2007 Speedway World Cup

Speedway World Cup
Speedway World Cup
	World champions Poland
Venue	Alfred Smoczyk Stadium
Location	Poland
Start date	14 July
End date	21 July
Nations	8
Champions
	Poland
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The 2007 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 7th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on 21 July 2007 in the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno, Poland. The tournament was won by host team Poland (55 pts) and they beat defending champion Denmark (52 pts), Australia (29 pts) and Great Britain (15 pts) in the Final.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Qualification

Qualifying round 1
Altes Stadion, Abensberg

Qualifying round 2
Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo

Pos.	National team	Pts.
1	Finland	43
2	Germany	40
3	Latvia	37
4	Slovenia	29

Pos.	National team	Pts.
1	Russia	59
2	Czech Republic	46
3	Italy	31
4	Hungary	12

Tournament


Semifinals		Race-off		Final

14 July - Vojens (details)

Denmark	60

Poland	44

Australia	39	19 July - Leszno (details)		21 July - Leszno

Finland	11	Australia	53	Poland	55

		Poland	52	Denmark	52

16 July - Coventry (details)		Sweden	40	Australia	29

Great Britain	60	Russia	7	Great Britain	15

Sweden	49

Russia	27

United States	20

Final

The 2007 Speedway World Cup Final took place on 21 July, at the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Results

Pos.	National team	Pts.
1	Poland	55
2	Denmark	52
3	Australia	29
4	Great Britain	15

Heat details

Placing	Team / Rider Name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
1	Poland	55	3	6	9	12	12	12	15	18	21	23	26	29	31	31	33	33	35	37	40	42	45	47	50	52	55
	(1) Krzysztof Kasprzak	14	3						3								2				3				3
	(2) Jarosław Hampel	13		3						3			3									2				2
	(3) Tomasz Gollob (c)	12			3						3			3				0									3
	(4) Rune Holta	12				3						2			2				2				3
	(5) Grzegorz Walasek	0					0	0
	(6) Damian Baliński	4														Fx				2				2

2	Denmark	52	2	3	5	7	9	12	13	15	17	20	22	24	27	29	32	34	37	40	41	44	45	46	48	51	52
	(1) Hans N. Andersen (c)	10	2							2						2			3								1
	(2) Kenneth Bjerre	10		1							2						3			3			1
	(3) Niels Kristian Iversen	9			2							3	2								1			1
	(4) Nicki Pedersen	12				2		3						2								3			2
	(5) Bjarne Pedersen	11					2		1						3			2								3
	(6) Jesper B. Jensen	-
Placing	Team / Rider Name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
3	Australia	29	1	3	4	5	8	10	12	13	14	14	15	15	16	19	19	22	22	23	23	24	24	27	28	29	29
	(1) Ryan Sullivan	7	1								1				1							1		3
	(2) Jason Crump	9		2								TJ				3		3							1
	(3) Chris Holder	3			1			2									0
	(4) Leigh Adams (c)	5				1			2				1							1							0
	(5) Davey Watt	4					3			1				0							0		0
	(6) Rory Schlein	1																	0							1

4	Great Britain	15	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	6	7	9	9	11	11	13	13	13	13	15
	(1) Lee Richardson	4	0					1					E3					1					2
	(2) Simon Stead	1		0					0					1					-					0
	(3) Edward Kennett	0			0					0					0
	(4) Chris Harris	3				0					0					1					2					0
	(5) Scott Nicholls (c)	7					1					1					1		2J			0					2
	(6) Oliver Allen	0																		0					E4
Placing	Team / Rider Name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25

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 was permanent for each teams (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams means gate positions:
gate A – inside	gate B	gate C	gate D – outside

Heat after heat

Extended content

Kasprzak, Andersen, Sullivan, Richardsson
Hampel, Crump, Bjerre, Stead
Gollob, Iversen, Holder, Kennett
Holta, N.Pedersen, Adams, Harris
Watt, B.Pedersen, Nicholls, Walasek
N.Pedersen, Holder, Richardsson, Walasek
Kasprzak, Adams, B.Pedersen, Stead
Hampel, Andersen, Watt, Kennett
Gollob, Bjerre, Sullivan, Harris
Iversen, Holta, Nicholls, Crump(joker)-t
Hampel, Iversen, Adams, Richardsson-e3
Gollob, N.Pedersen, Stead, Watt
B.Pedersen, Holta, Sullivan, Kennett
Crump, Andersen, Harris, Baliński-Fx
Bjerre, Kasprzak, Nicholls, Holder
Crump, B.Pedersen, Richardsson, Gollob
Andersen, Holta, Nicholls(joker), Schlein
Bjerre, Baliński, Adams, Allen
Kasprzak, Harris, Iversen, Watt
N.Pedersen, Hampel, Sullivan, Nicholls
Holta, Richardsson, Bjerre, Watt
Sullivan, Baliński, Iversen, Stead
Kasprzak, N.Pedersen, Crump, Allen-e4
B.Pedersen, Hampel, Schlein, Harris
Gollob, Nicholls, Andersen, Adams

Final classification

Pos.	National team	Pts.
	Poland	55
	Denmark	52
	Australia	29
4	Great Britain	15

5	Sweden	40
6	Russia	7

7	United States	20
8	Finland	11

References

^ speedwayworld.tv Archived 2007-08-01 at archive.today; Retrieved on 2008-12-28
^ rlach.republika.pl Archived 2008-06-21 at the Wayback Machine; Retrieved on 2008-12-28
^ Świat Żużla, No 4 (72) / 2007, page 57, ISSN 1429-3285
^ "2007 WORLD CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
^ speedwayworld.tv Archived 2007-08-01 at archive.today; Retrieved on 2008-12-28
^ rlach.republika.pl Archived 2008-06-21 at the Wayback Machine; Retrieved on 2008-12-28
^ Świat Żużla, No 4 (72) / 2007, page 57, ISSN 1429-3285
^ "2007 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

[1] speedwayworld.tv Archived 2007-08-01 at archive.today; Retrieved on 2008-12-28

[2] rlach.republika.pl Archived 2008-06-21 at the Wayback Machine; Retrieved on 2008-12-28

[3] Świat Żużla, No 4 (72) / 2007, page 57, ISSN 1429-3285

[4] "2007 WORLD CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

[5] speedwayworld.tv Archived 2007-08-01 at archive.today; Retrieved on 2008-12-28

[6] rlach.republika.pl Archived 2008-06-21 at the Wayback Machine; Retrieved on 2008-12-28

[7] Świat Żużla, No 4 (72) / 2007, page 57, ISSN 1429-3285

[8] "2007 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

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