The 2013 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the thirteenth FIM Speedway World Cup , the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 13 July and 20 July 2013 and involved eight national teams. Six teams were seeded through to the tournament and two qualification rounds were held in April and May 2011 to determine the final two places.[1] [2] [3]
Qualification
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The top six nations from the 2012 Speedway World Cup (Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Great Britain, Australia and Russia) were granted automatic qualification, with the remaining two places divided among two qualifying rounds. Qualifying Round One was hosted in Daugavpils , Latvia and Qualifying Round Two was hosted in Miskolc , Hungary.
National team
Pts
Scorers
Latvia 45
Andžejs Ļebedevs 15, Kjasts Puodžuks 11, Maksims Bogdanovs 13, Vjačeslavs Giruckis 6
Slovenia 30
Matej Žagar 20, Aleksander Čonda 4, Maks Gregoric 3, Matic Voldrih 3
Germany 28
Martin Smolinski 13, Kevin Wölbert 8, Tobias Busch 5, Max Dilger 2
Ukraine 22
Aleksandr Loktaev 9, Andrey Karpov 7, Stanislav Melnichuk 4, Andrey Kobrin 2
National team
Pts
Scorers
United States 38
Ryan Fisher 14, Ricky Wells 12, Gino Manzares 6, Billy Janniro 6
Hungary 32
Norbert Magosi 9, József Tabaka 9, László Szatmári 7, Roland Benko 7
Italy 31
Guglielmo Franchetti 10, Paco Castagna 8, Nicolas Vincentin 7, Nicolás Covatti 6
France 20
Mathieu Trésarrieu 7, Sebastien Trésarrieu 7, Dimitri Bergé 5, Richard De Biasi 1
Qualified teams
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Tournament
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Semi-finals
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National team
Pts
Scorers
Poland 48
Jarosław Hampel 14, Krzysztof Kasprzak 13, Maciej Janowski 13, Patryk Dudek 8
Australia 34
Darcy Ward 14, Troy Batchelor 12, Jason Doyle 7, Davey Watt 1
Latvia 27
Maksims Bogdanovs 11, Kjasts Puodžuks 9, Andžejs Ļebedevs 7, Vjačeslavs Giruckis 0
Russia 14
Andrey Kudriashov 7, Vladimir Borodulin 4, Ilya Chalov 2, Viktor Kulakov 1
National team
Pts
Scorers
Denmark 48
Nicki Pedersen 13, Niels Kristian Iversen 12, Michael Jepsen Jensen 12, Kenneth Bjerre 11
Great Britain 35
Tai Woffinden 18, Chris Harris 12, Craig Cook 4, Edward Kennett 1
United States 24
Greg Hancock 16, Ricky Wells 4, Ryan Fisher 3, Gino Manzares 1
Sweden 18
Peter Ljung 11, Daniel Nermark 5, Dennis Andersson 2, Jonas Davidsson 0
Race off
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National team
Pts
Scorers
Australia 36
Darcy Ward 13, Jason Doyle 8, Cameron Woodward 8, Troy Batchelor 7
United States 31
Greg Hancock 20, Ryan Fisher 8, Ricky Wells 3, Gino Manzares 0
Latvia 29
Kjasts Puodžuks 10, Maksims Bogdanovs 9, Andžejs Ļebedevs 5, Vjačeslavs Giruckis 5
Great Britain 28
Tai Woffinden 14, Chris Harris 7, Lewis Bridger 4, Ben Barker 3
World Cup final
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Poland 41 - Jarosław Hampel (15), Maciej Janowski (12) Krzysztof Kasprzak (7), Patryk Dudek (7) Denmark 40 - Niels Kristian Iversen (12), Kenneth Bjerre (11), Nicki Pedersen (10), Michael Jepsen Jensen (7) Australia 33 - Darcy Ward (9), Troy Batchelor (11), Cameron Woodward (8), Jason Doyle (5) Czech Republic 12 - Aleš Dryml Jr. (7), Václav Milík Jr. (3), Lukáš Dryml (1), Josef Franc (1) Final classification
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See also
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References
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External links
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Poland
Stadium Lokomotīve, Daugavpils
Latvia
Slovenia
Germany
Ukraine
Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc
United States
Hungary
Italy
France
Czech Republic
Denmark
Australia
Russia
Sweden
Great Britain
Poland 41 - Jarosław Hampel (15), Maciej Janowski (12) Krzysztof Kasprzak (7), Patryk Dudek (7)
Denmark 40 - Niels Kristian Iversen (12), Kenneth Bjerre (11), Nicki Pedersen (10), Michael Jepsen Jensen (7)
Australia 33 - Darcy Ward (9), Troy Batchelor (11), Cameron Woodward (8), Jason Doyle (5)
Czech Republic 12 - Aleš Dryml Jr. (7), Václav Milík Jr. (3), Lukáš Dryml (1), Josef Franc (1)
