1994 Individual Speedway World Championship Explained

The 1994 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 49th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.^[1] ^[2]

It was the last championship to be staged in the traditional single meeting World Final format before the advent of the Speedway Grand Prix series in 1995. The Final was held on 20 August at the Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark.^[3]

Sweden's Tony Rickardsson won the first of what would prove to be a record equalling 6 World Championships, defeating Danish former triple champion Hans Nielsen and Australia's Craig Boyce in a runoff after all three riders finished on 12 points.^[4] ^[5]

First round

British qualifiers

See main article: 1994 British Speedway Championship.

Top 32 to British-Semi finals

Second round

British semi-finals

See main article: 1994 British Speedway Championship.

Top 16 to British final

Australian qualification

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Dec '93	Queensland				Tony Rose
27 Dec '93	New South Wales
Dec '93	Victorian
Dec '93	South Australian
Dec '93	Western Australian			?	?

New Zealand qualification

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??	South Island				Trevor Chapman
?	North Island	Stratford Speedway, Stratford

Third round

Swedish qualification

Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final

(8 May, Nyköpings Motorstadion, Nyköping)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1		12
2		12
3		11
4		11
5		11
6		9
7		9
8	Patrik Olsson	9
9		7
10	Mikael Ritterwall	7
11		6
12		6
13	Jörgen Hultgren	4
14	Dennis Löfqvist	3
15	Magnus Zetterström (res)	3
16	John Jensen	0
17	Patrik Karlsson	0

(8 May, Målilla Motorstadion, Målilla)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1		15
2		13
3		10
4		10
5		10
6		9
7		9
8	Jörgen Johansson	8
9		8
10	Joakim Karlsson	7
11		6
12		5
13		4
14	Mikael Olsson	3
15	Raymond Smedh	3
16	Kenneth Lindby	0

Continental Preliminary round

Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

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24 April				Gabor Roth
24 April				Robert Barth
24 April
24 April

British Final

See main article: 1994 British Speedway Championship.

Top 10 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

Australian Final

See main article: 1994 Australian Individual Speedway Championship.

First 4 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve

New Zealand Final

5 February 1994
- Stratford Speedway, Stratford Top 1 (+ Mitch Shirra seeded) to Commonwealth Final

width=25px	Pos.	width=200px	Rider	width=70px	Total
1		15
2	Tony Nagel	14
3	Mark Jamieson	13
4	Steve Mudgway	11
5	Nathan Murray	9
6	Mike Wilson	8
7	Galvin Stone	8
8	Craig Barker	8
9	Trevor Chapman	6
10	Justin Monk	6
11	Dean Cooper	5
12	Rhys Hamburger	4
13	Jacqui Mauger	4
14	Chris Penny	4
15	Scott Mitchell	2
16	Daniel Burberry	1