2008 Speedway World Cup
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2008 Speedway World Cup
| 2008 Speedway World Cup 2008 FIM Nordicbet Speedway World Cup |
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host nations |  Denmark (Race-Off and the Final) Poland and  United Kingdom (Semi-Finals) |
| Dates | July 12 - July 19 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Venues | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Tournament results | |
| Champion |  Denmark |
| Runner-up |  Poland |
| 3rd place |   Sweden |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Heats | 101 (in 4 events) |
The 2008 FIM Nordicbet Speedway World Cup (SWC) is the 8th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on July 19 2008 in Vojens, Denmark. The tournament was won by host team Denmark (49 pts) and they beat defending champion Poland (46 pts), Sweden (39 pts) and Australia (21 pts) in the Final.[1][2]
It was the second time the Speedway World Cup was won by Denmark and their thirteenth Team World Champion title overall. It was the second time Hans Andersen, Niels Kristian Iversen, Bjarne Pedersen and Nicki Pedersen had been members of a World Cup winning team (Champions in 2006, but it was the first time for Kenneth Bjerre.
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Calendar
| Day | Venue | Winner | |
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| Qualification | |||
| 25 May |  Miskolc |
Hungary |
result |
| 29 Jun |  Ljubljana |
 Czech Republic |
result |
| Semi-Finals | |||
| 12 Jul | Leszno |
 Australia |
result |
| 14 Jul | Coventry |
Denmark |
result |
| Race-Off | |||
| 17 Jul | Vojens |
Sweden |
result |
| Final | |||
| 19 Jul | Vojens |
Denmark |
result |
Qualification
Main article: 2008 Speedway World Cup Qualification
The top 6 teams of the overall 2007 Speedway World Cup was directly seeded into the 2008 SWC Final Tournament: Poland (Rank #1 - the defending Champion), Denmark (#2), Australia (#3), Great Britain (#4), Sweden (#5) and Russia (#6). 2 other teams was shall qualify to the SWC through 2 preliminary rounds: Czech Republic (#7) and Hungary (#8).
In Preliminary Round 1 in Miskolc, Hungary was won Hungary team (51+3 points) after Run-Off between Matej Ferjan and Tobias Kroner from Germany (51+2 pts). Last places was take Latvia (36 pts) nad United States (12 pts) without Grand Prix rider Greg Hancock.
In Ljubljana, Slovenia was rode Preliminary Round 2 who was won by Czech Republic team (59 points). They beat Finland (40 pts), Slovenia (35 pts) and Italy (16 pts).
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Tournament
The SWC Final Tournament was held by Poland (Event 1), Great Britain (Event 2) and Denmark (Race-Off and The Final).
First Semi-Final (Event 1) was held in Leszno, Poland. This meeting was won by Australia (56+3 points) after Run-Off between Leigh Adams and Jarosław Hampel from Poland (56+2 points). To Race-Off was quality Russia (36 pts). Last was Hungary (10 pts).
In Event 2 in Coventry, Great Britain won Denmark team (63 points). They beat Sweden (50.5 pts), Great Britain (25.5 pts) who qualift to Race-Off. Czech Republic (13 pts) was last.
The Race-Off and the Final was held in Vojens, Denmark In Race-Off won Sweden team (53 points). Sweden and Poland (50 points) was qualify to the Final. Last two places was take by Great Britain (36 points) and Russia (17 points).
In the Finale won Denmark team (49 points). They beat Poland (46), Sweden (39) and Australia (21).
| Semi-finals | Race-off | Final | ||||||||||||||
| 12 July - Leszno, Smoczyk Stadium | ||||||||||||||||
| Australia |
56+3 | |||||||||||||||
| Poland |
56+2 | |||||||||||||||
 Russia |
36 | 19 July - Vojens, Speedway Center | ||||||||||||||
| Hungary |
10 | 17 July - Vojens, Speedway Center | Denmark |
49 | ||||||||||||
| details | Sweden |
53 | Poland |
46 | ||||||||||||
| Poland |
50 | Sweden |
39 | |||||||||||||
| Great Britain |
36 | Australia |
21 | |||||||||||||
| 14 July - Coventry, Brandon stadium | Russia |
17 | details | |||||||||||||
| Denmark |
63 | details | ||||||||||||||
| Sweden |
50.5 | |||||||||||||||
| Great Britain |
25.5 | Key: | ||||||||||||||
| Czech Republic |
13 | Qualify to the Final | ||||||||||||||
| details | Qualify to the Race-Off | |||||||||||||||
Final classification
| Pos. | National team | Pts. |
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Denmark |
49 |
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Poland |
46 |
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Sweden |
39 |
| 4 | Australia |
21 |
| 5 | Great Britain |
36 |
| 6 | Russia |
17 |
| 7 | Czech Republic |
13 |
| 8 | Hungary |
10 |
See also
References
- ^ speedwayworld.tv; Retrieved on 2008-12-28
- ^ Świat Żużla, No 4 (76) / 2008, page 58, ISSN 1429-3285
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