2008 Speedway World Cup

The 2008 FIM Nordicbet Speedway World Cup (SWC) is the 8th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on July 19 2008 in Vojens, Denmark. The tournament was won by host team Denmark (49 pts) and they beat defending champion Poland (46 pts), Sweden (39 pts) and Australia (21 pts) in the Final.[1][2]

FIM Nordicbet
Speedway World Cup
VenueVojens
Location Denmark
Start dateJuly 12
End dateJuly 19
Nations8
Champions
 Denmark

It was the second time the Speedway World Cup was won by Denmark and their thirteenth Team World Champion title overall. It was the second time Hans Andersen, Niels Kristian Iversen, Bjarne Pedersen and Nicki Pedersen had been members of a World Cup winning team (Champions in 2006, but it was the first time for Kenneth Bjerre.[3]

Calendar
DayVenueWinner
Qualification
25 May Hungary Miskolc Hungary Hungary result
|29 June Slovenia Ljubljana Czech Republic Czech Republic result
Semi-Finals
12 July Poland Leszno Australia Australia result
14 July United Kingdom Coventry Denmark Denmark result
Race-Off
17 July Denmark Vojens Sweden Sweden result
Final
19 July Denmark Vojens Denmark Denmark result

Qualification
Main article: 2008 Speedway World Cup Qualification

The top 6 teams of the overall 2007 Speedway World Cup was directly seeded into the 2008 SWC Final Tournament: Poland (Rank #1 - the defending Champion), Denmark (#2), Australia (#3), Great Britain (#4), Sweden (#5) and Russia (#6). 2 other teams was shall qualify to the SWC through 2 preliminary rounds: Czech Republic (#7) and Hungary (#8).

In Preliminary Round 1 in Miskolc, Hungary won with (51+3 points) after a run-off between Matej Ferjan and Tobias Kroner from Germany (51+2 pts). The last places were taken by Latvia (36 pts) and United States (12 pts) competing without Grand Prix rider Greg Hancock.

In Ljubljana, Slovenia rode Preliminary Round 2 which was won by the Czech Republic team (59 points). They beat Finland (40 pts), Slovenia (35 pts) and Italy (16 pts).

Pos.National teamPts.
1 Hungary51+3
2 Germany51+e
3 Latvia36
4 United States12
Pos.National teamPts.
1 Czech Republic59
2 Finland40
3 Slovenia35
4 Italy16

Tournament

The SWC Final Tournament was held by Poland (Event 1), Great Britain (Event 2) and Denmark (Race-Off and The Final).

The first Semi-Final (Event 1) was held in Leszno, Poland. This meeting was won by Australia (56+3 points) after a Run-Off between Leigh Adams and Jarosław Hampel from Poland (56+2 points). In Event 2 in Coventry, Great Britain, the Denmark team won (63 points).

The Race-Off and the Final were held in Vojens, Denmark. The Swedish team won the Race-Off(53 points). Sweden and Poland (50 points) qualified for the Final. The last two places were taken by Great Britain (36 points) and Russia (17 points).

In the Finale the Denmark team won (49 points). They beat Poland (46), Sweden (39) and Australia (21).

SemifinalsRace-offFinal
12 July - Leszno (details)
 Australia56+3
 Poland56+2
 Russia3617 July - Vojens (details)19 July - Vojens (details)
 Hungary10 Sweden53 Denmark49
 Poland50 Poland46
14 July - Coventry (details) Great Britain36 Sweden39
 Denmark63 Russia17 Australia21
 Sweden50.5
 Great Britain25.5
 Czech Republic13

Final classification
Pos.National teamPts.
Gold Denmark49
Silver Poland46
Bronze Sweden39
4 Australia21
5 Great Britain36
6 Russia17
7 Czech Republic13
8 Hungary10

See also

References
  1. speedwayworld.tv; Retrieved on 2008-12-28
  2. Świat Żużla, No 4 (76) / 2008, page 58, ISSN 1429-3285
  3. "2008 WORLD CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
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