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.

2015 Speedway Grand Prix
Tournament details
Host nations Denmark (Race-Off and the Final)
 Poland,  United Kingdom (Semi-Finals)
DatesJune 6 — June 14
Venues3
Cities3
Heats(in events)
Tournament results
Champion Sweden
Runner-up Denmark
3rd place Poland

Qualification

Landshut - 9 May 2015 [1]

National teamPts
 Russia40
 Germany34
 Slovenia32
 Italy17

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

  Semi-finals   Race-off   Final
June 6 — Gniezno [2]
     Sweden   40  
     Poland   36  
     Russia   27       June 14 — Vojens [3]
     Czech Republic   20 June 11 — Vojens [4]      Sweden   34
details      Poland   48        Denmark   32
       Great Britain   43        Poland   27
       United States   22        Australia   26
June 8 — King's Lynn [5]      Russia   11 details
     Australia   47 details
     Great Britain   43  
     United States   22   Key:
     Latvia   9     Qualify to the Final
details     Qualify to the Race-Off

The final was delayed from 13 Jun until 14 Jun after rain caused the meeting to be abandoned. [6]

Final classification

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


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See also

References

  1. "2015 Speedway World Cup Qualification". Sportowe Fakty (In Polish).
  2. "2015 Speedway World Cup Event 1 Result". SWC. Archived from the original on 2015-06-13. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  3. "2015 Speedway World Cup Final Result". SWC. Archived from the original on 2015-06-14. Retrieved 2015-06-15.
  4. "2015 Speedway World Cup Race Off Result". SWC. Archived from the original on 2015-06-14. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  5. "2015 Speedway World Cup Event 2 Result". SWC. Archived from the original on 2015-06-12. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  6. "2015 Speedway World Cup Final delayed". SWC. Archived from the original on 2015-06-15. Retrieved 2015-06-14.
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