# 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. 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.

## 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.
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.

## Past 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 |