2003 Speedway World Cup Qualification

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2003 Speedway World Cup
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The 2003 Speedway World Cup Qualification (SWC) was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the three national teams to qualify for the 2003 Speedway World Cup. According to the FIM rules the top nine nations from the 2002 Speedway World Cup were automatically qualified.

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 2003 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 3rd FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on August 9, 2003 in Vojens, Denmark. The tournament was won by Sweden and they beat Australia, host team Denmark and Poland, Great Britain in the Final.

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.

Results

Qualifying round
LVA Daugavpils

Pos.	National team	Pts.
1	Germany	65
2	Slovenia	62+4
3	Latvia	62+3
4	Italy	39
5	Austria	19

Heat details

Qualifying round^[1]
11 May 2003
LVA Daugavpils, Latvijas Spidveja Centrs

Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. Since its independence, Latvia has been referred to as one of the Baltic states. It is bordered by Estonia to the north, Lithuania to the south, Russia to the east, and Belarus to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Sweden to the west. Latvia has 1,957,200 inhabitants and a territory of 64,589 km² (24,938 sq mi). The country has a temperate seasonal climate.

Daugavpils is a city in southeastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city gets its name. It is the second largest city in the country after the capital Riga, which is located some 230 kilometres to its north-west.

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	26
1	Germany	65	3	7	9	13	16	18	20	24	25	28	29	30	34	38	41	44	48	48	51	54	54	57	59	61	65
	(1) Mirko Wolter	19	3							4						4			4								4
	(2) Thomas Stange	8		4							1						3			X			N
	(3) Ronny Weis	12			2							3	1								3			3
	(4) Matthias Schultz	12				4		2						1								3			2
	(5) Christian Hefenbrock	14					3		2						4			3								2

2	Slovenia	62+4	0	3	6	8	12	15	19	22	26	26	30	34	34	35	35	39	41	44	46	47	51	55	58	61	62
	(1) Matej Žagar	15	X					3					4					4					4					4
	(2) Izak Šantej	17		3					4					4					2					4
	(3) Jernej Kolenko	12			3					3					E					3					3
	(4) Ales Dolinar	12				2					4					1					2					3
	(5) Denis Stojs	6					4					E					X					1					1

3	Latvia	62+3	2	4	8	11	12	13	16	18	20	24	26	29	32	34	36	38	41	45	49	51	53	55	55	59	62
	(1) Andrejs Koroļevs	17	2									4		3						4						4		3
	(2) Vladimir Voronkov	13		2				1							3						4						3
	(3) Nikolai Kokin	13			4				3							2						2	2
	(4) Denis Popovich	11				3				2							2	2						2
	(5) Alexander Biznya	8					1				2		2						3						0

4	Italy	39	4	4	5	5	7	11	11	11	11	12	15	17	18	21	25	25	26	28	28	28	31	32	36	37	39
	(1) Armando Castagna	15	4						X				3				4				E				4
	(2) Alessandro Dalla Valle	0		0						X			-									0				-
	(3) Christian Miotello	5			1						0			2				N									2
	(4) Simone Terenzani	7				X						1			1				1				3			1
	(5) Emiliano Sanchez	12					2	4								3				2				1

5	Austria	19	1	2	2	3	3	3	4	5	8	10	10	10	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	18	18	18	19	19	19
	(1) Friedrich Wallner	10	1								3				2							4		X
	(2) Markus Pichler	5		1								2				X		E			1				1
	(3) Ivan Nagar	1			0			E									1		E							N
	(4) Rene Pfeiffer	2				1			1				E							E							N
	(5) Olivier Ozelt	1					0			1				0							-		N
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	26

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 – inside	gate B	gate C	gate D	gate E – outside

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References

↑ world.speedway.org Archived 2003-08-11 at the Wayback Machine ; Retrieved on 2008-12-26

2003 Speedway World Cup Qualification

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