Germany national long track team

{{Infobox Long track national team

|name = Germany

|image = Flag_of_Germany.svg

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|association = German Motor Union
Deutscher Motor Sport Bund

|fim code = DMSB

|manager = Josef Hukelmann

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|colour = Black, Red and Yellow

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The Germany national long track team is the national longtrack motorcycle speedway team of Germany and is controlled by the Deutscher Motor Sport Bund (DMSB).{{cite web |url=https://www.dmsb.de/de/motorradsport/bahnsport |title=Dates and events |website=DMSB |access-date=1 April 2024}}

History

The German longtrack team are traditionally the strongest nation in the world, with many of their riders prioritising a career in longtrack instead of the popular conventional oval form of speedway. The first Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship was held in 1957 (known as the European Championship at the time){{cite book|last=Oakes|first=Peter|title=1981 Speedway Yearbook|year=1981|pages=29–30|publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd|isbn=0-86215-017-5}} and the West German/German team won 16 of the first 40 individual titles from 1957 to 1996.{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwayplus.com/pdf/Longtrack.pdf|title=World Longtrack Finals 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes|publisher=Speedway Plus.com |access-date=1 April 2024}}{{cite web|url=http://www.speedway.org/history/|title=Speedway and Longtrack|publisher=Speedway.org|access-date=1 April 2024}}{{cite book|last=Montague|first=Trevor|title=The A-Z of Sport|year=2004|pages=511–512|publisher=Little, Brown|isbn=0-316-72645-1}} Since the advent of the Grand Prix series in 1997 they have continued the success, winning another 16 titles up to the end of the 2023 season.

Since the creation of the World Longtrack team championship in 2007, now called the (FIM Long Track of Nations), Germany have won 9 of the 15 editions (up to the end of 2023).{{cite web|url=https://grasstrackgb.co.uk/world-longtrack-team-cup/ |title=World Longtrack Team World Champions |publisher=Grasstrack GB | access-date=1 April 2024}}

Competitions

=== World team champions ===

Year & venue\|\| \|\|Pts. \|\|Riders\|\|Ref
class=wikitable style="font-size: 90%;" !colspan=5\| Team Long Track World Championship
align=center \|2007 Morizès	1	59	align=left\|Stephan Katt (24), Gerd Riss (21), Matthias Kröger (9), Enrico Janoschka (5)
align=center \|2008 Werlte	1	64	align=left\|Gerd Riss (23), Bernd Diener (18), Matthias Kröger (16), Stephan Katt (7)
align=center \|2009 Eenrum	1	55	align=left\|Gerd Riss (26), Matthias Kröger (19), Enrico Janoschka (10), Richard Speiser (0)
align=center \|2010 Morizès	1	57	align=left\|Matthias Kröger (8), Stephan Katt (19), Richard Speiser (19), Martin Smolinski (11)
align=center \|2011 Scheeßel	1	68	align=left\|Stephan Katt (25), Richard Speiser (21), Martin Smolinski (15), Jörg Tebbe (7)
align=center \|2012 Saint-Macaire	1	48	align=left\|Stephan Katt (22), Matthias Kröger (11), Jörg Tebbe (9), Bernd Diener (6)
align=center \|2014 Forssa	1	45	align=left\|Erik Riss (24), Jörg Tebbe (11), Stephan Katt (6), Enrico Janoschka (4)
align=center \|2017 Roden	1	61	align=left\|Matthias Kröger (8), Martin Smolinski (28), Michael Härtel (21), Lukas Fienhage (11), Stephan Katt (0)
align=center \|2022 Herxheim	1	45+12	align=left\|Gerd Riss (35), Lukas Fienhage (17), Max Dilger (2)
align=center \|2024 Morizès	1	68	align=left\|Lukas Fienhage (29), Erik Riss (25), Max Dilger (14)	{{cite web \|url=https://www.schwaebische.de/regional/allgaeu/bad-wurzach/erik-riss-holt-gold-fuer-deutschland-2879090 \|title=Erik Riss holt Gold für Deutschland \|website=Schwabische \|access-date=9 September 2024 }}{{cite web \|url=https://www.dmv-motorsport.de/news/index.php?rubrik=1&news=977242&typ=1 \|title=Langbahn-Team-WM: Deutschland zum zehnten Mal Weltmeister \|website=DMV \|access-date=9 September 2024 }}

