2003 Speedway World Cup

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Speedway World Cup
Venues Holsted, Outrup, and Vojens
LocationDenmark
Start date3 August
End date9 August
Nations12
Champions
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
  2002
2004  

The 2003 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 3rd FIM Speedway World Cup season. The final took place on 9 August 2003 in Vojens, Denmark. The tournament was won by Sweden (62 pts) and they beat Australia (57 points), host team Denmark (53 pts) and Poland (49 pts), Great Britain (44 pts) in the Final. [1] [2]

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Qualification

Pos.National teamPts.
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 65
2Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 62+4
3Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 62+3
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 39
5Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 19

Venues

Three cities were selected to host SWC finals events:

CityStadium names
Holsted Holsted Speedway Center
Outrup Outrup Speedway Center
Vojens Vojens Speedway Center

Qualifying round

Holsted (1)

Pos.National teamPts.
1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 62
2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 50
3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 32
4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 10

Outrup (2)

Pos.National teamPts.
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 62
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 60
3Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 28
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6

Holsted (3)

Pos.National teamPts.
1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 58
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 56
3Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 28
4Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9

Race-off

Pos.National teamPts.
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 80
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 63
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 61
4Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 26
5Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24

Final

The 2003 Speedway World Cup Final took place on 9 August in the Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark. [3] [4]

Results

Pos.National teamPts.
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 62
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 57
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 53
4Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 49
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 44

Heat details

PlacingTeam / Rider NameTotal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910111213141516171819202122232425
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 620468111517182125262629313135353745495052555962
(1) Andreas Jonsson 1203342
(2) Mikael Max 2544248J3
(3) Peter Ljung 1024004
(4) Peter Karlsson 1022123
(5) David Ruud 5310-1
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 5747710141519232525252832364042465050525454555657
(1) Jason Crump 1744441
(2) Todd Wiltshire 1532442
(3) Jason Lyons 0XXX00
(4) Ryan Sullivan 1031321
(5) Leigh Adams 1544421
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 533489111313151518222325262728313436364048505353
(1) Nicki Pedersen 2133138J3
(2) Hans N. Andersen 712220
(3) Bjarne Pedersen 9401X4
(4) Ronni Pedersen 412-1-
(5) Charlie Gjedde 122X4132
4Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 492459101316161718212525252727282831323841454549
(1) Tomasz Gollob 2023236J4
(2) Tomasz Bajerski 620310
(3) Jarosław Hampel 13114034
(4) Sebastian Ułamek 64101-
(5) Piotr Protasiewicz 413X0-
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 44114444581618202223262932343536393940404244
(1) Gary Havelock 3102-X
(2) Dean Barker 601221
(3) David Norris 833110
(4) Lee Richardson 1408J312
(5) Scott Nicholls 13023332
PlacingTeam / Rider NameTotal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9101112131415161718192021222324 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, Yellow/Black and Green). Colours in diagrams means gate positions:
gate A – insidegate Bgate Cgate Dgate E – outside

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References

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  2. "2003 WORLD CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. world.speedway.org Archived 2003-08-26 at the Wayback Machine ; Retrieved on 2008-12-26
  4. "2003 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

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