2003 Speedway World Cup Qualification

The 2003 Speedway World Cup Qualification (SWC) was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the three national teams to qualify for the 2003 Speedway World Cup. According to the FIM rules the top nine nations from the 2002 Speedway World Cup were automatically qualified.

Results edit

Pos. National team Pts.
1   Germany 65
2   Slovenia 62+4
3   Latvia 62+3
4   Italy 39
5   Austria 19

Heat details 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 26
1   Germany 65 3 7 9 13 16 18 20 24 25 28 29 30 34 38 41 44 48 48 51 54 54 57 59 61 65
(1) Mirko Wolter 19 3 4 4 4 4
(2) Thomas Stange 8 4 1 3 X N
(3) Ronny Weis 12 2 3 1 3 3
(4) Matthias Schultz 12 4 2 1 3 2
(5) Christian Hefenbrock 14 3 2 4 3 2
2   Slovenia 62+4 0 3 6 8 12 15 19 22 26 26 30 34 34 35 35 39 41 44 46 47 51 55 58 61 62
(1) Matej Žagar 15 X 3 4 4 4 4
(2) Izak Šantej 17 3 4 4 2 4
(3) Jernej Kolenko 12 3 3 E 3 3
(4) Ales Dolinar 12 2 4 1 2 3
(5) Denis Stojs 6 4 E X 1 1
3   Latvia 62+3 2 4 8 11 12 13 16 18 20 24 26 29 32 34 36 38 41 45 49 51 53 55 55 59 62
(1) Andrejs Koroļevs 17 2 4 3 4 4 3
(2) Vladimir Voronkov 13 2 1 3 4 3
(3) Nikolai Kokin 13 4 3 2 2 2
(4) Denis Popovich 11 3 2 2 2 2
(5) Alexander Biznya 8 1 2 2 3 0
4   Italy 39 4 4 5 5 7 11 11 11 11 12 15 17 18 21 25 25 26 28 28 28 31 32 36 37 39
(1) Armando Castagna 15 4 X 3 4 E 4
(2) Alessandro Dalla Valle 0 0 X - 0 -
(3) Christian Miotello 5 1 0 2 N 2
(4) Simone Terenzani 7 X 1 1 1 3 1
(5) Emiliano Sanchez 12 2 4 3 2 1
5   Austria 19 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 8 10 10 10 12 12 13 13 13 13 14 18 18 18 19 19 19
(1) Friedrich Wallner 10 1 3 2 4 X
(2) Markus Pichler 5 1 2 X E 1 1
(3) Ivan Nagar 1 0 E 1 E N
(4) Rene Pfeiffer 2 1 1 E E N
(5) Olivier Ozelt 1 0 1 0 - N
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 26

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, Yellow/Black and Green). Colours in diagrams means gate positions:
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D gate E – outside

References edit

  1. ^ world.speedway.org Archived 2003-08-11 at the Wayback Machine; Retrieved on 2008-12-26

See also edit