Czechoslovakia national speedway team

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

History
The Czechoslovakian speedway team (which comprised predominantly of Czech Republic riders) competed in the inaugural Speedway World Team Cup during the 1960 Speedway World Team Cup and won the bronze medal after finishing third in the final. Throughout the history of World Team Cup, the team were regular World Cup contenders from 1960 until their final World Cup in 1992. They reached the final on fourteen occasions, winning the silver medal in 1963 and two more bronze medals in 1977 and 1979. 

In addition to the four medals at the World Cup, the team won a bronze medal at the Speedway World Pairs Championship. The pair of Antonín Kasper Jr. and Roman Matoušek won the medal at the 1986 Speedway World Pairs Championship.

Following the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia at the end of 1992, the riders then competed for their new speedway nations of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Major world finals

World team Cup 
{| class="wikitable"   style="font-size: 95%; width: 70%; text-align: center;"
|-
!width=40|Year
!width=150|Venue
!width=150|Standings (Pts)
!width=120|Riders
!width=40|Pts
|-
| rowspan="4" |1960
| rowspan="4" |GöteborgUllevi
| rowspan="4" style="text-align: left;"| 1.  Sweden (44)2.  England (30)3.  Czechoslovakia (15)4.  Poland (7)
| Antonín Kasper Sr. ||5
|- 
| Luboš Tomíček Sr. ||4
|- 
| Jaroslav Machač || 3
|- 
| František Richter ||3
|-
| rowspan="4" |1961
| rowspan="4" |WrocławStadion Olimpijski
| rowspan="4" style="text-align: left;"| 1.  Poland (32)2.  Sweden (31)3.  England (21)4.  Czechoslovakia (12)
| Luboš Tomíček Sr.|| 7
|- 
| Antonín Kasper Sr. || 4
|- 
| Bohumír Bartoněk || 1
|- 
| Stanislav Svoboda || 0
|-
| rowspan="5" |1962
| rowspan="5" |SlanýSlaný Speedway
| rowspan="5" style="text-align: left;"| 1.  Sweden (36)2.  Great Britain (24)3.  Poland (20)4.  Czechoslovakia (16)
| Luboš Tomíček Sr. || 7
|- 
| Bedřich Slaný || 4
|- 
| Jaroslav Volf || 3
|- 
| Karel Průša || 2
|-
| Bohumír Bartoněk  ||0
|-
| rowspan="4" |1963
| rowspan="4" |ViennaStadion Wien
| rowspan="4" style="text-align: left;"| 1.  Sweden (37)2.  Czechoslovakia (27)3.  Great Britain (25)4.  Poland (7)
| Antonín Kasper Sr. || 10
|- 
| Stanislav Kubíček || 7
|- 
| Miroslav Šmíd || 7
|- 
| Luboš Tomíček Sr. || 5
|-
| rowspan="4" |1968
| rowspan="4" |LondonWembley
| rowspan="4" style="text-align: left;"| 1.  Great Britain (40)2.  Sweden (30)3.  Poland (19)4.  Czechoslovakia (7)
| Antonín Kasper Sr. || 3
|- 
| Luboš Tomíček Sr. || 2
|- 
| Jaroslav Volf|| 1
|- 
| Jan Holub I || 1
|-
| rowspan="6" |1970
| rowspan="6" |LondonWembley
| rowspan="6" style="text-align: left;"| 1.  Sweden (42)2.  Great Britain (31)3.  Poland (20)4.  Czechoslovakia (3)
| Václav Verner || 3
|- 
| Jiří Štancl || 0
|- 
| Miloslav Verner || 0
|- 
| Luboš Tomíček Sr. || 0
|-
| Jan Holub I || 0
|-
| Zdeněk Majstr || 0
|-
| rowspan="4" |1977
| rowspan="4" |WrocławStadion Olimpijski
| rowspan="4" style="text-align: left;"| 1.  England (37)2.  Poland (25)3.  Czechoslovakia (23)4.  Sweden (11)
| Jiří Štancl|| 8
|- 
| Václav Verner|| 5
|- 
| Jan Verner||5
|- 
| Aleš Dryml Sr.||5
|-
| rowspan="4" |1978
| rowspan="4" |LandshutStadion Ellermühle
| rowspan="4" style="text-align: left;"| 1.  Denmark (37)2.  England (27)3.  Poland (19) Czechoslovakia (18)
| Jiří Štancl||9
|-
|Jan Verner || 5
|- 
| Aleš Dryml Sr.||2
|-
|Václav Verner ||2
|-
| rowspan="4" |1979
| rowspan="4" |LondonWhite City Stadium
| rowspan="4" style="text-align: left;"| 1.  New Zealand (35)2.  Denmark (31)3.  Czechoslovakia (19)4.  Poland (11)
| Jiří Štancl||6
|- 
| Aleš Dryml Sr.||5
|- 
| Zdeněk Kudrna ||4
|- 
| Václav Verner||4
|- 
| rowspan="5" |1980
| rowspan="5" |WrocławStadion Olimpijski
| rowspan="5" style="text-align: left;"| 1.  England (40)2.  United States (29)3.  Poland (15)4.  Czechoslovakia (12)
| Jiří Štancl||4
|- 
| Petr Ondrašík||3
|- 
| Václav Verner||3
|- 
| Aleš Dryml Sr.||1
|-
|Zdeněk Kudrna||1
|-
| rowspan="5" |1982
| rowspan="5" |LondonWhite City Stadium
| rowspan="5" style="text-align: left;"| 1.  United States (37)2.  Denmark (24)3.  West Germany (18)4.  Czechoslovakia (17)
| Aleš Dryml Sr.||7
|- 
| Václav Verner||6
|- 
| Jiří Štancl||4
|- 
| Petr Ondrašík||0
|-
|Antonín Kasper Jr.||0
|-
| rowspan="5" |1983
| rowspan="5" |VojensVojens Speedway Center
| rowspan="5" style="text-align: left;"| 1.  Denmark (37)2.  England (29)3.  United States (27)4.  Czechoslovakia (3)
| Jiří Štancl||2
|- 
| Václav Verner||1
|- 
| Antonín Kasper Jr. ||0
|- 
| Aleš Dryml Sr. ||0
|- 
| Petr Ondrašík||0
|-
| rowspan="5" |1987
| rowspan="5" |PragueMarketa Stadium
| rowspan="5" style="text-align: left;"| 1.  Denmark (46)2.  England (31)3.  United States (26)4.  Czechoslovakia (17)
| Roman Matoušek||9
|- 
| Zdenek Schneiderwind||3
|- 
| Antonín Kasper Jr. ||3
|- 
| Petr Vandirek ||2
|- 
| Lubomir Jedek||0
|-
| rowspan="5" |1990
| rowspan="5" |PardubiceSvítkov Stadion
| rowspan="5" style="text-align: left;"| 1.  United States (37)2.  England (34)3.  Denmark (30)4.  Czechoslovakia (19)
| Zdeněk Tesař ||6
|- 
| Bohumil Brhel||6
|- 
| Roman Matoušek||3
|- 
| Antonín Kasper Jr.||3
|- 
| Vladimir Kalina||1
|}

 World Pairs finals
1969 (5th)
1970 (5th)
1971 (4th)
1972 (6th)
1973 (6th)
1974 (7th)
1977 (4th)
1978 (4th)
1981 (4th)
1982 (7th)
1984 (6th)
1986 (bronze)'''
1987 (5th)
1989 (7th)
1990 (4th)
1991 (5th)

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.

References 

National speedway teams
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