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.
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| Association | Danish Motor Union Danmarks Motor Union | ||||
| FIM code | DMU | ||||
| Team manager | Hans Nielsen | ||||
| Team captain | Niels-Kristian Iversen | ||||
| Nation colour | White and Red | ||||
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| Best result | Never started in qualification | ||||
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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 (Nielsen won a total of 22 Individual, Pairs and Team World Championships), Tommy Knudsen (8 wins), Erik Gundersen (7 wins), Jan O. Pedersen (4 wins), Ole Olsen and Finn Thomsen (both 3 wins).
Denmark are the current (2014) Speedway World Cup Champions having won their record 15th title on 2 August at the Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
| Year | Venue | Standings (Pts) | Denmark Riders and Pts | |
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| 1978 |  Landshut |
1. 2.  3.  4.  |
Hans Nielsen | 11 |
| Ole Olsen | 10 | |||
| Mike Lohmann | 9 | |||
| Finn Thomsen | 7 | |||
| Kristian Praestbro | - | |||
| 1981 | Olching |
1. 2. 3. 4.  |
Hans Nielsen | 11 |
| Erik Gundersen | 9 | |||
| Tommy Knudsen | 9 | |||
| Ole Olsen | 6 | |||
| Finn Thomsen | 1 | |||
| 1983 | Vojens |
1. 2. 3.  4. |
Erik Gundersen | 12 |
| Hans Nielsen | 11 | |||
| Ole Olsen | 7 | |||
| Peter Ravn | 7 | |||
| Finn Thomsen | 0 | |||
| 1984 | Leszno |
1. 2. 3. 4. |
Erik Gundersen | 12 |
| Bo Petersen | 12 | |||
| Hans Nielsen | 11 | |||
| Preben Eriksen | 9 | |||
| Peter Ravn | - | |||
| 1985 | Long Beach |
1. 2. 3. 4.  |
Tommy Knudsen | 12 |
| Erik Gundersen | 10 | |||
| Hans Nielsen | 10 | |||
| Preben Eriksen | 5 | |||
| Bo Petersen | 0 | |||
| 1986 | Gothenburg Vojens Odsal |
Best of three events 1. 2. 3. 4. |
Hans Nielsen | 35 |
| Erik Gundersen | 33 | |||
| Tommy Knudsen | 33 | |||
| Jan O. Pedersen | 20 | |||
| John Jørgensen | 8 | |||
| 1987 | Fredericia Coventry Prague |
Best of three events 1. 2. 3. 4. |
Hans Nielsen | 38 |
| Erik Gundersen | 33 | |||
| Jan O. Pedersen | 32 | |||
| Tommy Knudsen | 27 | |||
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| 1988 | Long Beach |
1. 2. 3. 4. |
Hans Nielsen | 14 |
| Jan O. Pedersen | 12 | |||
| Erik Gundersen | 8 | |||
| Tommy Knudsen | 8 | |||
| John Jørgensen | 2 | |||
| 1991 | Vojens |
1. 2. 3. 4. |
Jan O. Pedersen | 15 |
| Hans Nielsen | 14 | |||
| Tommy Knudsen | 13 | |||
| Gert Handberg | 8 | |||
| Brian Karger | 1 | |||
| 1995 | Bydgoszcz |
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Tommy Knudsen | 15+3 |
| Hans Nielsen | 13+2 | |||
| Brian Karger | 0 | |||
| 1997 | Pila |
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.  7.  |
Hans Nielsen | 14+3 |
| Tommy Knudsen | 13+2 | |||
| Jesper B. Jensen | - | |||
| 2006 | Reading |
1. 2.  3. 4. |
Nicki Pedersen | 13 |
| Hans Andersen | 12 | |||
| Bjarne Pedersen | 9 | |||
| Charlie Gjedde | 6 | |||
| Niels Kristian Iversen | 5 | |||
| 2008 | Vojens |
1. 2. 3. 4. |
Hans N. Andersen | 11 |
| Nicki Pedersen | 11 | |||
| Bjarne Pedersen | 11 | |||
| Kenneth Bjerre | 9 | |||
| Niels Kristian Iversen | 7 | |||
| 2012 | Målilla |
1. 2. 3. 4. |
Niels Kristian Iversen | 11 |
| Michael Jepsen Jensen | 11 | |||
| Nicki Pedersen | 9 | |||
| Mikkel B Jensen | 8 | |||
| 2014 | Bydgoszcz |
1. 2. 3. 4. |
Nicki Pedersen | 17 |
| Niels-Kristian Iversen | 11 | |||
| Peter Kildemand | 7 | |||
| Mads Korneliussen | 3 | |||
| Key: +1,2... - bonus points gained by finishing behind teammate +1j,+2j... - extra points gained in joker ride | ||||
Team U-21 World Championship
| Year | Place | Pts. | Riders |
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| 2005 | 3 | 24 | Morten Risager (10), Henrik Møller (7), Nicolai Klindt (5), Patrick Hougaard (2), Kristian Lund (0) |
| 2006 | 3 | 26 | Nicolai Klindt (12), Henrik Møller (7), Morten Risager (4), Kenneth Hansen (2), Klaus Jakobsen (1) |
| 2007 | - | - | 2nd place in Qualifying Round 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 39 | Patrick Hougaard (16), Nicolai Klindt (12), René Bach (6), Morten Risager (4), Peter Kildemand (1) |
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Honours
World Championships
European Championships
| Competitions | Total | Golden medals | Silver medals | Bronze medals | ||||
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| Total | Years | Total | Years | Total | Years | |||
| Team U-19 | (since 2008) | 11 | 1 | 2018 | 7 | 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 | 3 | 2008, 2009, 2015 |
| Pairs | (since 2004) | 3 | 2 | 2016, 2018 | 1 | 2012 | ||
| Individual | (since 2001) | 21 | 7 | 1989, 1990, 1992, 2005, 2016, 2018, 2019 | 7 | 1972, 1974, 1975, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020 | 7 | 1971, 1988, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2019 |
| Individual U-19 | (since 1998) | 15 | 4 | 2003, 2007, 2013, 2015 | 4 | 2000, 2002, 2011, 2015 | 7 | 1998, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| Total medals: 50 | Gold: 12 | Silver: 20 | Bronze: 18 | |||||
Famous Danish riders
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See also
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