2009 Speedway World Cup

2009 Speedway World Cup
Tournament details
Host nations  Poland (Race-Off and the Final)
 Denmark and
 United Kingdom (Semi-Finals)
Dates 11 July - 19 July
Teams 8
Venues 3 (in 3 host cities)
Tournament results
Champion  Poland
Runner-up  Australia
3rd place  Sweden
Tournament statistics
Heats 100 (in 4 events)

The 2009 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) is the ninth FIM Speedway World Cup season. The final took place on 19 July 2009 in Leszno, Poland. The current World Champions are Denmark who won the 2008 final in Vojens, Denmark. It will be the fourth final to be held in Poland, and the second in the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium after the 2007 final was held there when Poland beat Denmark, Australia and Great Britain. Poland won the 2009 Speedway World Cup.

Qualification

Fourteen teams attempted to qualify for the 2009 Speedway World Cup. The top six nations (Denmark, Poland, Sweden, Australia, Great Britain and Russia) from the 2008 Speedway World Cup were granted automatic qualification, with the remaining two places divided among two qualifying rounds. Qualifying Round 1 was won by Slovenia and Qualifying Round 2 was won by the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic took part in the 2008 tournament, but it was the first time Slovenia had qualified since 2003.
Pos. National team Pts
1  Slovenia 51+3
2  Germany 51+2
3  Italy 26
4  Hungary 22
Pos. National team Pts
1  Czech Republic 48
2  Latvia 45
3  Finland 29
4  United States 26

Qualified teams

Team Qualified as Finals Appearance Last Appearance 2008 place
 Denmark 2008 SWC top six 9th 2008 1st
 Poland 2008 SWC top six 9th 2008 2nd
 Sweden 2008 SWC top six 9th 2008 3rd
 Australia 2008 SWC top six 9th 2008 4th
 Great Britain 2008 SWC top six 9th 2008 5th
 Russia 2008 SWC top six 7th 2008 6th
 Czech Republic QR 2 Winner 8th 2008 7th
 Slovenia QR 1 Winner 4th 2003 —

Venues

City Stadium names Host club(s) Capacity Competition Stage
Vojens Speedway Center Vojens SK 22,000 Event 1
Peterborough East of England ShowgroundPeterborough Panthers N/A Event 2
Leszno Alfred Smoczyk Stadium Unia Leszno 25,000 Race-off and the Final

Squads

For more details on this topic, see 2009 Speedway World Cup squads.

Squads for the 2009 Speedway World Cup consisted of 10 riders; the same as the previous tournament in 2008. Each participating national association had to confirm its 10-riders one month before the first tournament meeting.

Tournament

  Semi-finals   Race-off   Final
11 July - Vojens (Speedway Center)
     Russia   51  
     Sweden   47  
     Denmark   45       19 July - Leszno (Smoczyk Stadium)
     Czech Republic   12 16 July - Leszno (Smoczyk Stadium)      Poland   44
details      Australia   51        Australia   43
       Sweden   39        Sweden   36
       Great Britain   35        Russia   35
13 July - Peterborough (East of England)      Denmark   34 details
     Poland   54 details
     Australia   52  
     Great Britain   34   Key:
     Slovenia   13     Qualify to the Final
details     Qualify to the Race-Off

Final classification

Pos. National team Pts.
 Poland 44
 Australia 43
 Sweden 36
4  Russia 35
5  Great Britain 35
6  Denmark 34
7  Slovenia 13
8  Czech Republic 12

See also

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