2016 Speedway World Cup

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Speedway World Cup
Venue England
Start dateJuly 23
End dateJuly 30
Nations9
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The 2016 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the sixteenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 23 July and 30 July 2016 and involved nine national teams.[1] It was won by Poland, the first time they achieved success since 2013, and the seventh time in total. They beat hosts Great Britain by seven points, while defending champions Sweden finished third with Australia in fourth.[2][3]

Qualification[]

Italy Terenzano - 2 June 2016 [4]

National team Pts
 Germany 46
 Latvia 31
 Italy 29
 Slovenia 20

Qualified teams[]

Team Qualified as Finals appearance Last appearance 2015 place
 Great Britain Host 16th 2015 5
 Sweden 2015 SWC top eight 16th 2015 1
 Denmark 2015 SWC top eight 16th 2015 2
 Poland 2015 SWC top eight 16th 2015 3
 Australia 2015 SWC top eight 16th 2015 4
 United States 2015 SWC top eight 9th 2015 6
 Russia 2015 SWC top eight 13th 2015 7
 Czech Republic 2015 SWC top eight 15th 2015 8
 Germany Qualifying Round Winner 7th 2012 QR

Tournament[]

  Semi-finals   Race-off   Final
July 23 — Denmark Vojens
     Poland   39  
     Denmark   36  
     Russia   32       July 30 — United Kingdom Manchester
     Czech Republic   19 July 29 — United Kingdom Manchester      Poland   39
details      Australia   44        Great Britain   32
       Denmark   41        Sweden   30
       Russia   32        Australia   22
July 26 — Sweden Vastervik      United States   9 details
     Sweden   48 details
     Australia   37  
     United States   22   Key:
     Germany   19     Qualify to the Final
details     Qualify to the Race-Off

Final classification[]

Pos. National team Pts.
Gold  Poland 39
Silver  Great Britain 32
Bronze  Sweden 30
4  Australia 22
5  Denmark 41
6  Russia 32
7  United States 9
=8  Czech Republic 19
=8  Germany 19

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "2016 Speedway World Cup Calendar". SGP. Archived from the original on 2016-07-27. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  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.
  4. ^ "2016 Speedway World Cup Qualification". FIM.

External links[]

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