2021 Speedway of Nations

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The 2021 Speedway of Nations (sponsored by Monster Energy) was the fourth FIM Speedway of Nations.[1][2] The competition consisted of two semi-finals and a final. The final was held on 16 & 17 October 2021[3] and was won by Great Britain, with Poland taking silver and Denmark bronze.

During the final Poland took a first leg lead of ten points ahead of Great Britain. Britain's multiple world champion Tai Woffinden suffered an injury after crashing heavily and was replaced by Dan Bewley for the second leg. Denmark topped the points table during the second leg but Poland earned an automatic place in the grand final after finishing with the highest total from the two legs. This meant that Denmark and Great Britain would take part in the eliminator as the second and third best teams, which Britain won by 6 points to 3. In the grand final, former world champion Bartosz Zmarzlik came out on top but he was followed home by Robert Lambert and Dan Bewley, giving Britain the title by 5 points to 4. It was their first World team title since 1989.[4]

First semi-final[]

  • Latvia Daugavpils, Latvia
  • 17 September
Pos Riders Pts
1 Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik 21, Dominik Kubera 13, Jakub Miśkowiak 3 37
2 Sweden Fredrik Lindgren 23, Pontus Aspgren 8, Philip Hellström Bängs 3 34
3 Denmark Leon Madsen 12, Mikkel Michelsen 18, Mads Hansen 2 32
4 United States Broc Nicol 7, Luke Becker 21, 0 28
5 Finland Timo Lahti 18, Tero Aarnio 6, 0 24
6 Slovenia Matic Ivačič 10, 7, 0 17
7 Czech Republic Václav Milík Jr. 11, Josef Franc 4, Petr Chlupáč 2 17

Second semi-final[]

  • Latvia Daugavpils, Latvia
  • 18 September
Pos Riders Pts
1 Australia Jason Doyle 23, Max Fricke 12, Keynan Rew 0 35
2 Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs 18, Oļegs Mihailovs 14, Francis Gusts 2 34
3 France David Bellego 15, Dimitri Bergé 13, Steven Goret 2 30
4 Germany Kai Huckenbeck 22, 5, 0 27
5 Russia 13, Sergey Logachev 10, 2 25
6 Italy Michele Paco Castagna 12, Nicolás Covatti 7 19
7 Ukraine Aleksandr Loktaev 15, 4, 0 19

Final[]

First Leg[]

Pos Riders Pts
1 Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik 19, Maciej Janowski 18, Jakub Miśkowiak 3 40
2 United Kingdom Tai Woffinden 14, Robert Lambert 12, Tom Brennan 4 30
3 Denmark Leon Madsen 21, Mikkel Michelsen 5, Mads Hansen 3 29
4 Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs 19, Oļegs Mihailovs 5, Francis Gusts 0 24
5 Australia Max Fricke 18, Jason Doyle 6, Keynan Rew 0 24
6 France David Bellego 15, Dimitri Bergé 9, Steven Goret 0 24
7 Sweden Philip Hellström Bängs 10, Pontus Aspgren 4, Jacob Thorssell 2 16

Second Leg[]

Pos Riders Pts
1 Denmark Mikkel Michelsen 18, Leon Madsen 17, Mads Hansen 4 39
2 United Kingdom Robert Lambert 20, Dan Bewley 11, Tom Brennan 3 34
3 Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik 19, Maciej Janowski 13, Jakub Miśkowiak 2 34
4 Australia Max Fricke 12, Jason Doyle 9, Keynan Rew 4 25
5 France David Bellego 19, Dimitri Bergé 4, Steven Goret 0 23
6 Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs 13, Oļegs Mihailovs 3, Francis Gusts 2 18
7 Sweden Philip Hellström Bängs 14, Pontus Aspgren 0, Jacob Thorssell 0 14

Total[]

Pos Riders Pts
1 Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik 38, Maciej Janowski 31, Jakub Miśkowiak 5 74
2 Denmark Leon Madsen 38, Mikkel Michelsen 23, Mads Hansen 7 68
3 United Kingdom Robert Lambert 32, Tai Woffinden 14, Dan Bewley 11, Tom Brennan 7 64
4 Australia Max Fricke 30, Jason Doyle 15, Keynan Rew 4 49
5 France David Bellego 34, Dimitri Bergé 13, Steven Goret 0 47
6 Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs 32, Oļegs Mihailovs 8, Francis Gusts 2 42
7 Sweden Philip Hellström Bängs 24, Pontus Aspgren 4, Jacob Thorssell 2 30

Grand Final Qualifier[]

1st 2nd
 Great Britain - 6
Robert Lambert - 4
Dan Bewley - 2
 Denmark - 3
Leon Madsen - 3
Mikkel Michelsen - 0

Grand Final[]

1st 2nd
 Great Britain - 5
Robert Lambert - 3
Dan Bewley - 2
 Poland - 4
Bartosz Zmarzlik - 4
Maciej Janowski - 0

References[]

  1. ^ "2021 Speedway of Nations". SGP. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  2. ^ "DOYLE'S AUSSIE PRIDE". SGP. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. ^ "MONSTER ENERGY SON FINAL DRAW CONFIRMED". SGP. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Speedway: Great Britain claim first world title since 1989 with win over Poland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
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