2003 Speedway World Cup

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Speedway World Cup
Venue Denmark (3 venues)
Start dateAugust 3
End dateAugust 9
Nations12
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The 2003 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 3rd FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on 9 August 2003 in Vojens, Denmark. The tournament was won by Sweden (62 pts) and they beat Australia (57 points), host team Denmark (53 pts) and Poland (49 pts), Great Britain (44 pts) in the Final.[1][2]

Qualification[]

Main article: 2003 Speedway World Cup Qualification
Pos. National team Pts.
1  Germany 65
2  Slovenia 62+4
3  Latvia 62+3
4  Italy 39
5  Austria 19

Venues[]

Three cities were selected to host SWC finals events:

City Stadium names Host club(s) Capacity
Holsted
Outrup
Vojens Speedway Center

Qualifying round[]

Holsted (1)[]

Main article: 2003 Speedway World Cup Event 1
Pos. National team Pts.
1  Denmark 62
2  Czech Republic 50
3  Finland 32
4  Germany 10

Outrup (2)[]

Main article: 2003 Speedway World Cup Event 2
  • Event 2
  • 2003-08-04
  •  DEN Outrup
  • Latvia team (3rd in Qualifying round) was replaced by Italy (4th in Qualifying round)
Pos. National team Pts.
1  Australia 62
2  Great Britain 60
3  Slovenia 28
4  Italy 6

Holsted (3)[]

Main article: 2003 Speedway World Cup Event 3
Pos. National team Pts.
1  Poland 58
2  Sweden 56
3  Russia 28
4  Hungary 9

Race-off[]

Main article: 2003 Speedway World Cup Race-off
Pos. National team Pts.
1  Great Britain 80
2  Sweden 63
3  Czech Republic 61
4  Finland 26
5  Russia 24

Final[]

Main article: 2003 Speedway World Cup Final
Pos. National team Pts.
1  Sweden 62
2  Australia 57
3  Denmark 53
4  Poland 49
5  Great Britain 44

References[]

  1. ^ world.speedway.org Archived 2003-08-26 at the Wayback Machine; Retrieved on 2008-12-26
  2. ^ "2003 WORLD CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

See also[]

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