Events for National Teams are always very special, as they are the most popular showcase of our sport. It is the only occasion where the best riders of the world come together and compete for their Country.They ride with great pride and enthusiasm for their colours. It is an honour for every rider to be selected for the national team and compete against riders of all the other national teams.
European Federations have a long history and tradition to take part in these events and they work very hard on the preparation as well as the selection of the riders.
These are the famous team events: ISDE (International Six Days Enduro), Motocross of Nations, SuperMoto of Nations, Trial des Nations and Freestyle of Nations. Expect the Snowcross of Nations as of 2016.
FIM has recently issued a statistics about the venues and the participation in the past years:
ISDE World Trophy
2011, Finland: 17 teams, 14 from FIM Europe = 82%
2012, Germany: 24 teams, 19 from FIM Europe = 79%
2013, Italy: 20 teams, 13 from FIM Europe = 65%
2014, Argentina: 11 teams, 4 from FIM Europe = 36%
ISDE Junior Trophy
2011, Finland: 14 teams, 11 from FIM Europe = 78%
2012, Germany: 19 teams, 13 from FIM Europe = 68%
2013, Italy: 15 teams, 11 from FIM Europe = 73%
2014, Argentina: 9 teams, 3 from FIM Europe = 33%
ISDE Women Trophy
2011, Finland: 5 teams, 3 from FIM Europe = 60%
2012, Germany: 7 teams, 4 from FIM Europe = 57%
2013, Italy: 6 teams, 3 from FIM Europe = 50%
2014, Argentina: 3 teams, 0 from FIM Europe = 0%
ISDE total number of National Teams
(Senior + Junior + Women)
2011, Finland: 36 teams, 28 from FIM Europe = 77%
2012, Germany: 50 teams, 36 from FIM Europe = 72%
2013, Italy: 41 teams, 27 from FIM Europe = 65%
2014, Argentina: 23 teams in total, 7 from FIM Europe = 30%
SuperMoto of Nations
2011, Spain: 23 teams, 21 from FIM Europe = 91%
2012, Portugal: 14 teams, 14 from FIM Europe = 100%
2013, Bulgaria: 18 teams, 18 from FIM Europe = 100%
2014, Italy: 21 teams, 20 from FIM Europe = 95%
Freestyle of Nations
2014, Germany: 8 teams, 5 from FIM Europe = 62%
Trial des Nations, Men
2011, Italy: 22 teams, 18 from FIM Europe = 81%
2012, Switzerland: 24 teams, 18 from FIM Europe = 75%
2013, France: 22 teams, 18 from Europe = 81%
2014, Andorra: 21 teams, 16 from Europe = 76%
Trial des Nations, Women
2011, Italy: 10 teams, 8 from FIM Europe = 80%
2012, Switzerland: 11 teams, 9 from FIM Europe = 81%
2013, France: 11 teams, 7 from Europe = 63%
2014, Andorra: 13 teams, 9 from Europe = 69%
Trial des Nations, total number of National Teams (Men + Women)
2011, Italy: 32 teams, 26 from FIM Europe = 81%
2012, Switzerland: 35 teams, 26 from FIM Europe = 74%
2013, France: 33 teams, 25 from Europe = 75%
2014, Andorra: 34 teams, 25 from Europe = 73%
«FIM Europe, as the largest Continental Union with 47 Federations as affiliated members, features always the biggest number of participants», says dr Wolfgang Srb. «This is a heavy burden in terms of financial and logistic efforts. I am happy that the European Federations keep the value, tradition and importance of the team events very high on the agenda».
