Motocross des Nations


The Motocross des Nations is an annual team motocross race, where riders representing their country meet at what is billed as the "Olympics of Motocross". The event has been staged since 1947, where the team of Bill Nicholson, Fred Rist and Bob Ray, representing Great Britain, took home the Chamberlain Trophy for the first time.
The event as it stands today is an amalgamation of three separate events, the original Motocross des Nations, raced with 500cc motorcycles, the Trophée des Nations, raced with 250cc motorcycles, and the Coupe des Nations, for 125cc motorcycles. Before 1984, the three events were held in different locations on different weekends, whereafter they were combined into a single event with one rider per class.
The scoring for the event works on the position system, i.e. first place is awarded one point, second place two, etc. Each class races twice, each time against one of other two classes, for a total of three races. The worst score of three races is dropped, and the lowest combined score wins.
The event's name has been officially anglicised since 2004, when Youthstream was awarded promotional rights for the World Motocross Grand Prix, although the general moniker Des Nations or MXDN is still very much in use. Races are streamed live on the MXGP website.
Historically Great Britain dominated the early years, before the competition became more fierce. With the rise of motocross in North America from the 1970s, the USA embarked on a famous winning streak, lasting 13 years from 1981 to 1993.

Motocross des Nations winners

Participating nations 2000–2019

Team
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Argentina30th22nd
Australia7th6th14th13th16th11th20th6th7th6th3rd10th4th14th7th8th6th4th15th
Austria13th22nd23rd21st23rd12th20th24th12th10th15th12th17th
Belarus27th
Belgium3rd2nd2nd1st1st3rd2nd3rd3rd3rd2nd5th2nd1st2nd3rd4th4th6th2nd
Brazil23rd23rd16th14th14th18th27th32nd31st27th27th24th23rd16th24th
Canada28th26th8th17th18th10th13th27th16th23rd17th10th13th10th
Chile18th
China30th35th
Costa Rica26th24th
Croatia17th24th28th25th29th29th30th34th32nd30th31st27th30th
Cyprus29th36th33rd
Czech Republic9th12th8th10th16th18th16th17th25th21st14th21st15th25th22nd16th22nd15th26th
Denmark15th19th12th12th21st20th23rd20th15th18th18th14th15th15th14th11th10th
Dominican Republic30th
Ecuador22nd21st
Estonia24th11th7th8th4th6th9th11th12th8th15th10th7th10th9th4th9th8th9th4th
Finland8th10th3rd3rd6th11th10th11th18th14th17th20th18th16th28th29th31st
France18th1st6th9th3rd2nd5th2nd2nd2nd7th2nd6th5th1st1st1st1st1st5th
Germany10th5th16th19th11th14th13th9th10th4th3rd7th1st7th5th9th22nd20th9th7th
Great Britain4th4th6th9th5th6th5th4th5th4th4th8th6th4th18th7th3rd3rd3rd
Greece30th28th27th25th32nd33rd31st36th31st32nd35th34th31st
Guatemala27th25th23rd26th27th
Hungary27th29th27th26th31st28th28th26th27th33rd
Iceland29th30th30th30th32nd30th37th36th29th24th27th
Ireland11th14th9th7th14th22nd31st13th21st16th20th19th13th22nd19th17th20th15th13th18th
Israel40th34th36th38th38th29th
Italy2nd17th1st17th15th13th4th4th5th6th5th16th5th3rd6th14th5th7thDQ16th
Japan6th5th17th12th12th7th17th19th13th26th24th22nd20th18th21st29th
Kuwait36th
Latvia16th18th13th18th23rd26th24th15th16th17th17th22nd14th16th12th19th32nd25th8th
Lithuania30th31st26th28th35th28th31st22nd26th24th25th19th35th28th
Luxembourg26th38th33rd34th37th37th34th
Mexico27th27th25th
Mongolia32nd33rd
Morocco17th35th
Netherlands32nd15th20th2nd7th22nd18th19th9th4th11th10th6th2nd2nd2nd1st
New Zealand19th3rd4th7th4th3rd8th11th8th29th15th20th23rd8th17th21st17th19th
Norway25th22nd15th20th20th27th25th26th17th19th23rd24th12th
Philippines29th28th
Poland25th28th24th30th32nd21st
Portugal14th8th14th23rd10th8th14th19th24th13th9th11th9th17th13th16th21st16th20th22nd
Puerto Rico28th19th26th10th24th23rd21st18th33rd26th17th18th32nd
Romania32nd
Russia29th21st21st18th24th25th22nd22nd15th11th8th8th12th11th14th25th
San Marino34th
Slovakia25th25th15th29th24th35th29th26th28th19th
Slovenia21st13th11th16th24th21st28th26th28th23rd16th27th20th21st23rd12th13th
South Africa5th9th11th5th9th7th12th15th9th6th27th25th26th23rd20th
Spain12th16th4th24th12th10th8th6th7th12th13th8th25th13th21st11th12th18th7th9th
Sweden20th7th5th13th19th19th19th14th23rd20th22nd21st12th30th11th13th13th10th11th14th
Switzerland22nd20th10th22nd15th18th8th9th10th11th12th19th9th7th5th6th5th19th11th
Thailand34th34th33rd39th36th
United States1st2nd1st1st1st1st1st1st1st3rd2nd3rd2nd3rd9th5th6th
Ukraine31st28th21st25th28th29th30th31st33rd28th26th23rd
Venezuela26th27th15th24th31st23rd25th29th33rd29th14th
Total3231172827293130323630363340343638383034

