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][4]

Speedway World Cup
VenueGorzów Wielkopolski
LocationPoland
Start date9 July
End date16 July
Nations8
Champions
 Poland
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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 qualified for the tournament.

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

SemifinalsRace-offFinal
July 9 — Vojens
 Denmark50
 Sweden48
 Australia47July 14 — GorzówJuly 16 — Gorzów
 Germany9  Australia51  Poland51
 Sweden44  Australia45
July 11 — King's Lynn  Russia33  Sweden30
 Poland62  Great Britain30  Denmark29
 Great Britain49
 Russia21
 Czech Republic20

Semi-finals

National teamPtsScorers
 Denmark50Mads Korneliussen 12, Bjarne Pedersen 12, Kenneth Bjerre 11, Nicki Pedersen (C) 10, Niels Kristian Iversen 5
 Sweden48Antonio Lindbäck 12, Andreas Jonsson (C) 11, Freddie Lindgren 10, Jonas Davidsson 8, Thomas H. Jonasson 7
 Australia47Chris Holder 14, Darcy Ward 13, Jason Crump (C) 11, Rory Schlein 5, Troy Batchelor 4
 Germany9Max Dilger 4, Kevin Wölbert 2, Mathias Schultz 2, Tobias Busch 1, Tobias Kroner (C) 0
National teamPtsScorers
 Poland62Krzysztof Kasprzak 15, Tomasz Gollob (C) 13, Piotr Protasiewicz 13, Janusz Kołodziej 11, Jarosław Hampel 10
 Great Britain49Chris Harris (C) 16, Edward Kennett 11, Tai Woffinden 10, Scott Nicholls 6, Ben Barker 6
 Russia21Roman Povazhny (C) 8, Renat Gafurov 6, Sergey Darkin4, Ilya Bondarenko 3
 Czech Republic20Lukáš Dryml 9, Tomáš Topinka 5, Filip Šitera 4, Aleš Dryml Jr. (C) 2, Matěj Kůs 0

Race-off

National teamPtsScorers
 Australia51Troy Batchelor 13, Jason Crump (C) 12, Chris Holder 11, Darcy Ward 9, Davey Watt 6
 Sweden44Andreas Jonsson (C) 16, Antonio Lindbäck 11, Thomas H. Jonasson 7, Jonas Davidsson 6, Freddie Lindgren 4
 Russia33Emil Sayfutdinov 19, Grigory Laguta 8, Roman Povazhny (C) 5, Denis Gizatullin 1, Renat Gafurov 0
 Great Britain30Chris Harris (C) 14, Ben Barker 7, Tai Woffinden 6, Edward Kennett 2, Lewis Bridger 1

Final

PosTeamPtsRiders
1Poland51Tomasz Gollob (C) 17, Jaroslaw Hampel 11, Krzysztof Kasprzak 8, Piotr Protasiewicz 8, Janusz Kołodziej 7
2Australia45Chris Holder 15, Jason Crump (C) 13, Troy Batchelor 10, Darcy Ward 4, Davey Watt 3
3Sweden30Fredrik Lindgren 12, Antonio Lindbäck 8, Thomas H. Jonasson 7, Jonas Davidsson 2, Andreas Jonsson (C) 1
4Denmark29Kenneth Bjerre 10, Niels Kristian Iversen 8, Nicki Pedersen (C) 5, Bjarne Pedersen 3, Mads Korneliussen 3

Final classification

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

See also

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