2005 Speedway World Cup

The 2005 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 5th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on August 6, 2005 in the Olympic Stadium in Wrocław, Poland.

Speedway World Cup
VenueStadion Olimpijski
LocationPoland
Start date31 July
End date6 August
Nations8
Champions
 Poland
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The tournament was won by host team Poland (62 pts) and they beat defending champion Sweden (34 pts), Denmark (31 pts) and Great Britain (27 pts) in the Final.[1][2]

Qualification edit

Pos. National team Pts.
1   Russia 61
2   United States 52
3   Latvia 31
4   France 6
Pos. National team Pts.
1   Germany 30
2   Slovenia 23
3   Hungary 21
4   Italy 16

Qualifier 1 edit

Placing Team / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
1   Russia 61 3 5 7 10 13 14 14 17 20 22 25 28 30 32 35 37 40 43 46 48 51 53 55 58 61
(1) Sergey Darkin 12 3 1 3 2 3
(2) Denis Gizatullin (c) 10 2 E 3 3 2
(3) Simon Vlasov 12 2 3 2 3 2
(4) Renat Gafurov 14 3 3 2 3 3
(5) Oleg Kurguskin 13 3 2 3 2 3
2   United States 52 2 5 6 7 9 12 15 16 18 21 23 24 27 30 32 35 37 38 40 43 44 47 50 52 52
(1) Sam Ermolenko 13 2 2 3 3 3
(2) Greg Hancock (c) 15 3 3 3 3 3
(3) Billy Janniro 10 1 3 2 2 2
(4) Josh Larsen 7 1 3 2 1 X
(5) Brent Werner 7 2 1 1 2 1
Placing Team / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
3   Latvia 31 1 2 5 7 8 8 9 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 19 20 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 31
(1) Leonid Paura 7 1 2 1 1 2
(2) Kasts Poudzuks 7 1 1 1 2 2
(3) Andriej Korolew 7 3 1 1 1 1
(4) Nikolaj Kokin (c) 6 2 X 2 1 1
(5) Aleksandr Ivanov 4 1 1 1 X 1
4   France 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6
(1) Mathieu Tresarrieu 2 0 2 F X 0 0
(2) Stéphane Trésarrieu (c) 0 0 0 0 0 0
(3) Sebastien Tresarrieu 2 0 0 E 1 1
(4) Jérome Lespinasse 0 X - 0 0 0
(5) Christophe Dubernand 2 E 2 0 0 0
Placing Team / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

M - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours was permanent for each teams (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams means gate positions:
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

Qualifier 2 edit

Placing Team / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
1   Germany 30 0 1 4 7 9 12 15 17 20 20 21 24 27 29 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30
(1) Christian Hefenbrock 4 0 3 1
(2) René Schäfer 7 1 3 3
(3) Martin Smolinski (c) 8 3 2 3
(4) Thomas Stange 8 3 3 2
(5) Michael Hertrich 3 2 E 1
2   Slovenia 23 2 5 7 7 8 9 11 14 14 15 17 18 18 21 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23
(1) Jernej Kolenko 6 2 2 2
(2) Matej Žagar (c) 11 3 3 2 3
(3) Izak Šantej 3 2 0 1
(4) Ales Kraljic 1 E 1 0
(5) Denis Štojs 2 1 1 -
Placing Team / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
3   Hungary 21 1 3 4 6 9 11 12 12 14 16 19 19 20 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21
(1) Norbert Magosi (c) 2 1 0 1
(2) Laszlo Szatmari 4 2 2 E
(3) Sándor Tihanyi 6 1 2 3
(4) Zsolt Bencze 4 2 2 0
(5) Attila Stefani 5 3 1 1
4   Italy 16 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 6 9 9 11 13 13 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
(1) Emiliano Sanchez 6 3 1 2
(2) Simone Terenzani 3 E 3 E
(3) Christian Miotello 3 0 0 3
(4) Mattia Carpanese (c) 1 1 0 0
(5) Daniele Tessari 3 E 1 2
Placing Team / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

M - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours was permanent for each teams (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams means gate positions:
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

Main tournament edit

SemifinalsRace-offFinal
31 July - Swindon (Event 1)
  Great Britain59
  Denmark54
  Czech Republic264 August - Wrocław (Race-off)6 August - Wrocław (Final)
  Russia17  Poland63  Poland62
  Denmark48  Sweden34
2 August - Eskilstuna (Event 2)  Australia30  Denmark31
  Sweden51  Czech Republic16  Great Britain27
  Australia50
  Poland49
  Germany5

