Speedway World Cup
VenueVojens
LocationDenmark
Start date24 July
End date1 August
Nations8
Champions
 Poland
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The 2010 FIM PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna Speedway World Cup[1] (SWC) was the tenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It was originally scheduled to take place between 24 July and 31 July 2010, although re-stagings due to adverse weather meant that it finally took place between 25 July and 1 August, and involved eight national teams.[2] Six teams were seeded through to the finals and two qualification rounds were held in May 2010 to determine the final two places.[3]

Poland won the World Cup for the fourth time in six seasons, amassing 44 points in the final. Denmark finished second with 39, while Sweden finished third for the third successive year, with 35 points.[4]

Qualification

Main article: 2010 Speedway World Cup Qualification

The top six nations from the 2009 Speedway World Cup (Poland, Australia, Sweden, Russia, Great Britain and Denmark) were granted automatic qualification, with the remaining two places divided among two qualifying rounds. Qualifying Round One was held in Lonigo, Italy and was won by Finland. Qualifying Round Two was held in Abensberg, Germany.[5]

Qualified teams

Team Qualified as Finals appearance Last appearance 2009 place
 Poland 2009 SWC top six 10th 2009 1st
 Australia 2009 SWC top six 10th 2009 2nd
 Sweden 2009 SWC top six 10th 2009 3rd
 Russia 2009 SWC top six 8th 2009 4th
 Great Britain 2009 SWC top six 10th 2009 5th
 Denmark 2009 SWC top six 10th 2009 6th
 Czech Republic QR 2 Winner 9th 2009 8th
 Finland QR 1 Winner 6th 2007 —

Tournament

SemifinalsRace-offFinal
25 July – Gorzów Wlkp. (details)
 Poland68
 Denmark45
 Russia3129 July – Vojens (details)1 August – Vojens (details)
 Czech Republic8 Denmark48 Poland44
 Sweden47 Denmark39
26 July – King's Lynn (details) Australia36 Sweden35
 Great Britain51 Russia19 Great Britain33
 Australia48
 Sweden40
 Finland14

Final classification

Pos. National team Pts.
Gold  Poland 44
Silver  Denmark 39
Bronze  Sweden 35
4  Great Britain 33
5  Australia 36
6  Russia 19
7  Finland 14
8  Czech Republic 8

See also

References

  1. ^ "Komunikat prasowy FIM" (in Polish). pzm.pl. 14 July 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Terminarz SGP 2010 zatwierdzony – będzie runda w Gorican!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 25 October 2009. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
  3. ^ "Norfolk Arena to host SWC". BSI Speedway. 10 December 2010. Archived from the original on 13 December 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
  4. ^ "2010 WORLD CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Polacy poznali dwójkę rywali w DPŚ" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 29 October 2009. Archived from the original on 1 November 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2009.

External links

Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup
Motorcycle speedway events in 2010 season
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