2014 Speedway World Cup

The 2014 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the fourteenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 26 July and 2 August 2014 and involved nine national teams.[1][2][3]

Speedway World Cup
VenueStadion Miejski im. Józefa Piłsudskiego
LocationPoland
Start date26 July
End date2 August
Nations9
Champions
Denmark
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Qualification edit

  Pista Olimpia Terenzano, Terenzano - 5 July 2014

National team Pts Scorers
  Italy 36 Nicolás Covatti 15, Paco Castagna 10, Mattia Carpanese 9, Nicolas Vicentin 2
  Germany 33 Martin Smolinski 11, Kai Huckenbeck 8, Tobias Kroner 7, Tobias Busch 7
  Slovenia 32 Matej Žagar 21, Aleksander Čonda 6, Matic Voldrih 4, Denis Stojs 1
  Russia 26 Vitaly Belousov 11, Denis Gizatullin 8, Andrey Kudriashov 7

Qualified teams edit

Team Qualified as Finals appearance Last appearance 2013 place
  Poland Host 14th 2013 1
  Denmark 2013 SWC top eight 14th 2013 2
  Australia 2013 SWC top eight 14th 2013 3
  Czech Republic 2013 SWC top eight 13th 2013 4
  United States 2013 SWC top eight 7th 2013 5
  Latvia 2013 SWC top eight 2nd 2013 6
  Great Britain 2013 SWC top eight 14th 2013 7
  Sweden 2013 SWC top eight 14th 2013 8
  Italy Qualifying Round Winner 3rd 2004 QR

Tournament edit

SemifinalsRace-offFinal
26 July —   King's Lynn
  Great Britain44
  United States37
  Australia3631 July —   Bydgoszcz2 August —   Bydgoszcz (details)
  Italy10  Australia43  Denmark38
  Sweden32  Poland37
29 July —   Vastervik  United States26  Australia36
  Denmark48  Czech Republic24  Great Britain16
  Sweden43
  Czech Republic24
  Latvia11

Semi finals edit

National team Pts Scorers
  Great Britain 44 Tai Woffinden 12, Danny King 11, Chris Harris 11, Simon Stead 1
  United States 37 Greg Hancock 19, Gino Manzares 9, Ricky Wells 5, Max Ruml 4
  Australia 36 Jason Doyle 15, Troy Batchelor 14, Darcy Ward 6, Cameron Woodward 1
  Italy 10 Nicolás Covatti 7, Paco Castagna 2, Mattia Carpanese 1, Nicolas Vicentin 0
National team Pts Scorers
  Denmark 44 Mads Korneliussen 13, Hans Andersen 12, Peter Kildemand 12, Bjarne Pedersen 11
  Sweden 43 Andreas Jonsson 16, Thomas H. Jonasson 11, Peter Ljung 9, Oliver Berntzon 7
  Czech Republic 24 Eduard Krčmář 9, Václav Milík Jr. 7, Aleš Dryml Jr. 7, Josef Franc 1
  Latvia 11 Maksims Bogdanovs 5, Andžejs Ļebedevs 4, Kjasts Puodžuks 2, Jevgeņijs Kostigovs 0

Race off edit

National team Pts Scorers
  Australia 43 Darcy Ward 11, Troy Batchelor 11, Jason Doyle 10, Chris Holder 11
  Sweden 32 Thomas H. Jonasson 11, Kim Nilsson, Oliver Berntzon 8, Andreas Jonsson 9
  United States 26 Greg Hancock 21, Ricky Wells 4, Max Ruml 1, Gino Manzares 0
  Czech Republic 24 Václav Milík Jr. 9, Eduard Krčmář 8, Aleš Dryml Jr. 5, Josef Franc 2

Final edit

(full details)

National team Pts Scorers
  Denmark 38 Nicki Pedersen 17, Niels-Kristian Iversen 11, Peter Kildemand 7, Mads Korneliussen 3
  Poland 37 Krzysztof Kasprzak 11, Jarosław Hampel 11, Piotr Protasiewicz 9, Janusz Kołodziej 6
  Australia 36 Jason Doyle 13, Chris Holder 11, Darcy Ward 10, Troy Batchelor 2
  Great Britain 16 Tai Woffinden 12, Chris Harris 4, Danny King 0, Simon Stead 0

Final classification edit

Pos. National team Pts.
    Denmark 38
    Poland 37
    Australia 36
4   Great Britain 16
5   Sweden 32
6   United States 26
7   Czech Republic 24
8   Latvia 11
9   Italy 10

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2014 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  2. ^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 15 July 2021.