2015 Speedway World Cup

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Speedway World Cup
VenueVojens
LocationDenmark
Start date6 June
End date14 June
Nations9
Champions
Sweden
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The 2015 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the fifteenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 6 June and 14 June 2015 and involved nine national teams. It was won by Sweden, the first time they have achieved success since 2004. They beat hosts and defending champions Denmark by two points, while Poland edged out Australia to claim third.[1][2][3]

Qualification[edit]

Germany Ellermühle Speedway Stadium, Landshut - 9 May 2015 [4]

National team Pts Scorers
 Russia 40 Emil Sayfutdinov 12, Vitaly Belousov 11, Viktor Kulakov 10, Vadim Tarasenko 7
 Germany 34 Martin Smolinski 20, Michael Hartel 8, Christian Hefenbrock 6, Tobias Busch 0
 Slovenia 32 Matej Žagar 17, Maks Gregorič 11, Ziga Kovacić 3, Aleksander Čonda 1
 Italy 17 Nicolás Covatti 7, Paco Castagna 7, Alessandro Milanese 3, Nicolas Vicentin 2

Qualified teams[edit]

Team Qualified as Finals appearance Last appearance 2014 place
 Denmark Host 15th 2014 1
 Poland 2014 SWC top eight 15th 2014 2
 Australia 2014 SWC top eight 15th 2014 3
 Great Britain 2014 SWC top eight 15th 2014 4
 Sweden 2014 SWC top eight 15th 2014 5
 United States 2014 SWC top eight 8th 2014 6
 Czech Republic 2014 SWC top eight 14th 2014 7
 Latvia 2014 SWC top eight 3rd 2014 8
 Russia Qualifying Round Winner 12th 2013 QR

Tournament[edit]

SemifinalsRace-offFinal
June 6 — Poland Gniezno[5] (details)
 Sweden40
 Poland36
 Russia27June 11 — Denmark Vojens[7] (details)June 14 — Denmark Vojens[8] (details)
 Czech Republic20 Poland48 Sweden34
 Great Britain43 Denmark32
June 8 — United Kingdom King's Lynn[6] (details) United States22 Poland27
 Australia47 Russia11 Australia26
 Great Britain43
 United States22
 Latvia9

The final was delayed from 13 Jun until 14 Jun after rain caused the meeting to be abandoned.[9]

Final classification[edit]

Pos. National team Pts.
Gold  Sweden 34
Silver  Denmark 32
Bronze  Poland 27
4  Australia 26
5  Great Britain 43
6  United States 22
7  Russia 11
8  Czech Republic 20
9  Latvia 9

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2015 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  2. ^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  4. ^ "2015 Speedway World Cup Qualification". Sportowe Fakty (In Polish).
  5. ^ "2015 Speedway World Cup Event 1 Result". SWC. Archived from the original on 13 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  6. ^ "2015 Speedway World Cup Event 2 Result". SWC. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  7. ^ "2015 Speedway World Cup Race Off Result". SWC. Archived from the original on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  8. ^ "2015 Speedway World Cup Final Result". SWC. Archived from the original on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  9. ^ "2015 Speedway World Cup Final delayed". SWC. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.

External links[edit]

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