2022 Speedway of Nations

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The 2022 Speedway of Nations was the fifth FIM Speedway of Nations. [1] The competition consisted of two semi-finals and a final. Great Britain were the defending champions having won the 2021 competition. [2]

Both the semi-finals and final were held at Vojens Speedway Center in Denmark, after the initial host Esbjerg was unable to fulfill the contract. [3] Denmark were automatically seeded into the final as hosts.

The first semi-final was won by Australia, with Finland securing the second automatic qualifying spot. Poland won a run-off with Germany to secure the last spot. [4] The second semi-final was won by Sweden, ahead of Czech Republic. Great Britain beat France in a run-off to complete the final line-up. [5]

Australia won the competition after beating Great Britain in the final. [6] Great Britain had top scored during the regular heats, but Jack Holder and Max Fricke beat Dan Bewley and Robert Lambert in the Grand Final to take the title for the first time. Sweden claimed the bronze medal. [7]

First semi-final

PosNationRidersPts
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Max Fricke 15, Jack Holder 14, Jason Doyle 635
2Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Timo Lahti 18, Timi Salonen 1634
3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik 15, Patryk Dudek 10, Maciej Janowski 631
4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Kai Huckenbeck 18, Norick Blödorn 1230
5Flag of the United States.svg  United States Luke Becker 19, Broc Nicol 6, Dillon Ruml 025
6Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Marko Levishyn 18, Stanislav Melnychuk 0, Vitalli Lysak 018
7Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Jevgeņijs Kostigovs 7, Oļegs Mihailovs 7, Francis Gusts 216

Final Qualifier

1st2nd
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland - 7
Bartosz Zmarzlik - 4
Patryk Dudek - 3		Flag of Germany.svg  Germany - 2
Kai Huckenbeck - 2
Norick Blödorn - 0

Second semi-final

PosNationRidersPts
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Oliver Berntzon 21, Fredrik Lindgren 1435
2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Václav Milík 19, Jan Kvěch 1534
3Flag of France.svg  France Dimitri Bergé 19, David Bellego 1332
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Tai Woffinden 19, Dan Bewley 6, Robert Lambert 631
5Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Matic Ivačič 17, Nick Škorja 3, Anže Grmek 222
6Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Espen Sola 11, Lasse Fredriksen 7, Glenn Moi 018
7Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Michele Paco Castagna 17, Daniele Tessari 017

Slovakia replaced by Norway after Slovakia withdrew following an injury to their leading rider Martin Vaculík. [8]

Final Qualifier

1st2nd
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain - 7
Dan Bewley - 4
Tai Woffinden - 3		Flag of France.svg  France - 2
Dimitri Bergé - 2
David Bellego - 0

Final

PosNationRidersPts
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Robert Lambert 18, Dan Bewley 1432
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Oliver Berntzon 20, Fredrik Lindgren 1030
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Jack Holder 19, Max Fricke 1130
4Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Leon Madsen 15, Mikkel Michelsen 1328
5Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Václav Milík 18, Jan Kvěch 927
6Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik 20, Maciej Janowski 4, Patryk Dudek 226
7Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Timo Lahti 14, Jesse Mustonen 2, Timi Salonen 016

Grand Final Qualifier

1st2nd
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia - 6
Jack Holder - 4
Max Fricke - 2		Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden - 3
Fredrik Lindgren - 3
Oliver Berntzon - EX

Grand Final

1st2nd
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia - 7
Jack Holder - 4
Max Fricke - 3		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain - 2
Dan Bewley - 2
Robert Lambert - 0

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References

  1. ↑ "Speedway of Nations calendar". Speedway GP.
  2. ↑ "Speedway of Nations Preview". Speedway Star. 23 July 2022. p. 22.
  3. ↑ "Speedway of Nations moved to Vojens". FIM. 11 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Speedway of Nations semi-final 1". Speedway GP.
  5. ↑ "Speedway of Nations semi-final 2". Speedway GP.
  6. ↑ "FIM SON final". Speedway GP.
  7. ↑ "Awesome Aussies". Speedway Star. 6 August 2022. pp. 3–10.
  8. ↑ "Slovakia pull the plug". Speedway Star. 30 July 2022. p. 5.
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