2010 Speedway World Cup

Speedway World Cup
Speedway World Cup
Venue	Vojens
Location	Denmark
Start date	24 July
End date	1 August
Nations	8
Champions
	Poland
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The 2010 FIM PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna Speedway World Cup^[1] (SWC) was the tenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It was originally scheduled to take place between 24 July and 31 July 2010, although re-stagings due to adverse weather meant that it finally took place between 25 July and 1 August, and involved eight national teams.^[2] Six teams were seeded through to the finals and two qualification rounds were held in May 2010 to determine the final two places.^[3]

Poland won the World Cup for the fourth time in six seasons, amassing 44 points in the final. Denmark finished second with 39, while Sweden finished third for the third successive year, with 35 points.^[4]

Qualification

The top six nations from the 2009 Speedway World Cup (Poland, Australia, Sweden, Russia, Great Britain and Denmark) were granted automatic qualification, with the remaining two places divided among two qualifying rounds. Qualifying Round One was held in Lonigo, Italy and was won by Finland. Qualifying Round Two was held in Abensberg, Germany.^[5]

Qualifying Round One
Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo
1 May 2010

Pos.	National team	Pts
1	Finland	48
2	Slovenia	47
3	United States	30
4	Italy	24

Qualifying Round Two
Altes Stadion, Abensberg
24 May 2010

Pos.	National team	Pts
1	Czech Republic	53
2	Germany	50
3	Latvia	43
4	Norway	4

Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	Finals appearance	Last appearance	2009 place
Poland	2009 SWC top six	10th	2009	1st
Australia	2009 SWC top six	10th	2009	2nd
Sweden	2009 SWC top six	10th	2009	3rd
Russia	2009 SWC top six	8th	2009	4th
Great Britain	2009 SWC top six	10th	2009	5th
Denmark	2009 SWC top six	10th	2009	6th
Czech Republic	QR 2 Winner	9th	2009	8th
Finland	QR 1 Winner	6th	2007	—

Tournament


Semifinals		Race-off		Final

25 July – Gorzów Wlkp. (details)

Poland	68

Denmark	45

Russia	31	29 July – Vojens (details)		1 August – Vojens (details)

Czech Republic	8	Denmark	48	Poland	44

		Sweden	47	Denmark	39

26 July – King's Lynn (details)		Australia	36	Sweden	35

Great Britain	51	Russia	19	Great Britain	33

Australia	48

Sweden	40

Finland	14

Final classification

Pos.	National team	Pts.
	Poland	44
	Denmark	39
	Sweden	35
4	Great Britain	33

5	Australia	36
6	Russia	19

7	Finland	14
8	Czech Republic	8

References

^ "Komunikat prasowy FIM" (in Polish). pzm.pl. 14 July 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
^ "Terminarz SGP 2010 zatwierdzony – będzie runda w Gorican!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 25 October 2009. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
^ "Norfolk Arena to host SWC". BSI Speedway. 10 December 2010. Archived from the original on 13 December 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
^ "2010 WORLD CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
^ "Polacy poznali dwójkę rywali w DPŚ" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 29 October 2009. Archived from the original on 1 November 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2009.