Speedway World Cup
VenueMålilla
LocationSweden
Start date7 July
End date14 July
Nations8
Champions
 Denmark

The 2012 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the twelfth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 7 July and 14 July 2012 and involved eight national teams. Six teams were seeded through to the tournament and two qualification rounds were held in April and May 2012 to determine the final place. As host nation, Sweden were seeded to the Final.[1][2]

Qualification

The top six nations from the 2011 Speedway World Cup (Poland, Australia, Sweden, Denmark, Russia and Great Britain) were granted automatic qualification with Sweden given a birth in the final as host nation. The remaining two places were divided among two qualifying rounds. Qualifying Round One was hosted in Herxheim, Germany, and Qualifying Round Two was hosted at the Ilirija Sports Park in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Germany and the USA qualified to the Tournament.

  • Qualifying Round One
  • Germany Herxheim
  • 22 April 2012
National teamPtsScorers
 Germany37Martin Smolinski 12, Max Dilger 10, Tobias Busch 9, Kevin Wölbert 6
 Latvia36Kjasts Puodžuks 11, Maksims Bogdanovs 10, Andžejs Ļebedevs 9, Jevgēņijs Karavackis 6
 Finland29Timo Lahti 11, Tero Aarnio 10, Juha Hautamäki 5, Jari Mäkinen 3
 France16David Bellego 6, Mathieu Trésarrieu 5, Stéphane Trésarrieu 3, Xavier Muratet 2
National teamPtsScorers
 United States44Greg Hancock 13, Ricky Wells 11, Billy Hamill 10, Ryan Fisher 10
 Slovenia40Matej Žagar 19, Maks Gregoric 15, Matic Voldrih 6, Matic Ivačič 0
 Ukraine23Andrey Karpov 14, Aleksandr Loktaev 5, Kiril Tsukanov 3, Stanislav Melnichuk 1
 Italy21Mattia Carpanese 9, Nicolás Covatti 6, Cristian Carrica 5, Nicolas Vincentin 1

Qualified teams

TeamQualified asFinals appearanceLast appearance2010 place
 SwedenHost12th20113
 Poland2011 SWC top six12th20111
 Australia2011 SWC top six12th20112
 Denmark2011 SWC top six12th20114
 Russia2011 SWC top six12th20115
 Great Britain2011 SWC top six10th20116
 GermanyQR 1 Winner6th20118
 United StatesQR 2 Winner11th2007

Tournament

SemifinalsRace-offFinal
July 7 — Bydgoszcz
 Russia35
 Poland34
 Denmark33July 12 — MålillaJuly 14 — Målilla (details)
 United States23 Denmark42 Denmark39
 Poland38 Australia36
July 9 — King's Lynn Great Britain30 Russia30
 Australia45 Czech Republic19 Sweden24
 Great Britain41
 Czech Republic30
 Germany15

Semi-finals

National teamPtsScorers
 Russia35Emil Sayfutdinov 16, Artem Laguta 7, Roman Povazhny 6, Grigory Laguta 6
 Poland34Tomasz Gollob 12, Maciej Janowski 11, Piotr Protasiewicz 9, Grzegorz Walasek 2
 Denmark33Niels Kristian Iversen 10, Michael Jepsen Jensen 8, Leon Madsen 8, Mikkel B. Jensen 7
 United States23Greg Hancock 16, Ricky Wells 3, Billy Hamill 2, Ryan Fisher 2
National teamPtsScorers
 Australia45Jason Crump 15, Chris Holder 12, Davey Watt 11, Troy Batchelor 7
 Great Britain41Chris Harris 17, Scott Nicholls 11, Tai Woffinden 8, Danny King 5
 Czech Republic30Aleš Dryml Jr. 15, Lukáš Dryml 6, Matěj Kůs 6, Josef Franc 3
 Germany15Kevin Wölbert 7, Martin Smolinski 6, Max Dilger 1, Tobias Kroner 1

Race off

National teamPtsScorers
 Denmark42Niels Kristian Iversen 13, Michael Jepsen Jensen 13, Nicki Pedersen 12, Leon Madsen 4
 Poland38Tomasz Gollob 15, Krzysztof Buczkowski 11, Maciej Janowski 7, Piotr Protasiewicz 5
 Great Britain30Tai Woffinden 14, Chris Harris 11, Danny King 3, Scott Nicholls 2
 Czech Republic19Josef Franc 11, Aleš Dryml Jr. 4, Lukáš Dryml 3, Matěj Kůs 1

Final

(full details)

National teamPtsScorers
 Denmark39Niels Kristian Iversen 11, Michael Jepsen Jensen 11, Nicki Pedersen 9, Mikkel B Jensen 8
 Australia36Chris Holder 16, Jason Crump 10, Darcy Ward 7, Davey Watt 3
 Russia30Emil Sayfutdinov 17, Grigory Laguta 8, Artem Laguta 5, Roman Povazhny 0,
 Sweden24Andreas Jonsson 11, Fredrik Lindgren 9, Thomas H. Jonasson 3, Peter Ljung 1,

Final classification

Pos.National teamPts.
Gold Denmark39
Silver Australia36
Bronze Russia30
4 Sweden24

See also

References

  1. International Speedway results - 2012 SWC
  2. "2012 WORLD CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
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