2008 Speedway World Cup

The 2008 FIM Nordicbet Speedway World Cup (SWC) is the 8th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on July 19 2008 in Vojens, Denmark. The tournament was won by host team Denmark (49 pts) and they beat defending champion Poland (46 pts), Sweden (39 pts) and Australia (21 pts) in the Final.[1][2]

2008 Speedway Grand Prix
2008 FIM Nordicbet Speedway World Cup
Tournament details
Host nations Denmark (Race-Off and the Final)
 Poland and  United Kingdom (Semi-Finals)
DatesJuly 12 - July 19
Venues3
Cities3
Heats101 (in 4 events)
Tournament results
Champion Denmark
Runner-up Poland
3rd place Sweden

It was the second time the Speedway World Cup was won by Denmark and their thirteenth Team World Champion title overall. It was the second time Hans Andersen, Niels Kristian Iversen, Bjarne Pedersen and Nicki Pedersen had been members of a World Cup winning team (Champions in 2006, but it was the first time for Kenneth Bjerre.

Calendar
DayVenueWinner
Qualification
25 May Miskolc Hungary result
|29 June Ljubljana Czech Republic result
Semi-Finals
12 July Leszno Australia result
14 July Coventry Denmark result
Race-Off
17 July Vojens Sweden result
Final
19 July Vojens Denmark result

Qualification
Main article: 2008 Speedway World Cup Qualification

The top 6 teams of the overall 2007 Speedway World Cup was directly seeded into the 2008 SWC Final Tournament: Poland (Rank #1 - the defending Champion), Denmark (#2), Australia (#3), Great Britain (#4), Sweden (#5) and Russia (#6). 2 other teams was shall qualify to the SWC through 2 preliminary rounds: Czech Republic (#7) and Hungary (#8).

In Preliminary Round 1 in Miskolc, Hungary was won Hungary team (51+3 points) after Run-Off between Matej Ferjan and Tobias Kroner from Germany (51+2 pts). Last places was take Latvia (36 pts) nad United States (12 pts) without Grand Prix rider Greg Hancock.

In Ljubljana, Slovenia was rode Preliminary Round 2 who was won by Czech Republic team (59 points). They beat Finland (40 pts), Slovenia (35 pts) and Italy (16 pts).

Pos.National teamPts.
1 Hungary51+3
2 Germany51+e
3 Latvia36
4 United States12
Pos.National teamPts.
1 Czech Republic59
2 Finland40
3 Slovenia35
4 Italy16

Tournament

The SWC Final Tournament was held by Poland (Event 1), Great Britain (Event 2) and Denmark (Race-Off and The Final).

The first Semi-Final (Event 1) was held in Leszno, Poland. This meeting was won by Australia (56+3 points) after a Run-Off between Leigh Adams and Jarosław Hampel from Poland (56+2 points). In Event 2 in Coventry, Great Britain, the Denmark team won (63 points).

The Race-Off and the Final were held in Vojens, Denmark. The Swedish team won the Race-Off(53 points). Sweden and Poland (50 points) qualified for the Final. The last two places were taken by Great Britain (36 points) and Russia (17 points).

In the Finale the Denmark team won (49 points). They beat Poland (46), Sweden (39) and Australia (21).

  Semi-finals   Race-off   Final
12 July - Leszno, Smoczyk Stadium
     Australia   56+3  
     Poland   56+2  
     Russia   36       19 July - Vojens, Speedway Center
     Hungary   10 17 July - Vojens, Speedway Center      Denmark   49
details      Sweden   53        Poland   46
       Poland   50        Sweden   39
       Great Britain   36        Australia   21
14 July - Coventry, Brandon stadium      Russia   17 details
     Denmark   63 details
     Sweden   50.5  
     Great Britain   25.5   Key:
     Czech Republic   13     Qualify to the Final
details     Qualify to the Race-Off

Final classification
Pos.National teamPts.
 Denmark49
 Poland46
 Sweden39
4 Australia21
5 Great Britain36
6 Russia17
7 Czech Republic13
8 Hungary10

See also

References
  1. speedwayworld.tv; Retrieved on 2008-12-28
  2. Świat Żużla, No 4 (76) / 2008, page 58, ISSN 1429-3285
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