2012 Speedway World Cup

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Speedway World Cup
Venue Målilla
LocationSweden
Start date7 July
End date14 July
Nations8
Champions
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
  2011
2013  

The 2012 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the twelfth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 7 July and 14 July 2012 and involved eight national teams. Six teams were seeded through to the tournament and two qualification rounds were held in April and May 2012 to determine the final place. As host nation, Sweden were seeded to the final. [1] [2]

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Qualification

The top six nations from the 2011 Speedway World Cup (Poland, Australia, Sweden, Denmark, Russia and Great Britain) were granted automatic qualification with Sweden given a birth in the final as host nation. The remaining two places were divided among two qualifying rounds. Qualifying Round One was hosted in Herxheim, Germany, and Qualifying Round Two was hosted at the Ilirija Sports Park in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Germany and the USA qualified to the Tournament.

National teamPtsScorers
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 37 Martin Smolinski 12, Max Dilger 10, Tobias Busch 9, Kevin Wölbert 6
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 36 Kjasts Puodžuks 11, Maksims Bogdanovs 10, Andžejs Ļebedevs 9, Jevgēņijs Karavackis 6
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 29 Timo Lahti 11, Tero Aarnio 10, Juha Hautamäki 5, Jari Mäkinen 3
Flag of France.svg  France 16 David Bellego 6, Mathieu Trésarrieu 5, Stéphane Trésarrieu 3, Xavier Muratet 2
National teamPtsScorers
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 44 Greg Hancock 13, Ricky Wells 11, Billy Hamill 10, Ryan Fisher 10
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 40 Matej Žagar 19, Maks Gregoric 15, Matic Voldrih 6, Matic Ivačič 0
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 23 Andrey Karpov 14, Aleksandr Loktaev 5, Kiril Tsukanov 3, Stanislav Melnichuk 1
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 21 Mattia Carpanese 9, Nicolás Covatti 6, Cristian Carrica 5, Nicolas Vincentin 1

Qualified teams

TeamQualified asFinals appearanceLast appearance2010 place
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Host12th20113
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2011 SWC top six12th20111
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2011 SWC top six12th20112
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2011 SWC top six12th20114
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2011 SWC top six12th20115
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2011 SWC top six10th20116
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany QR 1 Winner6th20118
Flag of the United States.svg  United States QR 2 Winner11th2007

Tournament

SemifinalsRace-offFinal
July 7 — Bydgoszcz
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 35
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 34
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 33July 12 — Målilla July 14 — Målilla ( details )
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 42Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 39
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 38Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 36
July 9 — King's Lynn Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 30Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 30
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 45Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 19Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 24
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 41
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 30
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 15

Semi-finals

National teamPtsScorers
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 35 Emil Sayfutdinov 16, Artem Laguta 7, Roman Povazhny 6, Grigory Laguta 6
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 34 Tomasz Gollob 12, Maciej Janowski 11, Piotr Protasiewicz 9, Grzegorz Walasek 2
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 33 Niels Kristian Iversen 10, Michael Jepsen Jensen 8, Leon Madsen 8, Mikkel B. Jensen 7
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23 Greg Hancock 16, Ricky Wells 3, Billy Hamill 2, Ryan Fisher 2
National teamPtsScorers
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 45 Jason Crump 15, Chris Holder 12, Davey Watt 11, Troy Batchelor 7
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 41 Chris Harris 17, Scott Nicholls 11, Tai Woffinden 8, Danny King 5
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 30 Aleš Dryml Jr. 15, Lukáš Dryml 6, Matěj Kůs 6, Josef Franc 3
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 15 Kevin Wölbert 7, Martin Smolinski 6, Max Dilger 1, Tobias Kroner 1

Race off

National teamPtsScorers
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 42 Niels Kristian Iversen 13, Michael Jepsen Jensen 13, Nicki Pedersen 12, Leon Madsen 4
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 38 Tomasz Gollob 15, Krzysztof Buczkowski 11, Maciej Janowski 7, Piotr Protasiewicz 5
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 30 Tai Woffinden 14, Chris Harris 11, Danny King 3, Scott Nicholls 2
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 19 Josef Franc 11, Aleš Dryml Jr. 4, Lukáš Dryml 3, Matěj Kůs 1

Final

( full details )

National teamPtsScorers
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 39 Niels Kristian Iversen 11, Michael Jepsen Jensen 11, Nicki Pedersen 9, Mikkel B Jensen 8
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 36 Chris Holder 16, Jason Crump 10, Darcy Ward 7, Davey Watt 3
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 30 Emil Sayfutdinov 17, Grigory Laguta 8, Artem Laguta 5, Roman Povazhny 0,
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 24 Andreas Jonsson 11, Fredrik Lindgren 9, Thomas H. Jonasson 3, Peter Ljung 1,

Final classification

Pos.National teamPts.
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 39
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 36
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 30
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 24

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References

  1. International Speedway results - 2012 SWC
  2. "2012 WORLD CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.