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| Italy | |
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| Nation colour | Red, White and Green |
| SWC Wins | 0 |
The Italy national speedway team are one of the teams that compete in international team motorcycle speedway.
History
[edit]The Italy speedway team first competed in the Speedway World Team Cup during the 1970 Speedway World Team Cup, finishing fourth in the Continental quarter final round.[1] After missing the 1972 and 1973 events, the team were ever present from 1973 to 2000.[2] However, they were one of the weaker nations and failed to reach a final during the years that the competition was known as the World Team Cup.[3][4]
The team experienced a better record in the World Pairs Championship, hosting the final in 1984 and then reaching six finals from 1986 to 1992.[5]
Since 2001, Italy have failed to make an impact in the World Cup or the Speedway of Nations introduced in 2018. They have however won a gold medal in the European Pairs during the 2016 European Pairs Speedway Championship, with Nicolás Covatti and Nicolas Vicentin.[6][7]
Major world finals
[edit]World Pairs Championships
[edit]| Year | Venue | Standings (Pts) | Riders | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 |  Lonigo Santa Marina Stadium | 1.  England (27)2.  Denmark (25) 3.  New Zealand (25) 4.  United States (19)5.  Australia (14)6.  Czechoslovakia (10)7. Italy (6) | Armando Castagna | 5 |
| Armando Dal Chiele | 1 | |||
| 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) | Valentino Furlanetto | 8 |
| Armando Castagna | 7 | |||
| 1987 | Pardubice Svítkov Stadion | 1. Denmark (52) 2. England (44) 3. United States (36)4. New Zealand (36)5. Czechoslovakia (30)6.  Finland (19) 7. Australia (21)8. Italy (18)9.  Poland (14) | Armando Castagna | 11 |
| Valentino Furlanetto | 7 | |||
| 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) | Armando Castagna | 17 |
| Valentino Furlanetto | 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) | Armando Dal Chiele | 9 |
| Valentino Furlanetto | 6 | |||
| 1991 | Poznan Olimpia Poznań Stadium | 1. Denmark (28) 2. Sweden (24)3.  Norway (19)4. Germany (18)5. Czechoslovakia (18)6. Italy (10)7. Poland (9) | Armando Castagna | 9 |
| Valentino Furlanetto | 1 | |||
| Fabrizio Vesprini | 0 | |||
| 1992 | Lonigo Santa Marina Stadium | 1. United States (23) 2. England (23) 3. Sweden (22)4. Italy (18)5. Denmark (16)6. New Zealand (14)7. Australia (10) | Armando Castagna | 16 |
| Valentino Furlanetto | 2 | |||
| Armando Dal Chiele | 0 |
International caps (as of 2022)
[edit]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.[8]
| Rider | Caps |
|---|---|
| Alfonso, Stefano | 7 |
| Carpanese, Mattia | 8 |
| Castagna, Armando | 43 |
| Castgana, Paco | |
| Dal Chiele, Armando | 43 |
| Covatti, Nico | 1 |
| Famari, Gianni | 24 |
| Franchetti, Guglielmo | 5 |
| Furlanetto, Valentino | 36 |
| Maida, Andrea | |
| Marzotto, Giuseppe | 15 |
| Milanese, Alessandro | |
| Miotello, Christian | |
| Muratelli, Simone | |
| Righetto, Ottoviano | 15 |
| Salvatelli, Paolo | 20 |
| Sanchez, Emiliano | 4 |
| Terenzani, Simone | 8 |
| Tessari, Daniele | 5 |
| Vesprini, Fabrizio | |
| Vicentin, Nicolas |
References
[edit]- ^ "1970 World Team Cup". International Speedway. Retrieved 12 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.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "EUROPEAN PAIRS SPEEDWAY CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL AT RIGA". FIM. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Final". FIM. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
See also
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