2020 Speedway of Nations

{{short description|Third edition of the FIM Speedway of Nations}} {{Motorsport season |title = Speedway of Nations |link = Speedway of Nations |year = 2020 |previous = 2019 |next = 2021 }}

The '''2020 Speedway of Nations''' (sponsored by Monster Energy) was the third [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] [[Speedway of Nations]]. The competition was scheduled to consist of a two-legged final but was reduced to a single leg because of heavy rain on the opening day. The Speedway of Nations normally also includes a semi-final stage, which was due to be run in Latvia in September. The semi-final was cancelled for 2020 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and the top seven nations from the [[2019 Speedway of Nations]] were seeded direct to the final. [[Germany national speedway team|Germany]] withdrew from the competition, and were replaced by the [[Czech Republic national speedway team|Czech Republic]]. The final was originally scheduled to be staged on 24 and 25 October 2020 at the [[National Speedway Stadium]] in Manchester.<ref>{{cite web |title=2020 Speedway of Nations |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/son20 |website=British Speedway |accessdate=24 August 2020}}</ref> but was rescheduled and held in [[Lublin]] on 17 October due to increased COVID-19 restrictions in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |title=SoN MOVES FROM MANCHESTER |url=http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/news.php?extend.38366 |publisher=Speedway GB |accessdate=26 October 2020 |date=22 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=MONSTER ENERGY FIM SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS FINAL SET FOR LUBLIN |url=https://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/8590/monster-energy-fim-speedway-of |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029093158/https://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/8590/monster-energy-fim-speedway-of |url-status=usurped |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |publisher=speedwaygp.com |accessdate=26 October 2020 |date=3 October 2020}}</ref>

The one-off final was won by Russia, who completed a third consecutive title win.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwaygp.com/son/sonresults/199|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002212437/https://www.speedwaygp.com/son/sonresults/199|url-status=usurped|archive-date=October 2, 2021|title=2020 MONSTER ENERGY FIM SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS FINAL STADION MOSIR BYSTRZYCA|website=SGP|access-date=19 September 2021}}</ref> The bad weather brought the final to an early finish after 15 heats with Russia and Poland tied on 23 points each. Russia were declared champions by virtue of beating Poland in their head to head in heat 8.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fim-moto.com/en/news/news-detail/article/russia-2020-fim-speedway-of-nations-champions|title=RUSSIA – 2020 FIM SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS CHAMPIONS|website=FIM|access-date=19 September 2021}}</ref>

==Final== * {{flagicon|POL}} Lublin, Poland * 17 October

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%" |- !width=20| Pos !width=150| Nation !width=500| Riders !width=80| Pts |-align=center style="background-color: gold;" |1 || align="left"| {{speedway|RUS}} || align="left"|[[Emil Sayfutdinov]] 15, [[Artem Laguta]] 8, [[Evgeny Saidullin]] dnr||23 |-align=center style="background-color: silver;" |2 || align="left"| {{speedway|POL}} || align="left"|[[Bartosz Zmarzlik]] 15, [[Szymon Woźniak]] 8, [[Dominik Kubera]] dnr||23 |-align=center style="background-color: #DEB887;" |3 || align="left"| {{speedway|DEN}} || align="left"|[[Leon Madsen]] 10, [[Marcus Birkemose]] 5, [[Anders Thomsen (speedway rider)|Anders Thomsen]] 4||19 |-align=center |4 || align="left"| {{speedway|SWE}} || align="left"|[[Fredrik Lindgren (speedway rider)|Fredrik Lindgren]] 14, [[Oliver Berntzon]] 5, [[Alexander Woentin]] dnr||19 |-align=center |5 || align="left"| {{speedway|AUS}} || align="left"|[[Max Fricke]] 12, [[Jason Doyle]] 5, Jaimon Lidsey 0||17 |-align=center |6 || align="left"| {{speedway|GBR}} || align="left"|[[Robert Lambert (speedway rider)|Robert Lambert]] 6, [[Dan Bewley]] 6, [[Drew Kemp]] dnr ||12 |-align=center |7 || align="left"| {{speedway|CZE}} || align="left"|[[Václav Milík Jr.]] 11, [[Eduard Krčmář]] 4, [[Petr Chlupáč]] 0||11 |}

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