Speedway World Cup
The Speedway World Cup is an annual motorcycle speedway event held each year in different countries.[1] The first edition of the competition in the current format was held in 2001 and replaced the old World Team Cup which ran from 1960 until 2000.[2][3]
Current season, competition or edition: 2023 Speedway World Cup | |
| Formerly | Speedway World Team Cup (1960–2000) |
|---|---|
| Sport | Motorcycle speedway |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Director | Phil Morris |
| Motto | No brakes, no gears, no fear |
| No. of teams | 9 national teams |
| Continent | World |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Poland (2023) |
| Most titles | Poland (9 times) |
| TV partner(s) | Discovery+ |
| Official website | https://www.fimspeedway.com/swc |
Past winners
Medal classification
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Participating nations
| Team | 2001 (12) |
2002 (12) |
2003 (12) |
2004 (8) |
2005 (8) |
2006 (8) |
2007 (8) |
2008 (8) |
2009 (8) |
2010 (8) |
2011 (8) |
2012 (9) |
2013 (9) |
2014 (9) |
2015 (9) |
2016 (9) |
2017 (9) |
2023 (9) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poland |
 | 4 | 4 | 4 |  | 5 | | | | | | 5 | | |  | |
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| Sweden |
| | | | | | 5 | | | | | 4 | 8 | 5 | | | | 5 |
 Russia |
8 | 9 | 8 | • | 7 | • | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | | 9 | • | 7 | 6 | | |
| Great Britain |
6 | 7 | 5 | | 4 | | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | | 4 | |
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| | | 5 | 5 | 4 | | 4 | | 5 | | | | | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
 Latvia |
• | • | •• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6 | 8 | 9 | • | 6 | • |
 United States |
5 | 6 | • | 6 | 7 | • | • | • | • | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | • | ||
| Denmark |
4 | | | | | | | | 6 | | 4 | | | | | 5 | 8 | |
| Czech Republic |
7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | • | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
 France |
• | • | • | • | 6 | |||||||||||||
 Germany |
11 | 12 | 10 | • | 8 | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | 9 | • | • | • | 9 | • | 8 |
 Italy |
• | 12 | 7 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9 | • | • | • | • | |
 Slovenia |
12 | 11 | 9 | • | • | • | • | • | 7 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
 Hungary |
10 | 10 | 11 | 8 | • | • | • | 8 | • | • | • | |||||||
 Ukraine |
• | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||
 Finland |
9 | 8 | 7 | • | 7 | 8 | • | • | 7 | • | • | 9 | ||||||
 Norway |
• | • | • | |||||||||||||||
 Austria |
• | • | • | • |
Tomasz Gollob won the title five times as part of the Polish team.
- Legend
- – Champions.
- – Runners-up.
- – Third place.
- •• – Qualified, but withdrew.
- • – Did not qualify.
- – Did not enter or withdrew.
- – Race-off and final hosts.
Format
The current tournament format consists of two semi finals with the winner qualifying for the grand final and the second and third place teams entering a race off. In the four team race off only the winner will join the two semi final winners and the hosts in the grand final.
References
- "There have been three international team competitions run by the F.I.M". International Speedway. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- "Speedway World Cup Nations" (PDF). motorsporttop20. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
| Speedway World Team Cup |  | |
|---|---|---|
| Speedway World Cup (SWC) | ||
| See also | ||
International speedway competitions | ||
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| World | | |
| Europe | ||
| National Championships | ||
| National Leagues | ||
| Ice speedway |
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| Long track |
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| Former Championships | ||
| Governing Bodies | ||
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