| Speedway World Cup | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Stadion im. Alfreda Smoczyka |
| Location | Poland |
| Start date | 1 July |
| End date | 8 July |
| Nations | 9 |
| Champions | |
| Poland | |
The 2017 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the seventeenth Speedway World Cup, the annual international motorcycle speedway world championship tournament organised by the FIM. The next edition would not be held until six years later in 2023. The 2017 event took place between 1 July and 8 July 2017 and involved nine national teams. [1] Poland successfully defended their 2016 title. [2] [3]
Stadium Lokomotīve, Daugavpils - 25 June 2017 [4]
| National team | Pts | Scorers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 52 | Andžejs Ļebedevs 15, Kjasts Puodžuks 14, Maksims Bogdanovs 13, Jevgeņijs Kostigovs 10 | |
 France | 36 | David Bellego 17, Dimitri Bergé 10, Mathieu Trésarrieu 8, Stéphane Trésarrieu 1, Jordan Dubernard 0 | |
 Germany | 24 | Kai Huckenbeck 11, Ronny Weis 5, Richard Geyer 5, René Deddens 3 | |
 Italy | 13 | Guglielmo Franchetti 6, Daniele Tessari 4, Paco Castagna 3, Alessandro Milanese 0 |
| Team | Qualified as | Finals appearance | Last appearance | 2016 place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Poland | Host | 17th | 2016 | 1 |
 Great Britain | 2016 SWC top eight | 17th | 2016 | 2 |
 Sweden | 2016 SWC top eight | 17th | 2016 | 3 |
 Australia | 2016 SWC top eight | 17th | 2016 | 4 |
 Denmark | 2016 SWC top eight | 17th | 2016 | 5 |
 Russia | 2016 SWC top eight | 14th | 2016 | 6 |
 United States | 2016 SWC top eight | 10th | 2016 | 7 |
 Czech Republic | 2016 SWC top eight | 16th | 2016 | 8 |
| Latvia | Qualifying Round Winner | 4th | 2015 | QR |
| Semifinals | Race-off | Final | |||||||||||
July 1 —  King's Lynn ( details ) | |||||||||||||
| Great Britain | 53 | ||||||||||||
| Australia | 44 | ||||||||||||
| United States | 15 | July 7 — Leszno ( details ) | July 8 — Leszno ( details ) | ||||||||||
| Czech Republic | 13 | Russia | 46 | Poland | 50 | ||||||||
| Australia | 33 | Sweden | 42 | ||||||||||
| July 4 — Västervik ( details ) | Latvia | 30 | Russia | 18 | |||||||||
| Sweden | 37 | United States | 15 | Great Britain | 15 | ||||||||
| Russia | 30 | ||||||||||||
| Latvia | 28+3 | ||||||||||||
| Denmark | 28+2 | ||||||||||||
| Pos. | National team | Pts. |
|---|---|---|
 | Poland | 50 |
 | Sweden | 42 |
 | Russia | 18 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 15 |
| 5 | Australia | 33 |
| 6 | Latvia | 30 |
| 7 | United States | 15 |
| 8 | Denmark | 28 |
| 9 | Czech Republic | 13 |
The Speedway World Cup is an motorcycle speedway event for national teams held in different countries. The first edition of the competition in the current format was held in 2001 and replaced the old World Team Cup which ran from 1960 until 2000. The competition was held annually until 2017 when it was replaced by the Speedway of Nations pairs event. The Speedway World Cup returned in 2023 and will be held every three years.
The 2000 Speedway World Team Cup was the 41st edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. It was the last time that the event was known as the Speedway World Team Cup because as from 2001 it was called the Speedway World Cup.
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The 1996 Speedway World Team Cup was the 37th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.
The 1995 Speedway World Team Cup was the 36th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.
The 1988 Speedway World Team Cup was the 29th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.
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The 1969 Speedway World Team Cup was the tenth edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.
The 1973 Speedway World Team Cup was the 14th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.
The 1976 Speedway World Team Cup was the 17th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.
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