Sweden national speedway team


Sweden are one of the major teams in international speedway. They have been managed by Mats Olsson, who is currently in his 2nd spell, since 2005 after he quit in 2000. The current captain is 2000 World Under-21 Champion Andreas Jonsson.

Speedway World Cup

The Sweden national speedway team has won the Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup on 10 occasions and were a major force in the opening years of the tournament, winning 4 out of the first 5, between 1960 and 1964. Key riding members of the title wins include Ove Fundin, Rune Sörmander, Björn Knutsson, Göte Nordin, Sören Sjösten, Tony Rickardsson, Peter Karlsson and Mikael Max . The cup eluded them for 23 years between 1971 and 1993, but they regained the trophy in 1994 when Sweden were the winners of a reformatted event involving pairs rather than teams, though this format was only to last until 1998. They also went on to win in 2003 and 2004.
Sweden bookended the original World Team Cup, winning the inaugural final at the Ullevi Stadium at home in Göteborg in 1960 before winning the last World Team Cup in 2000 at the Brandon Stadium in Coventry, England.

Team U-21 World Championship

YearPlacePts.Riders
2005235Antonio Lindbäck, Fredrik Lindgren, Eric Andersson, Jonas Davidsson
2006227Fredrik Lindgren, Thomas H. Jonasson, Sebastian Aldén, Ricky Kling, Robert Pettersson
2007--3rd place in Qualifying Round 2
2008338Kim Nilsson, Simon Gustafsson, Ricky Kling, Billy Forsberg, Ludvig Lindgren
2009332Thomas H. Jonasson, Simon Gustafsson, Kim Nilsson, Linus Eklöf, Ludvig Lindgren
2010237Dennis Andersson, Linus Sundström, Simon Gustafsson, Ludvig Lindgren, Kim Nilsson
2011*--Won Semi-final 1
2012326Pontus Aspgren, Anton Rosén, Jacob Thorsell, Oliver Berntzon, Mathias Thoernblom
2013--Third place in Semi-final 2
2014321Oliver Berntzon, Jacob Thorssell, Fredrik Engman, Victor Palovaara
YearPlacePts.Riders

* Due to cost of travel and visa problems, Sweden withdrew from the 2011 Final,

Team U-19 European Championship

YearPlacePts.Riders
2008136Linus Eklöf, Ludvig Lindgren, Simon Gustafsson, Linus Sundström, Niklas Larsson
2009238Simon Gustafsson, Dennis Andersson, Ludvig Lindgren, Anton Rosén, Linus Sundström
YearPlacePts.Riders

Honours

World Championships

European Championships

Titles

Famous Swedish riders