2023 Speedway World Cup

Speedway World Cup
Venue	Stadion Olimpijski
Location	Wrocław, Poland
Start date	25 July
End date	29 July
Nations	9
Website	https://www.fimspeedway.com/swc
Medalists
Poland   Great Britain   Denmark
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The 2023 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 18th Speedway World Cup, an international motorcycle speedway world championship tournament organised by the FIM. The 2023 edition was the first since 2017 and took place between 25 July and 29 July 2023 and involved nine national teams. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Poland successfully defended their 2017 title ^[4] defeating Great Britain after a last heat decider. Great Britain trailed Poland by one point going into the final heat and Robert Lambert (who had only dropped one point all night) was positioned in second place with Maciej Janowski in fourth, which meant that Great Britain would take the title. However, Janowski moved into third place, which would send the final into a run-off, but the Pole overtook Lambert on the last lap to claim victory for Poland. ^[5]

Semi final 1

• Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław, Poland
• 25 July 2023

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Scorers
1	Great Britain	43	Dan Bewley 13, Robert Lambert 13, Tai Woffinden (C) 10, Adam Ellis 4, Tom Brennan (res) 2
2	Sweden	32	Freddie Lindgren (C) 12, Jacob Thorssell 8, Antonio Lindbäck 6, Oliver Berntzon 5, Kim Nilsson (res) 1
3	Czech Republic	23	Václav Milík Jr. (C/res) 11, Jan Kvěch 10, Petr Chlupáč 1, Daniel Klíma 1, Hynek Štichauer 0
4	Germany	22	Kai Huckenbeck 11 (C) , Kevin Wölbert 7, Erik Riss (res) 2, Martin Smolinski 1, Norick Blödorn 1

Semi final 2

• Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław, Poland
• 26 July 2023

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Scorers
1	Denmark	42	Leon Madsen (C) 13, Anders Thomsen 13, Mikkel Michelsen 8, Nicki Pedersen 6, Rasmus Jensen (res) 2
2	Australia	41	Jaimon Lidsey 16, Jack Holder 14, Jason Doyle (C) 7, Max Fricke 4, Chris Holder (res) dnr
3	France	21	Dimitri Bergé 14, David Bellego (C) 5, Steven Goret 1, Mathieu Trésarrieu 1, Mathias Trésarrieu (res) 0
4	Finland	16	Timo Lahti (C) 7, Antti Vuolas 6, Jesse Mustonen 3, Tero Aarnio 0, Niklas Säyriö (res) dnr

Race off for final place

• Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław, Poland
• 28 July 2023

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Scorers
1	Australia	54	Max Fricke 14, Jaimon Lidsey 12, Jason Doyle (C) 12, Jack Holder 9, Chris Holder (res) 7
2	Sweden	35	Freddie Lindgren (C) 11, Antonio Lindbäck 12, Jacob Thorssell 6, Oliver Berntzon 3, Kim Nilsson (res) 3
3	France	20	Dimitri Bergé 10, David Bellego (C) 7, Mathieu Trésarrieu 3, Steven Goret 0, Mathias Trésarrieu (res) 0
4	Czech Republic	11	Václav Milík Jr. (C) 7, Jan Kvěch 3, Petr Chlupáč 1, Daniel Klíma 0, Hynek Štichauer 0

Final

• Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław, Poland
• 29 July 2023

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Scorers
1	Poland	33	Bartosz Zmarzlik (C) 11, Dominik Kubera 9, Maciej Janowski 7, Patryk Dudek 6, Janusz Kołodziej 0
2	Great Britain	31	Robert Lambert 12, Dan Bewley 9, Tai Woffinden (C) 7, Adam Ellis 3, Tom Brennan 0
3	Denmark	29	Rasmus Jensen 13, Leon Madsen (C) 9, Anders Thomsen 5, Mikkel Michelsen 2, Nicki Pedersen 0
4	Australia	27	Jason Doyle (C) 10, Jack Holder 8, Max Fricke 7, Jaimon Lidsey 1, Chris Holder 1

References

1. "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP 2023 EXPLAINED: HOW THE RETURNING GLOBAL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP WORKS AND CHAMPIONS ARE CROWNED". Eurosport. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
2. "WELCOME TO SWC". FIM. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
3. "GB LAUNCH SWC BID". British Speedway. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
4. "Round 4 - Wroclaw". fimspeedway.com. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
5. "POLAND WIN SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP AHEAD OF GREAT BRITAIN AS MACIEJ JANOWSKI BEATS ROBERT LAMBERT IN DECISIVE HEAT 20". Eurosport. Retrieved 31 July 2023.