2007 Speedway World Cup

Speedway World Cup
World champions Poland
Venue	Alfred Smoczyk Stadium
Location	Poland
Start date	14 July
End date	21 July
Nations	8
Champions
Poland
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The 2007 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 7th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on 21 July 2007 in the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno, Poland. The tournament was won by host team Poland (55 pts) and they beat defending champion Denmark (52 pts), Australia (29 pts) and Great Britain (15 pts) in the Final. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Qualification

Main article: 2007 Speedway World Cup Qualification

Qualifying round 1 Altes Stadion, Abensberg	Qualifying round 2 Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo
Pos. National team Pts. 1   Finland 43 2   Germany 40 3   Latvia 37 4   Slovenia 29	Pos. National team Pts. 1   Russia 59 2   Czech Republic 46 3   Italy 31 4   Hungary 12

Tournament

	Semifinals					Race-off					Final
	14 July - Vojens ( details )
	Denmark		60
	Poland		44
	Australia		39			19 July - Leszno ( details )					21 July - Leszno
	Finland		11			Australia		53			Poland		55
						Poland		52			Denmark		52
	16 July - Coventry ( details )					Sweden		40			Australia		29
	Great Britain		60			Russia		7			Great Britain		15
	Sweden		49
	Russia		27
	United States		20

Final

The 2007 Speedway World Cup Final took place on 21 July, at the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Results

Pos.		National team	Pts.
1		Poland	55
2		Denmark	52
3		Australia	29
4		Great Britain	15

Heat details

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
1	Poland	55	3	6	9	12	12	12	15	18	21	23	26	29	31	31	33	33	35	37	40	42	45	47	50	52	55
	(1) Krzysztof Kasprzak	14	3						3								2				3				3
	(2) Jarosław Hampel	13		3						3			3									2				2
	(3) Tomasz Gollob (c)	12			3						3			3				0									3
	(4) Rune Holta	12				3						2			2				2				3
	(5) Grzegorz Walasek	0					0	0
	(6) Damian Baliński	4														Fx				2				2
2	Denmark	52	2	3	5	7	9	12	13	15	17	20	22	24	27	29	32	34	37	40	41	44	45	46	48	51	52
	(1) Hans N. Andersen (c)	10	2							2						2			3								1
	(2) Kenneth Bjerre	10		1							2						3			3			1
	(3) Niels Kristian Iversen	9			2							3	2								1			1
	(4) Nicki Pedersen	12				2		3						2								3			2
	(5) Bjarne Pedersen	11					2		1						3			2								3
	(6) Jesper B. Jensen	-
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
3	Australia	29	1	3	4	5	8	10	12	13	14	14	15	15	16	19	19	22	22	23	23	24	24	27	28	29	29
	(1) Ryan Sullivan	7	1								1				1							1		3
	(2) Jason Crump	9		2								TJ				3		3							1
	(3) Chris Holder	3			1			2									0
	(4) Leigh Adams (c)	5				1			2				1							1							0
	(5) Davey Watt	4					3			1				0							0		0
	(6) Rory Schlein	1																	0							1
4	Great Britain	15	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	6	7	9	9	11	11	13	13	13	13	15
	(1) Lee Richardson	4	0					1					E3					1					2
	(2) Simon Stead	1		0					0					1					-					0
	(3) Edward Kennett	0			0					0					0
	(4) Chris Harris	3				0					0					1					2					0
	(5) Scott Nicholls (c)	7					1					1					1		2J			0					2
	(6) Oliver Allen	0																		0					E4
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

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 and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams means gate positions:
gate A – inside	gate B	gate C	gate D – outside

Heat after heat

Extended content

Kasprzak, Andersen, Sullivan, Richardsson Hampel, Crump, Bjerre, Stead Gollob, Iversen, Holder, Kennett Holta, N.Pedersen, Adams, Harris Watt, B.Pedersen, Nicholls, Walasek N.Pedersen, Holder, Richardsson, Walasek Kasprzak, Adams, B.Pedersen, Stead Hampel, Andersen, Watt, Kennett Gollob, Bjerre, Sullivan, Harris Iversen, Holta, Nicholls, Crump(joker)-t Hampel, Iversen, Adams, Richardsson-e3 Gollob, N.Pedersen, Stead, Watt B.Pedersen, Holta, Sullivan, Kennett Crump, Andersen, Harris, Baliński-Fx Bjerre, Kasprzak, Nicholls, Holder Crump, B.Pedersen, Richardsson, Gollob Andersen, Holta, Nicholls(joker), Schlein Bjerre, Baliński, Adams, Allen Kasprzak, Harris, Iversen, Watt N.Pedersen, Hampel, Sullivan, Nicholls Holta, Richardsson, Bjerre, Watt Sullivan, Baliński, Iversen, Stead Kasprzak, N.Pedersen, Crump, Allen-e4 B.Pedersen, Hampel, Schlein, Harris Gollob, Nicholls, Andersen, Adams

Final classification

Pos.	National team	Pts.
	Poland	55
	Denmark	52
	Australia	29
4	Great Britain	15
5	Sweden	40
6	Russia	7
7	United States	20
8	Finland	11

See also

• 2007 Speedway Grand Prix
• 2007 Team Speedway Junior World Championship

References

1. speedwayworld.tv Archived 2007-08-01 at archive.today ; Retrieved on 2008-12-28
2. rlach.republika.pl Archived 2008-06-21 at the Wayback Machine ; Retrieved on 2008-12-28
3. Świat Żużla, No 4 (72) / 2007, page 57, ISSN   1429-3285
4. "2007 WORLD CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
5. speedwayworld.tv Archived 2007-08-01 at archive.today ; Retrieved on 2008-12-28
6. rlach.republika.pl Archived 2008-06-21 at the Wayback Machine ; Retrieved on 2008-12-28
7. Świat Żużla, No 4 (72) / 2007, page 57, ISSN   1429-3285
8. "2007 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.