2015 Speedway World Cup

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Speedway World Cup
Venue Vojens
LocationDenmark
Start date6 June
End date14 June
Nations9
Champions
Sweden
  2014
2016  

The 2015 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the fifteenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 6 June and 14 June 2015 and involved nine national teams. It was won by Sweden, the first time they have achieved success since 2004. They beat hosts and defending champions Denmark by two points, while Poland edged out Australia to claim third. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Qualification

Flag of Germany.svg Ellermühle Speedway Stadium, Landshut - 9 May 2015 [4]

National teamPtsScorers
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 40 Emil Sayfutdinov 12, Vitaly Belousov 11, Viktor Kulakov 10, Vadim Tarasenko 7
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 34 Martin Smolinski 20, Michael Hartel 8, Christian Hefenbrock 6, Tobias Busch 0
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 32 Matej Žagar 17, Maks Gregorič 11, Ziga Kovacić 3, Aleksander Čonda 1
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 17 Nicolás Covatti 7, Paco Castagna 7, Alessandro Milanese 3, Nicolas Vicentin 2

Qualified teams

TeamQualified asFinals appearanceLast appearance2014 place
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Host15th20141
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2014 SWC top eight15th20142
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2014 SWC top eight15th20143
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2014 SWC top eight15th20144
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2014 SWC top eight15th20145
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2014 SWC top eight8th20146
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2014 SWC top eight14th20147
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2014 SWC top eight3rd20148
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Qualifying Round Winner12th2013QR

Tournament

SemifinalsRace-offFinal
June 6 — Flag of Poland.svg Gniezno [5] ( details )
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 40
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 36
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 27June 11 — Flag of Denmark.svg Vojens [6] ( details )June 14 — Flag of Denmark.svg Vojens [7] ( details )
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 20Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 48Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 34
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 43Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 32
June 8 — Flag of the United Kingdom.svg King's Lynn [8] ( details )Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 27
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 47Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 11Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 26
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 43
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 9

The final was delayed from 13 Jun until 14 Jun after rain caused the meeting to be abandoned. [9]

Final classification

Pos.National teamPts.
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 34
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 32
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 27
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 26
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 43
6Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22
7Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 11
8Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 20
9Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 9

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