2001 Speedway World Cup

The 2001 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 1st FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on 7 July 2008 in Wrocław, Poland. The tournament was won by Australia (68 points) and they beat host team Poland (65 pts), Sweden (51 pts), Denmark (44 pts) and United States (30 pts) in the Final.[1][2]

2001 Speedway Grand Prix
Tournament details
Host nations Poland (Race-Off and the Final)
DatesJuly 1 - July 7
Venues2
Cities2
Heats122 + 1 Run-off (in 5 events)
Tournament results
Champion Australia
Runner-up Poland
3rd place Sweden

Qualification
Main article: 2001 Speedway World Cup Qualification
Pos.National teamPts.
1 Slovenia48
2 Russia45
3 Italy25
4 Ukraine1
Pos.National teamPts.
1 Finland48
2 Hungary47
3 Norway12
4 Latvia10

The two group winners and runners-up qualified to 2001 Speedway World Cup.

Venues
Olympic Stadium in Wrocław.

Two cities were selected to host SWC finals events:

CityStadium namesHost club(s)Capacity
GdańskWybrzeże Gdańsk15,000
WrocławOlympic StadiumAtlas Wrocław35,000

Tournament

Qualifying rounds
Main article: 2001 Speedway World Cup Qualifying round 1
  • Qualifying round 1
  • 2001-07-01
  • Gdańsk
  • Referee: Anthony Steele
Pos.National teamPts.
1 Poland69
2 Great Britain49
3 Finland22
4 Germany15
Main article: 2001 Speedway World Cup Qualifying round 2
  • Qualifying round 2
  • 2001-07-02
  • Gdańsk
  • Referee: Wojciech Grodzki
Pos.National teamPts.
1 Sweden57
2 Denmark48
3 Russia31
4 Slovenia12
Main article: 2001 Speedway World Cup Qualifying round 3
  • Qualifying round 3
  • 2001-07-03
  • Gdańsk
  • Referee: Anthony Steele
Pos.National teamPts.
1 Australia56
2 United States41
3 Czech Republic35
4 Hungary16

Race-off
Main article: 2001 Speedway World Cup Race-off
Pos.National teamPts.
1 Denmark66
2 United States65+4
3 Great Britain65+3
4 Czech Republic42
5 Russia20

Final
Main article: 2001 Speedway World Cup Final
Pos.National teamPts.
1 Australia68
2 Poland65
3 Sweden51
4 Denmark44
5 United States30

Final classification
Pos.National teamPts.
 Australia68
 Poland65
 Sweden51
4 Denmark44
5 United States30
6 Great Britain65+3
7 Czech Republic42
8 Russia20
9 Finland22
10 Hungary16
11 Germany15
12 Slovenia12

See also

References
  1. world.speedway.org Archived 2001-07-21 at the Wayback Machine; Retrieved on 2008-10-24
  2. rlach.republika.pl; Retrieved on 2008-10-24
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