2011 Speedway World Cup
52nd edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition
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]
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 qualified for the tournament.
Qualified teams
Team
Qualified as
Finals appearance
Last appearance
2010 place
Poland
2010 SWC top six
11th
2010
1
Denmark
2010 SWC top six
11th
2010
2
Sweden
2010 SWC top six
11th
2010
3
Great Britain
2010 SWC top six
11th
2010
4
Australia
2010 SWC top six
11th
2010
5
Russia
2010 SWC top six
9th
2010
6
Czech Republic
QR 1 Winner
10th
2010
8
Germany
QR 2 Winner
5th
2005
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Tournament
Semi-finals
National team
Pts
Scorers
Denmark
50
Mads Korneliussen 12, Bjarne Pedersen 12, Kenneth Bjerre 11, Nicki Pedersen (C) 10, Niels Kristian Iversen 5
Sweden
48
Antonio Lindbäck 12, Andreas Jonsson (C) 11, Freddie Lindgren 10, Jonas Davidsson 8, Thomas H. Jonasson 7
Australia
47
Chris Holder 14, Darcy Ward 13, Jason Crump (C) 11, Rory Schlein 5, Troy Batchelor 4
Germany
9
Max Dilger 4, Kevin Wölbert 2, Mathias Schultz 2, Tobias Busch 1, Tobias Kroner (C) 0
National team
Pts
Scorers
Poland
62
Krzysztof Kasprzak 15, Tomasz Gollob (C) 13, Piotr Protasiewicz 13, Janusz Kołodziej 11, Jarosław Hampel 10
Great Britain
49
Chris Harris (C) 16, Edward Kennett 11, Tai Woffinden 10, Scott Nicholls 6, Ben Barker 6
Russia
21
Roman Povazhny (C) 8, Renat Gafurov 6, Sergey Darkin 4, Ilya Bondarenko 3
Czech Republic
20
Lukáš Dryml 9, Tomáš Topinka 5, Filip Šitera 4, Aleš Dryml Jr. (C) 2, Matěj Kůs 0
Race-off
National team
Pts
Scorers
Australia
51
Troy Batchelor 13, Jason Crump (C) 12, Chris Holder 11, Darcy Ward 9, Davey Watt 6
Sweden
44
Andreas Jonsson (C) 16, Antonio Lindbäck 11, Thomas H. Jonasson 7, Jonas Davidsson 6, Freddie Lindgren 4
Russia
33
Emil Sayfutdinov 19, Grigory Laguta 8, Roman Povazhny (C) 5, Denis Gizatullin 1, Renat Gafurov 0
Great Britain
30
Chris Harris (C) 14, Ben Barker 7, Tai Woffinden 6, Edward Kennett 2, Lewis Bridger 1
Final
Pos
Team
Pts
Riders
1
Poland
51
Tomasz Gollob (C) 17, Jaroslaw Hampel 11, Krzysztof Kasprzak 8, Piotr Protasiewicz 8, Janusz Kołodziej 7
2
Australia
45
Chris Holder 15, Jason Crump (C) 13, Troy Batchelor 10, Darcy Ward 4, Davey Watt 3
3
Sweden
30
Fredrik Lindgren 12, Antonio Lindbäck 8, Thomas H. Jonasson 7, Jonas Davidsson 2, Andreas Jonsson (C) 1
4
Denmark
29
Kenneth Bjerre 10, Niels Kristian Iversen 8, Nicki Pedersen (C) 5, Bjarne Pedersen 3, Mads Korneliussen 3
Final classification
See also
References
External links
Motorcycle speedway events in 2011 season
World
European
Speedway World Team Cup Speedway World Cup (SWC) See also