2004 Speedway World Cup

The 2004 Speedway World Cup was the 4th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The final took place on 7 August 2004 in Poole, Great Britain. The tournament was won by Sweden (49 pts) and they beat host team Great Britain (48 pts), Denmark (32 pts) and Poland (22 pts) in the Final.[1][2]

Speedway World Cup
VenuesArlington Stadium, Poole Stadium
Location England
Start dateAugust 2
End dateAugust 7
Nations8
Champions
 Sweden

Qualification
Main article: 2004 Speedway World Cup Qualification
Pos.National teamPts.
1 Italy54
2 Germany47
3 Finland31
4 Latvia18
Pos.National teamPts.
1 Hungary51
2 Slovenia47
3 Russia42
4 Austria10

Venues

Two cities were selected to host SWC finals events:

City Stadium names Host club(s)
Eastbourne Arlington Stadium Eastbourne Eagles
Poole Poole Stadium Poole Pirates

Tournament
SemifinalsRace-offFinal
2 August - Eastbourne (details)
 Great Britain58
 Sweden50
 Poland395 August - Poole (details)7 August - Poole (details)
 Hungary6 Sweden49 Sweden49
 Poland43 Great Britain48
3 August - Eastbourne (details) Australia42 Denmark32
 Denmark60 Czech Republic17 Poland22
 Australia52
 Czech Republic32
 Italy14

Final classification
Pos.National teamPts.
Gold Sweden49
Silver Great Britain48
Bronze Denmark32
4 Poland22
5 Australia42
6 Czech Republic17
7 Italy14
8 Hungary6

See also

References
  1. world.speedway.org Archived 2004-08-23 at the Wayback Machine; Retrieved on 2008-12-26
  2. "2004 WORLD CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 2021-07-15.


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