2001 Speedway World Cup Qualification

The 2001 Speedway World Cup Qualification (SWC) was two events of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the four national teams who qualify for the 2001 Speedway World Cup.

Results

Preliminary round 1
Ljubljana

Preliminary round 2
Debrecen

Pos.	National team	Pts.
1	Slovenia	48
2	Russia	45
3	Italy	25
4	Ukraine	1

Pos.	National team	Pts.
1	Finland	48
2	Hungary	47
3	Norway	12
4	Latvia	10

Heat details

Ljubljana (1)

Preliminary round 1^[1]
3 June 2001
Ljubljana
Referee: ?

Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20
1	Slovenia	48	3	4	7	10	11	13	13	16	18	21	24	27	30	33	35	38		41	43	45	48
	(1) Izak Šantej	14				3				3				3				3	12		2
	(2) Jernej Kolenko	10			3				F				3				2		8			2
	(3) Ales Dolinar	3		1				2				-			-				3				-
	(4) Matej Žagar	6	-				1				2					-			3	3
	(17) Matej Ferjan	15	3									3			3	3			12				3

2	Russia	45	2	5	7	9	11	14	17	19	22	24	26	28	30	32	35	37		39	42	45	45
	(5) Sergey Darkin	12	2					3					2					2	9			3
	(6) Roman Povazhny	10		3			2							2			3		10				E
	(7) Rinat Mardanshin	11				2			3			2				2			9	2
	(8) Eduard Shaihullin	12			2					2	3				2				9		3

3	Italy	25	1	3	4	5	8	9	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20		21	22	23	25
	(9) Alessandro Dalla Valle	8			1		3					1						1	6				2
	(10) Simone Tadiello	4				1		1			1						-		3	1
	(11) Andrea Maida	6		2						1			1			1			5			1
	(12) Armando Castagna	6	1						2					1	1				5		1
	(19) Christian Miotello	1															1		1

4	Ukraine	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1
	(13) Aleksander Lyatosinsky	1		0					1		0							E	1				M
	(14) Petro Fedik	0	0							0		0					0		0	E
	(15) Igor Borisenko	0			0			0						0		0			0		0
	(16) Igor Yepifanov	0				E	0						0		0				0			0
Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside	gate B	gate C	gate D – outside

Debrecen (2)

Preliminary round 2^[2]
3 June 2001
Debrecen
Referee: ?

Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20
1	Finland	48	3	6	9	11	13	15	18	20	23	26	28	31	33	36	38	40		42	45	46	48
	(13) Kai Laukkanen	12		3					3		3							2	11			1
	(14) Kauko Nieminen	13	3							2		3					2		10		3
	(15) Joonas Kylmäkorpi	13			3			2						3		3			11				2
	(16) Tomi Reima	6				2	2						2		-				6	-
	(20) Petri Kokko	4													2				2	2

2	Hungary	47	2	4	5	6	9	12	14	17	18	20	23	25	28	30	33	36		39	41	44	47
	(5) Róbert Nagy	14	2					3					3					3	11				3
	(6) Norbert Magosi	13		2			3							2			3		10			3
	(7) Gábor Szegvári	10				1			2			2				2			7	3
	(8) László Szatmári	10			1					3	1				3				8		2
	(18) Zsolt Bence	0																	0

3	Norway	12	1	2	4	7	7	8	8	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12		12	12	12	12
	(9) Rune Holta	2			2		N					N						N	2
	(10) Brojn Gundel Hansa	7				3		1			2						1		7				0
	(11) Pierre Mullen	2		1						1			0			0			2		0
	(12) Eivind Rappen	1	1						0					0	N				1

4	Latvia	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	4	5	6	6	7		7	7	9	10
	(1) Denis Popovich	3				0				0				1				1	2				1
	(2) Leonid Paura	4			0				1				1				0		2			2
	(3) Stanislav Paura	1		N				0				N			1				1	0
	(4) Aleksandr Ivanov	2	N				1				0					1			2		0
Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20