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2013 Speedway World Cup

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Speedway World Cup
VenuePrague
LocationCzech Republic
Start date13 July
End date20 July
Nations8
Champions
 Poland
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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.[1][2][3]

Qualification

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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 team Pts Scorers
 Latvia 45 Andžejs Ļebedevs 15, Kjasts Puodžuks 11, Maksims Bogdanovs 13, Vjačeslavs Giruckis 6
 Slovenia 30 Matej Žagar 20, Aleksander Čonda 4, Maks Gregoric 3, Matic Voldrih 3
 Germany 28 Martin Smolinski 13, Kevin Wölbert 8, Tobias Busch 5, Max Dilger 2
 Ukraine 22 Aleksandr Loktaev 9, Andrey Karpov 7, Stanislav Melnichuk 4, Andrey Kobrin 2
National team Pts Scorers
 United States 38 Ryan Fisher 14, Ricky Wells 12, Gino Manzares 6, Billy Janniro 6
 Hungary 32 Norbert Magosi 9, József Tabaka 9, László Szatmári 7, Roland Benko 7
 Italy 31 Guglielmo Franchetti 10, Paco Castagna 8, Nicolas Vincentin 7, Nicolás Covatti 6
 France 20 Mathieu Trésarrieu 7, Sebastien Trésarrieu 7, Dimitri Bergé 5, Richard De Biasi 1

Qualified teams

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Team Qualified as Finals appearance Last appearance 2012 place
 Czech Republic Host 12th 2012 7
 Denmark 2012 SWC top six 13th 2012 1
 Australia 2012 SWC top six 13th 2012 2
 Russia 2012 SWC top six 12th 2012 3
 Sweden 2012 SWC top six 13th 2012 4
 Poland 2012 SWC top six 13th 2012 5
 Great Britain 2012 SWC top six 10th 2012 6
 Latvia QR 1 Winner
 United States QR 2 Winner 13th 2011 9

Tournament

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SemifinalsRace-offFinal
July 13 — Częstochowa
 Poland48
 Australia34
 Latvia27July 18 — PragueJuly 20 — Prague
 Russia14 Australia36 Poland41
 United States31 Denmark40
July 15 — King's Lynn Latvia29 Australia33
 Denmark48 Great Britain28 Czech Republic12
 Great Britain35
 United States24
 Sweden18

Semi-finals

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National team Pts Scorers
 Poland 48 Jarosław Hampel 14, Krzysztof Kasprzak 13, Maciej Janowski 13, Patryk Dudek 8
 Australia 34 Darcy Ward 14, Troy Batchelor 12, Jason Doyle 7, Davey Watt 1
 Latvia 27 Maksims Bogdanovs 11, Kjasts Puodžuks 9, Andžejs Ļebedevs 7, Vjačeslavs Giruckis 0
 Russia 14 Andrey Kudriashov 7, Vladimir Borodulin 4, Ilya Chalov 2, Viktor Kulakov 1
National team Pts Scorers
 Denmark 48 Nicki Pedersen 13, Niels Kristian Iversen 12, Michael Jepsen Jensen 12, Kenneth Bjerre 11
 Great Britain 35 Tai Woffinden 18, Chris Harris 12, Craig Cook 4, Edward Kennett 1
 United States 24 Greg Hancock 16, Ricky Wells 4, Ryan Fisher 3, Gino Manzares 1
 Sweden 18 Peter Ljung 11, Daniel Nermark 5, Dennis Andersson 2, Jonas Davidsson 0

Race off

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National team Pts Scorers
 Australia 36 Darcy Ward 13, Jason Doyle 8, Cameron Woodward 8, Troy Batchelor 7
 United States 31 Greg Hancock 20, Ryan Fisher 8, Ricky Wells 3, Gino Manzares 0
 Latvia 29 Kjasts Puodžuks 10, Maksims Bogdanovs 9, Andžejs Ļebedevs 5, Vjačeslavs Giruckis 5
 Great Britain 28 Tai Woffinden 14, Chris Harris 7, Lewis Bridger 4, Ben Barker 3

World Cup final

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Results

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Pos. National team Pts.
1  Poland 41
2  Denmark 40
3  Australia 33
4  Czech Republic 12

Scorers

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Final classification

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Pos. National team Pts.
Gold  Poland 41
Silver  Denmark 40
Bronze  Australia 33
4  Czech Republic 12
5  United States 31
6  Latvia 29
7  Great Britain 28
8  Sweden 18
9  Russia 14

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2013 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.
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