Norway national speedway team
{{Short description|Norwegian national motorcycle speedway team}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2023}}
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World Pairs bronze (1968, 1991)
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The Norway national speedway team are one of the teams that compete in international team motorcycle speedway.
History
The Norwegian speedway team competed in the inaugural Speedway World Team Cup in 1960, finishing third in the Scandinavian round at Odense, Denmark. The team consisted of Aage Hansen, Rolf Mellerud, Nils Paulsen, Rolf Westerberg and Sverre Harrfeldt.{{cite book|last=Rogers|first=Martin|title=The Illustrated History of Speedway|year=1978|page=134|publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd|isbn=0-904584-45-3}}{{cite book|last=Bott|first=Richard|title=The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4|year=1980|page=99|publisher=Stanley Paul & Co Ltd|isbn=0-09-141751-1}}{{cite book|last=Oakes|first=Peter|title=1981 Speedway Yearbook|year=1981|pages=27–28|publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd|isbn=0-86215-017-5}}{{cite book|last=Matthews/Morrison|first=Peter/Ian|title=The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results|year=1987|page=290|publisher=Guinness Superlatives|isbn=0-85112-492-5}}
From 1960 to 1985, the team failed to qualify from their qualifying group during the World Cup, due to the fact that they were drawn together in qualifying with two of the world's strongest speedway nations, Denmark and Sweden. They did however win a bronze medal at the 1968 Speedway World Pairs Championship.
The World Team Cup system changed in 1986 but it was not until the 1991 Speedway World Team Cup that the team progressed from qualifying to round two.{{cite web|url=http://motorsporttop20.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/11.-Speedway-World-Cup-Nations.pdf|title=FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS|website=Motor Sport Top 20|access-date=6 October 2023}} During the same year of 1991, the team equalled their greatest feat, when winning a bronze medal at the 1991 Speedway World Pairs Championship.
The nation reached their first and only World Cup final to date in 1995.{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc95.htm |title=1995 WORLD TEAM CUP|website=International Speedway|access-date=6 October 2023}} In recent years, the nation has failed to qualify for the World Cup but did compete in the semi finals of the 2022 Speedway of Nations and reached the 2022 European Pairs Speedway Championship final.
Major tournament finals
= World Team Championships =
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| width=80|Year
!width=200|Venue !width=300|Standings (Pts) !width=250|Riders !width=80|Pts |
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| rowspan="5" |1995
| rowspan="5" |{{flagicon|POL}} | rowspan="5" style="text-align: left;"| 1. {{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark (28) | 8 |
| Rune Holta
| 3 |
| Arnt Førland
| 0 |
= World Pairs Championship =
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; width: 80%; text-align: center;" | |
| width=80|Year
!width=200|Venue !width=300|Standings (Pts) !width=250|Riders !width=80|Pts | |
|---|---|
| rowspan="2" |1968
| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|FRG}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;"| 1. {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden (24) | 11 |
| Øyvind S. Berg | 5 |
| rowspan="2" |1973
| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|SWE}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;"| 1. {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden (24) | 9 |
| Dag Lövaas | 8 |
| rowspan="5" |1991
| rowspan="5" |{{flagicon|POL}} | rowspan="5" style="text-align: left;"| 1. {{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark (28) | 11 | |
| Einar Kyllingstad
| 8 | |
| Tor Einar Hielm
| - |
= European Pairs Championships =
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| width=80|Year
!width=200|Venue !width=300|Standings (Pts) !width=250|Riders !width=80|Pts |
|---|
| rowspan="5" |2022
| rowspan="5" |{{flagicon|DEN}} | rowspan="5" style="text-align: left;"| 1. {{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark (26) | 3 |
| Lasse Fredriksen
| 3 |
| Glenn Moi
| 1 |
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.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=6 October 2023}}
References
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See also
{{Speedway national teams}}
{{National sports teams of Norway}}
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