2023 Speedway World Cup

59th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition

Speedway World Cup
VenueStadion Olimpijski
LocationWroclaw, Poland
Start date25 July
End date29 July
Nations9
Websitehttps://www.fimspeedway.com/swc
Medalists
gold medal Poland
silver medal Great Britain
bronze medal Denmark
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The 2023 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 18th Speedway World Cup, an international motorcycle speedway world championship tournament organised by the FIM. The 2023 edition was the first since 2017 and took place between 25 July and 29 July 2023 and involved nine national teams.[1][2][3]

Poland successfully defended their 2017 title[4] defeating Great Britain after a last heat decider. Great Britain trailed Poland by one point going into the final heat and Robert Lambert (who had only dropped one point all night) was positioned in second place with Maciej Janowski in fourth, which meant that Great Britain would take the title. However, Janowski moved into third place, which would send the final into a run-off, but the Pole overtook Lambert on the last lap to claim victory for Poland.[5]

Semi final 1

  • Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław, Poland
  • 25 July 2023
Pos. National team Pts. Scorers
1  Great Britain 43 Dan Bewley 13, Robert Lambert 13, Tai Woffinden (C) 10, Adam Ellis 4, Tom Brennan (res) 2
2  Sweden 32 Freddie Lindgren (C) 12, Jacob Thorssell 8, Antonio Lindbäck 6, Oliver Berntzon 5, Kim Nilsson (res) 1
3  Czech Republic 23 Václav Milík Jr. (C/res) 11, Jan Kvěch 10, Petr Chlupáč 1, Daniel Klíma 1, Hynek Štichauer 0
4  Germany 22 Kai Huckenbeck 11 (C) , Kevin Wölbert 7, Erik Riss (res) 2, Martin Smolinski 1, Norick Blödorn 1

Semi final 2

  • Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław, Poland
  • 26 July 2023
Pos. National team Pts. Scorers
1  Denmark 42 Leon Madsen (C) 13, Anders Thomsen 13, Mikkel Michelsen 8, Nicki Pedersen 6, Rasmus Jensen (res) 2
2  Australia 41 Jaimon Lidsey 16, Jack Holder 14, Jason Doyle (C) 7, Max Fricke 4, Chris Holder (res) dnr
3  France 21 Dimitri Bergé 14, David Bellego (C) 5, Steven Goret 1, Mathieu Trésarrieu 1, Mathias Trésarrieu (res) 0
4  Finland 16 Timo Lahti (C) 7, Antti Vuolas 6, Jesse Mustonen 3, Tero Aarnio 0, Niklas Säyriö (res) dnr

Race off for final place

  • Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław, Poland
  • 28 July 2023
Pos. National team Pts. Scorers
1  Australia 54 Max Fricke 14, Jaimon Lidsey 12, Jason Doyle (C) 12, Jack Holder 9, Chris Holder (res) 7
2  Sweden 35 Freddie Lindgren (C) 11, Antonio Lindbäck 12, Jacob Thorssell 6, Oliver Berntzon 3, Kim Nilsson (res) 3
3  France 20 Dimitri Bergé 10, David Bellego (C) 7, Mathieu Trésarrieu 3, Steven Goret 0, Mathias Trésarrieu (res) 0
4  Czech Republic 11 Václav Milík Jr. (C) 7, Jan Kvěch 3, Petr Chlupáč 1, Daniel Klíma 0, Hynek Štichauer 0

Final

  • Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław, Poland
  • 29 July 2023
Pos. National team Pts. Scorers
1  Poland 33 Bartosz Zmarzlik (C) 11, Dominik Kubera 9, Maciej Janowski 7, Patryk Dudek 6, Janusz Kołodziej 0
2  Great Britain 31 Robert Lambert 12, Dan Bewley 9, Tai Woffinden (C) 7, Adam Ellis 3, Tom Brennan 0
3  Denmark 29 Rasmus Jensen 13, Leon Madsen (C) 9, Anders Thomsen 5, Mikkel Michelsen 2, Nicki Pedersen 0
4  Australia 27 Jason Doyle (C) 10, Jack Holder 8, Max Fricke 7, Jaimon Lidsey 1, Chris Holder 1

References

  1. ^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP 2023 EXPLAINED: HOW THE RETURNING GLOBAL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP WORKS AND CHAMPIONS ARE CROWNED". Eurosport. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  2. ^ "WELCOME TO SWC". FIM. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  3. ^ "GB LAUNCH SWC BID". British Speedway. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Round 4 - Wroclaw". www.fimspeedway.com. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  5. ^ "POLAND WIN SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP AHEAD OF GREAT BRITAIN AS MACIEJ JANOWSKI BEATS ROBERT LAMBERT IN DECISIVE HEAT 20". Eurosport. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
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