Speedway of Nations

The Speedway of Nations is a motorcycle speedway event for national teams, held each year in a different country. The first edition of the competition in the current format took place in 2018.^[1] It was the first time an official FIM international pairs competition was staged since the World Pairs Championship ceased in 1993. Great Britain are the current champions after winning in 2024. The Speedway of Nations was not held in 2023 due to the return of the Speedway World Cup, but returned to the speedway calendar in 2024 and 2025.^[2][3]

FIM Speedway of Nations

Current season, competition or edition: 2024 Speedway of Nations
Speedway of Nations Trophy designed and made by Thomas Lyte
Formerly	Speedway World Pairs Championship (held 1968-1993)
Sport	Motorcycle speedway
Founded	2018
Director	Phil Morris
Motto	No brakes, no gears, no fear
No. of teams	15 national teams
Continent	World
Most recent champion(s)	Great Britain
Most titles	Russia (3 times)
Broadcaster(s)	TNT Sports (United Kingdom) (UK)
Official website	fimspeedway.com/son

Format

Each meeting is staged between seven national teams, with each national team represented by two riders. A third rider, who must be aged 21 years or under, acts as a reserve and can be used at any time. Each pairing rides against each other once. The combined total of each pair will be used to determine the outcome.^[4]

Two semi-finals are held with the top three teams in each progressing to the final. The final is then staged between the hosts and the six qualified nations. It takes places over two rounds, with the second and third placed nations progressing to the semi-final, which is a single race. The winner of the semi-final faces the first placed nation in the Grand Final. The Grand Final winners are crowned Speedway of Nations champions.

Winners

Year	Venue	Winners	Runner-up	3rd place
2018	Olympic Stadium Wrocław	Russia (45 pts) Artem Laguta Emil Sayfutdinov Gleb Chugunov	Great Britain (46 pts) Tai Woffinden Robert Lambert Craig Cook	Poland (36 pts) Maciej Janowski Patryk Dudek Maksym Drabik
2019	Anatoly Stepanov Stadium Tolyatti	Russia (45 pts) Artem Laguta Emil Sayfutdinov Gleb Chugunov	Poland (47 pts) Bartosz Zmarzlik Patryk Dudek Maksym Drabik Maciej Janowski	Australia (41 pts) Jason Doyle Max Fricke Jaimon Lidsey
2020	Stadion MOSiR Lublin	Russia (23 pts) Emil Sayfutdinov Artem Laguta Evgeny Saidullin	Poland (23 pts) Bartosz Zmarzlik Szymon Woźniak Dominik Kubera	Denmark (19 pts) Leon Madsen Marcus Birkemose Anders Thomsen
2021	National Speedway Stadium Manchester	Great Britain (64 pts) Robert Lambert Dan Bewley Tai Woffinden Tom Brennan	Poland (74 pts) Bartosz Zmarzlik Maciej Janowski Jakub Miśkowiak	Denmark (68 pts) Leon Madsen Mikkel Michelsen Mads Hansen
2022	Vojens Speedway Center Vojens	Australia (30 pts) Jack Holder Max Fricke Jason Doyle	Great Britain (32 pts) Dan Bewley Robert Lambert Tai Woffinden	Sweden (30 pts) Fredrik Lindgren Oliver Berntzon Victor Palovaara
2024	National Speedway Stadium Manchester	Great Britain (35 pts) Robert Lambert Dan Bewley Tom Brennan	Australia (36 pts) Jack Holder Brady Kurtz Max Fricke	Sweden (27 pts) Fredrik Lindgren Jacob Thorssell Oliver Berntzon

• 2020 Finished after 14 Heats due to bad weather condition. Russia awarded gold as they beat Poland in Heat 8.

Medal classification

Pos	National Team				Total
1.	Russia	3	-	-	3
2.	Great Britain	2	2	-	4
3.	Australia	1	1	1	3
4.	Poland	-	3	1	4
5.	Denmark	-	-	2	2
6.	Sweden	-	-	2	2

Leading riders

Pos	Rider	Team				Total
1.	Artem Laguta	Russia	3	-	-	3
	Emil Sayfutdinov	Russia	3	-	-	3
3.	Robert Lambert	Great Britain	2	2	-	4
4.	Dan Bewley	Great Britain	2	1	-	3
5.	Gleb Chugunov	Russia	2	-	-	2
	Tom Brennan	Great Britain	2	-	-	2
7.	Tai Woffinden	Great Britain	1	2	-	3
8.	Max Fricke	Australia	1	1	1	3
9.	Jack Holder	Australia	1	1	-	2
10.	Jason Doyle	Australia	1	-	1	2
11.	Evgeny Saidullin	Russia	1	-	-	1

See also

• Speedway Grand Prix
• Team Speedway Junior World Championship (U-21)
• List of world championships