2010 Speedway World Cup

The 2010 FIM PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna Speedway World Cup[1] (SWC) was the tenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It was originally scheduled to take place between 24 July and 31 July 2010, although re-stagings due to adverse weather meant that it finally took place between 25 July and 1 August, and involved eight national teams.[2] Six teams were seeded through to the finals and two qualification rounds were held in May 2010 to determine the final two places.[3]

2010 Speedway Grand Prix
Tournament details
Host nations Denmark (Race-Off and the Final)
 Poland and
 United Kingdom (Semi-Finals)
Dates24 July – 1 August
Venues3
Cities3
Heats100 (in 4 events)
Tournament results
Champion Poland
Runner-up Denmark
3rd place Sweden

Poland won the World Cup for the fourth time in six seasons, amassing 44 points in the final. Denmark finished second with 39, while Sweden finished third for the third successive year, with 35 points.

Qualification
Main article: 2010 Speedway World Cup Qualification

The top six nations from the 2009 Speedway World Cup (Poland, Australia, Sweden, Russia, Great Britain and Denmark) were granted automatic qualification, with the remaining two places divided among two qualifying rounds. Qualifying Round One was held in Lonigo, Italy and was won by Finland. Qualifying Round Two was held in Abensberg, Germany.[4]
  • Qualifying Round One
  • Lonigo
  • 1 May 2010
Pos.National teamPts
1 Finland48
2 Slovenia47
3 United States30
4 Italy24
Pos.National teamPts
1 Czech Republic53
2 Germany50
3 Latvia43
4 Norway4

Qualified teams
TeamQualified asFinals appearanceLast appearance2009 place
 Poland2009 SWC top six10th20091st
 Australia2009 SWC top six10th20092nd
 Sweden2009 SWC top six10th20093rd
 Russia2009 SWC top six8th20094th
 Great Britain2009 SWC top six10th20095th
 Denmark2009 SWC top six10th20096th
 Czech RepublicQR 2 Winner9th20098th
 FinlandQR 1 Winner6th2007—

Tournament
  Semi-finals   Race-off   Final
25 July – Gorzów Wlkp. (Jancarz Stadium)
     Poland   68  
     Denmark   45  
     Russia   31       1 August – Vojens (Speedway Center)
     Czech Republic   8 29 July – Vojens (Speedway Center)      Poland   44
details      Denmark   48        Denmark   39
       Sweden   47        Sweden   35
       Australia   36        Great Britain   33
26 July – King's Lynn (Norfolk Arena)      Russia   19 details
     Great Britain   51 details
     Australia   48  
     Sweden   40   Key:
     Finland   14     Qualify to the Final
details     Qualify to the Race-Off

Final classification
Pos.National teamPts.
 Poland44
 Denmark39
 Sweden35
4 Great Britain33
5 Australia36
6 Russia19
7 Finland14
8 Czech Republic8

See also

References
  1. "Komunikat prasowy FIM" (in Polish). pzm.pl. 2010-07-14. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  2. "Terminarz SGP 2010 zatwierdzony – będzie runda w Gorican!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-10-25. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  3. "Norfolk Arena to host SWC". BSI Speedway. 10 December 2010. Archived from the original on 13 December 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
  4. "Polacy poznali dwójkę rywali w DPŚ" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-10-29. Archived from the original on 1 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-29.
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