2010 Speedway World Cup

The 2010 FIM PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna Speedway World Cup[1] (SWC) was the tenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It was originally scheduled to take place between 24 July and 31 July 2010, although re-stagings due to adverse weather meant that it finally took place between 25 July and 1 August, and involved eight national teams.[2] Six teams were seeded through to the finals and two qualification rounds were held in May 2010 to determine the final two places.[3]

Speedway World Cup
VenueVojens
Location Denmark
Start dateJuly 24
End dateAugust 1
Nations8
Champions
 Poland

Poland won the World Cup for the fourth time in six seasons, amassing 44 points in the final. Denmark finished second with 39, while Sweden finished third for the third successive year, with 35 points.[4]

Qualification
Main article: 2010 Speedway World Cup Qualification

The top six nations from the 2009 Speedway World Cup (Poland, Australia, Sweden, Russia, Great Britain and Denmark) were granted automatic qualification, with the remaining two places divided among two qualifying rounds. Qualifying Round One was held in Lonigo, Italy and was won by Finland. Qualifying Round Two was held in Abensberg, Germany.[5]
  • Qualifying Round One
  • Italy Lonigo
  • 1 May 2010
Pos.National teamPts
1 Finland48
2 Slovenia47
3 United States30
4 Italy24
Pos.National teamPts
1 Czech Republic53
2 Germany50
3 Latvia43
4 Norway4

Qualified teams
TeamQualified asFinals appearanceLast appearance2009 place
 Poland2009 SWC top six10th20091st
 Australia2009 SWC top six10th20092nd
 Sweden2009 SWC top six10th20093rd
 Russia2009 SWC top six8th20094th
 Great Britain2009 SWC top six10th20095th
 Denmark2009 SWC top six10th20096th
 Czech RepublicQR 2 Winner9th20098th
 FinlandQR 1 Winner6th2007—

Tournament
SemifinalsRace-offFinal
25 July – Gorzów Wlkp. (details)
 Poland68
 Denmark45
 Russia3129 July – Vojens (details)1 August – Vojens (details)
 Czech Republic8 Denmark48 Poland44
 Sweden47 Denmark39
26 July – King's Lynn (details) Australia36 Sweden35
 Great Britain51 Russia19 Great Britain33
 Australia48
 Sweden40
 Finland14

Final classification
Pos.National teamPts.
Gold Poland44
Silver Denmark39
Bronze Sweden35
4 Great Britain33
5 Australia36
6 Russia19
7 Finland14
8 Czech Republic8

See also

References
  1. "Komunikat prasowy FIM" (in Polish). pzm.pl. 2010-07-14. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  2. "Terminarz SGP 2010 zatwierdzony – będzie runda w Gorican!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-10-25. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  3. "Norfolk Arena to host SWC". BSI Speedway. 10 December 2010. Archived from the original on 13 December 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
  4. "2010 WORLD CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  5. "Polacy poznali dwójkę rywali w DPŚ" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-10-29. Archived from the original on 1 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-29.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.