2011 Speedway World Cup

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Speedway World Cup
Venue Gorzów Wielkopolski
LocationPoland
Start date9 July
End date16 July
Nations8
Champions
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
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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] [4]

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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 qualified for the tournament.

Qualified teams

TeamQualified asFinals appearanceLast appearance2010 place
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2010 SWC top six11th20101
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2010 SWC top six11th20102
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2010 SWC top six11th20103
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2010 SWC top six11th20104
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2010 SWC top six11th20105
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2010 SWC top six9th20106
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic QR 1 Winner10th20108
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany QR 2 Winner5th2005—

Tournament

SemifinalsRace-offFinal
July 9 — Vojens
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 50
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 48
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 47July 14 — Gorzów July 16 — Gorzów
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 9Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 51Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 51
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 44Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 45
July 11 — King's Lynn Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 33Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 30
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 62Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 30Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 29
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 49
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 21
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 20

Semi-finals

National teamPtsScorers
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 50 Mads Korneliussen 12, Bjarne Pedersen 12, Kenneth Bjerre 11, Nicki Pedersen 10, Niels Kristian Iversen 5
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 48 Antonio Lindbäck 12, Andreas Jonsson 11, Freddie Lindgren 10, Jonas Davidsson 8, Thomas H. Jonasson 7
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 47 Chris Holder 14, Darcy Ward 13, Jason Crump 11, Rory Schlein 5, Troy Batchelor 4
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 9 Max Dilger 4, Kevin Wölbert 2, Mathias Schultz 2, Tobias Busch 1, Tobias Kroner 0
National teamPtsScorers
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 62 Krzysztof Kasprzak 15, Tomasz Gollob 13, Piotr Protasiewicz 13, Janusz Kołodziej 11, Jarosław Hampel 10
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 49 Chris Harris 16, Edward Kennett 11, Tai Woffinden 10, Scott Nicholls 6, Ben Barker 6
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 21 Roman Povazhny 8, Renat Gafurov 6, Sergey Darkin 4, Ilya Bondarenko 3
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 20 Lukáš Dryml 9, Tomáš Topinka 5, Filip Šitera 4, Aleš Dryml Jr. 2, Matěj Kůs 0

Race-off

National teamPtsScorers
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 51 Troy Batchelor 13, Jason Crump 12, Chris Holder 11, Darcy Ward 9, Davey Watt 6
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 44 Andreas Jonsson 16, Antonio Lindbäck 11, Thomas H. Jonasson 7, Jonas Davidsson 6, Freddie Lindgren 4
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 33 Emil Sayfutdinov 19, Grigory Laguta 8, Roman Povazhny 5, Denis Gizatullin 1, Renat Gafurov 0
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 30 Chris Harris 14, Ben Barker 7, Tai Woffinden 6, Edward Kennett 2, Lewis Bridger 1

Final

PosTeamPtsRiders
1Poland51 Tomasz Gollob 17, Jaroslaw Hampel 11, Krzysztof Kasprzak 8, Piotr Protasiewicz 8, Janusz Kołodziej 7
2Australia45 Chris Holder 15, Jason Crump 13, Troy Batchelor 10, Darcy Ward 4, Davey Watt 3
3Sweden30 Fredrik Lindgren 12, Antonio Lindbäck 8, Thomas H. Jonasson 7, Jonas Davidsson 2, Andreas Jonsson 1
4Denmark29 Kenneth Bjerre 10, Niels Kristian Iversen 8, Bjarne Pedersen 5, Bjarne Pedersen 3, Mads Korneliussen 3

Final classification

Pos.National teamPts.
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 51
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 45
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 30
4Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 29
5Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 33
6Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 30
7Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 20
8Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 9

See also

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