2013 Speedway World Cup

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Speedway World Cup
Venue Czech Republic
Start dateJuly 13
End dateJuly 20
Nations8
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The 2013 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the thirteenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 13 July and 20 July 2013 and involved eight national teams. Six teams were seeded through to the tournament and two qualification rounds were held in April and May 2011 to determine the final two places.[1][2][3]

Qualification[]

The top six nations from the 2012 Speedway World Cup (Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Great Britain, Australia and Russia) were granted automatic qualification, with the remaining two places divided among two qualifying rounds. Qualifying Round One was hosted in Daugavpils, Latvia and Qualifying Round Two was hosted in Miskolc, Hungary.


National team Pts
 Latvia 45
 Slovenia 30
 Germany 28
 Ukraine 22


  • Qualifying Round Two
  • Hungary Miskolc
  • 20 May 2013
National team Pts
 United States 38
 Hungary 32
 Italy 31
 France 20

Qualified teams[]

Team Qualified as Finals appearance Last appearance 2012 place
 Czech Republic Host 12th 2012 7
 Denmark 2012 SWC top six 13th 2012 1
 Australia 2012 SWC top six 13th 2012 2
 Russia 2012 SWC top six 12th 2012 3
 Sweden 2012 SWC top six 13th 2012 4
 Poland 2012 SWC top six 13th 2012 5
 Great Britain 2012 SWC top six 10th 2012 6
 Latvia QR 1 Winner — — —
 United States QR 2 Winner 13th 2011 9

Tournament[]

  Semi-finals   Race-off   Final
July 13 — Częstochowa
     Poland   48  
     Australia   34  
     Latvia   27       July 20 — Prague
     Russia   14 July 18 — Prague      Poland   41
     Australia   36        Denmark   40
       United States   31        Australia   33
       Latvia   29        Czech Republic   12
July 15 — King's Lynn (Norfolk Arena)      Great Britain   28
     Denmark   48
     Great Britain   35  
     United States   24   Key:
     Sweden   18     Qualify to the Final
    Qualify to the Race-Off

World Cup final[]

Results[]

Pos. National team Pts.
1  Poland 41
2  Denmark 40
3  Australia 33
4  Czech Republic 12

Scorers[]

Final classification[]

Pos. National team Pts.
Gold  Poland 41
Silver  Denmark 40
Bronze  Australia 33
4  Czech Republic 12
5  United States 31
6  Latvia 29
7  Great Britain 28
8  Sweden 18
9  Russia 14

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "2013 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  2. ^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

External links[]

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