Event 1 edit

Placing Team / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
1   Great Britain 59 0 3 6 9 11 14 16 19 22 24 26 28 31 34 37 39 42 45 47 48 51 52 54 57 59
(1) Joe Screen 8 0 3 3 1 1
(2) Simon Stead 12 3 2 3 2 2
(3) Lee Richardson 15 3 3 3 3 3
(4) Scott Nicholls (c) 12 3 2 2 3 2
(5) Chris Harris 12 2 3 2 2 3
2   Denmark 54 3 5 5 7 10 10 13 15 16 19 22 25 27 29 31 37 39 39 42 45 46 48 49 51 54
(1) Nicki Pedersen 12 3 3 2 3 1
(2) Bjarne Pedersen 12 2 2 3 3 2
(3) Hans N. Andersen (c) 13 F 1 3 6J 3
(4) Niels Kristian Iversen 10 2 3 2 2 1
(5) Charlie Gjedde 7 3 0 2 0 2
Placing Team / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
3   Czech Republic 26 1 1 2 3 3 5 6 7 9 10 10 11 12 12 12 13 13 15 15 15 17 23 26 26 26
(1) Adrian Rymel (c) 2 1 1 0 F 0
(2) Aleš Dryml, Jr. 12 0 2 0 2 2 6J
(3) Lukáš Dryml 2 1 1 0 X - E
(4) Tomáš Topinka 7 1 2 1 0 3
(5) Tomáš Suchánek 3 0 1 1 1 -
4   Russia 17 2 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 9 9 10 11 12 14 14 14 14 16 17
(1) Sergey Darkin 5 2 X 1 0 0 2J
(2) Oleg Kurguskin 2 1 0 0 1 - 0
(3) Simon Vlasov 2 2 0 X - -
(4) Denis Gizatullin (c) 2 0 0 1 1 0 -
(5) Renat Gafurov 6 1 F 1 1 2 1
Placing Team / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

M - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours was permanent for each teams (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams means gate positions:
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

Event 2 edit

Placing Team / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
1   Sweden 51 1 3 5 7 9 12 15 17 19 22 23 25 27 28 30 33 36 38 39 41 43 45 48 51 51
(1) Antonio Lindbäck 9 1 2 2 2 2
(2) Andreas Jonsson 12 2 3 1 3 3
(3) Tony Rickardsson 13 2 3 2 3 3
(4) Peter Karlsson (c) 8 2 3 1 2 0
(5) Fredrik Lindgren 9 2 2 2 1 2
2   Australia 50 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 13 13 15 21 24 24 27 28 30 31 34 36 37 40 43 45 47 50
(1) Leigh Adams (c) 13 3 3 3 1 3
(2) Ryan Sullivan 8 1 0 1 3 3
(3) Jason Crump 14 1 2 6J 2 3
(4) Adam Shields 9 1 2 3 1 2
(5) Davey Watt 6 1 1 0 2 2
Placing Team / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
3   Poland 49 2 5 8 11 14 15 17 18 21 22 24 25 28 30 33 34 36 36 39 42 43 43 44 45 49
(1) Krzysztof Kasprzak 7 2 1 2 1 1
(2) Piotr Protasiewicz 8 3 2 1 2 E2
(3) Rune Holta 8 3 1 3 Fx 1
(4) Jarosław Hampel 12 3 3 2 3 1
(5) Tomasz Gollob (c) 14 3 1 3 3 4J
4   Germany 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5
(1) Christian Hefenbrock 0 E/st 0 0 0 0
(2) René Schäfer 0 0 0 0 0 0
(3) Martin Smolinski (c) 2 0 1 0 0 1
(4) Thomas Stange 1 0 0 1 0 0
(5) Mathias Schultz 2 0 0 0 1 1
Placing Team / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

M - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours was permanent for each teams (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams means gate positions:
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

