2021 Speedway of Nations

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The 2021 Speedway of Nations (sponsored by Monster Energy) was the fourth FIM Speedway of Nations. [1] [2] The competition consisted of two semi-finals and a final. The final was held on 16 & 17 October 2021 [3] and was won by Great Britain, with Poland taking silver and Denmark bronze.

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During the final Poland took a first leg lead of ten points ahead of Great Britain. Britain's multiple world champion Tai Woffinden suffered an injury after crashing heavily and was replaced by Dan Bewley for the second leg. Denmark topped the points table during the second leg but Poland earned an automatic place in the grand final after finishing with the highest total from the two legs. This meant that Denmark and Great Britain would take part in the eliminator as the second and third best teams, which Britain won by 6 points to 3. In the grand final, former world champion Bartosz Zmarzlik came out on top but he was followed home by Robert Lambert and Dan Bewley, giving Britain the title by 5 points to 4. It was their first World team title since 1989. [4]

First semi-final

PosNationRidersPts
1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik 21, Dominik Kubera 13, Jakub Miśkowiak 337
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Fredrik Lindgren 23, Pontus Aspgren 8, Philip Hellström Bängs 334
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Leon Madsen 12, Mikkel Michelsen 18, Mads Hansen 232
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States Broc Nicol 7, Luke Becker 21, Blake Borello 028
5Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Timo Lahti 18, Tero Aarnio 6, Timi Salonen 024
6Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Matic Ivačič 10, Nick Škorja 7, Anže Grmek 017
7Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Václav Milík Jr. 11, Josef Franc 4, Petr Chlupáč 217

Second semi-final

PosNationRidersPts
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Jason Doyle 23, Max Fricke 12, Keynan Rew 035
2Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs 18, Oļegs Mihailovs 14, Francis Gusts 234
3Flag of France.svg  France David Bellego 15, Dimitri Bergé 13, Steven Goret 230
4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Kai Huckenbeck 22, Norick Blödorn 5, Valentin Grobauer 027
5Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Vladimir Borodulin 13, Sergey Logachev 10, Mark Karion 225
6Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Michele Paco Castagna 12, Nicolás Covatti 7, Daniele Tessari 019
7Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Aleksandr Loktaev 15, Marko Levishyn 4, Vitalii Lysak 019

Final

First leg

PosNationRidersPts
1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik 19, Maciej Janowski 18, Jakub Miśkowiak 340
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Tai Woffinden 14, Robert Lambert 12, Tom Brennan 430
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Leon Madsen 21, Mikkel Michelsen 5, Mads Hansen 329
4Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs 19, Oļegs Mihailovs 5, Francis Gusts 024
5Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Max Fricke 18, Jason Doyle 6, Keynan Rew 024
6Flag of France.svg  France David Bellego 15, Dimitri Bergé 9, Steven Goret 024
7Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Philip Hellström Bängs 10, Pontus Aspgren 4, Jacob Thorssell 216

Second leg

PosNationRidersPts
1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Mikkel Michelsen 18, Leon Madsen 17, Mads Hansen 439
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Robert Lambert 20, Dan Bewley 11, Tom Brennan 334
3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik 19, Maciej Janowski 13, Jakub Miśkowiak 234
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Max Fricke 12, Jason Doyle 9, Keynan Rew 425
5Flag of France.svg  France David Bellego 19, Dimitri Bergé 4, Steven Goret 023
6Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs 13, Oļegs Mihailovs 3, Francis Gusts 218
7Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Philip Hellström Bängs 14, Pontus Aspgren 0, Jacob Thorssell 014

Total

PosNationRidersPts
1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik 38, Maciej Janowski 31, Jakub Miśkowiak 574
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Leon Madsen 38, Mikkel Michelsen 23, Mads Hansen 768
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Robert Lambert 32, Tai Woffinden 14, Dan Bewley 11, Tom Brennan 764
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Max Fricke 30, Jason Doyle 15, Keynan Rew 449
5Flag of France.svg  France David Bellego 34, Dimitri Bergé 13, Steven Goret 047
6Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs 32, Oļegs Mihailovs 8, Francis Gusts 242
7Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Philip Hellström Bängs 24, Pontus Aspgren 4, Jacob Thorssell 230

Grand Final Qualifier

1st2nd
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain - 6
Robert Lambert - 4
Dan Bewley - 2		Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark - 3
Leon Madsen - 3
Mikkel Michelsen - 0

Grand Final

1st2nd
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain - 5
Robert Lambert - 3
Dan Bewley - 2		Flag of Poland.svg  Poland - 4
Bartosz Zmarzlik - 4
Maciej Janowski - 0

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References

  1. ↑ "2021 Speedway of Nations". SGP. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "DOYLE'S AUSSIE PRIDE". SGP. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "MONSTER ENERGY SON FINAL DRAW CONFIRMED". SGP. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "Speedway: Great Britain claim first world title since 1989 with win over Poland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
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