2002 Speedway World Cup

43rd edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition

Speedway World Cup

Venues|

* Arlington Stadium
* East of England Showground
* Poole Stadium
* Sheffield Sports Stadium

Location| England
Start date| 4 August
End date| 10 August
Nations| 12
Champions
Australia

<- 2001

2003 ->

The 2002 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 2nd FIM Speedway World Cup season. The final took place on 10 August 2002 in Peterborough, England. The tournament was won by Australia (64 points) and they beat Denmark (58 pts), Sweden (54 pts), Poland (48 pts) and Czech Republic (36 pts) in the Final.[1][2]

## Qualification

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Main article: 2002 Speedway World Cup Qualification

* Qualifying round
* 20 May 2002
* Motorstadion, Abensberg

Pos. |  | National team | Pts.

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1 |  |  Germany | 49
2 |  |  Slovenia | 46
3 |  |  Latvia | 17
4 |  |  Austria | 8

## Main tournament

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### Qualifying rounds

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Main article: 2002 Speedway World Cup Event 1

* Event 1
* 4 August 2002
* Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
* only 20 heats

| Pos. |  | National team | Pts.

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1 |  |  Australia | 46
2 |  |  Great Britain | 42
3 |  |  Czech Republic | 28
4 |  |  Germany | 9

Main article: 2002 Speedway World Cup Event 2

* Event 2
* 5 August 2002
* Wimborne Road, Poole

| Pos. |  | National team | Pts.

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1 |  |  Sweden | 55
2 |  |  Denmark | 41
3 |  |  Finland | 32
4 |  |  Hungary | 19

Main article: 2002 Speedway World Cup Event 3

* Event 3
* 6 August 2002
* Arlington Stadium, Eastbourne

| Pos. |  | National team | Pts.

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1 |  |  Poland | 57
2 |  |  United States | 49
3 |  |  Russia | 24
4 |  |  Slovenia | 19

### Race-off

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* Race-Off
* 8 August 2002 (only 22 heats)
* East of England Showground, Peterborough

Pos. |  | National team | Pts.

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1 |  |  Czech Republic | 54
2 |  |  Denmark | 51
3 |  |  United States | 51
4 |  |  Great Britain | 49
5 |  |  Finland | 19

#### Heat details

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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

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1 |  Czech Republic | 54 | 0  | 3  | 7  | 10  | 12  | 13  | 17  | 17  | 21  | 24  | 27  | 29  | 32  | 35  | 38  | 41  | 42  | 42  | 45  | 48  | 51  | 54  | 54  | 54  | 54
(1) Tomáš Topinka | 10  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |
(2) Aleš Dryml, Jr. | 13  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |
(3) Bohumil Brhel | 7  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | X  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(4) Lukáš Dryml | 13  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |
(5) Antonín Kasper, Jr. | 11  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |
2 |  Denmark | 51 | 4  | 5  | 7  | 8  | 12  | 12  | 15  | 19  | 22  | 22  | 24  | 28  | 32  | 34  | 38  | 39  | 43  | 44  | 46  | 50  | 51  | 51  | 51  | 51  | 51
(1) Nicki Pedersen | 15  | 4  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4  |  | F  |  |  |
(2) Charlie Gjedde | 4  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | E  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(3) Hans N. Andersen | 10  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4  |  | 4  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(4) Ronni Pedersen | 7  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(5) Bjarne Pedersen | 15  |  |  |  |  | 4  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 1  |  |  |  |
3 |  United States | 51 | 3  | 7  | 10  | 10  | 11  | 15  | 16  | 18  | 20  | 24  | 24  | 27  | 29  | 30  | 30  | 38  | 38  | 41  | 45  | 47  | 47  | 51  | 51  | 51  | 51
(1) Billy Hamill | 13  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(2) Greg Hancock | 22  |  | 4  |  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 8J  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  |  |  |
(3) Ryan Fisher | 7  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 0  |  |  |  |
(4) Brent Werner | 6  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | \-  |  |  |  |  |  | 4  |  |  |
(5) Billy Janniro | 3  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | X  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
4 |  Great Britain | 49 | 1  | 3  | 4  | 8  | 11  | 14  | 14  | 17  | 18  | 20  | 24  | 25  | 26  | 30  | 32  | 34  | 37  | 41  | 42  | 43  | 47  | 49  | 49  | 49  | 49
(1) Gary Havelock | 4  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | E  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |
(2) Joe Screen | 10  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |
(3) Sean Wilson | 5  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(4) Carl Stonehewer | 14  |  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  |
(5) Lee Richardson | 16  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |
5 |  Finland | 19 | 2  | 2  | 2  | 4  | 4  | 6  | 8  | 9  | 9  | 10  | 11  | 11  | 11  | 11  | 12  | 12  | 14  | 16  | 16  | 16  | 18  | 19  | 19  | 19  | 19
(1) Kaj Laukkanen | 5  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | T  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(2) Tomi Reima | 5  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |
(3) Kauko Nieminen | 3  |  |  | E  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 1  |  |  |
(4) Joonas Kylmäkorpi | 4  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |
(5) Toni Salmela | 2  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 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, Yellow/Black and Green). Colours in diagrams means gate positions:

gate A – inside  | gate B  | gate C  | gate D  | gate E – outside

### Final

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The 2002 Speedway World Cup Final took place on 10 August 2002 at the East of England Showground in Peterborough, England. The referee was Marek Wojaczek.[3][4]

#### Result

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Pos. |  | National team | Pts.

