2003 Speedway World Cup

The 2003 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 3rd FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on August 9, 2003 in Vojens, Denmark. The tournament was won by Sweden (62 pts) and they beat Australia (57 points), host team Denmark (53 pts) and Poland (49 pts), Great Britain (44 pts) in the Final.[1]

2003 Speedway Grand Prix
Tournament details
Host nations Denmark (Race-Off and the Final)
DatesAugust 3 - August 9
Venues3
Cities3
Heats125 (in 5 events)
Tournament results
Champion Sweden
Runner-up Australia
3rd place Denmark

Qualification
Main article: 2003 Speedway World Cup Qualification
  • Qualifying round
  • 2003-05-11
  •  LVA Daugavpils, Latvijas Spidveja Centrs
Pos.National teamPts.
1 Germany65
2 Slovenia62+4
3 Latvia62+3
4 Italy39
5 Austria19

Venues

Three cities were selected to host SWC finals events:

City Stadium names Host club(s) Capacity
Holsted
Outrup
Vojens Speedway Center

Qualifying round

Holsted (1)
Main article: 2003 Speedway World Cup Event 1
Pos.National teamPts.
1 Denmark62
2 Czech Republic50
3 Finland32
4 Germany10

Outrup (2)
Main article: 2003 Speedway World Cup Event 2
  • Event 2
  • 2003-08-04
  •  DEN Outrup
  • Latvia team (3rd in Qualifying round) was replaced by Italy (4th in Qualifying round)
Pos.National teamPts.
1 Australia62
2 Great Britain60
3 Slovenia28
4 Italy6

Holsted (3)
Main article: 2003 Speedway World Cup Event 3
Pos.National teamPts.
1 Poland58
2 Sweden56
3 Russia28
4 Hungary9

Race-off
Main article: 2003 Speedway World Cup Race-off
Pos.National teamPts.
1 Great Britain80
2 Sweden63
3 Czech Republic61
4 Finland26
5 Russia24

Final
Main article: 2003 Speedway World Cup Final
Pos.National teamPts.
1 Sweden62
2 Australia57
3 Denmark53
4 Poland49
5 Great Britain44

References
  1. world.speedway.org Archived 2003-08-26 at the Wayback Machine; Retrieved on 2008-12-26

See also
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