2011 Speedway World Cup

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]

2011 Speedway Grand Prix
Tournament details
Host nations Poland (Race-Off and the Final)
 Denmark,  United Kingdom (Semi-Finals)
DatesJuly 9 — July 16
Venues3
Cities3
Heats(in events)
Tournament results
Champion Poland
Runner-up Australia
3rd place Sweden

Qualification
Main article: 2011 Speedway World Cup 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 was qualify to the Tournament.
  • Qualifying Round One
  • Lonigo
  • 17 April 2011
National teamPts
 Czech Republic49
 Slovenia44
 Latvia39
 Italy17
  • Qualifying Round Two
  • Landshut
  • 7 May 2011
National teamPts
 Germany47
 United States39
 Finland38
 Ukraine26

Qualified teams
TeamQualified asFinals appearanceLast appearance2010 place
 Poland2010 SWC top six11th20101
 Denmark2010 SWC top six11th20102
 Sweden2010 SWC top six11th20103
 Great Britain2010 SWC top six11th20104
 Australia2010 SWC top six11th20105
 Russia2010 SWC top six9th20106
 Czech RepublicQR 1 Winner10th20108
 GermanyQR 2 Winner5th2005—

Tournament
  Semi-finals   Race-off   Final
July 9 — Vojens (Speedway Center)
     Denmark   50  
     Sweden   48  
     Australia   47       July 16 — Gorzów (Jancarz Stadium)
     Germany   9 July 14 — Gorzów (Jancarz Stadium)      Poland   51
details      Australia   51        Australia   45
       Sweden   44        Sweden   30
       Russia   33        Denmark   29
July 11 — King's Lynn (Norfolk Arena)      Great Britain   30 details
     Poland   62 details
     Great Britain   49  
     Russia   21   Key:
     Czech Republic   20     Qualify to the Final
details     Qualify to the Race-Off

Final classification
Pos.National teamPts.
 Poland51
 Australia45
 Sweden30
4 Denmark29
5 Russia33
6 Great Britain30
7 Czech Republic20
8 Germany9

See also

References
  1. "SGP/SWC dates 2011". speedwaygp.com. 22 Oct 2010. Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 22 Oct 2010.
  2. "2010 FIM Conference Meeting" (PDF). FIM-live.com. 5 Mar 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-06. Retrieved 10 Mar 2010.
  3. "Francuzi i Ukraińcy powalczą o DPŚ" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 22 Jan 2011. Retrieved 22 Jan 2011.
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