West Germany national speedway team

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

History

The West German speedway team competed in the inaugural Speedway World Team Cup in 1960, finishing second in the Central European Round.^[1]^[2] The following year in 1961, the East Germany national speedway team competed in their first World Cup and competed as a separate nation from West Germany.^[3]^[4]

In 1977, West Germany won a bronze medal in the Speedway World Pairs Championship but they struggled to progress through the World Cup rounds and it was not until the 1981 Speedway World Team Cup that they finally reached a final.^[5] Another appearance in the final came the following year in 1982.^[6]

The team became part of the Germany national speedway team in 1991, following the events that led to the German reunification between 1989 and 1991.

Major tournament finals

World Team Championships

Year	Venue	Standings (Pts)	Riders	Pts
1981	Olching Olching Speedwaybahn	1. Denmark (36) 2. England (29) 3. West Germany (28) 4. Soviet Union (3)	Egon Müller	10
			Karl Maier	8
			Georg Hack	5
			Georg Gilgenreiner	5
			Alois Wiesböck	0
1982	London White City Stadium	1. United States (37) 2. Denmark (24) 3. West Germany (18) 4. Czechoslovakia (17)	Karl Maier	7
			Egon Müller	5
			Georg Hack	5
			Georg Gilgenreiner	1
			Alois Wiesböck	0

World Pairs Championship

Year	Venue	Standings (Pts)	Riders	Pts
1968	Kempten Kempten Speedway	1. Sweden (24) 2. Great Britain (12) 3. Norway (16) 4. West Germany B (12) 5. West Germany A (10) 6. Denmark (6)	Peter Barth	9 (B)
			Rudolf Kastl	3 (B)
			Manfred Poschenreider	8 (A)
			Fred Aberl	2 (A)
1975	Wrocław Stadion Olimpijski	1. Sweden (24) 2. Poland (23) 3. Denmark (20) 4. England (20) 5. Australia (19) 6. West Germany (10) 7. Austria (10)	Christoph Betzl	6
1975	Wrocław Stadion Olimpijski		Fritz Baur	4
1977	Manchester Hyde Road	1. England (28) 2. Sweden (18) 3. West Germany (18) 4. Czechoslovakia (17) 5. New Zealand (17) 6. Finland (14) 7. Australia (12)	Egon Müller	11
1977	Manchester Hyde Road		Hans Wassermann	7
1978	Chorzów Stadion Śląski	1. England (24) 2. New Zealand (24) 3. Denmark (21) 4. Czechoslovakia (18) 5. Poland (15) 6. West Germany (13) 7. Sweden (11)	Georg Hack	8
1978	Chorzów Stadion Śląski		Hans Wassermann	5
1981	Chorzów Stadion Śląski	1. United States (28) 2. New Zealand (22) 3. Poland (21) 4. Czechoslovakia (18) 5. Denmark (17) 6. England (9) 7. West Germany (3)	Egon Müller	2
1981	Chorzów Stadion Śląski		Georg Gilgenreiner	1
1983	Göteborg Ullevi	1. England (25) 2. Australia (24) 3. Denmark (19) 4. United States (18) 5. Sweden (16) 6. West Germany (12) 7. New Zealand (11)	Karl Maier	6
1983	Göteborg Ullevi		Egon Müller	6
1986	Pocking Rottalstadion	1. Denmark (46) 2. United States (46) 3. Czechoslovakia (32) 4. Sweden (32) 5. New Zealand (32) 6. West Germany (27) 7. England (23) 8. Italy (15) 9. Australia (15)	Karl Maier	22
1986	Pocking Rottalstadion		Klaus Lausch	5
1988	Bradford Odsal Stadium	1. Denmark (45) 2. England (41) 3. United States (39) 4. New Zealand (32) 5. Sweden (26) 6. Hungary (25) 7. Italy (21) 8. West Germany (21) 9. Poland (17)	Gerd Riss	17
1988	Bradford Odsal Stadium		Tommy Dunker	4
1989	Leszno Alfred Smoczyk Stadium	1. Denmark (48) 2. Sweden (44) 3. England (37) 4. West Germany (36) 5. Finland (31) 6. Hungary (22) 7. Czechoslovakia (25) 8. Italy (15) 9. Poland (11)	Karl Maier	22
1989	Leszno Alfred Smoczyk Stadium		Gerd Riss	14
1990	Landshut Ellermühle Stadium	1. Denmark (43) 2. Australia (41) 3. Hungary (33) 4. Sweden (33) 5. New Zealand (32) 6. United States (28) 7. Czechoslovakia (21) 8. England (20) 9. West Germany (15)	Klaus LauschZ	15
1990	Landshut Ellermühle Stadium		Gerd Riss	0

International caps

Caps limited to West Germany only (East Germany and unified Germany not included).^[7]

Rider	Caps
Angermüller, Josef	14
Betzl, Chritophh	24
Deser, Stefan	2
Hack, Georg	26
Lausch, Klaus	27
Maier, Karl	38
Mouncer, Rob	1
Muller, Egon	44
Pelzmann, Carsten	1
Pollehn, Andre	4
Riss, Gerd	22
Schroeck, Peter	1
Wassermann, Hans	15
Wiesböck, Alois	24
Würtele, Peter	6

References

↑ "1960 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
↑ Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 134. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
↑ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
↑ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 27–28. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
↑ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
↑ "1982 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 10 October 2023.

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[1] "1960 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 10 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] Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.

[6] "1982 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 10 October 2023.

[7] "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 10 October 2023.

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