2004 Speedway World Cup Qualification

The 2004 Speedway World Cup Qualification (SWC) was a two events of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the two national teams who qualify for the 2004 Speedway World Cup. According to the FIM rules the top six nations (Sweden, Australia, Denmark, Poland, Great Britain and Czech Republic) from the 2003 Speedway World Cup were automatically qualified.

Results

Qualifying round 1 Lonigo	Qualifying round 2 Gyula
Pos. National team Pts. 1  Italy 54 2  Germany 47 3  Finland 31 4  Latvia 18	Pos. National team Pts. 1  Hungary 51 2  Slovenia 47 3  Russia 42 4  Austria 10

Heat details

Lonigo (1)

• Qualifying round 1^[1]
• 10 July 2004
• Lonigo, Santa Marina Stadium
• Referee: ?

Placing	Team / Rider Name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
1	Italy	54	2	3	6	7	10	12	15	15	18	21	22	24	25	28	31	32	33	36	38	40	42	45	48	51	54
	(1) Paolo Salvatelli	11	2								3				1							2		3
	(2) Armando Castagna	11		1								3				3		1							3
	(3) Emiliano Sanchez	12			3			2									3		1							3
	(4) Simone Terenzani	11				1			3				1							3							3
	(5) Andrea Maida	9					3			0				2							2		2
2	Germany	47	3	6	7	9	10	11	13	16	17	18	21	24	27	29	31	33	35	36	39	42	43	43	43	45	47
	(1) Mikro Wolter	10	3						2								2				3				0
	(2) Martin Smolinski	14		3						3			3									3				2
	(3) Matthias Schultz	9			1						1			3				2									2
	(4) Christian Hefenbrock	9				2						1			3				2				1
	(5) Thomas Stange	5					1	1								2				1				F
Placing	Team / Rider Name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
3	Finland	31	1	3	3	3	5	8	9	10	12	12	14	14	16	16	16	19	22	24	24	24	27	29	31	31	31
	(1) Kai Laukkanen	15	1					3					2					3	3				3
	(2) Tero Aarnio	5		2					1					0					-					2
	(3) Kauko Nieminen	7			N					1					2					2					2
	(4) Tomi Reima	2				X					2					0					T					0
	(5) Juha Hautamäki	2					2					0					E					0					0
4	Latvia	18	0	0	2	5	5	5	5	7	7	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	15	16	17	18
	(1) Kasts Poudzuks	4	0							2						1			0								1
	(2) Leonid Paura	1		0							0						1			F			0
	(3) Nikolaj Kokin	6			2							2	0								1			1
	(4) Andrejs Koroļevs	6				3		0						1								1			1
	(5) Alexander Biznia	1					0		0						0			E								1
Placing	Team / Rider Name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25

M - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours was permanent for each teams (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams means gate positions:
gate A – inside	gate B	gate C	gate D – outside

Gyula (2)

• Qualifying round 2^[2]
• 10 July 2004
• Gyula
• Referee: ?

Placing	Team / Rider Name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
1	Hungary	51	2	2	5	7	10	11	14	17	19	22	24	27	28	31	32	33	36	37	40	42	42	44	46	48	51
	(1) Sándor Tihanyi	14	2							3						3			3								3
	(2) Szabolcs Vida	4		0							2						1			1			0
	(3) Norbert Magosi	13			3							3	2								3			2
	(4) Attila Stefani	10				2		1						3								2			2
	(5) Laszlo Szatmari	10					3		3						1			1								2
2	Slovenia	47	3	6	8	9	10	13	13	15	18	20	20	20	23	25	28	28	28	31	33	36	38	41	42	45	47
	(1) Matej Žagar	18	3								3				3					3		3		3
	(2) Jernej Kolenko	10		3								2				2		0			2				1
	(3) Izak Šantej	13			2			3									3		0				2			3
	(4) Primoz Legan	3				1			0				0							-							2
	(5) Ales Kraljic	3					1			2				0							-		-
Placing	Team / Rider Name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
3	Russia	42	1	2	3	6	8	10	11	12	13	14	17	19	21	22	24	27	29	31	32	33	36	37	40	41	42
	(1) Denis Saifutdinov	5	1						1								2				1				-
	(2) Roman Ivanov	10		1						1			3									1			3	1
	(3) Victor Golubovsky	8			1						1			2				3									1
	(4) Ilja Bondarenko	11				3						1			2				2				3
	(5) Sergey Eroshin	8					2	2								1				2				1
4	Austria	10	0	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
	(1) Fritz Wallner	4	0					0					1					2					1
	(2) Manuel Hauzinger	6		2					2					1					1					0
	(3) Norbert Grogletz	0			0					0					0					0					0
	(4) Mario Ozelt	0				0					0					0					0					0
	(5) Oliver Ozelt	0					0					0					0					0					0
Placing	Team / Rider Name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25

M - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours was permanent for each teams (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams means gate positions:
gate A – inside	gate B	gate C	gate D – outside

References

See also

• 2004 Speedway World Cup