2011 Speedway World Cup

Speedway World Cup
Speedway World Cup
Venue	Gorzów Wielkopolski
Location	Poland
Start date	9 July
End date	16 July
Nations	8
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

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.

Qualifying Round One
Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo
17 April 2011

	National team	Pts
	Czech Republic	49
	Slovenia	44
	Latvia	39
	Italy	17

Qualifying Round Two
Ellermühle Speedway Stadium, Landshut
7 May 2011

	National team	Pts
	Germany	47
	United States	39
	Finland	38
	Ukraine	26

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


Semifinals		Race-off		Final

July 9 — Vojens

Denmark	50

Sweden	48

Australia	47	July 14 — Gorzów		July 16 — Gorzów

Germany	9	Australia	51	Poland	51

		Sweden	44	Australia	45

July 11 — King's Lynn		Russia	33	Sweden	30

Poland	62	Great Britain	30	Denmark	29

Great Britain	49

Russia	21

Czech Republic	20

Semi-finals

National team	Pts	Scorers
Denmark	50	Mads Korneliussen 12, Bjarne Pedersen 12, Kenneth Bjerre 11, Nicki Pedersen (C) 10, Niels Kristian Iversen 5
Sweden	48	Antonio Lindbäck 12, Andreas Jonsson (C) 11, Freddie Lindgren 10, Jonas Davidsson 8, Thomas H. Jonasson 7
Australia	47	Chris Holder 14, Darcy Ward 13, Jason Crump (C) 11, Rory Schlein 5, Troy Batchelor 4
Germany	9	Max Dilger 4, Kevin Wölbert 2, Mathias Schultz 2, Tobias Busch 1, Tobias Kroner (C) 0

National team	Pts	Scorers
Poland	62	Krzysztof Kasprzak 15, Tomasz Gollob (C) 13, Piotr Protasiewicz 13, Janusz Kołodziej 11, Jarosław Hampel 10
Great Britain	49	Chris Harris (C) 16, Edward Kennett 11, Tai Woffinden 10, Scott Nicholls 6, Ben Barker 6
Russia	21	Roman Povazhny (C) 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. (C) 2, Matěj Kůs 0

Race-off

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

Final

Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Poland	51	Tomasz Gollob (C) 17, Jaroslaw Hampel 11, Krzysztof Kasprzak 8, Piotr Protasiewicz 8, Janusz Kołodziej 7
2	Australia	45	Chris Holder 15, Jason Crump (C) 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 (C) 1
4	Denmark	29	Kenneth Bjerre 10, Niels Kristian Iversen 8, Nicki Pedersen (C) 5, Bjarne Pedersen 3, Mads Korneliussen 3

Final classification

Pos.	National team	Pts.
	Poland	51
	Australia	45
	Sweden	30
4	Denmark	29

5	Russia	33
6	Great Britain	30

7	Czech Republic	20
8	Germany	9

References

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

External links

SpeedwayWorld.tv (SWC news)

[1] "SGP/SWC dates 2011". speedwaygp.com. 22 October 2010. Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2010.

[a20100305-2] "2010 FIM Conference Meeting" (PDF). FIM-live.com. 5 March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2010.

[a20110125-3] "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.

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