2012 Speedway World Cup
The 2012 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the twelfth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 7 July and 14 July 2012 and involved eight national teams. Six teams were seeded through to the tournament and two qualification rounds were held in April and May 2012 to determine the final place. As host nation, Sweden were seeded to the Final.[1]
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| Tournament details | |
| Host nations |  Sweden (Race-Off and the Final)  Poland,  United Kingdom (Semi-Finals) |
| Dates | July 7 — July 14 |
| Venues | 3 |
| Cities | 3 |
| Heats | (in events) |
| Tournament results | |
| Champion |  Denmark |
| Runner-up | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
| 3rd place |  Russia |
Qualification
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The top six nations from the 2011 Speedway World Cup (Poland, Australia, Sweden, Denmark, Russia and Great Britain) were granted automatic qualification with Sweden given a birth in the final as host nation. The remaining two places were divided among two qualifying rounds. Qualifying Round One was hosted in Herxheim, Germany, and Qualifying Round Two was hosted in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Germany and the USA qualified to the Tournament. |
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Qualified teams
| Team | Qualified as | Finals appearance | Last appearance | 2010 place |
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| Sweden | Host | 12th | 2011 | 3 |
| Poland | 2011 SWC top six | 12th | 2011 | 1 |
| Australia | 2011 SWC top six | 12th | 2011 | 2 |
| Denmark | 2011 SWC top six | 12th | 2011 | 4 |
| Russia | 2011 SWC top six | 12th | 2011 | 5 |
| Great Britain | 2011 SWC top six | 10th | 2011 | 6 |
 Germany | QR 1 Winner | 6th | 2011 | 8 |
 United States | QR 2 Winner | 11th | 2007 | — |
Tournament
| Semi-finals | Race-off | Final | ||||||||||||||
| July 7 — Bydgoszcz (Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium) | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia |
35 | |||||||||||||||
| Poland |
34 | |||||||||||||||
| Denmark |
33 | July 14 — Målilla (G&B Stadium) | ||||||||||||||
| United States |
23 | July 12 — Målilla (G&B Stadium) | Denmark |
39 | ||||||||||||
| details | Denmark |
42 | Australia |
36 | ||||||||||||
| Poland |
38 | Russia |
30 | |||||||||||||
| Great Britain |
30 | Sweden |
24 | |||||||||||||
| July 9 — King's Lynn (Norfolk Arena) |  Czech Republic |
19 | details | |||||||||||||
| Australia |
45 | details | ||||||||||||||
| Great Britain |
41 | |||||||||||||||
| Czech Republic |
30 | Key: | ||||||||||||||
| Germany |
15 | Qualify to the Final | ||||||||||||||
| details | Qualify to the Race-Off | |||||||||||||||
Final classification
| Pos. | National team | Pts. |
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 | Denmark | 39 |
 | Australia | 36 |
 | Russia | 30 |
| 4 | Sweden | 24 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 30 |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 19 |
| 7 | United States | 23 |
| 8 | Germany | 15 |
References
External links
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| Speedway World Team Cup | | |
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| Speedway World Cup (SWC) | ||
| See also | ||