Participating nations pre-2000

Team
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
Andorra23rd
Argentina16th
Australia20th7th16th4th7th7th10th6th13th17th14th19th11th16th8th
Austria11th23rd12th12th13th13th9th8th9th12th17th18th29th
Belarus29th31st
Belgium8th22nd3rd10th9th2nd2nd2nd2nd4th1st3rd1st1st3rd
Brazil27th31st14th
Canada10th16th12th13th17th
Chile18th
Croatia21st22nd24th23rd22nd28th12th
Czechoslovakia6th10th14th11th16th14th
Czech Republic11th15th10th10th13th8th
Denmark12th12th8th16th16th9th9th8th9th11th13th16th9th13th
East Germany21st
Estonia16th21st18th13th25th10th17th
Finland7th4th9th3rd22nd10th6th15th14th9th9th19th2nd11th
France9th8th5th2nd6th12th23rd4th25th3rd3rd2nd5th12th2nd
Germany3rd9th4th8th5th8th7th15th6th5th8th4th6th6th9th
Great Britain5th2nd10th9th3rd6th5th3rd4th1st4th14th3rd7th5th
Greece17th18th20th21st28th30th
Hong Kong21st
Hungary24th19th23rd26th25th28th23rd
Ireland15th15th18th17th17th17th12th26th13th21st11th14th24th
Italy4th3rd6th7th2nd4th8th23rd20th19th8th2nd11th1st
Japan15th14th20th17th10th
Latvia11th17th25th30th21st21st22nd
Lithuania29th30th28th22nd30th
Luxembourg24th19th4th11th22nd22nd31st29th31st27th
Netherlands2nd5th2nd5th10th5th3rd7th24th6th5th5th10th4th6th
New Zealand17th17th20th10th5th16th7th6th7th3rd
Norway21st18th14th11th10th12th22nd26th25th
Poland18th19th22nd21st22nd
Portugal19th20th21st26th17th24th24th21st13th
Russia18th27th25th32nd26th
San Marino11th11th13th
Slovakia24th15th23rd18th15th
Slovenia27th18th23rd12th12th9th20th
/ South Africa12th16th7th8th16th16th19th
Soviet Union18th19th
Spain14th14th11th14th19th15th14th10th11th15th15th15th7th
Sweden14th6th7th6th8th3rd4th5th3rd7th6th7th4th20th
Switzerland13th13th13th15th15th16th18th13th12th19th20th18th20th14th
Ukraine20th28th27th29th
United States1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st2nd2nd1st8th5th4th
Uruguay19th
Yugoslavia16th15th20th19th20th
Total212417232222241629313125323120

Participating nations: 500cc-only era

Team
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
Austria8th10th5th
Belgium7th4th3rd6th3rd3rd2nd2nd2nd3rd1st2nd2nd1st1st10th2nd1st1st3rd1st1st3rd2nd2nd2nd
/ Canada7th11th
Czechoslovakia4th3rd3rd4th1st12th7th
Denmark5th6th6th4th8th6th6th5th7th7th7th10th11th6th10th7th11th8th9th11th7th12th12th11th9th10th
East Germany9th5th2nd
Finland8th5th5th12th7th12th4th7th10th14th8th9th9th14th5th
France3rd3rd4th3rd6th4th5th4th5th9th3rd5th9th8th8th8th6th14th9th6th8th11th7th8th7th6th11th
Germany8th11th12th3rd7th2nd3rd3rd4th9th5th7th
Great Britain2nd1st1st2nd2nd1st1st1st1st1st3rd4th4th5th5th4th3rd6th3rd5th2nd4th2nd3rd3rd4th
Ireland8th12th11th11th12th12th
Italy6th8th7th5th10th6th9th11th12th7th13th5th10th6th14th4th7th8th
Luxembourg10th15th10th4th6th
Netherlands4th5th5th7th7th3rd6th6th4th6th5th6th3rd6th5th6th2nd8th9th5th2nd7th6th8th9th
New Zealand13th
Norway9th11th9th8th11th12th9th13th
4th
Sweden1st2nd2nd1st1st2nd8th7th3rd2nd2nd1st1st2nd2nd1st13th14th4th6th6th5th5th8th3rd
Switzerland7th9th5th4th7th4th3rd8th10th6th9th8th7th10th9th8th10th10th11th13th10th14th13th13th10th12th
United States10th7th4th2nd9th5th2nd4th1st1st1st1st
USSR5th4th6th1st7th12th3rd3rd5th4th1st4th6th
Total78978787101069101212121214141214111415141213

Trophée des Nations winners