Long Track Team World Championship

The Long Track Team World Championship has been a track sport competition held by the FIM since 2007 , in which national teams from Germany , Great Britain , France , the Netherlands , the Czech Republic , Finland , Australia (2013 only) and Sweden (from 2017) have participated . A long track team consists of four drivers, three of whom are at the start during a race (heat / run) (the fourth driver of a nation is available as a tactical reserve). Each nation competes once against every other participating nation. Depending on the number of nations, there is a certain number of runs ("heats") - in 2014 for example 15 heats. In each run two nations face each other with three drivers each. The winner of a heat receives 5 points, the second 4, the third 3, the fourth 2 and the fifth placed receives one point, the last driver of a heat gets empty. A team can therefore achieve a maximum of twelve points in each run. The points of all drivers of a nation are added up. After all heats have been carried out, the team with the highest number of points is the new world champion.

Up to and including 2012, the two teams with the highest points held an A-final for the world championship after the heats. There was also a small final (B final) for the bronze medal, here the third and fourth placed teams started after the heats. There was also a so-called C-final for fifth place. In the heats (at that time six nations took part, therefore there were 15 heats), each team drove once against each other participating nation.

Winners list

The German national team has won the first six events since the introduction of the Long Track Team World Championship. But the German team failed on the seventh attempt and was only able to take fourth place. Long track team world champion in 2013 was the team of the Netherlands. In 2014, however, the German team regained the title. For places two to four, a jump-off between the Netherlands, France and Finland had to be held due to the equality of points.

year	place	winner	Second	Third
2007	Morizès	Germany Gerd Riss Stephan Katt Enrico Janoschka Matthias Kröger	United Kingdom Paul Hurry Andrew Appleton Glenn Phillips Mitch Godden	France Stéphane Trésarrieu Mathieu Trésarrieu Christophe Dubernard Philippe Ostyn
2008	Werlte	Germany Gerd Riss Stephan Katt Bernd Diener Matthias Kröger	Netherlands Dirk Fabriek Jannick de Jong Erik Eijbergen Mark Stiekema	United Kingdom Richard Hall Vincent Kinchin Glenn Phillips Mitch Godden
2009	Eenrum	Germany Gerd Riss Matthias Kröger Richard Speiser Enrico Janoschka	Netherlands Jannick de Jong Dirk Fabriek Theo Pijper Mark Stiekema	France Stéphane Trésarrieu Mathieu Trésarrieu Philippe Ostyn Jérôme Lespinasse
2010	Morizès	Germany Matthias Kröger Stephan Katt Richard Speiser Martin Smolinski	France Stéphane Trésarrieu Mathieu Trésarrieu Jérôme Lespinasse Théo Di Palma	Netherlands Theo Pijper Dirk Fabriek Mark Stiekema Sjoerd Rozenberg
2011	Scheeßel	Germany Stephan Katt Richard Speiser Martin Smolinski Jörg Tebbe	Netherlands Jannick de Jong Sjoerd Rozenberg Mark Stiekema Jeffrey Woortman	United Kingdom Paul Cooper Andrew Appleton Glen Phillips Mitch Godden
2012	Saint-Macaire	Germany Matten Kröger Stephan Katt Jörg Tebbe Bernd Diener	United Kingdom Paul Cooper Glen Phillips Richard Hall David Howe	France Stephane Trésarrieu Mathieu Trésarrieu David Bellego Gabriel Dubernard
2013	Swingfield	Netherlands Theo Pijper Jannick de Jong Dirk Fabriek Mark Stiekema	France Stephane Trésarrieu Mathieu Trésarrieu Dimitri Bergé Theo di Palma	United Kingdom Richard Hall Glenn Phillips Paul Cooper Andrew Appleton
2014	Forssa	Germany Enrico Janoschka Jörg Tebbe Erik Riss Stephan Katt	Netherlands Jannick de Jong Dirk Fabriek Theo Pijper Henry van der Steen	France Stephane Trésarrieu Mathieu Trésarrieu Theo di Palma -
2015	Mühldorf am Inn	United Kingdom Glen Phillips Andrew Appleton Richard Hall James Shanes	Germany Jörg Tebbe Michael Härtel Erik Riss Stephan Katt	Finland Jesse Mustonen Aki-Pekka Mustonen Aarnie Heikkilä Matias Mänenpää
2016	Marienbad	Netherlands Jannick de Jong Dirk Fabriek Theo Pijper Romano Hummel	Germany Michael Härtel Martin Smolinski Jörg Tebbe Stephan Katt	Czech Republic Josef Franc Hynek Stichauer Martin Malek -
2017	Clearing	Germany Michael Härtel Martin Smolinski Lukas Fienhage Stephan Katt	France Dimitri Bergé Mathieu Trésarrieu Stephane Trésarrieu Gaetan Stella	Netherlands Romano Hummel Theo Pijper Dirk Fabriek Dave Meijerink

Individual evidence

1. ^ Germany for the 5th time world champion , motorsport-aktuell from August 28, 2011, accessed on January 30, 2012.
2. ↑ Team Germany wins World Championship title number 6 , SPEEDWEEK from June 24, 2012, accessed on January 30, 2012.