2009 Speedway World Cup Explained

Speedway World Cup
Date Start:11 July
Date End:19 July
Nations:8
Venue:Alfred Smoczyk Stadium
Location:Poland
Prev:2008
Next:2010

The 2009 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the ninth FIM Speedway World Cup season. The final took place on 19 July 2009 in Leszno, Poland. The defending World Champions were Denmark who won the 2008 final in Vojens, Denmark. It was the fourth final to be held in Poland, and the second in the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium after the 2007 final was held there when Poland beat Denmark, Australia and Great Britain. Poland won the 2009 Speedway World Cup.[1]

Qualification

See main article: 2009 Speedway World Cup Qualification. Fourteen teams attempted to qualify for the 2009 Speedway World Cup. The top six nations (Denmark, Poland, Sweden, Australia, Great Britain and Russia) from the 2008 Speedway World Cup were granted automatic qualification, with the remaining two places divided among two qualifying rounds. Qualifying Round 1 was won by Slovenia and Qualifying Round 2 was won by the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic took part in the 2008 tournament, but it was the first time Slovenia had qualified since 2003.

Pos. National team Pts
1 51+3
2 51+2
3 26
4 22
Pos. National team Pts
1 48
2 45
3 29
4 26

Qualified teams

width=160Team width=150Qualified as width=50Finals Appearance width=80Last Appearance width=802008 place
2008 SWC top six 9th 2008 1st
2008 SWC top six 9th 2008 2nd
2008 SWC top six 9th 2008 3rd
2008 SWC top six 9th 2008 4th
2008 SWC top six 9th 2008 5th
2008 SWC top six 7th 2008 6th
QR 2 Winner 8th 2008 7th
QR 1 Winner 4th 2003

Venues

City Stadium names Capacity Competition Stage
22,000 Event 1
East of England Showground5,000 Event 2
25,000 Race-off and the Final

Squads

Squads for the 2009 Speedway World Cup consisted of 10 riders; the same as the previous tournament in 2008. Each participating national association had to confirm its 10-riders one month before the first tournament meeting.

Final classification

Pos. National team Pts.
44
43
36
4 35
5 35
6 34
7 13
8 12

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2009 WORLD CUP. International Speedway. 15 July 2021.