2017 Speedway World Cup

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Speedway World Cup
VenueStadion im. Alfreda Smoczyka
LocationPoland
Start date1 July
End date8 July
Nations9
Champions
Poland
← 2016
2023 →

The 2017 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the seventeenth Speedway World Cup, the annual international motorcycle speedway world championship tournament organised by the FIM. The next edition would not be held until six years later in 2023. The 2017 event took place between 1 July and 8 July 2017 and involved nine national teams.[1] Poland successfully defended their 2016 title.[2][3]

Qualification[edit]

Latvia Stadium Lokomotīve, Riga - 25 June 2017 [4]

National team Pts Scorers
 Latvia 52 Andžejs Ļebedevs 15, Kjasts Puodžuks 14, Maksims Bogdanovs 13, Jevgeņijs Kostigovs 10
 France 36 David Bellego 17, Dimitri Bergé 10, Mathieu Trésarrieu 8, Stéphane Trésarrieu 1, Jordan Dubernard 0
 Germany 24 Kai Huckenbeck 11, Ronny Weis 5, Richard Geyer 5, René Deddens 3
 Italy 13 Guglielmo Franchetti 6, Daniele Tessari 4, Paco Castagna 3, Alessandro Milanese 0

Qualified teams[edit]

Team Qualified as Finals appearance Last appearance 2016 place
 Poland Host 17th 2016 1
 Great Britain 2016 SWC top eight 17th 2016 2
 Sweden 2016 SWC top eight 17th 2016 3
 Australia 2016 SWC top eight 17th 2016 4
 Denmark 2016 SWC top eight 17th 2016 5
 Russia 2016 SWC top eight 14th 2016 6
 United States 2016 SWC top eight 10th 2016 7
 Czech Republic 2016 SWC top eight 16th 2016 8
 Latvia Qualifying Round Winner 4th 2015 QR

Tournament[edit]

SemifinalsRace-offFinal
July 1 — England King's Lynn (details)
 Great Britain53
 Australia44
 United States15July 7 — Poland Leszno (details)July 8 — Poland Leszno (details)
 Czech Republic13 Russia46 Poland50
 Australia33 Sweden42
July 4 — Sweden Västervik (details) Latvia30 Russia18
 Sweden37 United States15 Great Britain15
 Russia30
 Latvia28+3
 Denmark28+2

Final classification[edit]

Pos. National team Pts.
Gold  Poland 50
Silver  Sweden 42
Bronze  Russia 18
4  Great Britain 15
5  Australia 33
6  Latvia 30
7  United States 15
8  Denmark 28
9  Czech Republic 13

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2017 Speedway World Cup Calendar". SGP. Archived from the original on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  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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