2016 Speedway World Cup

57th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition

Speedway World Cup

Venue| National Speedway Stadium
Location| England
Start date| 23 July
End date| 30 July
Nations| 9
Champions
Poland

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The 2016 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the sixteenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 23 July and 30 July 2016 and involved nine national teams.[1] It was won by Poland, the first time they achieved success since 2013, and the seventh time in total. They beat hosts Great Britain by seven points, while defending champions Sweden finished third with Australia in fourth.[2][3]

## Qualification

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Pista Olimpia Terenzano, Terenzano \- 2 June 2016 [4]

| National team | Pts | Scorers

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|  Germany | 46 | Tobias Kroner 13, Martin Smolinski 12, Kai Huckenbeck 11, Kevin Wölbert 10
|  Latvia | 31 | Andžejs Ļebedevs 17, Kjasts Puodžuks 8, Maksims Bogdanovs 6, Davis Kurmis 0
|  Italy | 29 | Nicolás Covatti 18, Paco Castagna 6, Guglielmo Franchetti 4, Nicolas Vicentin 1
|  Slovenia | 20 | Matej Žagar 13, Nick Škorja 4, Matic Ivačič 2, Ziga Kovacić 1

## Qualified teams

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Team | Qualified as | Finals appearance | Last appearance | 2015 place

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Great Britain | Host | 16th | 2015 | 5
Sweden | 2015 SWC top eight | 16th | 2015 | 1
Denmark | 2015 SWC top eight | 16th | 2015 | 2
Poland | 2015 SWC top eight | 16th | 2015 | 3
Australia | 2015 SWC top eight | 16th | 2015 | 4
United States | 2015 SWC top eight | 9th | 2015 | 6
Russia | 2015 SWC top eight | 13th | 2015 | 7
Czech Republic | 2015 SWC top eight | 15th | 2015 | 8
Germany | Qualifying Round Winner | 7th | 2012 | QR

## Tournament

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| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Semifinals| | | Race-off| | | Final
| 23 July —  Vojens (details)| |
|  Poland| 39
|  Denmark| 36|
| | | |
|  Russia| 32| | | 29 July —  Manchester (details)| | | 30 July —  Manchester
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|  Czech Republic| 19|  Australia| 44|  Poland| 39
| |  Denmark| 41|  Great Britain| 32
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| 26 July —  Vastervik (details)| | |  Russia| 32| | |  Sweden| 30
| | | |
|  Sweden| 48|  United States| 9|  Australia| 22
|  Australia| 37| |
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|  United States| 22| | | | |
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|  Germany| 19|
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## Final

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The final was staged on 30 July at the National Speedway Stadium in Manchester.[5] It was won by Poland,[6] the seventh time they had done so since the World Cup was launched in 2001. They beat hosts Great Britain by seven points, while defending champions Sweden finished third with Australia in fourth.

Bartosz Zmarzlik, Patryk Dudek and captain Piotr Pawlicki Jr. all scored double figures for the Poles, with Krzysztof Kasprzak, who replaced Maciej Janowski in the side for the final, backed them up with eight points. Individual world champion Tai Woffinden lead Great Britain to second place, scoring 19 points.[7][8]

### Results

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Pos. |  | National team | Pts.

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1 |  |  Poland | 39
2 |  |  Great Britain | 32
3 |  |  Sweden | 27
4 |  |  Australia | 22

### Scores

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| POLAND | 39

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No  | Rider Name  | Pts.  | Heats
1  | Piotr Pawlicki Jr. | 10  | 0,3,2,2,3
2  | Bartosz Zmarzlik | 11  | 1,3,3,1,3
3  | Patryk Dudek | 10  | 3,1,1,2,3
4  | Krzysztof Kasprzak | 8  | 1,3,2,0,2
5  | Krystian Pieszczek | 0  |
| GREAT BRITAIN | 32

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No  | Rider Name  | Pts.  | Heats
1  | Craig Cook | 5  | 1,0,0,3,1
2  | Tai Woffinden | 19  | 3,2,3,6,3,2
3  | Danny King | 5  | X,0,2,3
4  | Robert Lambert | 3  | 1,1,0,1,0
5  | Adam Ellis | 0  |
| SWEDEN | 30

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No  | Rider Name  | Pts.  | Heats
1  | Andreas Jonsson | 8  | 3,2,0,1,2
2  | Antonio Lindbäck | 6  | 3,2,1,0
3  | Peter Ljung | 6  | 2,1,1,1,1
4  | Fredrik Lindgren | 10  | 2,2,1,3,1,1  |
5  | Joel Andersson | 0  |
| AUSTRALIA | 22

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No  | Rider Name  | Pts.  | Heats
1  | Jason Doyle | 7  | 0,3,2,X,2
2  | Josh Grajczonek | 0  | 0,0,0
3  | Chris Holder | 10  | 2,1,2,3,2,0
4  | Sam Masters | 5  | 2,0,3,0,0,0
5  | Brady Kurtz | 0  |

## Final classification

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Pos. | National team | Pts.

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|  Poland | 39
|  Great Britain | 32
|  Sweden | 30
4 |  Australia | 22
5 |  Denmark | 41
6 |  Russia | 32
7 |  United States | 9
=8 |  Czech Republic | 19
=8 |  Germany | 19

## References

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1. ^ "2016 Speedway World Cup Calendar". SGP. Archived from the original on 27 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
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. ^ "2016 Speedway World Cup Qualification". FIM.
5. ^ "2016 Speedway World Cup Final Event Info". SWC. Archived from the original on 27 July 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
6. ^ "2016 Speedway World Cup Final Result". SWC. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
7. ^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
8. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

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