= World individual champions =

Gerd Riss (8) 1991, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009
Karl Maier (4) 1980, 1982, 1987, 1988
Robert Barth (4) 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006
Josef Hofmeister (3) 1958, 1959, 1960
Manfred Poschenreider (3) 1966, 1967, 1968
Egon Müller (3) 1974, 1975, 1978
Martin Smolinski (3) 2018, 2023, 2024
Erik Riss (2) 2014, 2016
Alois Wiesböck (1) 1979
Tommy Dunker (1) 1997
Lukas Fienhage (1) 2020

= National longtrack championship =

{{cite web |url=https://www.speedway-yesterday.de/html/body_langbahn-dm.html |title=Deutsche Langbahnmeisterschaft |website=Speedway Yesterday |access-date=1 April 2024}}

class="wikitable"
align=center \|width=40px {{Speedway color\|4}} \|Year \|width=200px {{Speedway color\|P1}}\|Winners \|width=200px {{Speedway color\|P2}}\|Runner-up \|width=200px {{Speedway color\|P3}}\|3rd place
colspan=4 align=center\|West German Longtrack Championship
align=center\| 1967 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Heinrich Sprenger	Manfred Poschenreider	Rainer Jüngling
align=center\| 1968 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Manfred Poschenreider	Rudi Kastl	Hans Zierk
align=center\| 1969 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Manfred Poschenreider	Georg Purzer	Rudi Kastl
align=center\| 1970 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Gottfried Schwarze	Horst Kinkelbur	Rudi Kastl
align=center\| 1971 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Manfred Poschenreider	Josef Angermüller	Hans Siegl
align=center\| 1972 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Hans Siegl	Alois Wiesböck	Manfred Poschenreider
align=center\| 1973 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Egon Müller	Manfred Poschenreider	Waldemar Bacik
align=center\| 1974 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Alois Wiesböck	Otto Lantenhammer	Josef Angermüller
align=center\| 1975 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Egon Müller	Hans Wassermann	Georg Hack
align=center\| 1976 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Alois Wiesböck	Egon Müller	Josef Angermüller
align=center\| 1977 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Egon Müller	Wilhelm Kall	Karl Maier
align=center\| 1978 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Alois Wiesböck	Egon Müller	Wilhelm Duden
align=center\| 1979 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Karl Maier	Egon Müller	Wilhelm Duden
align=center\| 1980 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Karl Maier	Josef Aigner	Egon Müller
align=center\| 1981 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Alois Wiesböck	Christoph Betzl	Karl Maier
align=center\| 1982 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Egon Müller	Georg Gilgenreiner	Alois Wiesböck
align=center\| 1983 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Karl Maier	Hans-Otto Pingel	Georg Hack
align=center\| 1984 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Egon Müller	Hans-Otto Pingel	Josef Aigner
align=center\| 1985 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Egon Müller	Karl Maier	Michael Datzmann
align=center\| 1986 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Klaus Lausch	Robert Gührer	Karl Maier
align=center\| 1987 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Karl Maier	Wilhelm Duden	Klaus Lausch
align=center\| 1988 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Gerd Riss	Karl Maier	Klaus Lausch
align=center\| 1989 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Karl Maier	Egon Müller	Alois Bachhuber
align=center\| 1990 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Karl Maier	Hans-Otto Pingel	Andre Pollehn
colspan=4 align=center\|German Longtrack Championship
align=center\| 1991 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Gerd Riss	Klaus Lausch	Georg Limbrunner
align=center \| 1992 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Karl Maier	Uwe Gessner	Gerd Riss
align=center \| 1993 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\|Karl Maier	Gerd Riss	Marvyn Cox
align=center \| 1994 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\|Robert Barth	Gerd Riss	Marvyn Cox
align=center \| 1995 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\|Gerd Riss	Karl Maier	Bernd Diener
align=center \| 1996 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\|Gerd Riss	Karl Maier	Bernd Diener
align=center \| 1997 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\|Gerd Riss	Tommy Dunker	Robert Barth
align=center \| 1998 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Gerd Riss	Bernd Diener	Matthias Kröger
align=center \| 1999 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Robert Barth	Gerd Riss	Herbert Rudolph
align=center \| 2000 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\|Bernd Diener	Robert Barth	Daniel Bacher
align=center \| 2001 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\|Robert Barth	Gerd Riss	Stephan Katt
align=center \| 2002 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Gerd Riss	Robert Barth	Daniel Bacher
align=center \| 2003 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Robert Barth	Gerd Riss	Enrico Janoschka
align=center \| 2004 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Gerd Riss	Herbert Rudolph	Stephan Katt
align=center \| 2005 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Robert Barth	Enrico Janoschka	Bernd Diener
align=center \| 2006 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Robert Barth	Bernd Diener	Stephan Katt
align=center \| 2007 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Gerd Riss	Stephan Katt	Enrico Janoschka
align=center \| 2008 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Sirg Schützbach	Gerd Riss	Bernd Diener
align=center \| 2009 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\|Gerd Riss	Stephan Katt	Matthias Kröger
align=center \| 2010 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Stephan Katt	Bernd Diener	Matthias Kröger
align=center \| 2011 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Stephan Katt	Martin Smolinski	Matthias Kröger
align=center \| 2012 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\| Martin Smolinski	Gerd Riss	Herbert Rudolph
align=center \| 2013 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\|Martin Smolinski	Richard Speiser	Enrico Janoschka
align=center \| 2014 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\|Erik Riss	Jörg Tebbe	Bernd Diener
align=center \| 2015 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\|Jörg Tebbe	Bernd Diener	Stephan Katt
align=center \| 2016 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\|Martin Smolinski	Stephan Katt	Bernd Diener
align=center \| 2017 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\|Stephan Katt	Bernd Diener	Max Dilger
align=center \| 2018 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\|Jörg Tebbe	Martin Smolinski	Andrew Appleton
align=center \| 2019 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\|Michael Härtel	Max Dilger	Bernd Diener
colspan=4 align=center\|2020 cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
align=center \| 2021 \|{{Speedway color\|p1}}\|Max Dilger	Lukas Fienhage	Stephan Katt
colspan=4 align=center\|2022 cancelled due to bad weather
colspan=4 align=center\|2023 cancelled due death of sidecar rider Peter Maurer{{cite web\|url=https://www.speedweek.com/amp/langbahndm/news/214413/Sandbahn-Herxheim-Rennabbruch-nach-toedlichem-Unfall.html?lang=en \|title=Sandbahn Herxheim: Race abandoned after fatal accident \|publisher=Speedweek \| access-date=1 April 2024}}

