Intercontinental Final

The Intercontinental Final was a Motorcycle speedway Final sanctioned by the FIM as a qualifying round for the Speedway World Championship between 1975 and 2001.[1]

After being introduced in 1975, it replaced the European Final as the final qualifying round for Commonwealth, American and Nordic riders in 1976.

The Intercontinental Final was not run from 1991-1994 when it was replaced by the World Semi-finals. It returned to the World Championship calendar in 1995, though unlike from 1975-1991 riders would be vying for a place in the following years Speedway Grand Prix World Championship series and not for the current year World Final.

Peter Collins (1976), Ole Olsen (1978) and Bruce Penhall (1981) are the only riders who won the Intercontinental Final to go on and win the World Championship in the same year. Collins (1977) and Erik Gundersen (1986) are the only reigning World Champions to win the Intercontinental Final.

Editions

Year Venue Winners Runner-up 3rd place
1975 Sweden Göteborg
Ullevi
New Zealand Ivan Mauger Sweden Anders Michanek Sweden Bernt Persson
1976 United Kingdom London
Wembley Stadium
England Peter Collins New Zealand Ivan Mauger Australia Phil Crump
1977 United Kingdom London
White City Stadium
England Peter Collins Denmark Ole Olsen Australia Billy Sanders
1978 Denmark Fredericia
Fredericia Speedway Center
Denmark Ole Olsen New Zealand Ivan Mauger United States Scott Autrey
1979 United Kingdom London
White City Stadium
England Michael Lee England Peter Collins Denmark Finn Thomsen
Year Venue Winners Runner-up 3rd place
1980 United Kingdom London
White City Stadium
England Chris Morton United States Bruce Penhall Australia Billy Sanders
1981 Denmark Vojens
Vojens Speedway Center
United States Bruce Penhall Denmark Erik Gundersen Denmark Hans Nielsen
1982 Sweden Vetlanda
Vetlanda Speedway
England Les Collins England Kenny Carter United States Dennis Sigalos
1983 United Kingdom London
White City Stadium
Denmark Hans Nielsen England Michael Lee England Kenny Carter
1984 Denmark Vojens
Vojens Speedway Center
United States Shawn Moran England Simon Wigg United States Lance King
1985 Sweden Vetlanda
Vetlanda Speedway
United States Shawn Moran United States Lance King Denmark Hans Nielsen
1986 United Kingdom Bradford
Odsal Stadium
Denmark Erik Gundersen Denmark Hans Nielsen Denmark Tommy Knudsen
1987 Denmark Vojens
Vojens Speedway Center
Denmark Erik Gundersen Sweden Jimmy Nilsen Denmark Hans Nielsen
1988 Sweden Vetlanda
Vetlanda Speedway
Denmark Jan O. Pedersen Denmark Hans Nielsen Denmark Erik Gundersen
1989 United Kingdom Bradford
Odsal Stadium
England Kelvin Tatum Denmark Erik Gundersen Denmark Hans Nielsen
Year Venue Winners Runner-up 3rd place
1990 Denmark Fjelsted
Hele Fyns Speedway Center
United States Shawn Moran Sweden Per Jonsson Denmark Hans Nielsen
1991 not held
1992 not held
1993 not held
1994 not held
1995 Norway Elganed
Elgane Speedway
Denmark Brian Karger United Kingdom Joe Screen Australia Leigh Adams
1996 Denmark Holsted
Holsted Speedway Center
Sweden Jimmy Nilsen Denmark Brian Andersen Germany Gerd Riss
1997 Sweden Västervik
Västervik Speedway
Australia Ryan Sullivan Australia Jason Crump Australia Craig Boyce
1998 Denmark Vojens
Vojens Speedway Center
Denmark Brian Karger Sweden Peter Karlsson United States Sam Ermolenko
1999 United Kingdom Poole
Poole Stadium
Australia Todd Wiltshire United Kingdom Gary Havelock Finland Kai Laukkanen
Year Venue Winners Runner-up 3rd place
2000 Denmark Holsted
Holsted Speedway Center
Sweden Niklas Klingberg Norway Rune Holta Denmark Nicki Pedersen
2001 Sweden Västervik
Västervik Speedway
Finland Kai Laukkanen United Kingdom Scott Nicholls Sweden Andreas Jonsson

Winners by country

Country Wins Winner(s)
Denmark Denmark 7 Erik Gundersen (2), Brian Karger (2), Ole Olsen (1), Hans Nielsen (1), Jan O. Pedersen (1)
England England 6 Peter Collins (2), Michael Lee (1), Chris Morton (1), Les Collins (1), Kelvin Tatum (1)
United States United States 4 Shawn Moran (3), Bruce Penhall (1)
Sweden Sweden 2 Jimmy Nilsen (1), Niklas Klingberg (1)
Australia Australia 2 Ryan Sullivan (1), Todd Wiltshire (1)
New Zealand New Zealand 1 Ivan Mauger (1)
Finland Finland 2 Kai Laukkanen (1)

See also

References

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