2011 Speedway World Cup

The 2011 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the eleventh FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 9 July and 16 July 2011 and involved eight national teams.[1] Six teams were seeded through to the tournament and two qualification rounds were held in April and May 2011 to determine the final two places.[2][3][4]

Speedway World Cup
VenueGorzów Wielkopolski
Location Poland
Start dateJuly 9
End dateJuly 16
Nations8
Champions
 Poland

Qualification
Main article: 2011 Speedway World Cup Qualification

The top six nations from the 2010 Speedway World Cup (Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Great Britain, Australia and Russia) were granted automatic qualification, with the remaining two places divided among two qualifying rounds. Qualifying Round One was hosted in Lonigo, Italy and Qualifying Round Two was hosted in Landshut, Germany.[3] Czech Republic and Germany was qualify to the Tournament.
  • Qualifying Round One
  • Italy Lonigo
  • 17 April 2011
National teamPts
 Czech Republic49
 Slovenia44
 Latvia39
 Italy17
  • Qualifying Round Two
  • Germany Landshut
  • 7 May 2011
National teamPts
 Germany47
 United States39
 Finland38
 Ukraine26

Qualified teams
TeamQualified asFinals appearanceLast appearance2010 place
 Poland2010 SWC top six11th20101
 Denmark2010 SWC top six11th20102
 Sweden2010 SWC top six11th20103
 Great Britain2010 SWC top six11th20104
 Australia2010 SWC top six11th20105
 Russia2010 SWC top six9th20106
 Czech RepublicQR 1 Winner10th20108
 GermanyQR 2 Winner5th2005—

Tournament
SemifinalsRace-offFinal
July 9 — Vojens
 Denmark50
 Sweden48
 Australia47July 14 — GorzówJuly 16 — Gorzów (details)
 Germany9 Australia51 Poland51
 Sweden44 Australia45
July 11 — King's Lynn Russia33 Sweden30
 Poland62 Great Britain30 Denmark29
 Great Britain49
 Russia21
 Czech Republic20

Semi-finals
National teamPtsScorers
 Denmark50Mads Korneliussen 12, Bjarne Pedersen 12, Kenneth Bjerre 11, Nicki Pedersen 10, Niels Kristian Iversen 5
 Sweden48Antonio Lindbäck 12, Andreas Jonsson 11, Freddie Lindgren 10, Jonas Davidsson 8, Thomas H. Jonasson 7
 Australia47Chris Holder 14, Darcy Ward 13, Jason Crump 11, Rory Schlein 5, Troy Batchelor 4
 Germany9Max Dilger 4, Kevin Wölbert 2, Mathias Schultz 2, Tobias Busch 1, Tobias Kroner 0
National teamPtsScorers
 Poland62Krzysztof Kasprzak 15, Tomasz Gollob 13, Piotr Protasiewicz 13, Janusz Kołodziej 11, Jarosław Hampel 10
 Great Britain49Chris Harris 16, Edward Kennett 11, Tai Woffinden 10, Scott Nicholls 6, Ben Barker 6
 Russia21Roman Povazhny 8, Renat Gafurov 6, Sergey Darkin 4, Ilya Bondarenko 3
 Czech Republic20Lukáš Dryml 9, Tomáš Topinka 5, Filip Šitera 4, Aleš Dryml Jr. 2, Matěj Kůs 0

Race-off
National teamPtsScorers
 Australia51Troy Batchelor 13, Jason Crump 12, Chris Holder 11, Darcy Ward 9, Davey Watt 6
 Sweden44Andreas Jonsson 16, Antonio Lindbäck 11, Thomas H. Jonasson 7, Jonas Davidsson 6, Freddie Lindgren 4
 Russia33Emil Sayfutdinov 19, Grigory Laguta 8, Roman Povazhny 5, Denis Gizatullin 1, Renat Gafurov 0
 Great Britain30Chris Harris 14, Ben Barker 7, Tai Woffinden 6, Edward Kennett 2, Lewis Bridger 1

Final

(full details)

Pos Team Pts Riders
1Poland51Tomasz Gollob 17, Jaroslaw Hampel 11, Krzysztof Kasprzak 8, Piotr Protasiewicz 8, Janusz Kołodziej 7
2Australia45Chris Holder 15, Jason Crump 13, Troy Batchelor 10, Darcy Ward 4, Davey Watt 3
3Sweden30Fredrik Lindgren 12, Antonio Lindbäck 8, Thomas H. Jonasson 7, Jonas Davidsson 2, Andreas Jonsson 1
4Denmark29Kenneth Bjerre 10, Niels Kristian Iversen 8, Bjarne Pedersen 5, Bjarne Pedersen 3, Mads Korneliussen 3

Final classification
Pos.National teamPts.
Gold Poland51
Silver Australia45
Bronze Sweden30
4 Denmark29
5 Russia33
6 Great Britain30
7 Czech Republic20
8 Germany9

See also

References
  1. "SGP/SWC dates 2011". speedwaygp.com. 22 Oct 2010. Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 22 Oct 2010.
  2. "2010 FIM Conference Meeting" (PDF). FIM-live.com. 5 Mar 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-06. Retrieved 10 Mar 2010.
  3. "Francuzi i Ukraińcy powalczą o DPŚ" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 22 Jan 2011. Retrieved 22 Jan 2011.
  4. "2011 WORLD CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
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