2003 Speedway World Cup

44th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition

Speedway World Cup

Venues| Holsted, Outrup, and Vojens
Location| Denmark
Start date| 3 August
End date| 9 August
Nations| 12
Champions
Sweden

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The 2003 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 3rd FIM Speedway World Cup season. The final took place on 9 August 2003 in Vojens, Denmark. The tournament was won by Sweden (62 pts) and they beat Australia (57 points), host team Denmark (53 pts) and Poland (49 pts), Great Britain (44 pts) in the Final.[1][2]

## Qualification[edit]

Main article: 2003 Speedway World Cup Qualification

* Qualifying round
* 11 May 2003
* Latvijas Spidveja Centrs, Daugavpils

Pos. |  | National team | Pts.

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1 |  |  Germany | 65
2 |  |  Slovenia | 62+4
3 |  |  Latvia | 62+3
4 |  |  Italy | 39
5 |  |  Austria | 19

## Venues[edit]

Three cities were selected to host SWC finals events:

City  | Stadium names

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Holsted | Holsted Speedway Center
Outrup | Outrup Speedway Center
Vojens | Vojens Speedway Center

## Qualifying round[edit]

### Holsted (1)[edit]

Main article: 2003 Speedway World Cup Event 1

* Event 1
* 3 August 2003
* Holsted

Pos. |  | National team | Pts.

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1 |  |  Denmark | 62
2 |  |  Czech Republic | 50
3 |  |  Finland | 32
4 |  |  Germany | 10

### Outrup (2)[edit]

Main article: 2003 Speedway World Cup Event 2

* Event 2
* 4 August 2003
* Outrup
* Latvia team (3rd in Qualifying round) was replaced by Italy (4th in Qualifying round)

Pos. |  | National team | Pts.

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1 |  |  Australia | 62
2 |  |  Great Britain | 60
3 |  |  Slovenia | 28
4 |  |  Italy | 6

### Holsted (3)[edit]

Main article: 2003 Speedway World Cup Event 3

* Event 3
* 5 August 2003
* Holsted

Pos. |  | National team | Pts.

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1 |  |  Poland | 58
2 |  |  Sweden | 56
3 |  |  Russia | 28
4 |  |  Hungary | 9

## Race-off[edit]

Main article: 2003 Speedway World Cup Race-off

* Race-Off
* 7 August 2003
* Outrup

Pos. |  | National team | Pts.

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1 |  |  Great Britain | 80
2 |  |  Sweden | 63
3 |  |  Czech Republic | 61
4 |  |  Finland | 26
5 |  |  Russia | 24

## Final[edit]

The 2003 Speedway World Cup Final took place on 9 August in the Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark.[3][4]

### Results[edit]

Pos. |  | National team | Pts.

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1 |  |  Sweden | 62
2 |  |  Australia | 57
3 |  |  Denmark | 53
4 |  |  Poland | 49
5 |  |  Great Britain | 44

### Heat details[edit]

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 |  Sweden | 62 | 0  | 4  | 6  | 8  | 11  | 15  | 17  | 18  | 21  | 25  | 26  | 26  | 29  | 31  | 31  | 35  | 35  | 37  | 45  | 49  | 50  | 52  | 55  | 59  | 62
(1) Andreas Jonsson | 12  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4  |  | 2  |  |  |
(2) Mikael Max | 25  |  | 4  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 4  |  |  | 8J  |  |  |  | 3  |  |
(3) Peter Ljung | 10  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4  |
(4) Peter Karlsson | 10  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
(5) David Ruud | 5  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | \-  |  | 1  |  |  |  |
2 |  Australia | 57 | 4  | 7  | 7  | 10  | 14  | 15  | 19  | 23  | 25  | 25  | 25  | 28  | 32  | 36  | 40  | 42  | 46  | 50  | 50  | 52  | 54  | 54  | 55  | 56  | 57
(1) Jason Crump | 17  | 4  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  |  |  | 4  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
(2) Todd Wiltshire | 15  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 4  |  |  | 4  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |
(3) Jason Lyons | 0  |  |  | X  |  |  |  |  |  |  | X  | X  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 0  |  |  |
(4) Ryan Sullivan | 10  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |
(5) Leigh Adams | 15  |  |  |  |  | 4  |  | 4  |  |  |  |  |  | 4  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |
3 |  Denmark | 53 | 3  | 4  | 8  | 9  | 11  | 13  | 13  | 15  | 15  | 18  | 22  | 23  | 25  | 26  | 27  | 28  | 31  | 34  | 36  | 36  | 40  | 48  | 50  | 53  | 53
(1) Nicki Pedersen | 21  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 8J  |  | 3  |
(2) Hans N. Andersen | 7  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
(3) Bjarne Pedersen | 9  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | X  | 4  |  |  |  |
(4) Ronni Pedersen | 4  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | \-  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | \-  |  |  |
(5) Charlie Gjedde | 12  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | X  |  | 4  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |
4 |  Poland | 49 | 2  | 4  | 5  | 9  | 10  | 13  | 16  | 16  | 17  | 18  | 21  | 25  | 25  | 25  | 27  | 27  | 28  | 28  | 31  | 32  | 38  | 41  | 45  | 45  | 49
(1) Tomasz Gollob | 20  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 6J  |  | 4  |  |
(2) Tomasz Bajerski | 6  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  |
(3) Jarosław Hampel | 13  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 4
(4) Sebastian Ułamek | 6  |  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | \-  |  |  |  |
(5) Piotr Protasiewicz | 4  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | X  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | \-  |  |  |
5 |  Great Britain | 44 | 1  | 1  | 4  | 4  | 4  | 4  | 5  | 8  | 16  | 18  | 20  | 22  | 23  | 26  | 29  | 32  | 34  | 35  | 36  | 39  | 39  | 40  | 40  | 42  | 44
(1) Gary Havelock | 3  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | \-  |  |  |  |  | X  |  |  |  |
(2) Dean Barker | 6  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |
(3) David Norris | 8  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |
(4) Lee Richardson | 14  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 8J  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 2  |
(5) Scott Nicholls | 13  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 2
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

## References[edit]

1. ^ world.speedway.org Archived 2003-08-26 at the Wayback Machine; Retrieved on 2008-12-26
2. ^ "2003 WORLD CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
3. ^ world.speedway.org Archived 2003-08-26 at the Wayback Machine; Retrieved on 2008-12-26
4. ^ "2003 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

## See also[edit]

* 2003 Speedway Grand Prix

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