Europa Cup (idea)

[T.N.T.]

With riders riding in various leagues then it's hard to have a European Cup in Speedway which involves league teams as riders may ride for both clubs should they clash in a fixture.

 

 

So here is an idea as to how a EUROPA CUP could possibly work.

 

 

Instead of league teams, my idea is that the leagues compete and not a league team using riders that ride in their leagues. Each country has to use a minimum of riders from that country.

 

 

Poland, Sweden, Denmark and England would select teams using at least FIVE riders from those countries while Russia, Latvia, Czech Republic and Germany only have to feature FOUR riders from those countries.

 

 

POLAND for example must feature FIVE Polish riders, same as Sweden, Denmark and England.

 

 

Therefore Darcy Ward, Chris Holder, Greg Hancock, Matej Zagar, Martin Vaculik, Troy Batchelor would be able to feature for any country they are signed up in. However these lower countries get to pick their GUEST #1 rider first, aslong as that rider is signed to a league team in that country.

 

 

 

ENGLAND;

1 - Tai Woffinden

2 - Craig Cook

3 - Scott Nicholls

4 - Troy Batchelor (G)

5 - Jason Doyle (G)

6 - Edward Kennett

7 - Chris Harris

 

 

 

Each country holds a meeting against each other which are held on different tracks. So the 7 matches in England could be at Coventry, Poole, Sheffield, Kings Lynn, Wolverhampton, Edinburgh and Swindon for example.

 

 

JUST AN IDEA

 

 

 

 

[iris123]

Ho-hum.More square peg in a round hole stuff.Trying to make things from other sports fit speedway.Can't see this attracting fans.Especially in Poland and Scandinavia.Even in England you might get one or two decent crowds and 5 poorly attended meetings.No chance

[T.N.T.]

So a meeting of British League v Polish League at Wolverhampton say wouldn't attract a large crowd ...... even if it's v Latvia it could work if they are using Darcy Ward, Chris Holder and Nick Morris for example.

 

 

Woffinden, Cook, Nicholls, Batchelor, Doyle, Kennett and Harris v Hampel, Dudek, Gollob, Kasprzak, Meidzinski, Zmarzlik and Janowski

 

 

 

Maybe cutting it to SIX countries would be better with the team finishing bottom losing their place the following season and the winners of a play off moving up. Countries not involved in the main event would use riders from their own country in a qualifying rounds.

 

 

In fact I would even think of change it to the top four countries of Poland, Denmark, Sweden and England can only use their own riders or just one guest meaning the likes of Holder, Ward, Vaculik, Zagar, Batchelor etc get to feature for the two other teams alongside four riders from that country of Czech, Latvia, Russia or Germany.

[iris123]

You have to look further than the Uk if what you are suggesting is to get off the ground.Like is there a tradition in Sweden or Denmark of having fairly meaningless competitions/challenge meetings?As far as i can remember Holsted had a challenge meeting about 5 or more years ago against a junior side from Bydgoszcz or so.The fact that there haven't been more or repeat meets suggest there isn't much call for them or many free dates in the calendar for such things.In Germany i think this years meet between Wolfslake and a Zielona Gora select was about the only one i can think of unless we go back to about 2004 when there was a Germany v Polish U19 or so meet at Ludwigslust.Again,not much call and not many free dates in the German calendar which is made up of traditional meetings on bank holidays and the Bundesliga meetings.I don't see Sweden or Poland having many free dates and there is certainly no great love of such made up meetings in Poland.

 

 

Whilst there is a tradition of fillers in England and a number of free dates because of the long drawn out season,this really isn't the case in other countries

 

 

The Euro League didn't get off the ground and i can't see this idea,which is even worse getting off either.I would love to see a proper Test series get off the ground again,but even they have fallen by the wayside because of lack of support,sadly

Edited November 3, 2013 by iris123

[SteveLyric2]

You have to look further than the Uk if what you are suggesting is to get off the ground.Like is there a tradition in Sweden or Denmark of having fairly meaningless competitions/challenge meetings?As far as i can remember Holsted had a challenge meeting about 5 or more years ago against a junior side from Bydgoszcz or so.The fact that there haven't been more or repeat meets suggest there isn't much call for them or many free dates in the calendar for such things.In Germany i think this years meet between Wolfslake and a Zielona Gora select was about the only one i can think of unless we go back to about 2004 when there was a Germany v Polish U19 or so meet at Ludwigslust.Again,not much call and not many free dates in the German calendar which is made up of traditional meetings on bank holidays and the Bundesliga meetings.I don't see Sweden or Poland having many free dates and there is certainly no great love of such made up meetings in Poland.

 

 

Whilst there is a tradition of fillers in England and a number of free dates because of the long drawn out season,this really isn't the case in other countries

 

 

The Euro League didn't get off the ground and i can't see this idea,which is even worse getting off either.I would love to see a proper Test series get off the ground again,but even they have fallen by the wayside because of lack of support,sadly

Isn't the Euro League still on Armando Castagna's (FIM) agenda? If they can get all the TV rights sorted??!

[Mike.Butler]

like a lot of things..it's probably been quietly forgotten about...however, i expect Eastbourne will still schedule two 'reserved' home meetings next season for it 'just in case' the top 8 in the EL are invited..season tickets valid!