Yugoslavia national speedway team

Yugoslavian national motorcycle speedway team

Yugoslavia
SWC Wins0
Best result
World Pairs finalists (1970, 1971, 1980)

The Yugoslavia national speedway team were one of the teams that competed in international team motorcycle speedway.

History

The Yugoslavian speedway team first competed in the Speedway World Team Cup during the 1962 Speedway World Team Cup, finishing second in the central European round.[1] Throughout the history of World Team Cup, the team were regular World Cup competitors from 1962 until their final World Cup in 1992.[2] However, they were one of the weaker nations and failed to reach the latter stages of the competition.[3][4]

Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, the riders then competed for their new speedway nations, primarily Croatia and Slovenia.

Major world finals

World Pairs Championship

Year Venue Standings (Pts) Riders Pts
1970 Sweden
Malmö
Malmö Stadion 		1. New Zealand New Zealand (28)
2. Sweden Sweden (25)
3. England England (19)
4. Scotland Scotland (18)
5. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (11)
6. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (7)
7. Denmark Denmark (nc) 		Drago Perko 6
Ivan Kos 1
1971 Poland
Rybnik
Rybnik Municipal Stadium 		1. Poland Poland (30)
2. New Zealand New Zealand (25)
3. Sweden Sweden (22)
4. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (17)
5. Scotland Scotland (16)
6. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (10)
7. Austria Austria (6) 		Ivan Molan 5
Drasco Orsic 5
1980 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Krsko
Matija Gubec Stadium 		1. England England (29)
2. Poland Poland (22)
3. Denmark Denmark (21)
4. Sweden Sweden (18)
5. New Zealand New Zealand (16)
6. Finland Finland (14)
7. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (6) 		Stefan Kekeč 6
Vladislav Kočuvan 0

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
Babic, Evald
Babič, Franc
Caba, Lazar
Džudović, Slobodan (Srb)
Fleten, Djuro
Francic, Josip
Gerjevic, Zvone
Hauptmann, Igor
Horvat, Artur
Kalisnik, Milan
Kekeč, Stefan
Klasnetic, Damijan
Kocmut, Albert
Kočuvan, Vladislav
Kos, Ivan
Kosmut, Manfred
Lazbaher, Jose
Lekse, Gerhard (S)
Joze Mavsar, Joze
Medved, Valentin
Miler, Vlado
Milov, Joze
Molan, Ivan
Omerzel, Krešo (S)
Orsic, Drasko
Pavlic, Zvonko
Perko, Drago
Peterca, Martin (S) 2
Pintar, Gregor (S)
Posedi, Ivan
Pribovsek, Franc
Regvart, Drago
Sauperl, Franc
Smidt, Ladislav
Stanković, Milovan (Srb)
Stojković, Milija (Srb)
Tomazic, Janez
Tominac, Darko
Tomanic, Zdravko
Toplisek, Radovan
Vobujak, Ivan
Visocnik, Joze
Vurzer, Alojz
Vrbnjak, Ivan
Zagar, Franc
Zibert, Joze

Key

  • (S) Slovenian
  • (C) Croatian
  • (Srb) Serbian

References

  1. ^ "1962 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.