Sweden are one of the major teams in international speedway. They have been managed by Mats Olsson, who is currently in his 2nd spell, since 2005 after he quit in 2000. The current captain is 2000 World Junior Champion Andreas Jonsson.
Speedway World Cup
The Sweden national speedway team has won the Speedway World Cup on 10 occasions and were a major force in opening years of the tournament, winning 4 out of the first 5, between 1960 and 1964. Key riding members of the title wins include Ove Fundin (6 wins), Rune Sormander, Björn Knutsson, Göte Nordin (all 4 wins), Sören Sjösten, Tony Rickardsson, Peter Karlsson and Mikael Max(all 3 wins). The cup eluded them for 23 years between 1971 and 1993 but they regained the trophy in 1994 when Sweden were the winners of a reformatted event involving pairs (Tony Rickardsson and Henrik Gustafsson) rather than teams, though this format was only to last until 1998. They also went on to win in 2003 and 2004.
Team U-21 World Championship
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Titles
Famous Swedish riders
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