2017 Speedway World Cup

The 2017 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the seventeenth and the last FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 1 July and 8 July 2017 and involved nine national teams.[1] Poland successfully defended their 2016 title.[2][3] The competition was replaced by the Speedway of Nations.

Speedway World Cup
Venue Poland
Start dateJuly 1
End dateJuly 8
Nations9

Qualification

Riga - 25 June 2017 [4]

National teamPts
 Latvia52
 France36
 Germany24
 Italy13

Qualified teams

TeamQualified asFinals appearanceLast appearance2016 place
 PolandHost17th20161
 Great Britain2016 SWC top eight17th20162
 Sweden2016 SWC top eight17th20163
 Australia2016 SWC top eight17th20164
 Denmark2016 SWC top eight17th20165
 Russia2016 SWC top eight14th20166
 United States2016 SWC top eight10th20167
 Czech Republic2016 SWC top eight16th20168
 LatviaQualifying Round Winner4th2015QR

Tournament

  Semifinals   Race-off   Final
July 1 — King's Lynn
     Great Britain   53  
     Australia   44  
     United States   15       July 8 — Leszno
     Czech Republic   13 July 7 — Leszno      Poland   50
details      Russia   46        Sweden   42
       Australia   33        Russia   18
       Latvia   30        Great Britain   15
July 4 — Västervik      United States   15 details
     Sweden   37 details
     Russia   30  
     Latvia   28+3   Key:
     Denmark   28+2     Qualify to the Final
details     Qualify to the Race-Off

Final classification

Pos.National teamPts.
 Poland50
 Sweden42
 Russia18
4 Great Britain15
5 Australia33
6 Latvia30
7 United States15
8 Denmark28
9 Czech Republic13

See also

References

  1. "2017 Speedway World Cup Calendar". SGP. Archived from the original on 2017-06-23. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  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.
  4. "2017 Speedway World Cup Qualification". Sportowe Fakty (In Polish).
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