocławStadion Olimpijski 1. England (40)2. United States (29)3. Poland (15)4. Czechoslovakia (12) Jiří Štancl4 Petr Ondrašík3 Václav Verner3 Aleš Dryml Sr.1 Zdeněk Kudrna11982LondonWhite City Stadium 1. United States (37)2. Denmark (24)3. West Germany (18)4. Czechoslovakia (17) Aleš Dryml Sr.7 Václav Verner6 Jiří Štancl4 Petr Ondrašík0 Antonín Kasper Jr.01983VojensVojens Speedway Center 1. Denmark (37)2. England (29)3. United States (27)4. Czechoslovakia (3) Jiří Štancl2 Václav Verner1 Antonín Kasper Jr. 0 Aleš Dryml Sr. 0 Petr Ondrašík01987PragueMarkéta Stadium 1. Denmark (46)2. England (31)3. United States (26)4. Czechoslovakia (17) Roman Matoušek9 Zdeněk Schneiderwind3 Antonín Kasper Jr. 3 Petr Vandírek 2 Lubomír Jedek01990PardubiceSvítkov Stadion 1. United States (37)2. England (34)3. Denmark (30)4. Czechoslovakia (19) Zdeněk Tesař 6 Bohumil Brhel6 Roman Matoušek3 Antonín Kasper Jr.3 Vladimír Kalina1
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.
RiderCapsBartoněk, Bohumir Brhel, Bohumil 10Dryml Sr., Aleš 32Hádek, Bořivoj 1Hádek, Jan Havelka, RudolfHolub I, Jan 12Holub II, Jan Hradecký, Ladislav 4Jedek, Lubomír Kalina, Vladimír 4Karnas, Pavel 10Kasper Jr., Antonín 42Kasper Sr., Antonín 13Kubíček, Stanislav Kudrna, Zdeněk 9Machač, Jaroslav Majstr, Zdeněk Mareš, Pavel Matoušek, Roman 26Ondrašík, Petr 26Průša, Karel Richter, František Schneiderwind, Zdeněk Slaný, Bedřich Šmíd, Miroslav Sova, Emil 7Špinka, Milan 10Štancl, Jiří 39Svoboda, Stanislav Tesař, Zdeněk 13Tomíček Sr., Luboš Urban, Stanislav 13Vandírek, Petr 32Verner, Jan 9Verner, Miloslav Verner, Václav 42Volf, Jaroslav
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