2017 Speedway World Cup Event 2

Event Two of the 2017 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup was the second race of the 2017 edition of the Speedway World Cup. It was staged on July 4 at the Stena Arena in Västervik, Sweden and was won by Sweden from Russia, Latvia, and Denmark. As a result, Sweden progressed directly to the 2017 Speedway World Cup Final, while Russia and Latvia progressed to the 2017 Speedway World Cup Race-off. Denmark were eliminated.[1]

2017 FIM Speedway World Cup – Event 2
Information
Date 4 July 2017
City Västervik
Event 2 of 4
Stadium details
Stadium Stena Arena
Capacity 10,000
Length 296 m
Track speedway track
SWC Results
Winner  Sweden - 37 pts
Runner-up  Russia - 30 pts
3rd place  Latvia - 28+3 pts
4th place  Denmark - 28+2 pts

Latvia and Denmark initially tied on 28 points after the 20 qualifying heats, however Andžejs Ļebedevs beat Niels-Kristian Iversen in a run-off to secure the Latvians place in the race-off. It was the first time since the Speedway World Cup was introduced in 2001 that Denmark had been eliminated at this stage.

Antonio Lindbäck and Fredrik Lindgren top scored for Sweden with 11 and 10 points respectively, while Grigory Laguta led Russia with a 12-point haul.

Results
Pos.National teamPts.
1 Sweden37
2 Russia30
3 Latvia28+3
4 Denmark28+2

Scores
SWEDEN 37
No Rider Name Pts. Heats
1 Fredrik Lindgren 10 3,0,1,3,3
2 Antonio Lindbäck 11 3,2,2,3,1
3 Andreas Jonsson 8 1,2,1,3,1
4 Linus Sundström 8 0,2,3,2,1
RUSSIA 30
No Rider Name Pts. Heats
1 Emil Sayfutdinov 10 2,3,1,1,3
2 Grigory Laguta 12 3,2,2,2,3
3 Vadim Tarasenko 7 1,3,2,1,0
4 Andrey Kudryashov 0 0,0,0
5 Gleb Chugunov 1 1,0
LATVIA 28+3
No Rider Name Pts. Heats
1 Andžejs Ļebedevs 15 1,1,3,6,2,2 + 3
2 Maksims Bogdanovs 4 3,1,0,0,0
3 Jevgeņijs Kostigovs 4 1,1,0,2
4 Kjasts Puodžuks 5 2,1,0,0,2
DENMARK 28+2
No Rider Name Pts. Heats
1 Kenneth Bjerre 6 0,3,3,0,0
2 Leon Madsen 6 2,0,2,1,1
3 Michael Jepsen Jensen 7 0,3,1,0,3
4 Niels-Kristian Iversen 9 2,0,3,2,2 + 2
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References
  1. "2017 Speedway World Cup Event 2 Result". SWC. Archived from the original on 2017-07-07. Retrieved 2017-07-07.

See also
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