Denmark national speedway team

Denmark
Association	Danish Motor Union Danmarks Motor Union
FIM code	DMU
Team manager	Hans Nielsen
Team captain	Niels-Kristian Iversen
Nation colour	White and Red
Squad	Niels-Kristian Iversen (c) Nicki Pedersen Peter Kildemand Mads Korneliussen
World Championships
Team (SWC) 15 8 10
Pairs 8 3 6
Individual (SGP) 14 10 10
European Championships
Pairs — — —
Best result	Never started in qualification
Individual 1 — 3

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.

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
1978	Landshut	1. DENMARK (37) 2. England (27) 3. Poland (16) 4. Czechoslovakia (16)	Hans Nielsen	11
			Ole Olsen	10
			Mike Lohmann	9
			Finn Thomsen	7
			Kristian Praestbro	-
1981	Olching	1. DENMARK (36) 2. England (29) 3. West Germany (28) 4. Soviet Union (3)	Hans Nielsen	11
			Erik Gundersen	9
			Tommy Knudsen	9
			Ole Olsen	6
			Finn Thomsen	1
1983	Vojens	1. DENMARK (37) 2. England (29) 3. USA (27) 4. Czechoslovakia (3)	Erik Gundersen	12
			Hans Nielsen	11
			Ole Olsen	7
			Peter Ravn	7
			Finn Thomsen	0
1984	Leszno	1. DENMARK (44) 2. England (24) 3. USA (20) 4. Poland (8)	Erik Gundersen	12
			Bo Petersen	12
			Hans Nielsen	11
			Preben Eriksen	9
			Peter Ravn	-
1985	Long Beach	1. DENMARK (37) 2. USA (35) 3. England (13) 4. Sweden (10)	Tommy Knudsen	12
			Erik Gundersen	10
			Hans Nielsen	10
			Preben Eriksen	5
			Bo Petersen	0
1986	Gothenburg Vojens Odsal	Best of three events 1. DENMARK (9) 2. USA (4) 3. England (3) 4. Sweden (2)	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. DENMARK (130) 2. England (101) 3. USA (93) 4. Czechoslovakia (36)	Hans Nielsen	38
			Erik Gundersen	33
			Jan O. Pedersen	32
			Tommy Knudsen	27
			-	-
1988	Long Beach	1. DENMARK (44) 2. USA (32) 3. Sweden (22) 4. England (22)	Hans Nielsen	14
			Jan O. Pedersen	12
			Erik Gundersen	8
			Tommy Knudsen	8
			John Jørgensen	2
1991	Vojens	1. DENMARK (51) 2. Sweden (30) 3. USA (28) 4. England (11)	Jan O. Pedersen	15
			Hans Nielsen	14
			Tommy Knudsen	13
			Gert Handberg	8
			Brian Karger	1
1995	Bydgoszcz	1. DENMARK (28) 2. England (22) 3. USA (19) 4. Sweden (19) 5. Australia (14) 6. Poland (13) 7. Norway (11)	Tommy Knudsen	15+3
			Hans Nielsen	13+2
			Brian Karger	0
1997	Pila	1. DENMARK (27) 2. Poland (25) 3. Sweden (21) 4. Germany (17) 5. Czech Republic (16) 6. Russia (10) 7. Hungary (9)	Hans Nielsen	14+3
			Tommy Knudsen	13+2
			Jesper B. Jensen	-
2006	Reading	1. DENMARK (45) 2. Great Britain (37) 3. Sweden (36) 4. Australia (35)	Nicki Pedersen	13
			Hans Andersen	12
			Bjarne Pedersen	9
			Charlie Gjedde	6
			Niels Kristian Iversen	5
2008	Vojens	1. DENMARK (49) 2. Poland (37) 3. Sweden (39) 4. Australia (21)	Hans N. Andersen	11
			Nicki Pedersen	11
			Bjarne Pedersen	11
			Kenneth Bjerre	9
			Niels Kristian Iversen	7
2012	Målilla	1. DENMARK (39) 2. Australia (36) 3. Russia (30) 4. Sweden (24)	Niels Kristian Iversen	11
			Michael Jepsen Jensen	11
			Nicki Pedersen	9
			Mikkel B Jensen	8
2014	Bydgoszcz	1. DENMARK (38) 2. Poland (36) 3. Australia (36) 4. Great Britain (16)	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
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)
Year	Place	Pts.	Riders

Honours

World Championships

Competitions		Total	Golden medals		Silver medals		Bronze medals
			Total	Years	Total	Years	Total	Years
Team World Cup	(1960-2000) (since 2001)	33	15	1978, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014	8	1979, 1982, 1989, 1993, 2002, 2007, 2010, 2013	10	1990, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2015
Team U-21	(since 2005)	10	2	2010, 2013	5	2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015	3	2005, 2006, 2016
Pairs	(1970-1993)	17	8	1979, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991	3	1973, 1976, 1984,	6	1975, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1993
Individual Grand Prix	(1936-1994) (since 1995)	34	14	1971, 1975, 1978, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2007, 2008	10	1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2012	10	1972, 1977, 1981, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2006, 2013, 2014
Individual U-21	(since 1977)	19	7	1977, 1978, 1980, 1989, 1991, 1997, 2012	3	1991, 2004, 2015	9	1982, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1996, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015
Total medals: 113			Gold: 46		Silver: 29		Bronze: 38

Famous Danish riders

Hans Andersen Erik Gundersen Tommy Knudsen Hans Nielsen Ole Olsen

Bjarne Pedersen Jan O. Pedersen Nicki Pedersen Bo Petersen Finn Thomsen

See also

• motorcycle speedway