2015 Speedway World Cup

The 2015 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the fifteenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 6 June and 14 June 2015 and involved nine national teams. It was won by Sweden, the first time they have achieved success since 2004. They beat hosts and defending champions Denmark by two points, while Poland edged out Australia to claim third.[1][2][3]

Speedway World Cup
VenueVojens
Location Denmark
Start dateJune 6
End dateJune 14
Nations9
Champions
 Sweden

Qualification

Germany Landshut - 9 May 2015 [4]

National teamPtsScorers
 Russia40Emil Sayfutdinov 12, Vitaly Belousov 11, Viktor Kulakov 10, Vadim Tarasenko 7
 Germany34Martin Smolinski 20, Michael Hartel 8, Christian Hefenbrock 6, Tobias Busch 0
 Slovenia32Matej Žagar 17, Maks Gregorič 11, Ziga Kovacić 3, Aleksander Čonda 1
 Italy17Nicolás Covatti 7, Paco Castagna 7, Alessandro Milanese 3, Nicolas Vicentin 2

Qualified teams
TeamQualified asFinals appearanceLast appearance2014 place
 DenmarkHost15th20141
 Poland2014 SWC top eight15th20142
 Australia2014 SWC top eight15th20143
 Great Britain2014 SWC top eight15th20144
 Sweden2014 SWC top eight15th20145
 United States2014 SWC top eight8th20146
 Czech Republic2014 SWC top eight14th20147
 Latvia2014 SWC top eight3rd20148
 RussiaQualifying Round Winner12th2013QR

Tournament
SemifinalsRace-offFinal
June 6 — Poland Gniezno[5] (details)
 Sweden40
 Poland36
 Russia27June 11 — Denmark Vojens[6] (details)June 14 — Denmark Vojens[7] (details)
 Czech Republic20 Poland48 Sweden34
 Great Britain43 Denmark32
June 8 — United Kingdom King's Lynn[8] (details) United States22 Poland27
 Australia47 Russia11 Australia26
 Great Britain43
 United States22
 Latvia9

The final was delayed from 13 Jun until 14 Jun after rain caused the meeting to be abandoned.[9]

Final classification
Pos.National teamPts.
Gold Sweden34
Silver Denmark32
Bronze Poland27
4 Australia26
5 Great Britain43
6 United States22
7 Russia11
8 Czech Republic20
9 Latvia9

See also

References
  1. "2015 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.
  4. "2015 Speedway World Cup Qualification". Sportowe Fakty (In Polish).
  5. "2015 Speedway World Cup Event 1 Result". SWC. Archived from the original on 2015-06-13. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  6. "2015 Speedway World Cup Race Off Result". SWC. Archived from the original on 2015-06-14. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  7. "2015 Speedway World Cup Final Result". SWC. Archived from the original on 2015-06-14. Retrieved 2015-06-15.
  8. "2015 Speedway World Cup Event 2 Result". SWC. Archived from the original on 2015-06-12. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  9. "2015 Speedway World Cup Final delayed". SWC. Archived from the original on 2015-06-15. Retrieved 2015-06-14.
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