2013 Speedway World Cup

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Speedway World Cup
Venue Prague
LocationCzech Republic
Start date13 July
End date20 July
Nations8
Champions
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
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The 2013 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the thirteenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 13 July and 20 July 2013 and involved eight national teams. 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. [1] [2] [3]

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Qualification

The top six nations from the 2012 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 Daugavpils, Latvia and Qualifying Round Two was hosted in Miskolc, Hungary.

National teamPtsScorers
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 45 Andžejs Ļebedevs 15, Kjasts Puodžuks 11, Maksims Bogdanovs 13, Vjačeslavs Giruckis 6
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 30 Matej Žagar 20, Aleksander Čonda 4, Maks Gregoric 3, Matic Voldrih 3
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 28 Martin Smolinski 13, Kevin Wölbert 8, Tobias Busch 5, Max Dilger 2
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 22 Aleksandr Loktaev 9, Andrey Karpov 7, Stanislav Melnichuk 4, Andrey Kobrin 2
National teamPtsScorers
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 38 Ryan Fisher 14, Ricky Wells 12, Gino Manzares 6, Billy Janniro 6
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 32Norbert Magosi 9, József Tabaka 9, László Szatmári 7, Roland Benko 7
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 31 Guglielmo Franchetti 10, Paco Castagna 8, Nicolas Vincentin 7, Nicolás Covatti 6
Flag of France.svg  France 20 Mathieu Trésarrieu 7, Sebastien Trésarrieu 7, Dimitri Bergé 5, Richard De Biasi 1

Qualified teams

TeamQualified asFinals appearanceLast appearance2012 place
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Host12th20127
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2012 SWC top six13th20121
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2012 SWC top six13th20122
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2012 SWC top six12th20123
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2012 SWC top six13th20124
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2012 SWC top six13th20125
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2012 SWC top six10th20126
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia QR 1 Winner———
Flag of the United States.svg  United States QR 2 Winner13th20119

Tournament

SemifinalsRace-offFinal
July 13 — Częstochowa
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 48
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 34
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 27July 18 — Prague July 20 — Prague
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 14Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 36Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 41
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 31Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 40
July 15 — King's Lynn Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 29Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 33
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 48Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 28Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 12
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 35
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 18

Semi-finals

National teamPtsScorers
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 48 Jarosław Hampel 14, Krzysztof Kasprzak 13, Maciej Janowski 13, Patryk Dudek 8
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 34 Darcy Ward 14, Troy Batchelor 12, Jason Doyle 7, Davey Watt 1
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 27 Maksims Bogdanovs 11, Kjasts Puodžuks 9, Andžejs Ļebedevs 7, Vjačeslavs Giruckis 0
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 14 Andrey Kudriashov 7, Vladimir Borodulin 4, Ilya Chalov 2, Viktor Kulakov 1
National teamPtsScorers
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 48 Nicki Pedersen 13, Niels Kristian Iversen 12, Michael Jepsen Jensen 12, Kenneth Bjerre 11
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 35 Tai Woffinden 18, Chris Harris 12, Craig Cook 4, Edward Kennett 1
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24 Greg Hancock 16, Ricky Wells 4, Ryan Fisher 3, Gino Manzares 1
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 18 Peter Ljung 11, Daniel Nermark 5, Dennis Andersson 2, Jonas Davidsson 0

Race off

National teamPtsScorers
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 36 Darcy Ward 13, Jason Doyle 8, Cameron Woodward 8, Troy Batchelor 7
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 31 Greg Hancock 20, Ryan Fisher 8, Ricky Wells 3, Gino Manzares 0
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 29 Kjasts Puodžuks 10, Maksims Bogdanovs 9, Andžejs Ļebedevs 5, Vjačeslavs Giruckis 5
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 28 Tai Woffinden 14, Chris Harris 7, Lewis Bridger 4, Ben Barker 3

World Cup final

Results

Pos.National teamPts.
1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 41
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 40
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 33
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 12

Scorers

Final classification

Pos.National teamPts.
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 41
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 40
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 33
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 12
5Flag of the United States.svg  United States 31
6Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 29
7Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 28
8Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 18
9Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 14

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2013 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
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