The 2011 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the eleventh FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 9 July and 16 July 2011 and involved eight national teams. Six teams were seeded through to the tournament and two qualification rounds were held in April and May 2011 to determine the final two places.
Qualification
The top six nations from the 2010 Speedway World Cup (Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Great Britain, Australia and Russia) were granted automatic qualification, with the remaining two places divided among two qualifying rounds. Qualifying Round One was hosted in Lonigo, Italy and Qualifying Round Two was hosted in Landshut, Germany. Czech Republic and Germany qualified for the tournament.
Qualifying Round One Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo 17 April 2011
National team Pts 49 44 39 17
Qualifying Round Two Ellermühle Speedway Stadium, Landshut 7 May 2011 National team Pts 47 39 38 26
Qualified teams Team Qualified as Finals appearance Last appearance 2010 place 2010 SWC top six 11th 2010 1 2010 SWC top six 11th 2010 2 2010 SWC top six 11th 2010 3 2010 SWC top six 11th 2010 4 2010 SWC top six 11th 2010 5 2010 SWC top six 9th 2010 6 QR 1 Winner 10th 2010 8 QR 2 Winner 5th 2005 —
Tournament
Semi-finals National team PtsScorers 50Mads Korneliussen 12, Bjarne Pedersen 12, Kenneth Bjerre 11, Nicki Pedersen (C) 10, Niels Kristian Iversen 5 48Antonio Lindbäck 12, Andreas Jonsson (C) 11, Freddie Lindgren 10, Jonas Davidsson 8, Thomas H. Jonasson 7 47Chris Holder 14, Darcy Ward 13, Jason Crump (C) 11, Rory Schlein 5, Troy Batchelor 4 9Max Dilger 4, Kevin Wölbert 2, Mathias Schultz 2, Tobias Busch 1, Tobias Kroner (C) 0 National team PtsScorers 62Krzysztof Kasprzak 15, Tomasz Gollob (C) 13, Piotr Protasiewicz 13, Janusz Kołodziej 11, Jarosław Hampel 10 49Chris Harris (C) 16, Edward Kennett 11, Tai Woffinden 10, Scott Nicholls 6, Ben Barker 6 21Roman Povazhny (C) 8, Renat Gafurov 6, Sergey Darkin 4, Ilya Bondarenko 3 20Lukáš Dryml 9, Tomáš Topinka 5, Filip Šitera 4, Aleš Dryml Jr. (C) 2, Matěj Kůs 0
Race-off National team PtsScorers 51Troy Batchelor 13, Jason Crump (C) 12, Chris Holder 11, Darcy Ward 9, Davey Watt 6 44Andreas Jonsson (C) 16, Antonio Lindbäck 11, Thomas H. Jonasson 7, Jonas Davidsson 6, Freddie Lindgren 4 33Emil Sayfutdinov 19, Grigory Laguta 8, Roman Povazhny (C) 5, Denis Gizatullin 1, Renat Gafurov 0 30Chris Harris (C) 14, Ben Barker 7, Tai Woffinden 6, Edward Kennett 2, Lewis Bridger 1
Final Pos Team Pts Riders1 Poland 51Tomasz Gollob (C) 17, Jaroslaw Hampel 11, Krzysztof Kasprzak 8, Piotr Protasiewicz 8, Janusz Kołodziej 72 Australia 45Chris Holder 15, Jason Crump (C) 13, Troy Batchelor 10, Darcy Ward 4, Davey Watt 33 Sweden 30Fredrik Lindgren 12, Antonio Lindbäck 8, Thomas H. Jonasson 7, Jonas Davidsson 2, Andreas Jonsson (C) 14 Denmark 29Kenneth Bjerre 10, Niels Kristian Iversen 8, Nicki Pedersen (C) 5, Bjarne Pedersen 3, Mads Korneliussen 3
Final classification Pos. National team Pts. 51 45 304 295 336 307 208 9
See also 2011 Speedway Grand Prix 2011 Team Speedway Junior World Championship
References
External links SpeedwayWorld.tv (SWC news)