2011 Speedway World Cup

2011 Speedway World Cup
Tournament details
Host nations  Poland (Race-Off and the Final)
 Denmark,  United Kingdom (Semi-Finals)
Dates July 9 — July 16
Teams 8
Venues 3 (in 3 host cities)
Tournament results
Champion  Poland
Runner-up  Australia
3rd place  Sweden

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]

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 was qualify to the Tournament.
  • Qualifying Round One
  • Italy Lonigo
  • 17 April 2011
National team Pts
 Czech Republic 49
 Slovenia 44
 Latvia 39
 Italy 17
  • Qualifying Round Two
  • Germany 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

  Semi-finals   Race-off   Final
July 9 — Vojens (Speedway Center)
     Denmark   50  
     Sweden   48  
     Australia   47       July 16 — Gorzów (Jancarz Stadium)
     Germany   9 July 14 — Gorzów (Jancarz Stadium)      Poland   51
details      Australia   51        Australia   45
       Sweden   44        Sweden   30
       Russia   33        Denmark   29
July 11 — King's Lynn (Norfolk Arena)      Great Britain   30 details
     Poland   62 details
     Great Britain   49  
     Russia   21   Key:
     Czech Republic   20     Qualify to the Final
details     Qualify to the Race-Off

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "SGP/SWC dates 2011". speedwaygp.com. 22 Oct 2010. Retrieved 22 Oct 2010.
  2. ↑ "2010 FIM Conference Meeting" (PDF). FIM-live.com. 5 Mar 2010. Retrieved 10 Mar 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Francuzi i Ukraińcy powalczą o DPŚ" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 22 Jan 2011. Retrieved 22 Jan 2011.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/13/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.