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2017 Speedway World Cup

The 2017 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the seventeenth Speedway World Cup, the annual international motorcycle speedway world championship tournament organised by the FIM. The next edition would not be held until six years later in 2023. The 2017 event took place between 1 July and 8 July 2017 and involved nine national teams.[1] Poland successfully defended their 2016 title.[2][3]

Speedway World Cup
VenueStadion im. Alfreda Smoczyka
LocationPoland
Start date1 July
End date8 July
Nations9
Champions
Poland
← 2016
2023 →

Qualification edit

  Stadium Lokomotīve, Riga - 25 June 2017 [4]

National team Pts Scorers
  Latvia 52 Andžejs Ļebedevs 15, Kjasts Puodžuks 14, Maksims Bogdanovs 13, Jevgeņijs Kostigovs 10
  France 36 David Bellego 17, Dimitri Bergé 10, Mathieu Trésarrieu 8, Stéphane Trésarrieu 1, Jordan Dubernard 0
  Germany 24 Kai Huckenbeck 11, Ronny Weis 5, Richard Geyer 5, René Deddens 3
  Italy 13 Guglielmo Franchetti 6, Daniele Tessari 4, Paco Castagna 3, Alessandro Milanese 0

Qualified teams edit

Team Qualified as Finals appearance Last appearance 2016 place
  Poland Host 17th 2016 1
  Great Britain 2016 SWC top eight 17th 2016 2
  Sweden 2016 SWC top eight 17th 2016 3
  Australia 2016 SWC top eight 17th 2016 4
  Denmark 2016 SWC top eight 17th 2016 5
  Russia 2016 SWC top eight 14th 2016 6
  United States 2016 SWC top eight 10th 2016 7
  Czech Republic 2016 SWC top eight 16th 2016 8
  Latvia Qualifying Round Winner 4th 2015 QR

Tournament edit

SemifinalsRace-offFinal
July 1 —   King's Lynn (details)
  Great Britain53
  Australia44
  United States15July 7 —   Leszno (details)July 8 —   Leszno (details)
  Czech Republic13  Russia46  Poland50
  Australia33  Sweden42
July 4 —   Västervik (details)  Latvia30  Russia18
  Sweden37  United States15  Great Britain15
  Russia30
  Latvia28+3
  Denmark28+2

Final classification edit

Pos. National team Pts.
    Poland 50
    Sweden 42
    Russia 18
4   Great Britain 15
5   Australia 33
6   Latvia 30
7   United States 15
8   Denmark 28
9   Czech Republic 13

References edit

  1. ^ "2017 Speedway World Cup Calendar". SGP. Archived from the original on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  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.
  4. ^ "2017 Speedway World Cup Qualification". Sportowe Fakty (In Polish).
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