2008_Speedway_World_Cup

2008 Speedway World Cup

2008 Speedway World Cup

49th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition

The 2008 FIM Nordicbet Speedway World Cup (SWC) is the 8th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The final took place on July 19 2008 in Vojens, Denmark. The tournament was won by host team Denmark (49 pts) and they beat defending champion Poland (46 pts), Sweden (39 pts) and Australia (21 pts) in the Final.[1][2]

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It was the second time the Speedway World Cup was won by Denmark and their thirteenth Team World Champion title overall. It was the second time Hans Andersen, Niels Kristian Iversen, Bjarne Pedersen and Nicki Pedersen had been members of a World Cup winning team (Champions in 2006, but it was the first time for Kenneth Bjerre.[3]

Calendar

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Qualification

Main article: 2008 Speedway World Cup Qualification

The top 6 teams of the overall 2007 Speedway World Cup was directly seeded into the 2008 SWC Final Tournament: Poland (Rank #1 - the defending Champion), Denmark (#2), Australia (#3), Great Britain (#4), Sweden (#5) and Russia (#6). 2 other teams was shall qualify to the SWC through 2 preliminary rounds: Czech Republic (#7) and Hungary (#8).

In Preliminary Round 1, Hungary won with (51+3 points) after a run-off between Matej Ferjan and Tobias Kroner from Germany (51+2 pts). The last places were taken by Latvia (36 pts) and United States (12 pts) competing without Grand Prix rider Greg Hancock.

In Preliminary Round 2, the Czech Republic team won with (59 points). They beat Finland (40 pts), Slovenia (35 pts) and Italy (16 pts).

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Tournament

The SWC Final Tournament was held by Poland (Event 1), Great Britain (Event 2) and Denmark (Race-Off and The Final). The first Semi-Final (Event 1) was held in Leszno, Poland. This meeting was won by Australia (56+3 points) after a Run-Off between Leigh Adams and Jarosław Hampel from Poland (56+2 points). In Event 2 in Coventry, Great Britain, the Denmark team won (63 points).

The Race-Off and the Final were held in Vojens, Denmark. The Swedish team won the Race-Off(53 points). Sweden and Poland (50 points) qualified for the Final. The last two places were taken by Great Britain (36 points) and Russia (17 points).

SemifinalsRace-offFinal
12 July - Leszno (details)
 Australia56+3
 Poland56+2
 Russia3617 July - Vojens (details)19 July - Vojens
 Hungary10 Sweden53 Denmark49
 Poland50 Poland46
14 July - Coventry (details) Great Britain36 Sweden39
 Denmark63 Russia17 Australia21
 Sweden50.5
 Great Britain25.5
 Czech Republic13

Final

The 2008 Speedway World Cup Final took place on 19 July 19 at the Speedway Center in Vojens.[4][5][6][7][8][9] In the final the Denmark team won with 49 points beating Poland (46), Sweden (39) and Australia (21).

Results

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Heat details

Placing Team / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
1  Denmark 49 3 5 6 7 9 12 15 15 15 17 20 21 23 24 27 28 30 33 35 38 39 42 45 48 49
(1) Nicki Pedersen 11 3 3 3 1 1
(2) Bjarne Pedersen 11 2 3 1 2 3
(3) Kenneth Bjerre 9 1 0 2 3 3
(4) Niels Kristian Iversen 7 1 0 1 2 3
(5) Hans N. Andersen (c) 11 2 2 3 3 1
2  Poland 46 1 4 7 7 10 12 12 15 17 20 21 23 24 27 29 31 34 34 37 37 37 38 39 43 46
(1) Rune Holta 5 1 2 1 E4 1
(2) Wiesław Jaguś 12 3 3 3 2 1
(3) Tomasz Gollob (c) 14 3 2 2 3 4J
(4) Grzegorz Walasek 4 0 0 1 0 3
(5) Jarosław Hampel 11 3 3 2 3 F2x
Placing Team / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
3  Sweden 39 0 0 0 3 3 3 4 5 11 11 13 16 19 21 21 24 25 27 27 29 32 34 36 37 39
(1) Andreas Jonsson (c) 9 0 1 2 1 3 2
(2) Daniel Nermark 0 0 - 0 - -
(3) Peter Ljung 4 X 0 2 F4 2
(4) Fredrik Lindgren 16 3 X 6J 3 2 2
(5) Jonas Davidsson 10 0 1 3 3 2 1
4  Australia 21 2 3 5 7 8 9 11 13 14 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 17 18 19 21 21 21 21 21
(1) Leigh Adams (c) 6 2 2 1 1 0 0J
(2) Chris Holder 4 1 2 0 F2x 1 E1
(3) Jason Crump 3 2 1 - - -
(4) Ryan Sullivan 5 2 1 E4 0 2
(5) Davey Watt 3 1 1 0 0 1 0
Placing Team / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

M - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours was permanent for each teams (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams means gate positions:
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

Heat after heat

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Final classification

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References

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