2012 Speedway World Cup

The 2012 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the twelfth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 7 July and 14 July 2012 and involved eight national teams. Six teams were seeded through to the tournament and two qualification rounds were held in April and May 2012 to determine the final place. As host nation, Sweden were seeded to the Final.[1]

2012 Speedway Grand Prix
Tournament details
Host nations Sweden (Race-Off and the Final)
 Poland,  United Kingdom (Semi-Finals)
DatesJuly 7 — July 14
Venues3
Cities3
Heats(in events)
Tournament results
Champion Denmark
Runner-up Australia
3rd place Russia

Qualification

The top six nations from the 2011 Speedway World Cup (Poland, Australia, Sweden, Denmark, Russia and Great Britain) were granted automatic qualification with Sweden given a birth in the final as host nation. The remaining two places were divided among two qualifying rounds. Qualifying Round One was hosted in Herxheim, Germany, and Qualifying Round Two was hosted in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Germany and the USA qualified to the Tournament.
  • Qualifying Round One
  • Herxheim
  • 22 April 2012
National teamPts
 Germany37
 Latvia36
 Finland29
 France16
National teamPts
 United States44
 Slovenia40
 Ukraine23
 Italy21

Qualified teams
TeamQualified asFinals appearanceLast appearance2010 place
 SwedenHost12th20113
 Poland2011 SWC top six12th20111
 Australia2011 SWC top six12th20112
 Denmark2011 SWC top six12th20114
 Russia2011 SWC top six12th20115
 Great Britain2011 SWC top six10th20116
 GermanyQR 1 Winner6th20118
 United StatesQR 2 Winner11th2007—

Tournament
  Semi-finals   Race-off   Final
July 7 — Bydgoszcz (Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium)
     Russia   35  
     Poland   34  
     Denmark   33       July 14 — Målilla (G&B Stadium)
     United States   23 July 12 — Målilla (G&B Stadium)      Denmark   39
details      Denmark   42        Australia   36
       Poland   38        Russia   30
       Great Britain   30        Sweden   24
July 9 — King's Lynn (Norfolk Arena)      Czech Republic   19 details
     Australia   45 details
     Great Britain   41  
     Czech Republic   30   Key:
     Germany   15     Qualify to the Final
details     Qualify to the Race-Off

Final classification
Pos.National teamPts.
 Denmark39
 Australia36
 Russia30
4 Sweden24
5 Great Britain30
6 Czech Republic19
7 United States23
8 Germany15

See also

References
  1. International Speedway results - 2012 SWC
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