Russia national speedway team


Russia are an international speedway team who compete in the major international competition, the Speedway World Cup. They are managed by Andrey Savin and the current captain is Rybnik's Denis Gizatullin.

2009 Squad

Juniors:
The Russia national speedway team has never won the Speedway World Cup although have been runner up on 5 occasions as the Soviet Union and once as Russia. They have never been a major force but are consistent qualifiers for the group stage.
The following table shows their best recent performance in 1996 when the tournament was run with pairs rather than teams.

Team U-21 World Championship

YearPlacePts.Riders
2005--3rd place in Qualifying Round 3
2006--3rd place in Qualifying Round 2
2007--4th place in Qualifying Round 1
2008--4th place in Qualifying Round 1
YearPlacePts.Riders

Notable Soviet Union and Russian Riders