References

Category:National long track teams

Long track

Team

Year & venue\|\| \|\|Pts. \|\|Riders\|\|Ref
class=wikitable style="font-size: 90%;" !colspan=5\| Team Long Track World Championship
align=center \|2007 Morizès	1	59	align=left\|Stephan Katt (24), Gerd Riss (21), Matthias Kröger (9), Enrico Janoschka (5)
align=center \|2008 Werlte	1	64	align=left\|Gerd Riss (23), Bernd Diener (18), Matthias Kröger (16), Stephan Katt (7)
align=center \|2009 Eenrum	1	55	align=left\|Gerd Riss (26), Matthias Kröger (19), Enrico Janoschka (10), Richard Speiser (0)
align=center \|2010 Morizès	1	57	align=left\|Matthias Kröger (8), Stephan Katt (19), Richard Speiser (19), Martin Smolinski (11)
align=center \|2011 Scheeßel	1	68	align=left\|Stephan Katt (25), Richard Speiser (21), Martin Smolinski (15), Jörg Tebbe (7)
align=center \|2012 Saint-Macaire	1	48	align=left\|Stephan Katt (22), Matthias Kröger (11), Jörg Tebbe (9), Bernd Diener (6)
align=center \|2014 Forssa	1	45	align=left\|Erik Riss (24), Jörg Tebbe (11), Stephan Katt (6), Enrico Janoschka (4)
align=center \|2017 Roden	1	61	align=left\|Matthias Kröger (8), Martin Smolinski (28), Michael Härtel (21), Lukas Fienhage (11), Stephan Katt (0)
align=center \|2022 Herxheim	1	45+12	align=left\|Gerd Riss (35), Lukas Fienhage (17), Max Dilger (2)
align=center \|2024 Morizès	1	68	align=left\|Lukas Fienhage (29), Erik Riss (25), Max Dilger (14)	{{cite web \|url=https://www.schwaebische.de/regional/allgaeu/bad-wurzach/erik-riss-holt-gold-fuer-deutschland-2879090 \|title=Erik Riss holt Gold für Deutschland \|website=Schwabische \|access-date=9 September 2024 }}{{cite web \|url=https://www.dmv-motorsport.de/news/index.php?rubrik=1&news=977242&typ=1 \|title=Langbahn-Team-WM: Deutschland zum zehnten Mal Weltmeister \|website=DMV \|access-date=9 September 2024 }}