2002 Speedway World Cup Qualification

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The 2002 Speedway World Cup Qualification (SWC) was an event of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the two national teams who qualify for the 2002 Speedway World Cup. According to the FIM rules the top ten nations from the 2001 Speedway World Cup were automatically qualified.

Motorcycle speedway motorcycle sport

Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines which use only one gear and have no brakes; racing takes place on a flat oval track usually consisting of dirt, loosely packed shale, or crushed rock. Competitors use this surface to slide their machines sideways, powersliding or broadsiding into the bends. On the straight sections of the track the motorcycles reach speeds of up to 70 miles per hour (110 km/h).

The 2002 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 2nd FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on August 10, 2002 in Peterborough, Great Britain. The tournament was won by Australia and they beat Denmark, Sweden, Poland and Czech Republic in the Final.

Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme international sport governing body

The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme is the global governing/sanctioning body of motorcycle racing. It represents 113 national motorcycle federations that are divided into six regional continental unions.

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Results

Pos. National team Pts.
1 Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 49
2 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 46
3 Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 17
4 Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 8

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Germany Federal parliamentary republic in central-western Europe

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central and Western Europe, lying between the Baltic and North Seas to the north, and the Alps to the south. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, France to the southwest, and Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west.

Abensberg Place in Bavaria, Germany

Abensberg is a town in the Lower Bavarian district of Kelheim, in Bavaria, Germany, lying around 30 km southwest of Regensburg, 40 km east of Ingolstadt, 50 northwest of Landshut and 100 km north of Munich. It is situated on the Abens river, a tributary of the Danube.

PlacingTeam / Rider NameTotal
1Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 49
(1) Izak Šantej 12
(2) Jernej Kolenko 6
(3) Ales Dolinar 4
(4) Matej Ferjan 15
(5) Matej Žagar 12
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 46
(1) Robert Barth 12
(2) Matthias Kröger 12
(3) Joachim Kugelmann 11
(4) Jorg Pingel 11
(5) Mirko Wolter 0
3Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 17
(1) Aleksander Biznya 3
(2) Nikolai Kokin 4
(3) Władimir Woronkow 4
(4) Aleksander Ivanow 1
(5) Leonid Paura 5
4Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 8
(1) Walter Nebel 3
(2) Manuel Hauzinger 0
(3) Fredrich Wallner 2
(4) Mario Ozelt 2
(5) Rene Pfeiffer 1

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References

  1. world.speedway.org; Retrieved on 2008-12-25

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