2008 Speedway World Cup Qualification Explained

The 2008 Speedway World Cup Qualification (SWC) was two events of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the two national teams who qualify for the 2008 Speedway World Cup. According to the FIM rules the top six nations (Poland, Denmark, Australia, Great Britain, Sweden and Russia) from the 2007 Speedway World Cup were automatically qualified. Qualification was won by Hungary and Czech Republic teams.^[1]

Results

width=50%	Qualifying round 1 Miskolc	width=50%	Qualifying round 2 Ljubljana
Pos. National team Pts. 1 51+3 2 51+e 3 36 4 12	Pos. National team Pts. 1 59 2 40 3 35 4 16

Heat details

Miskolc (1)

Qualifying Round 1^{[2] [3]}

• 25 May 2008 (4:30 pm)
• Miskolc
• Referee: Mick Bates
• Jury President: Boris Kotnjek
• Attendance: 3,000

Lonigo (2)

Qualifying Round 2^{[4] [5]}

• 30 June 2008 (4:20 pm)
• Ljubljana
• Referee: Jim Lawrence
• Jury President: Andrzej Grodzki
• Attendance: 500

See also

• 2008 Speedway World Cup

Notes and References

1. Świat Żużla, No 4 (76) / 2007, page 58,
2. Web site: Kto w półfinale DPŚ? . SportoweFakty.pl . 2008-05-23 . 2008-06-11 .
3. Web site: Ferjan dał Węgrom zwycięstwo . SportoweFakty.pl . 2008-05-25 . 2008-06-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080527181347/http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2008/05/25/ferjan-dal-wegrom-zwyciestwo/. 27 May 2008 . live.
4. Web site: Spacerek Czechów w Ljubljanie . SportoweFakty.pl . 2008-06-27 . 2008-06-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080630044656/http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2008/06/27/spacerek-czechow-w-ljubljanie/. 30 June 2008 . live.
5. Web site: Czesi pojadą w Coventry . SportoweFakty.pl . 2008-06-29 . 2008-06-30 .