Race-off edit

Placing Team / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
1   Poland 63 3 6 9 10 13 16 18 20 23 26 28 31 33 36 39 41 44 47 48 50 53 56 57 60 63
(1) Jarosław Hampel 10 3 2 3 1 1
(2) Rune Holta 12 3 2 2 2 3
(3) Tomasz Gollob (c) 14 3 3 3 2 3
(4) Piotr Protasiewicz 12 1 3 2 3 3
(5) Grzegorz Walasek 15 3 3 3 3 3
2   Denmark 48 2 4 5 8 9 10 13 16 18 19 20 20 21 22 23 26 28 29 32 38 39 41 44 46 48
(1) Kenneth Bjerre 5 2 1 1 - 1
(2) Niels Kristian Iversen 9 2 3 0 2 2
(3) Hans N. Andersen (c) 15 1 3 1 1 6J 3
(4) Nicki Pedersen 14 3 2 1 3 3 2
(5) Bjarne Pedersen 5 1 1 1 - 2
Placing Team / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
3   Australia 30 0 1 3 5 5 7 8 9 10 12 15 16 22 24 24 24 25 27 29 29 29 29 29 29 30
(1) Davey Watt 1 0 1 - - 0
(2) Adam Shields 5 1 2 2 0 0
(3) Ryan Sullivan 5 2 2 0 1 0 0
(4) Leigh Adams (c) 15 2 1 3 6J 2 1
(5) Steve Johnston 4 X 1 1 2 0
4   Czech Republic 16 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 8 8 8 8 9 11 13 15 16 16
(1) Tomáš Suchánek 1 1 0 0 0 Fx
(2) Aleš Dryml, Jr. 4 E4 0 2 0 2
(3) Tomáš Topinka 0 0 0 0 0 -
(4) Lukáš Dryml 7 0 E4 2 1 2J 2
(5) Adrian Rymel (c) 4 2 0 0 1 1
Placing Team / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

M - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours was permanent for each teams (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams means gate positions:
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

Final edit

Placing Team / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
1   Poland 62 0 3 5 8 11 12 13 15 17 20 23 26 29 32 34 37 39 42 45 48 51 54 57 59 62
(1) Grzegorz Walasek 10 0 1 3 3 3
(2) Rune Holta 12 3 1 3 2 3
(3) Piotr Protasiewicz 13 2 2 3 3 3
(4) Jarosław Hampel 13 3 2 3 3 2
(5) Tomasz Gollob (c) 14 3 3 2 3 3
2   Sweden 34 3 5 6 8 9 11 13 13 16 16 17 19 21 21 21 25 26 26 28 29 31 32 32 32 34
(1) Tony Rickardsson 7 3 2 0 0 2 0
(2) Peter Karlsson (c) 4 2 E4 1 1 0
(3) Andreas Jonsson 12 1 3 2 4J 2
(4) Antonio Lindbäck 7 2 0 2 1 2
(5) Fredrik Lindgren 4 1 2 0 - 1
Placing Team / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
3   Denmark 31 2 2 5 5 7 7 7 10 11 13 15 16 17 21 22 23 23 25 25 27 28 28 30 31 31
(1) Hans N. Andersen (c) 9 2 3 4 0 0
(2) Bjarne Pedersen 5 0 1 1 2 1
(3) Kenneth Bjerre 7 3 2 2 0 0
(4) Nicki Pedersen 6 0 E4 1 2 2 1
(5) Niels Kristian Iversen 4 2 0 1 1 -
4   Great Britain 25 1 2 2 3 3 6 9 10 10 11 11 11 11 12 15 15 18 19 20 20 20 20 21 24 25
(1) Joe Screen 1 1 0 - 0 -
(2) Simon Stead 4 1 1 1 E3 2 1
(3) Lee Richardson 12 0 3 3 3 0 3
(4) Scott Nicholls (c) 6 1 3 0 E4J 1 1
(5) Chris Harris 2 0 1 0 1 -
Placing Team / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

M - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours was permanent for each teams (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams means gate positions:
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

Final classification edit

Pos. National team Pts.
    Poland 62
    Sweden 34
    Denmark 31
4   Great Britain 27
5   Australia 30
6   Czech Republic 16
7   Russia 17
8   Germany 5

References edit

  1. ^ rlach.republika.pl; Retrieved on 2008-12-27
  2. ^ "2005 WORLD CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. ^ world.speedway.org Archived 2005-11-05 at the Wayback Machine; Retrieved on 2008-10-27
  4. ^ world.speedway.org Archived 2005-11-05 at the Wayback Machine; Retrieved on 2008-10-27