1997 Team Ice Racing World Championship
# 1997 Team Ice Racing World Championship

The 1997 Team Ice Racing World Championship was the 19th edition of the Team World Championship. The final was held on 1/2 March, 1997, in Berlin, in Germany. Russia won the title.

## Final classification

| Pos | Riders | Pts |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Alexander Balashov 29, Kirilł Drogalin 27, Maxim Baraboshkin 4 | 60 |
| 2 | Stefan Svensson 27, Per-Olof Serenius 19, Lars Olov Jansson 1 | 47 |
| 3 | Jari Ahlblom 26, Aki Ala Riihimaki 6, Seppo Siira 2 | 34 |
| 4 | Stanislav Kuznetsov 24, Vladimir Teheblokov 9, Nail Galiakberov 0 | 33 |
| 5 | Michael Lang 15, Gunther Bauer 15, Jurgen Liebmann 2 | 32 |
| 6 | Antonin Klatovsky 20,Jiri Petrasek 5, Martin Pateko 0 | 25 |
| 7 | Tjiite Bootsma 17, Gerrit Rook 2, Jan De Pruis 1 | 20 |

## Semi-final

Saransk - 18/19 Jan

| Pos | Riders | Pts |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Alexander Balashov 30, Jiri Polakarpov 29, Kiryl Dragalin 22 | 81 |
| 2 | Tjiite Bootsma 26, Gerrit Rook 10, Jan De Pruis 9 | 45 |
| 3 | Jiri Petrasek 21, Antontin Klatovsky 18, Martin Patak 3 | 42 |
| 4 | Harald Simon 16, Franz Zorn 15, Thomas Kainz 8 | 39 |
| 5 | Viktor Sidorenko 17, Oleg Chomic 15, Leonid Taranov 1 | 33 |
