FIM Speedway World Cup

Current season, competition or edition: 2023 Speedway World Cup
Formerly	Speedway World Team Cup (1960–2000)
Sport	Motorcycle speedway
Founded	2001
Director	Phil Morris
Motto	No brakes, no gears, no fear
No. of teams	9 national teams
Continent	World
Most recent champion(s)	Poland (2023)
Most titles	Poland (9 times)
TV partner(s)	Discovery+
Official website	https://www.fimspeedway.com/swc

The Speedway World Cup is an annual motorcycle speedway event held each year in different countries.^[1] The first edition of the competition in the current format was held in 2001 and replaced the old World Team Cup which ran from 1960 until 2000.^[2][3]

Past winners

Year	Venue	Winners	Runner-up	3rd place
2001	Wrocław	Australia (68 pts) Jason Crump Todd Wiltshire Craig Boyce Ryan Sullivan Leigh Adams	Poland (65 pts) Krzysztof Cegielski Piotr Protasiewicz Tomasz Gollob Sebastian Ułamek Jacek Krzyżaniak	Sweden (51 pts) Jimmy Nilsen Mikael Karlsson Tony Rickardsson Niklas Klingberg Andreas Jonsson
2002	Peterborough	Australia (64 pts) Todd Wiltshire Jason Lyons Leigh Adams Jason Crump Ryan Sullivan	Denmark (58 pts) Nicki Pedersen Ronni Pedersen Charlie Gjedde Hans Andersen Bjarne Pedersen	Sweden (54 pts) Tony Rickardsson Niklas Klingberg Peter Karlsson Mikael Karlsson Stefan Andersson
2003	Vojens	Sweden (62 pts) Andreas Jonsson Mikael Max Peter Ljung David Ruud	Australia (57 pts) Jason Crump Todd Wiltshire Jason Lyons Ryan Sullivan Leigh Adams	Denmark (53 pts) Nicki Pedersen Hans Andersen Bjarne Pedersen Ronni Pedersen Charlie Gjedde
2004	Poole	Sweden (49 pts) Mikael Max Tony Rickardsson Antonio Lindbäck Andreas Jonsson Peter Karlsson	Great Britain (48 pts) David Norris Lee Richardson Mark Loram Scott Nicholls Gary Havelock	Denmark (32 pts) Hans Andersen Nicki Pedersen Kenneth Bjerre Niels Kristian Iversen Bjarne Pedersen
2005	Wrocław	Poland (62 pts) Grzegorz Walasek Rune Holta Piotr Protasiewicz Jarosław Hampel Tomasz Gollob	Sweden (34 pts) Tony Rickardsson Peter Karlsson Andreas Jonsson Antonio Lindbäck Fredrik Lindgren	Denmark (31 pts) Hans Andersen Bjarne Pedersen Kenneth Bjerre Nicki Pedersen Niels Kristian Iversen
2006	Reading	Denmark (45 pts) Niels Kristian Iversen Nicki Pedersen Bjarne Pedersen Hans Andersen Charlie Gjedde	Sweden (37 pts) Andreas Jonsson Antonio Lindbäck Fredrik Lindgren Mikael Max Peter Karlsson	Great Britain (36 pts) Lee Richardson Mark Loram Scott Nicholls Chris Louis Chris Harris
2007	Leszno	Poland (55 pts) Krzysztof Kasprzak Jarosław Hampel Tomasz Gollob Rune Holta Grzegorz Walasek Damian Baliński	Denmark (52 pts) Hans Andersen Kenneth Bjerre Niels Kristian Iversen Nicki Pedersen Bjarne Pedersen Jesper B. Jensen	Australia (29 pts) Ryan Sullivan Jason Crump Chris Holder Leigh Adams Davey Watt Rory Schlein
2008	Vojens	Denmark (49 pts) Nicki Pedersen Bjarne Pedersen Kenneth Bjerre Niels Kristian Iversen Hans Andersen	Poland (46 pts) Rune Holta Wiesław Jaguś Tomasz Gollob Grzegorz Walasek Jarosław Hampel	Sweden (39 pts) Andreas Jonsson Daniel Nermark Peter Ljung Fredrik Lindgren Jonas Davidsson
2009	Leszno	Poland (44 pts) Krzysztof Kasprzak Piotr Protasiewicz Jarosław Hampel Tomasz Gollob Adrian Miedziński	Australia (43 pts) Davey Watt Troy Batchelor Leigh Adams Chris Holder Jason Crump	Sweden (36 pts) Jonas Davidsson Fredrik Lindgren Antonio Lindbäck Andreas Jonsson David Ruud
2010	Vojens	Poland (44 pts) Rune Holta Jarosław Hampel Tomasz Gollob Adrian Miedziński Janusz Kołodziej	Denmark (39 pts) Kenneth Bjerre Nicolai Klindt Niels Kristian Iversen Bjarne Pedersen Hans Andersen	Sweden (35 pts) Fredrik Lindgren Jonas Davidsson Antonio Lindbäck Magnus Zetterström Andreas Jonsson
2011	Gorzów Wielkopolski	Poland (51 pts) Tomasz Gollob Jaroslaw Hampel Krzysztof Kasprzak Piotr Protasiewicz Janusz Kołodziej	Australia (45 pts) Chris Holder Jason Crump Troy Batchelor Darcy Ward Davey Watt	Sweden (30 pts) Fredrik Lindgren Antonio Lindbäck Thomas H. Jonasson Jonas Davidsson Andreas Jonsson
2012	Målilla	Denmark (39 pts) Niels K Iversen Michael Jepsen Jensen Nicki Pedersen Mikkel B Jensen	Australia (36 pts) Jason Crump Darcy Ward Davey Watt Chris Holder	Russia (30 pts) Andreas Jonsson Fredrik Lindgren Peter Ljung Thomas H. Jonasson
2013	Prague	Poland (41 pts) Jarosław Hampel Maciej Janowski Krzysztof Kasprzak Patryk Dudek	Denmark (40 pts) Niels Kristian Iversen Kenneth Bjerre Nicki Pedersen Michael Jepsen Jensen	Australia (34 pts) Darcy Ward Troy Batchelor Cameron Woodward Jason Doyle
2014	Bydgoszcz	Denmark (38 pts) Nicki Pedersen Peter Kildemand Mads Korneliussen Niels Kristian Iversen	Poland (37 pts) Piotr Protasiewicz Krzysztof Kasprzak Janusz Kołodziej Jarosław Hampel	Australia (36 pts) Chris Holder Darcy Ward Troy Batchelor Jason Doyle
2015	Vojens	Sweden (34 pts) Antonio Lindbäck Andreas Jonsson Linus Sundström Fredrik Lindgren	Denmark (32 pts) Peter Kildemand Niels Kristian Iversen Nicki Pedersen Kenneth Bjerre	Poland (27 pts) Bartosz Zmarzlik Krzysztof Buczkowski Maciej Janowski Przemysław Pawlicki
2016	Manchester	Poland (39 pts) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. Bartosz Zmarzlik Patryk Dudek Krzysztof Kasprzak	Great Britain (32 pts) Craig Cook Tai Woffinden Danny King Robert Lambert	Sweden (30 pts) Andreas Jonsson Antonio Lindbäck Peter Ljung Fredrik Lindgren
2017	Leszno	Poland (50 pts) Patryk Dudek Maciej Janowski Piotr Pawlicki Jr. Bartosz Zmarzlik	Sweden (42 pts) Antonio Lindbäck Fredrik Lindgren Linus Sundström Andreas Jonsson	Russia (18 pts) Emil Sayfutdinov Vadim Tarasenko Andrey Kudriashov Gleb Chugunov
2023	Wrocław	Poland (33 pts) Bartosz Zmarzlik Maciej Janowski Patryk Dudek Janusz Kołodziej Dominik Kubera	Great Britain (31 pts) Dan Bewley Robert Lambert Tai Woffinden Adam Ellis Tom Brennan	Denmark (29 pts) Leon Madsen Anders Thomsen Mikkel Michelsen Nicki Pedersen Rasmus Jensen

