2011 Speedway World Cup
| 2011 Speedway World Cup | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nations |  Poland (Race-Off and the Final)  Denmark,  United Kingdom (Semi-Finals) |
| Dates | July 9 — July 16 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Venues | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Tournament results | |
| Champion |  Poland |
| Runner-up |   Australia |
| 3rd place |   Sweden |
The 2011 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the eleventh FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 9 July and 16 July 2011 and involved eight national teams.[1] Six teams were seeded through to the tournament and two qualification rounds were held in April and May 2011 to determine the final two places.[2][3]
Qualification
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The top six nations from the 2010 Speedway World Cup (Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Great Britain, Australia and Russia) were granted automatic qualification, with the remaining two places divided among two qualifying rounds. Qualifying Round One was hosted in Lonigo, Italy and Qualifying Round Two was hosted in Landshut, Germany.[3] Czech Republic and Germany was qualify to the Tournament. |
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Qualified teams
| Team | Qualified as | Finals appearance | Last appearance | 2010 place |
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| Poland | 2010 SWC top six | 11th | 2010 | 1 |
| Denmark | 2010 SWC top six | 11th | 2010 | 2 |
| Sweden | 2010 SWC top six | 11th | 2010 | 3 |
| Great Britain | 2010 SWC top six | 11th | 2010 | 4 |
| Australia | 2010 SWC top six | 11th | 2010 | 5 |
 Russia | 2010 SWC top six | 9th | 2010 | 6 |
 Czech Republic | QR 1 Winner | 10th | 2010 | 8 |
 Germany | QR 2 Winner | 5th | 2005 | — |
Tournament
| Semi-finals | Race-off | Final | ||||||||||||||
| July 9 — Vojens (Speedway Center) | ||||||||||||||||
| Denmark |
50 | |||||||||||||||
| Sweden |
48 | |||||||||||||||
| Australia |
47 | July 16 — Gorzów Wlkp. (Jancarz Stadium) | ||||||||||||||
| Germany |
9 | July 14 — Gorzów Wlkp. (Jancarz Stadium) | Poland |
51 | ||||||||||||
| details | Australia |
51 | Australia |
45 | ||||||||||||
| Sweden |
44 | Sweden |
30 | |||||||||||||
| Russia |
33 | Denmark |
29 | |||||||||||||
| July 11 — King's Lynn (Norfolk Arena) | Great Britain |
30 | details | |||||||||||||
| Poland |
62 | details | ||||||||||||||
| Great Britain |
49 | |||||||||||||||
| Russia |
21 | Key: | ||||||||||||||
| Czech Republic |
20 | Qualify to the Final | ||||||||||||||
| details | Qualify to the Race-Off | |||||||||||||||
Final classification
| Pos. | National team | Pts. |
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| | Poland | 51 |
| | Australia | 45 |
| | Sweden | 30 |
| 4 | Denmark | 29 |
| 5 | Russia | 33 |
| 6 | Great Britain | 30 |
| 7 | Czech Republic | 20 |
| 8 | Germany | 9 |
See also
References
- ↑ "SGP/SWC dates 2011". speedwaygp.com. 22 Oct 2010. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 22 Oct 2010.
- ↑ "2010 FIM Conference Meeting" (PDF). FIM-live.com. 5 Mar 2010. Retrieved 10 Mar 2010.
- 1 2 "Francuzi i Ukraińcy powalczą o DPŚ" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 22 Jan 2011. Retrieved 22 Jan 2011.
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