Russia national speedway team

Infobox Speedway national team
clubname = Russia


manager = Andrey Savin
captain = Denis Gizatullin
colour = Blue
swcwins = 0
squad1 = Denis Gizatullin "(c)"
squad2 = Daniil Ivanov
squad3 = Emil Saifutdinov
squad4 = Roman Ivanov
squad5 = Renat Gafurov

Russia are an international speedway team who compete in the major international competition, the Speedway World Cup. They are managed by Andrey Savin and the current captain is Rybnik's Denis Gizatullin.

Speedway World Cup

The Russia national speedway team has never won the Speedway World Cup although have been runner up on 5 occasions as the Soviet Union and once as Russia. They have never been a major force but are consistent qualifiers for the group stage.

The following table shows their best recent performance in 1996 when the tournament was run with pairs rather than teams.

Team U-21 World Championship

Notable Soviet Union Riders

* Igor Plechanov
* Valery Gordeev
* Vladimir Gordeev
* Vladimir Paznikov
* Viktor Trofimov