The Italy national speedway team are one of the teams that compete in international team motorcycle speedway.
History The Italy speedway team first competed in the Speedway World Team Cup during the 1970 Speedway World Team Cup, finishing fourth in the Continental quarter final round. After missing the 1972 and 1973 events, the team were ever present from 1973 to 2000. However, they were one of the weaker nations and failed to reach a final during the years that the competition was known as the World Team Cup.
The team experienced a better record in the World Pairs Championship, hosting the final in 1984 and then reaching six finals from 1986 to 1992.
Since 2001, Italy have failed to make an impact in the World Cup or the Speedway of Nations introduced in 2018. They have however won a gold medal in the European Pairs during the 2016 European Pairs Speedway Championship, with Nicolás Covatti and Nicolas Vicentin.
Major world finals World Pairs Championships YearVenueStandings (Pts)RidersPts1984LonigoSanta Marina Stadium1. England (27)2. Denmark (25) 3. New Zealand (25) 4. United States (19)5. Australia (14)6. Czechoslovakia (10)7. Italy (6) Armando Castagna 5 Armando Dal Chiele 11986PockingRottalstadion1. Denmark (46)2. United States (46)3. Czechoslovakia (32)4. Sweden (32)5. New Zealand (32)6. West Germany (27)7. England (23)8. Italy (15)9. Australia (15) Valentino Furlanetto 8 Armando Castagna 71987PardubiceSvítkov Stadion1. Denmark (52)2. England (44) 3. United States (36)4. New Zealand (36)5. Czechoslovakia (30)6. Finland (19) 7. Australia (21)8. Italy (18)9. Poland (14)Armando Castagna 11 Valentino Furlanetto 71988BradfordOdsal Stadium1. Denmark (45)2. England (41) 3. United States (39)4. New Zealand (32) 5. Sweden (26)6. Hungary (25)7. Italy (21)8. West Germany (21)9. Poland (17) Armando Castagna 17 Valentino Furlanetto 41989LesznoAlfred Smoczyk Stadium1. Denmark (48)2. Sweden (44) 3. England (37)4. West Germany (36) 5. Finland (31)6. Hungary (22)7. Czechoslovakia (25)8. Italy (15)9. Poland (11) Armando Dal Chiele 9 Valentino Furlanetto 61991PoznanOlimpia Poznań Stadium1. Denmark (28)2. Sweden (24)3. Norway (19)4. Germany (18)5. Czechoslovakia (18)6. Italy (10)7. Poland (9) Armando Castagna9 Valentino Furlanetto1 Fabrizio Vesprini01992LonigoSanta Marina Stadium1. United States (23)2. England (23) 3. Sweden (22)4. Italy (18)5. Denmark (16)6. New Zealand (14)7. Australia (10) Armando Castagna 16 Valentino Furlanetto 2Armando Dal Chiele 0
International caps (as of 2022) Since the advent of the Speedway Grand Prix era, international caps earned by riders is largely restricted to international competitions, whereas previously test matches between two teams were a regular occurrence. This means that the number of caps earned by a rider has decreased in the modern era.
RiderCapsAlfonso, Stefano7Carpanese, Mattia8Castagna, Armando43Castgana, Paco Dal Chiele, Armando43Covatti, Nico1Famari, Gianni24Franchetti, Guglielmo5Furlanetto, Valentino36Maida, Andrea Marzotto, Giuseppe15Milanese, Alessandro Miotello, Christian Muratelli, Simone Righetto, Ottoviano15Salvatelli, Paolo20Sanchez, Emiliano4Terenzani, Simone8Tessari, Daniele5Vesprini, Fabrizio Vicentin, Nicolas
References
Świat Żużla, No 3 (75) /2008, pages 25, .
See also motorcycle speedway