The 2015 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the fifteenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 6 June and 14 June 2015 and involved nine national teams. It was won by Sweden, the first time they have achieved success since 2004. They beat hosts and defending champions Denmark by two points, while Poland edged out Australia to claim third.[1][2][3]
| Speedway World Cup | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Vojens |
| Location | Denmark |
| Start date | 6 June |
| End date | 14 June |
| Nations | 9 |
| Champions | |
| Sweden | |
Qualification
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Ellermühle Speedway Stadium, Landshut - 9 May 2015 [4]
| National team | Pts | Scorers | |
|---|---|---|---|
 Russia |
40 | Emil Sayfutdinov 12, Vitaly Belousov 11, Viktor Kulakov 10, Vadim Tarasenko 7 | |
| Germany |
34 | Martin Smolinski 20, Michael Hartel 8, Christian Hefenbrock 6, Tobias Busch 0 | |
 Slovenia |
32 | Matej Žagar 17, Maks Gregorič 11, Ziga Kovacić 3, Aleksander Čonda 1 | |
 Italy |
17 | Nicolás Covatti 7, Paco Castagna 7, Alessandro Milanese 3, Nicolas Vicentin 2 |
Qualified teams
edit| Team | Qualified as | Finals appearance | Last appearance | 2014 place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Denmark |
Host | 15th | 2014 | 1 |
 Poland |
2014 SWC top eight | 15th | 2014 | 2 |
 Australia |
2014 SWC top eight | 15th | 2014 | 3 |
 Great Britain |
2014 SWC top eight | 15th | 2014 | 4 |
 Sweden |
2014 SWC top eight | 15th | 2014 | 5 |
 United States |
2014 SWC top eight | 8th | 2014 | 6 |
 Czech Republic |
2014 SWC top eight | 14th | 2014 | 7 |
 Latvia |
2014 SWC top eight | 3rd | 2014 | 8 |
| Russia |
Qualifying Round Winner | 12th | 2013 | QR |
Tournament
edit| Semifinals | Race-off | Final | |||||||||||
| June 6 — Gniezno[5] (details) | |||||||||||||
| Sweden | 40 | ||||||||||||
| Poland | 36 | ||||||||||||
| Russia | 27 | June 11 — Vojens[7] (details) | June 14 — Vojens[8] (details) | ||||||||||
| Czech Republic | 20 | Poland | 48 | Sweden | 34 | ||||||||
| Great Britain | 43 | Denmark | 32 | ||||||||||
| June 8 — King's Lynn[6] (details) | United States | 22 | Poland | 27 | |||||||||
| Australia | 47 | Russia | 11 | Australia | 26 | ||||||||
| Great Britain | 43 | ||||||||||||
| United States | 22 | ||||||||||||
| Latvia | 9 | ||||||||||||
The final was delayed from 13 Jun until 14 Jun after rain caused the meeting to be abandoned.[9]
Final classification
edit| Pos. | National team | Pts. |
|---|---|---|
 |
Sweden |
34 |
 |
Denmark |
32 |
 |
Poland |
27 |
| 4 | Australia |
26 |
| 5 | Great Britain |
43 |
| 6 | United States |
22 |
| 7 | Russia |
11 |
| 8 | Czech Republic |
20 |
| 9 | Latvia |
9 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "2015 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "2015 Speedway World Cup Qualification". Sportowe Fakty (In Polish).
- ^ "2015 Speedway World Cup Event 1 Result". SWC. Archived from the original on 13 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ "2015 Speedway World Cup Event 2 Result". SWC. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ "2015 Speedway World Cup Race Off Result". SWC. Archived from the original on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ "2015 Speedway World Cup Final Result". SWC. Archived from the original on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ "2015 Speedway World Cup Final delayed". SWC. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
External links
edit- Official website Archived 2019-09-11 at the Wayback Machine