Bulgaria national speedway team

The Bulgaria national speedway team were one of the teams that competed in international team motorcycle speedway.

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History

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The Bulgarian speedway team first competed at the Speedway World Team Cup during its second edition, finishing fourth in the Central European round at the 1961 Speedway World Team Cup.[1] From 1961, the team competed in almost every World Team Cup until 1992, when the team began to struggle to field a competitive team.[2][3]

Since 2001, when the competition was rebranded the Speedway World Cup the team have not competed at the World Cup and have only appeared once in international fixtures during 2010. As of 2017, the sport was almost dormant, with only one track in Shumen, although there were ten others in a derelict state.

The greatest achievement of the team was reaching the final of the Speedway World Pairs Championship in 1969.[4]

Major tournament finals

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World Pairs Championship

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Year Venue Standings (Pts) Riders Pts
1969  
Stockholm
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1.   New Zealand (28)
2.   Sweden (27)
3.   England (21)
4.   Denmark (15)
5.   Czechoslovakia (12)
6.   East Germany (9)
7.   Bulgaria (9)
Petr Petkov 6
Petar Iliev 2

International caps

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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.[5]

Rider Caps
Grigory Adarov
Plamen Aleksandrov
Alexej Antonov
Dimitri Bajev
Nikolai Cvetkov
Boris Damjanov
Ivan Dupalov
Angel Eftimov
Petar Iliev
Zdravko Iordanov
Atanasz Janakiev
Orlin Janakiev
Zacharia Jordanov
Alexander Kostov
Deter Kostov
Peter Kostov
Simeon Lukanov
Gavril Macev
Georgi Macev
Milen Manev
Nikolai Manev
Ivan Marenov
Veselin Markov
Nedelko Nedelkov
Nikolai Parvanov
Milko Pejkov
Petr Petkov
Georgi Petranov
Christov Simeonov
Krasimir Sokolov
Aleksander Stojanov
Todor Stojanov
Atanas Stojanov
Stanislav Tzankov
Rudolf Valentinov
Galio Velickov
Zachari Zachariev

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1961 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  2. ^ Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 134. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
  3. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 27–28. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  4. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  5. ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 15 October 2023.