Italy national speedway team

Motorcycle speedway national team from Italy

Italy
Nation colourRed, White and Green
SWC Wins0

The Italy national speedway team are one of the teams that compete in international team motorcycle speedway.

History

The Italy speedway team first competed in the Speedway World Team Cup during the 1970 Speedway World Team Cup, finishing fourth in the Continental quarter final round.[1] After missing the 1972 and 1973 events, the team were ever present from 1973 to 2000.[2] However, they were one of the weaker nations and failed to reach a final during the years that the competition was known as the World Team Cup.[3][4]

The team experienced a better record in the World Pairs Championship, hosting the final in 1984 and then reaching six finals from 1986 to 1992.[5]

Since 2001, Italy have failed to make an impact in the World Cup or the Speedway of Nations introduced in 2018. They have however won a gold medal in the European Pairs during the 2016 European Pairs Speedway Championship, with Nicolás Covatti and Nicolas Vicentin.[6][7]


Major world finals

World Pairs Championships

Year Venue Standings (Pts) Riders Pts
1984 Italy
Lonigo
Santa Marina Stadium 		1. England England (27)
2. Denmark Denmark (25)
3. New Zealand New Zealand (25)
4. United States United States (19)
5. Australia Australia (14)
6. Czech Republic Czechoslovakia (10)
7. Italy Italy (6) 		Armando Castagna 5
Armando Dal Chiele 1
1986 West Germany
Pocking
Rottalstadion 		1. Denmark Denmark (46)
2. United States United States (46)
3. Czech Republic 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) 		Valentino Furlanetto 8
Armando Castagna 7
1987 Czechoslovakia
Pardubice
Svítkov Stadion 		1. Denmark Denmark (52)
2. England England (44)
3. United States United States (36)
4. New Zealand New Zealand (36)
5. Czech Republic Czechoslovakia (30)
6. Finland Finland (19)
7. Australia Australia (21)
8. Italy Italy (18)
9. Poland Poland (14) 		Armando Castagna 11
Valentino Furlanetto 7
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) 		Armando Castagna 17
Valentino Furlanetto 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) 		Armando Dal Chiele 9
Valentino Furlanetto 6
1991 Poland
Poznan
Olimpia Poznań Stadium 		1. Denmark Denmark (28)
2. Sweden Sweden (24)
3. Norway Norway (19)
4. Germany Germany (18)
5. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (18)
6. Italy Italy (10)
7. Poland Poland (9) 		Armando Castagna 9
Valentino Furlanetto 1
Fabrizio Vesprini 0
1992 Italy
Lonigo
Santa Marina Stadium 		1. United States United States (23)
2. England England (23)
3. Sweden Sweden (22)
4. Italy Italy (18)
5. Denmark Denmark (16)
6. New Zealand New Zealand (14)
7. Australia Australia (10) 		Armando Castagna 16
Valentino Furlanetto 2
Armando Dal Chiele 0

International caps (as of 2022)

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. This means that the number of caps earned by a rider has decreased in the modern era.[8]

Rider Caps
Alfonso, Stefano 7
Carpanese, Mattia 8
Castagna, Armando 43
Castgana, Paco
Dal Chiele, Armando 43
Covatti, Nico 1
Famari, Gianni 24
Franchetti, Guglielmo 5
Furlanetto, Valentino 36
Maida, Andrea
Marzotto, Giuseppe 15
Milanese, Alessandro
Miotello, Christian
Muratelli, Simone
Righetto, Ottoviano 15
Salvatelli, Paolo 20
Sanchez, Emiliano 4
Terenzani, Simone 8
Tessari, Daniele 5
Vesprini, Fabrizio
Vicentin, Nicolas

References

  1. ^ "1970 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. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  6. ^ "EUROPEAN PAIRS SPEEDWAY CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL AT RIGA". FIM. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Final". FIM. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  8. ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  • Świat Żużla, No 3 (75) /2008, pages 25, ISSN 1429-3285.

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