2015 Speedway World Cup
| 2015 Speedway World Cup | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nations |  Denmark (Race-Off and the Final)  Poland,  United Kingdom (Semi-Finals) |
| Dates | June 6 — June 14 |
| Teams | 9 |
| Venues | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Tournament results | |
| Champion |   Sweden |
| Runner-up |  Denmark |
| 3rd place |  Poland |
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.
Qualification
| National team | Pts | |
|---|---|---|
 Russia | 40 | |
 Germany | 34 | |
 Slovenia | 32 | |
 Italy | 17 |
Qualified teams
| 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
| Semi-finals | Race-off | Final | ||||||||||||||
| June 6 — Gniezno [2] |
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| Sweden |
40 | |||||||||||||||
| Poland |
36 | |||||||||||||||
| Russia |
27 | June 14 — Vojens [3] | ||||||||||||||
| Czech Republic |
20 | June 11 — Vojens [4] |
Sweden |
34 | ||||||||||||
| details | Poland |
48 | Denmark |
32 | ||||||||||||
| Great Britain |
43 | Poland |
27 | |||||||||||||
| United States |
22 | Australia |
26 | |||||||||||||
| June 8 — King's Lynn [5] |
Russia |
11 | details | |||||||||||||
| Australia |
47 | details | ||||||||||||||
| Great Britain |
43 | |||||||||||||||
| United States |
22 | Key: | ||||||||||||||
| Latvia |
9 | Qualify to the Final | ||||||||||||||
| details | Qualify to the Race-Off | |||||||||||||||
The final was delayed from 13 Jun until 14 Jun after rain caused the meeting to be abandoned. [6]
Final classification
| Pos. | National team | Pts. |
|---|---|---|
| | Sweden | 34 |
| | Denmark | 32 |
| | 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
References
- ↑ "2015 Speedway World Cup Qualification". Sportowe Fakty (In Polish).
- ↑ "2015 Speedway World Cup Event 1 Result". SWC.
- ↑ "2015 Speedway World Cup Final Result". SWC.
- ↑ "2015 Speedway World Cup Race Off Result". SWC.
- ↑ "2015 Speedway World Cup Event 2 Result". SWC.
- ↑ "2015 Speedway World Cup Final delayed". SWC.
External links
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