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

Germany Landshut - 9 May 2015 [1]

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 — Poland Gniezno [2]
     Sweden   40  
     Poland   36  
     Russia   27       June 14 — Denmark Vojens [3]
     Czech Republic   20 June 11 — Denmark Vojens [4]      Sweden   34
details      Poland   48        Denmark   32
       Great Britain   43        Poland   27
       United States   22        Australia   26
June 8 — United Kingdom 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

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