2012 Speedway World Cup

2012 Speedway Grand Prix
Tournament details
Host nations  Sweden (Race-Off and the Final)
 Poland,  United Kingdom (Semi-Finals)
Dates July 7 — July 14
Venues 3
Cities 3
Heats (in events)
Tournament results
Champion  Denmark
Runner-up  Australia
3rd place  Russia

The 2012 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the twelfth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 7 July and 14 July 2012 and involved eight national teams. Six teams were seeded through to the tournament and two qualification rounds were held in April and May 2012 to determine the final place. As host nation, Sweden were seeded to the Final.[1]

Qualification

The top six nations from the 2011 Speedway World Cup (Poland, Australia, Sweden, Denmark, Russia and Great Britain) were granted automatic qualification with Sweden given a birth in the final as host nation. The remaining two places were divided among two qualifying rounds. Qualifying Round One was hosted in Herxheim, Germany, and Qualifying Round Two was hosted in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Germany and the USA qualified to the Tournament.
  • Qualifying Round One
  • Germany Herxheim
  • 22 April 2012
National team Pts
 Germany 37
 Latvia 36
 Finland 29
 France 16
National team Pts
 United States 44
 Slovenia 40
 Ukraine 23
 Italy 21

Qualified teams

Team Qualified as Finals appearance Last appearance 2010 place
 Sweden Host 12th 2011 3
 Poland 2011 SWC top six 12th 2011 1
 Australia 2011 SWC top six 12th 2011 2
 Denmark 2011 SWC top six 12th 2011 4
 Russia 2011 SWC top six 12th 2011 5
 Great Britain 2011 SWC top six 10th 2011 6
 Germany QR 1 Winner 6th 2011 8
 United States QR 2 Winner 11th 2007 —

Tournament

  Semi-finals   Race-off   Final
July 7 — Bydgoszcz (Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium)
     Russia   35  
     Poland   34  
     Denmark   33       July 14 — Målilla (G&B Stadium)
     United States   23 July 12 — Målilla (G&B Stadium)      Denmark   39
details      Denmark   42        Australia   36
       Poland   38        Russia   30
       Great Britain   30        Sweden   24
July 9 — King's Lynn (Norfolk Arena)      Czech Republic   19 details
     Australia   45 details
     Great Britain   41  
     Czech Republic   30   Key:
     Germany   15     Qualify to the Final
details     Qualify to the Race-Off

Final classification

Pos. National team Pts.
 Denmark 39
 Australia 36
 Russia 30
4  Sweden 24
5  Great Britain 30
6  Czech Republic 19
7  United States 23
8  Germany 15

See also

References

  1. ↑ International Speedway results - 2012 SWC
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