Medal classification

Pos National Team Total 1.  Poland 9 3 1 13 2.  Denmark 4 5 4 13 3.  Sweden 3 3 7 13 4.  Australia 2 4 3 9 5.  Great Britain - 3 1 4 6.  Russia - - 2 2

Further information: Speedway World Cup Classification Pos Rider Team Total 1. Jarosław Hampel  Poland 6 2 - 8 2. Tomasz Gollob  Poland 5 2 - 7 3. Krzysztof Kasprzak  Poland 5 1 - 6 4. Nicki Pedersen  Denmark 4 4 4 12 5. Niels Kristian Iversen  Denmark 4 4 2 10 6. Patryk Dudek  Poland 4 - - 4 7. Andreas Jonsson  Sweden 3 2 6 11 8. Piotr Protasiewicz  Poland 3 2 - 5 9. Rune Holta  Poland 3 1 - 4 Janusz Kołodziej  Poland 3 1 - 4

Participating nations

Team	2001 (12)	2002 (12)	2003 (12)	2004 (8)	2005 (8)	2006 (8)	2007 (8)	2008 (8)	2009 (8)	2010 (8)	2011 (8)	2012 (9)	2013 (9)	2014 (9)	2015 (9)	2016 (9)	2017 (9)	2023 (9)
Poland		4	4	4		5						5
Sweden							5					4	8	5				5
Russia	8	9	8	•	7	•	6	6	4	6	5		9	•	7	6
Great Britain	6	7	5		4		4	5	5	4	6	6	7	4	5		4
Australia				5	5	4		4		5					4	4	5	4
Latvia	•	•	••	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	6	8	9	•	6	•
United States	5	6			•	6	7	•	•	•	•	8	5	6	6	7	7	•
Denmark	4								6		4					5	8
Czech Republic	7	5	6	6	6	8	•	7	8	8	7	7	4	7	8	8	9	7
France					•							•	•				•	6
Germany	11	12	10	•	8	•	•	•	•	•	8	9	•	•	•	9	•	8
Italy	•		12	7	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	9	•	•	•	•
Slovenia	12	11	9	•	•	•	•	•	7	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•
Hungary	10	10	11	8	•	•	•	8	•				•					•
Ukraine	•										•	•	•					•
Finland	9	8	7	•		7	8	•	•	7	•	•						9
Norway	•									•								•
Austria		•	•	•														•

Legend

• – Champions.
• – Runners-up.
• – Third place.
•  ••  – Qualified, but withdrew.
•  •  – Did not qualify.
•     – Did not enter or withdrew.
•    – Race-off and final hosts.

Format

The current tournament format consists of two semi finals with the winner qualifying for the grand final and the second and third place teams entering a race off. In the four team race off only the winner will join the two semi final winners and the hosts in the grand final.