Speedway World Cup
VenueGorzów Wielkopolski
LocationPoland
Start date9 July
End date16 July
Nations8
Champions
 Poland
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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][4]

Qualification

Main article: 2011 Speedway World Cup Qualification

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 qualified for the tournament.

Qualified teams

Team Qualified as Finals appearance Last appearance 2010 place
 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

SemifinalsRace-offFinal
July 9 — Vojens
 Denmark50
 Sweden48
 Australia47July 14 — GorzówJuly 16 — Gorzów
 Germany9 Australia51 Poland51
 Sweden44 Australia45
July 11 — King's Lynn Russia33 Sweden30
 Poland62 Great Britain30 Denmark29
 Great Britain49
 Russia21
 Czech Republic20

Semi-finals

National team Pts Scorers
 Denmark 50 Mads Korneliussen 12, Bjarne Pedersen 12, Kenneth Bjerre 11, Nicki Pedersen 10, Niels Kristian Iversen 5
 Sweden 48 Antonio Lindbäck 12, Andreas Jonsson 11, Freddie Lindgren 10, Jonas Davidsson 8, Thomas H. Jonasson 7
 Australia 47 Chris Holder 14, Darcy Ward 13, Jason Crump 11, Rory Schlein 5, Troy Batchelor 4
 Germany 9 Max Dilger 4, Kevin Wölbert 2, Mathias Schultz 2, Tobias Busch 1, Tobias Kroner 0
National team Pts Scorers
 Poland 62 Krzysztof Kasprzak 15, Tomasz Gollob 13, Piotr Protasiewicz 13, Janusz Kołodziej 11, Jarosław Hampel 10
 Great Britain 49 Chris Harris 16, Edward Kennett 11, Tai Woffinden 10, Scott Nicholls 6, Ben Barker 6
 Russia 21 Roman Povazhny 8, Renat Gafurov 6, Sergey Darkin 4, Ilya Bondarenko 3
 Czech Republic 20 Lukáš Dryml 9, Tomáš Topinka 5, Filip Šitera 4, Aleš Dryml Jr. 2, Matěj Kůs 0

Race-off

National team Pts Scorers
 Australia 51 Troy Batchelor 13, Jason Crump 12, Chris Holder 11, Darcy Ward 9, Davey Watt 6
 Sweden 44 Andreas Jonsson 16, Antonio Lindbäck 11, Thomas H. Jonasson 7, Jonas Davidsson 6, Freddie Lindgren 4
 Russia 33 Emil Sayfutdinov 19, Grigory Laguta 8, Roman Povazhny 5, Denis Gizatullin 1, Renat Gafurov 0
 Great Britain 30 Chris Harris 14, Ben Barker 7, Tai Woffinden 6, Edward Kennett 2, Lewis Bridger 1

Final

Pos Team Pts Riders
1 Poland 51 Tomasz Gollob 17, Jaroslaw Hampel 11, Krzysztof Kasprzak 8, Piotr Protasiewicz 8, Janusz Kołodziej 7
2 Australia 45 Chris Holder 15, Jason Crump 13, Troy Batchelor 10, Darcy Ward 4, Davey Watt 3
3 Sweden 30 Fredrik Lindgren 12, Antonio Lindbäck 8, Thomas H. Jonasson 7, Jonas Davidsson 2, Andreas Jonsson 1
4 Denmark 29 Kenneth Bjerre 10, Niels Kristian Iversen 8, Bjarne Pedersen 5, Bjarne Pedersen 3, Mads Korneliussen 3

Final classification

Pos. National team Pts.
Gold  Poland 51
Silver  Australia 45
Bronze  Sweden 30
4  Denmark 29
5  Russia 33
6  Great Britain 30
7  Czech Republic 20
8  Germany 9

See also

References

  1. ^ "SGP/SWC dates 2011". speedwaygp.com. 22 October 2010. Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  2. ^ "2010 FIM Conference Meeting" (PDF). FIM-live.com. 5 March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Francuzi i Ukraińcy powalczą o DPŚ" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 22 January 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  4. ^ "2011 WORLD CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

External links

Motorcycle speedway events in 2011 season
Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup
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