2006 Speedway World Cup

47th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition

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Speedway World Cup

Venue| Smallmead Stadium
Location| England
Start date| 16 July
End date| 22 July
Nations| 8
Champions
Denmark

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The 2006 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 6th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on 22 July 2006 in the Smallmead Stadium in Reading, Berkshire, England. The tournament was won by Denmark (45 pts) and they beat Sweden (37 pts), host team Great Britain (36 pts) and Australia (35 pts) in the Final. The defending champion Poland did not qualify to the Final.[1]

## Qualification

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Main article: 2006 Speedway World Cup Qualification

* Qualifying round 1
* Stadium Lokomotīve, Daugavpils

* Qualifying round 2
* Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc

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1 |  |  Finland | 42
2 |  |  Germany | 39+3
3 |  |  Russia | 39+2
4 |  |  Latvia | 30
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1 |  |  United States | 59
2 |  |  Slovenia | 41
3 |  |  Hungary | 25+3
4 |  |  Italy | 25+2

## Tournament

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| Semifinals| | | Race-off| | | Final
| 16 July - Rybnik (details)| |
|  Australia| 49
|  Great Britain| 48|
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|  Poland| 48| | | 20 July - Reading (details)| | | 22 July - Reading
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|  Finland| 9|  Denmark| 49|  Denmark| 45
| |  Great Britain| 42|  Sweden| 37
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| 18 July - Målilla (details)| | |  Poland| 35| | |  Great Britain| 36
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|  Sweden| 56|  United States| 28|  Australia| 35
|  Denmark| 53| |
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|  United States| 39| | | | |
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|  Czech Republic| 7|
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## Final

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The 2006 Speedway World Cup Final took place on 22 July at Smallmead Stadium in Reading.[2]

### Results

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1 |  |  Denmark | 45
2 |  |  Sweden | 37
3 |  |  Great Britain | 36
4 |  |  Australia | 35

### 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 |  Denmark | 45 | 0  | 3  | 4  | 7  | 9  | 12  | 15  | 15  | 16  | 18  | 21  | 23  | 23  | 26  | 27  | 29  | 31  | 31  | 32  | 33  | 34  | 37  | 40  | 42  | 45
(1) Niels Kristian Iversen | 5  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 3  |  |  |
(2) Nicki Pedersen | 13  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |
(3) Bjarne Pedersen | 9  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |
(4) Hans N. Andersen (c)  | 12  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | X  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
(5) Charlie Gjedde | 6  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 1  |  |  |  |
2 |  Sweden | 37 | 3  | 5  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | 10  | 13  | 16  | 16  | 17  | 17  | 18  | 20  | 20  | 22  | 25  | 26  | 26  | 26  | 29  | 31  | 33  | 36  | 37
(1) Andreas Jonsson (c)  | 14  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 2  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
(2) Antonio Lindbäck | 11  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 3  |  | 2  |  |
(3) Fredrik Lindgren | 5  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 2  |  |  |
(4) Mikael Max | 2  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | \-  |  |
(5) Peter Karlsson | 5  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | \-  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |
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 |  Great Britain | 36 | 2  | 3  | 6  | 6  | 6  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 8  | 9  | 11  | 14  | 18  | 18  | 20  | 23  | 23  | 26  | 28  | 30  | 32  | 33  | 33  | 34  | 36
(1) Lee Richardson | 7  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 0  |  |
(2) Mark Loram | 7  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 1  |
(3) Scott Nicholls (c)  | 15  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 3  | 4J  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2
(4) Chris Louis | 3  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | \-  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |
(5) Chris Harris | 4  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |
4 |  Australia | 35 | 1  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 6  | 8  | 10  | 12  | 14  | 17  | 17  | 18  | 21  | 22  | 25  | 25  | 26  | 28  | 31  | 34  | 34  | 34  | 35  | 35  | 35
(1) Travis McGowan  | 3  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | X  |  |  |  |
(2) Ryan Sullivan | 4  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |
(3) Todd Wiltshire | 8  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |
(4) Leigh Adams (c)  | 8  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 0  |
(5) Jason Crump | 12  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | FJ
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 were permanent for each team (red, blue, white and yellow/black). Colours in tables show gate positions:

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

## Final classification

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Pos. | National team | Pts.

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|  Denmark | 45
|  Sweden | 37
|  Great Britain | 36
4 |  Australia | 35
5 |  Poland | 35
6 |  United States | 28
7 |  Finland | 9
8 |  Czech Republic | 7

## References

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1. ^ "2006 WORLD CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
2. ^ "2006 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

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