2013 Speedway World Cup

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.

2013 Speedway Grand Prix
Tournament details
Host nations Czech Republic (Race-Off and the Final)
 Poland,  United Kingdom (Semi-Finals)
DatesJuly 13 — July 20
Venues3
Cities3
Heats(in events)
Tournament results
Champion Poland
Runner-up Denmark
3rd place Australia

Qualification

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 teamPts
 Latvia45
 Slovenia30
 Germany28
 Ukraine22


  • Qualifying Round Two
  • Miskolc
  • 20 May 2013
National teamPts
 United States38
 Hungary32
 Italy31
 France20

Qualified teams

TeamQualified asFinals appearanceLast appearance2012 place
 Czech RepublicHost12th20127
 Denmark2012 SWC top six13th20121
 Australia2012 SWC top six13th20122
 Russia2012 SWC top six12th20123
 Sweden2012 SWC top six13th20124
 Poland2012 SWC top six13th20125
 Great Britain2012 SWC top six10th20126
 LatviaQR 1 Winner
 United StatesQR 2 Winner13th20119

Tournament

  Semi-finals   Race-off   Final
July 13 — Częstochowa
     Poland   48  
     Australia   34  
     Latvia   27       July 20 — Prague
     Russia   14 July 18 — Prague      Poland   41
details      Australia   36        Denmark   40
       United States   31        Australia   33
       Latvia   29        Czech Republic   12
July 15 — King's Lynn (Norfolk Arena)      Great Britain   28 details
     Denmark   48 details
     Great Britain   35  
     United States   24   Key:
     Sweden   18     Qualify to the Final
details     Qualify to the Race-Off

Final classification

Pos.National teamPts.
 Poland41
 Denmark40
 Australia33
4 Czech Republic12
5 United States31
6 Latvia29
7 Great Britain28
8 Sweden18
9 Russia14
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