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1 |  |  Australia | 64
2 |  |  Denmark | 58
3 |  |  Sweden | 54
4 |  |  Poland | 48
5 |  |  Czech Republic | 36

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1 |  Australia | 64 | 3  | 3  | 7  | 9  | 12  | 15  | 15  | 18  | 22  | 24  | 25  | 26  | 29  | 32  | 36  | 40  | 40  | 44  | 47  | 51  | 53  | 55  | 58  | 60  | 64
(1) Todd Wiltshire | 13  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |
(2) Jason Lyons | 3  |  | T  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | X  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |
(3) Leigh Adams | 17  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |
(4) Jason Crump | 14  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 2  |
(5) Ryan Sullivan | 17  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  |  | 4
2 |  Denmark | 58 | 2  | 2  | 4  | 4  | 6  | 10  | 14  | 16  | 16  | 17  | 23  | 26  | 30  | 32  | 34  | 34  | 36  | 38  | 40  | 41  | 44  | 47  | 51  | 55  | 58
(1) Nicki Pedersen | 14  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 3
(2) Ronni Pedersen | 7  |  | X  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |
(3) Charlie Gjedde | 5  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  | \-  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | \-  |  |  |
(4) Hans N. Andersen | 12  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 4  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 4  |  |
(5) Bjarne Pedersen | 20  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 4  |  |  |  | 6J  |  | 4  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4  |
3 |  Sweden | 54 | 1  | 4  | 7  | 10  | 14  | 16  | 19  | 20  | 22  | 25  | 27  | 27  | 29  | 29  | 30  | 33  | 36  | 37  | 37  | 43  | 44  | 48  | 49  | 52  | 54
(1) Tony Rickardsson | 15  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6J  |  | 4  |  |  |
(2) Niklas Klingberg | 10  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | E  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |
(3) Peter Karlsson | 13  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 3  |
(4) Mikael Karlsson | 11  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2
(5) Stefan Andersson | 5  |  |  |  |  | 4  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | E  |  | \-  |  |  |  |
4 |  Poland | 48 | 0  | 4  | 4  | 8  | 9  | 9  | 11  | 15  | 18  | 22  | 26  | 30  | 31  | 32  | 35  | 36  | 37  | 37  | 38  | 40  | 44  | 46  | 46  | 47  | 48
(1) Piotr Protasiewicz | 6  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | E  |  |
(2) Tomasz Gollob | 17  |  | 4  |  |  |  |  |  | 4  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 2J  |  | 1  |
(3) Krzysztof Cegielski | 9  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
(4) Jarosław Hampel | 14  |  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  |  |  | 4  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  |
(5) Grzegorz Walasek | 2  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | \-  |  |  |
5 |  Czech Republic | 36 | 4  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 8  | 9  | 10  | 10  | 11  | 11  | 11  | 13  | 13  | 17  | 17  | 19  | 27  | 30  | 34  | 34  | 34  | 34  | 36  | 36  | 36
(1) Aleš Dryml, Jr. | 13  | 4  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 4  |  |  |  |  | 0  |
(2) Tomáš Topinka | 3  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | \-  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
(3) Lukáš Dryml | 14  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4  |  |  | 8J  |  |  | E  | 0  |  |  |  |
(4) Bohumil Brhel | 5  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | T  |  |  |  |  |  |  | E  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | \-  | 2  |  |
(5) Antonín Kasper, Jr. | 1  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | \-  |  |  |  |  | 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, Yellow/Black and Green). Colours in diagrams means gate positions:

gate A – inside  | gate B  | gate C  | gate D  | gate E – outside

## Final classification

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Pos. | National team | Pts.

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|  Australia | 64
|  Denmark | 58
|  Sweden | 54
4 |  Poland | 48
5 |  Czech Republic | 36
6 |  United States | 51
7 |  Great Britain | 49
8 |  Finland | 19
9 |  Russia | 24
10 |  Hungary | 19
11 |  Slovenia | 19
12 |  Germany | 9

## References

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1. ^ world.speedway.org Archived 2002-10-26 at the Wayback Machine; Retrieved on 2008-12-26
2. ^ "2002 WORLD CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
3. ^ world.speedway.org Archived 2002-10-26 at the Wayback Machine; Retrieved on 2008-12-26
4. ^ "2002 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

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