Well, now a month before the Monster Energy Motocross of Nations blasts into life, at the beautiful Matterley Basin circuit and below are most of the teams that have already been announced. Its going to be a big one, with teams like Australia, The Netherlands, USA, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and Great Britain having exciting looking line-ups.

An event that will probably bring some drama, and without doubt, most of the leading riders in the World will love Matterley. The question is who wins. For me, its either one of my countries, my birth country, Australia, or my home for the last 33 years, The Netherlands, but those pesky French will probably ruin it all for me.

Then we have not their best team, but a very good Team USA, with their top two 450 riders and their second or third best 250 rider. Team Great Britain don’t really have a shot at winning it and even a podium would be a tall order, but what a great looking line-up of two of their best riders from the last two decades and their current 450 champion.

Crazy to think that Ken Roczen and Max Nagl, who helped Germany win in 2012 at Lommel, that ever so important victory for the Grand Prix paddock, are still racing for Team Germany, some 12 years later. And of course, MXoN veteran Tanel Leok, who has been racing this event for more than two decades is back, and then we have the rookies, Sasha Coenen and Chance Hymas in for their nations.

Talk about veterans, Glenn Coldenhoff makes his 13th straight appearance for the Dutch and his team-mate, Jeffrey Herlings (who debuted MXoN in 2010) is also back after missing a few Nations in recent years.

For me, its the big three in MXGP vs the AMA motocross and AMA supercross champions, Chase Sexton and Jett Lawrence that will be the big occasion. Hard to go past the intensity of this years MXGP championship, but Sexton and Lawrence are special and might just hand our boys their asses. We will wait and see.

For me, I am going with Australia as the winners, but my heart is also with The Netherlands. The Aussies have never won it and have been trying since 1984, and this might be their greatest chance ever.

MXoN – Official Teams

Team France

1Romain FebvreMXGPKawasaki

2Tom VialleMX2KTM

3Maxime RenauxOpenYamaha

Team Manager: Gautier Paulin.

Team Australia

4Jett LawrenceMXGPHonda

5Kyle WebsterMX2Honda

6Hunter LawrenceOpenHonda

Team Manager: Michael Byrne.

Team Italy

7Mattia GuadagniniMXGPHusqvarna

8Andrea AdamoMX2KTM

9Andrea BonacorsiOpenYamaha

Team Manager: Thomas Traversini.

Team Germany

10Ken RoczenMXGPSuzuki

11Simon LaengenfelderMX2GasGas

12Maximilian NaglOpenHonda

Team Managers: Marcel Dornhöfer & Karsten Schneider.

Team Belgium

13Lucas CoenenMXGPHusqvarna

14Sacha CoenenMX2KTM

15Liam EvertsOpenKTM

Team Manager: Joël Roelants.

Team Switzerland

16Jeremy SeewerMXGPKawasaki

17Arnaud TonusMX2Yamaha

18Valentin GuillodOpenHonda

Team Manager: Daniel Zollinger.

Team Spain

19Jorge PradoMXGPGasGas

20Oriol OliverMX2KTM

21Ruben FernandezOpenHonda

Team Manager: Paco Rico.

Team USA

22Chase SextonMXGPKTM

23Chance HymasMX2Honda

24Aaron PlessingerOpenKTM

Team Manager: Roger De Coster.

Team Great Britain

28Tommy SearleMXGPKawasaki

29Max AnstieMX2Yamaha

30Conrad MewseOpenHonda

Team Manager: Mark Chamberlain.

Team Estonia

31Gert KrestinovMXGPHonda

32Tanel LeokMX2Husqvarna

33Harri KullasOpenKTM

Team Manager: Martin Arumäe

Team Latvia

34Mairis PumpursMXGPHusqvarna

35Kārlis Alberts ReišulisMX2Yamaha

36Edvards BidzānsOpenHonda

Team Manager: Valdis Seratinskis.

Team Rep of South Africa

37Cameron Anthony DurowMXGPKTM

38Camden Mc LellanMX2Triumph

39Tristan PurdonOpenHusqvarna

Team Manager: Cheryl McLellan.

Team New Zealand

40Hamish HarwoodMXGPKTM

41Brodie ConnollyMX2Honda

42Josiah NatzkeOpenKTM

Team Manager: Shayne King.

Team Czech Republic

43Petr PolákMXGPYamaha

44Julius MikulaMX2KTM

45Jakub TerešákOpenHusqvarna

Team Manager: Jiří Čepelák.

Team Brazil

46Enzo LopesMXGPYamaha

47Bernardo TibúrcioMX2Yamaha

48Fábio SantosOpenYamaha

Team Manager: Cale Neto

Team Finland

49Emil WeckmanMXGPKTM

50Sampo RainioMX2KTM

51Jere HaavistoOpenKTM

Team Manager: Kusti Manninen

Team Netherlands

52Jeffrey HerlingsMXGPKTM

53Kay de WolfMX2Husqvarna

54Glenn ColdenhoffOpenFantic

Team Manager: Barry Forschelen.

Team Sweden

55Isak GiftingMXGPYamaha

56Arvid LüningMX2GasGas

57Alvin ÖstlundOpenHonda

Team Managers: Filip Thuresson and Filip Bengtsson.

Team Portugal

58Luís OuteiroMXGPYamaha

59Sandro LoboMX2Yamaha

60Paulo AlbertoOpenYamaha

Team Manager: Ross Riley.

Team Slovakia

61Tomáš KohútMXGPKTM

62Jaroslav KatriňákMX2GasGas

63Pavol RepčákOpenKTM

Team Manager: Dušan Predanocy.

Team Lithuania

64Domantas JazdauskasMXGPKTM

65Marius AdomaitisMX2

66Erlandas MackonisOpenKTM

Team Manager: Rolandas Sakauskas.

Team Canada

70Jess PettisMXGPKTM

71Kaven BenoitMX2KTM

72Dylan WrightOpenHonda

Team Manager: Kourtney Lloyd.

Team Chile

73Sergio VillarongaMXGPHonda

74Benjamin GaríbMX2Kawasaki

75Diego RojasOpenYamaha

Team Manager: Matías Horta. (Announced 1st September)

Team Ireland

76Martin BarrMXGPHonda

77Cole McCulloughMX2Fantic

78Jason MearaOpenGasGas

Team Manager: Mark Mooney.

Team Iceland

88Máni Freyr PéturssonMXGPFantic

89Eiður Orri PálmarssonMX2Yamaha

90Alexander Adam KucOpenGasGas

Team Manager: Oliver Gustafsson.

Team Norway

109Kevin HorgmoMXGP

110Hakon FredriksenMX2

111Cornelius TøndelOpen

Team Manager: Espen Blikstad.

Team Denmark

115Mads FredsøeMXGPGasGas

116Mikkel HaarupMX2Triumph

117Nicolai SkovbjergOpenYamaha

Team Manager: Emil Larsen.

Team Venezuela

Anthony RodriguezMXGPKTM

Daniel BortolinHusqvarnaKTM

Lorenzo LocurcioGasGasKTM

Team Manager: Nicolas Cardona

Team Japan

Haruki YokoyamaMXGPHonda

Yuki OkuraMX2Honda

Kainosuke OshiroOpenYamaha

Team Manager: Takateru Atsuta.

Team Austria

Michael SandnerMXGPKTM

Marcel StaufferMX2KTM

Michael KratzerOpenHonda

Team Manager: Karl Schmidinger.