Speedway of Nations
Venue Poland
Start date2 June
End date9 June
Nations7
← 2017
(old format called
Speedway World Cup)
2019 →

The 2018 Speedway of Nations was the first FIM Speedway of Nations.[1] The competition consisted of two race-off events and a two-legged final. The event was won by Russia, who beat Great Britain in the Grand Final.[2] It replaced the Speedway World Cup.

Format

The 2018 Speedway of Nations was a pairs event, with each nation being represented by two senior riders and one rider under the age of 21. Each meeting was staged over 21 heats with the scores from each rider added together to give a total for each nation.

The two race-off events consisted of seven teams, with three qualifying for the final. The final, which included hosts Poland, was staged over two legs with the scores from each added together. The top scoring nation went straight through to the Grand Final, while the second and third placed nations competed in the final qualifier for the chance to reach the Grand Final.

The final qualifier and Grand Final were one-off heats. In the event of a tie, the second and third placed riders were considered the victors over the first and fourth placed riders.

The winner of the Grand Final determined the overall winner of the 2018 Speedway of Nations.

Race Off 1

1st 2nd 3rd
 Russia - 25
Artem Laguta - 16
Emil Sayfutdinov - 9
Gleb Chugunov - DNR 		 Germany - 20
Kai Huckenbeck - 11
Martin Smolinski - 9
Michael Hartel - DNR 		 Denmark - 18
Michael Jepsen Jensen - 10
Kenneth Bjerre - 8
Frederik Jakobsen - DNR
4th 5th 6th 7th
 Slovenia - 17
Matej Žagar - 14
Matic Ivačič - 2
Nick Škorja - 1 		 United States - 17
Greg Hancock - 16
Gino Manzares - 1 		 Ukraine - 15
Aleksandr Loktaev - 8
Andrey Karpov - 7 		 Latvia - 14
Andžejs Ļebedevs - 8
Kjasts Puodžuks - 6
Oļegs Mihailovs - DNR

Race Off 2

1st 2nd 3rd
 Sweden - 26
Fredrik Lindgren - 15
Antonio Lindbäck - 11
Joel Kling - DNR 		 Great Britain - 23
Tai Woffinden - 14
Robert Lambert - 8
Craig Cook - 1 		 Australia - 21
Jason Doyle - 14
Max Fricke - 7
Jaimon Lidsey - DNR
4th 5th 6th 7th
 Czech Republic - 20
Václav Milík - 13
Josef Franc - 7
Jan Kvěch - DNR 		 France - 14
David Bellego - 10
Dimitri Bergé - 4 		 Finland - 14
Timo Lahti - 7
Tero Aarnio - 7 		 Italy - 8
Nicolás Covatti - 6
Michele Paco Castagna - 2

Final

First leg

1st 2nd 3rd
 Great Britain - 25
Tai Woffinden - 18
Robert Lambert - 7
Craig Cook - 0 		 Russia - 23
Artem Laguta - 17
Emil Sayfutdinov - 6
Gleb Chugunov - DNR 		 Denmark - 20
Michael Jepsen Jensen - 12
Kenneth Bjerre - 8
Frederik Jakobsen - DNR
4th 5th 6th 7th
 Sweden - 16
Fredrik Lindgren - 13
Antonio Lindbäck - 3
Joel Kling - DNR 		 Australia - 15
Jason Doyle - 13
Max Fricke - 2
Jaimon Lidsey - DNR 		 Poland - 15
Maciej Janowski - 9
Patryk Dudek - 3
Maksym Drabik - 3 		 Germany - 8
Martin Smolinski - 11
Michael Hartel - 1
Kai Huckenbeck - DNR

Second leg

1st 2nd 3rd
 Russia - 22
Artem Laguta - 14
Emil Sayfutdinov - 8
Gleb Chugunov - DNR 		 Great Britain - 21
Tai Woffinden - 17
Robert Lambert - 4
Craig Cook - DNR 		 Poland - 21
Maciej Janowski - 13
Patryk Dudek - 8
Maksym Drabik - DNR
4th 5th 6th 7th
 Australia - 20
Jason Doyle - 16
Max Fricke - 4
Jaimon Lidsey - DNR 		 Sweden - 16
Fredrik Lindgren - 9
Antonio Lindbäck - 7
Joel Kling - DNR 		 Denmark - 15
Michael Jepsen Jensen - 15
Kenneth Bjerre - 0
Frederik Jakobsen - 0 		 Germany - 11
Kai Huckenbeck - 9
Martin Smolinski - 2
Michael Hartel - 0

Total

1st 2nd 3rd
 Great Britain - 46
Tai Woffinden - 35
Robert Lambert - 11
Craig Cook - 0 		 Russia - 45
Artem Laguta - 31
Emil Sayfutdinov - 14
Gleb Chugunov - DNR 		 Poland - 36
Maciej Janowski - 22
Patryk Dudek - 11
Maksym Drabik - 3
4th 5th 6th 7th
 Australia - 35
Jason Doyle - 29
Max Fricke - 6
Jaimon Lidsey - DNR 		 Denmark - 35
Michael Jepsen Jensen - 27
Kenneth Bjerre - 8
Frederik Jakobsen - 0 		 Sweden - 32
Fredrik Lindgren - 22
Antonio Lindbäck - 10
Joel Kling - DNR 		 Germany - 23
Martin Smolinski - 13
Kai Huckenbeck - 9
Michael Hartel - 1

Grand Final Qualifier

1st 2nd
 Russia - 3
Artem Laguta - 2
Emil Sayfutdinov - 1 		 Poland - 3
Maciej Janowski - 3
Patryk Dudek - 0

Grand Final

1st 2nd
 Russia - 3
Artem Laguta - 2
Emil Sayfutdinov - 1 		 Great Britain - 3
Tai Woffinden - 3
Robert Lambert - 0

See also

References

  1. ^ "2018 Speedway of Nations". SGP.
  2. ^ "2018 Speedway of Nations Final result". SGP.
  3. ^ "2018 Speedway of Nations Race Off 1 result". SGP.
  4. ^ "2018 Speedway of Nations Race Off 2 result". SGP.
  5. ^ "2018 Speedway of Nations Final first leg result". SGP.
  6. ^ "2018 Speedway of Nations Final second leg result". SGP.
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