The FIM Ice Speedway of Nations, formerly known as the Ice Speedway Team World Championship, is an international
ice speedway
Ice speedway is a developed form of motorcycle speedway racing, featuring racing on frozen surfaces. The sport uses bikes enhanced for the terrain. Participants can compete at international level.
Outline
The bikes race counterclockwise arou ...
competition, first held in Kalinin (
Tver
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Tver was formerly the capital of a powerful medieval state and a model provincial town in the Russian ...
),
USSR
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, in 1979. Since its establishment, the tournament has been noted by a continued Russian dominance: the
Soviet Union
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,
Commonwealth of Independent States
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and
Russia
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have won all but three tournaments. The only non-Russian teams to have won were
West Germany
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in 1983, and
Sweden
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- in 1985, 1995 and 2002.
List of championships
See also
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Ice speedway
Ice speedway is a developed form of motorcycle speedway racing, featuring racing on frozen surfaces. The sport uses bikes enhanced for the terrain. Participants can compete at international level.
Outline
The bikes race counterclockwise arou ...
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Ice racing
Ice racing is a form of racing that uses cars, motorcycles, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, or other motorized vehicles. Ice racing takes place on frozen lakes or rivers, or on groomed frozen lots. As cold weather is a requirement for natural ...
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Individual Ice Speedway World Championship
The Individual Ice Speedway World Championship is an Ice speedway championship held annually to determine an individual World Champion.
History
The first Championships were held in 1966. A European Championship was held for the two years precedi ...
References
External links
FIM Regulations
{{Main world championships
Ice speedway competitions
Speedway
Speedway may refer to:
Racing Race tracks
*Edmonton International Speedway, also known as Speedway Park, a former motor raceway in Edmonton, Alberta
*Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a motor raceway in Speedway, Indiana
Types of races and race cours ...
Speedway, Ice