The 2021 Speedway of Nations (sponsored by Monster Energy) was the fourth FIM Speedway of Nations.[1][2] The competition consisted of two semi-finals and a final. The final was held on 16 & 17 October 2021[3] and was won by Great Britain, with Poland taking silver and Denmark bronze.

During the final Poland took a first leg lead of ten points ahead of Great Britain. Britain's multiple world champion Tai Woffinden suffered an injury after crashing heavily and was replaced by Dan Bewley for the second leg. Denmark topped the points table during the second leg but Poland earned an automatic place in the grand final after finishing with the highest total from the two legs. This meant that Denmark and Great Britain would take part in the eliminator as the second and third best teams, which Britain won by 6 points to 3. In the grand final, former world champion Bartosz Zmarzlik came out on top but he was followed home by Robert Lambert and Dan Bewley, giving Britain the title by 5 points to 4. It was their first World team title since 1989.[4]

Russian athletes competed as neutral competitors using the designation MFR (Motorcycle Federation of Russia), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.[5]

First semi-final

  • Latvia Daugavpils, Latvia
  • 17 September
Pos Riders Pts
1Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik 21, Dominik Kubera 13, Jakub Miśkowiak 337
2Sweden Fredrik Lindgren 23, Pontus Aspgren 8, Philip Hellström Bängs 334
3Denmark Leon Madsen 12, Mikkel Michelsen 18, Mads Hansen 232
4United States Broc Nicol 7, Luke Becker 21, Blake Borello 028
5Finland Timo Lahti 18, Tero Aarnio 6, Timi Salonen 024
6Slovenia Matic Ivačič 10, Nick Škorja 7, Anže Grmek 017
7Czech Republic Václav Milík Jr. 11, Josef Franc 4, Petr Chlupáč 217

Second semi-final

  • Latvia Daugavpils, Latvia
  • 18 September
Pos Riders Pts
1Australia Jason Doyle 23, Max Fricke 12, Keynan Rew 035
2Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs 18, Oļegs Mihailovs 14, Francis Gusts 234
3France David Bellego 15, Dimitri Bergé 13, Steven Goret 230
4Germany Kai Huckenbeck 22, Norick Blödorn 5, Valentin Grobauer 027
5Main Page Vladimir Borodulin 13, Sergey Logachev 10, Mark Karion 225
6Italy Michele Paco Castagna 12, Nicolás Covatti 719
7Ukraine Aleksandr Loktaev 15, Marko Levishyn 4, Vitalii Lysak 019

Final

First leg

Pos Riders Pts
1Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik 19, Maciej Janowski 18, Jakub Miśkowiak 340
2United Kingdom Tai Woffinden 14, Robert Lambert 12, Tom Brennan 430
3Denmark Leon Madsen 21, Mikkel Michelsen 5, Mads Hansen 329
4Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs 19, Oļegs Mihailovs 5, Francis Gusts 024
5Australia Max Fricke 18, Jason Doyle 6, Keynan Rew 024
6France David Bellego 15, Dimitri Bergé 9, Steven Goret 024
7Sweden Philip Hellström Bängs 10, Pontus Aspgren 4, Jacob Thorssell 216

Second leg

Pos Riders Pts
1Denmark Mikkel Michelsen 18, Leon Madsen 17, Mads Hansen 439
2United Kingdom Robert Lambert 20, Dan Bewley 11, Tom Brennan 334
3Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik 19, Maciej Janowski 13, Jakub Miśkowiak 234
4Australia Max Fricke 12, Jason Doyle 9, Keynan Rew 425
5France David Bellego 19, Dimitri Bergé 4, Steven Goret 023
6Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs 13, Oļegs Mihailovs 3, Francis Gusts 218
7Sweden Philip Hellström Bängs 14, Pontus Aspgren 0, Jacob Thorssell 014

Total

Pos Riders Pts
1Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik 38, Maciej Janowski 31, Jakub Miśkowiak 574
2Denmark Leon Madsen 38, Mikkel Michelsen 23, Mads Hansen 768
3United Kingdom Robert Lambert 32, Tai Woffinden 14, Dan Bewley 11, Tom Brennan 764
4Australia Max Fricke 30, Jason Doyle 15, Keynan Rew 449
5France David Bellego 34, Dimitri Bergé 13, Steven Goret 047
6Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs 32, Oļegs Mihailovs 8, Francis Gusts 242
7Sweden Philip Hellström Bängs 24, Pontus Aspgren 4, Jacob Thorssell 230

Grand Final Qualifier

1st 2nd
 Great Britain - 6
Robert Lambert - 4
Dan Bewley - 2		  Denmark - 3
Leon Madsen - 3
Mikkel Michelsen - 0

Grand Final

1st 2nd
 Great Britain - 5
Robert Lambert - 3
Dan Bewley - 2		  Poland - 4
Bartosz Zmarzlik - 4
Maciej Janowski - 0

References

  1. ↑ "2021 Speedway of Nations". SGP. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "DOYLE'S AUSSIE PRIDE". SGP. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "MONSTER ENERGY SON FINAL DRAW CONFIRMED". SGP. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "Speedway: Great Britain claim first world title since 1989 with win over Poland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  5. ↑ Dunbar, Graham (December 17, 2020). "Russia can't use its name and flag at the next 2 Olympics". Associated Press. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
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