2007 Speedway World Cup Qualification

The 2007 Speedway World Cup Qualification (SWC) was a two events of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the two national teams who qualify for the 2007 Speedway World Cup. According to the FIM rules the top six nations (Denmark, Sweden, Great Britain, Australia Poland, and United States) from the 2006 Speedway World Cup were automatically qualified. Qualification was won by Finland and Russia teams.[1]

Results edit

Pos. National team Pts.
1   Finland 43
2   Germany 40
3   Latvia 37
4   Slovenia 29
Pos. National team Pts.
1   Russia 59
2   Czech Republic 46
3   Italy 31
4   Hungary 12

Heat details edit

Abensberg (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   Finland 43 3 6 6 8 8 11 13 14 17 19 20 21 23 25 25 28 30 30 30 33 33 36 39 42 43
(1) Kai Laukkanen 14 3 3 2 3 3
(2) Joonas Kylmäkorpi 13 3 2 2 3 3
(3) Kauko Nieminen 8 0 3 0 2 3
(4) Juha Hautamäki 6 2 2 1 0 1
(5) Tero Aarnio 2 E 1 1 0 0
2   Germany 40 3 3 6 6 7 8 8 11 13 15 16 17 19 22 25 26 28 30 32 35 37 38 38 38 40
(1) Martin Smolinski 13 3 3 3 2 2
(2) Thomas Stange 9 E 2 3 2 2
(3) Christian Hefenbrock 9 3 2 1 2 1
(4) Tobias Kroner 5 E 1 1 3 X
(5) Mathias Schultz 4 1 0 2 1 X
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 37 2 5 7 8 8 8 11 12 13 14 16 19 19 19 21 22 24 25 28 29 31 32 35 37 37
(1) Ķasts Poudžuks 14 2 3 2 1 3 3
(2) Maksims Bogdanovs 9 3 1 2 1 2
(3) Vjačeslavs Giruckis 7 2 1 3 1 X
(4) Leonids Paura 6 1 1 0 2 2
(5) Aleksandrs Ivanovs 1 0 0 - 1
4   Slovenia 29 2 3 5 6 6 9 11 11 11 11 14 15 18 18 18 21 21 21 21 22 24 27 28 29 29
(1) Matej Žagar 16 2 3 3 3 3 2
(2) Izak Šantej 8 1 2 1 0 1 3
(3) Denis Štojs 3 2 0 - 0 1
(4) Jernej Kolenko 2 1 0 0 0 1
(5) Maks Gregorič 0 0 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

Lonigo (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   Russia 59 2 5 8 11 13 16 18 21 22 24 25 27 30 33 36 38 41 42 45 48 49 52 54 57 59
(1) Denis Gizatullin 12 2 1 3 3 3
(2) Roman Povazhny 12 3 2 3 2 2
(3) Emil Sayfutdinov 15 3 3 3 3 3
(4) Roman Ivanov 9 3 2 1 1 2
(5) Renat Gafurov 11 2 3 2 3 1
2   Czech Republic 46 3 5 7 9 12 14 17 17 20 21 23 26 28 28 29 29 31 33 33 34 36 38 41 43 46
(1) Aleš Dryml, Jr. 10 3 3 1 X 3
(2) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 7 2 E 2 1 2
(3) Lukáš Dryml 13 2 3 3 E 2 3
(4) Zdeněk Simota 9 2 1 2 2 2
(5) Josef Franc 7 3 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   Italy 31 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 6 6 9 10 10 12 14 17 17 20 22 24 27 28 29 30 31
(1) Andrea Maida 3 1 T 2 E -
(2) Mattia Carpanese 12 1 2 2 3 3 1 ?
(3) Marco Gregnanin 7 E 0 3 2 1 ? 1
(4) Guglielmo Franchetti 8 T 1 1 3 2 1
(5) Alessandro Milanese 1 0 1 0 - -
4   Hungary 12 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 7 7 7 8 9 9 10 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
(1) Sándor Tihanyi 1 0 0 0 1 0
(2) Zsolt Bencze 1 0 0 - 1 0 0
(3) Norbert Magosi 4 1 2 1 E 0
(4) Attila Stefani 2 T 0 1 1 -
(5) József Tabaka 4 1 3 0 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

References edit

  1. ^ Świat Żużla, No 4 (72) / 2007, page 56, ISSN 1429-3285

See also edit