2016 Speedway World Cup

The 2016 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the sixteenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 23 July and 30 July 2016 and involved nine national teams.[1] It was won by Poland, the first time they achieved success since 2013, and the seventh time in total. They beat hosts Great Britain by seven points, while defending champions Sweden finished third with Australia in fourth.

2016 Speedway Grand Prix
Tournament details
Host nations United Kingdom (Race-Off and the Final)
 Denmark,  Sweden (Semi-Finals)
DatesJuly 23 — July 30
Venues3
Cities3
Heats(in events)
Tournament results
Champion Poland
Runner-up Great Britain
3rd place Sweden

Qualification

Terenzano - 2 June 2016 [2]

National teamPts
 Germany46
 Latvia31
 Italy29
 Slovenia20

Qualified teams
TeamQualified asFinals appearanceLast appearance2015 place
 Great BritainHost16th20155
 Sweden2015 SWC top eight16th20151
 Denmark2015 SWC top eight16th20152
 Poland2015 SWC top eight16th20153
 Australia2015 SWC top eight16th20154
 United States2015 SWC top eight9th20156
 Russia2015 SWC top eight13th20157
 Czech Republic2015 SWC top eight15th20158
 GermanyQualifying Round Winner7th2012QR

Tournament
  Semi-finals   Race-off   Final
July 23 — Vojens
     Poland   39  
     Denmark   36  
     Russia   32       July 30 — Manchester
     Czech Republic   19 July 29 — Manchester      Poland   39
details      Australia   44        Great Britain   32
       Denmark   41        Sweden   30
       Russia   32        Australia   22
July 26 — Vastervik      United States   9 details
     Sweden   48 details
     Australia   37  
     United States   22   Key:
     Germany   19     Qualify to the Final
details     Qualify to the Race-Off

Final classification
Pos.National teamPts.
 Poland39
 Great Britain32
 Sweden30
4 Australia22
5 Denmark41
6 Russia32
7 United States9
=8 Czech Republic19
=8 Germany19

See also

References
  1. "2016 Speedway World Cup Calendar". SGP. Archived from the original on 2016-07-27. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  2. "2016 Speedway World Cup Qualification". FIM.
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