Denmark national speedway team


Denmark is one of the major teams in international speedway. They are managed by Denmark's most successful speedway rider, four time Individual World Champion Hans Nielsen and the current captain is Niels-Kristian Iversen. They have won the Speedway World Cup / Speedway World Team Cup a record 15 occasions with team manager Nielsen being a rider on 11 of those teams.

Speedway World Cup

The Denmark national speedway were a major force throughout the 1980s, winning a record 6 world titles in a row, between 1983 and 1988. They are currently one of the best teams in the world. Key riding members of the title wins include Hans Nielsen, who holds the record for most world cup wins by an individual rider with 11 wins, Tommy Knudsen, Erik Gundersen, Jan O. Pedersen, Ole Olsen and Finn Thomsen.
Denmark are the current Speedway World Cup Champions having won their record 15th title on 2 August at the Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Team U-21 World Championship

YearPlacePts.Riders
2005324Morten Risager, Henrik Møller, Nicolai Klindt, Patrick Hougaard, Kristian Lund
2006326Nicolai Klindt, Henrik Møller, Morten Risager, Kenneth Hansen, Klaus Jakobsen
2007--2nd place in Qualifying Round 1
2008239Patrick Hougaard, Nicolai Klindt, René Bach, Morten Risager, Peter Kildemand
YearPlacePts.Riders

Honours

World Championships

European Championships

Famous Danish riders