The 2013 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the thirteenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 13 July and 20 July 2013 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 2012 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 Daugavpils, Latvia and Qualifying Round Two was hosted in Miskolc, Hungary.
Qualifying Round One Stadium Lokomotīve, Daugavpils 1 May 2013 National team PtsScorers 45Andžejs Ļebedevs 15, Kjasts Puodžuks 11, Maksims Bogdanovs 13, Vjačeslavs Giruckis 6 30Matej Žagar 20, Aleksander Čonda 4, Maks Gregoric 3, Matic Voldrih 3 28Martin Smolinski 13, Kevin Wölbert 8, Tobias Busch 5, Max Dilger 2 22Aleksandr Loktaev 9, Andrey Karpov 7, Stanislav Melnichuk 4, Andrey Kobrin 2
Qualifying Round Two Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc 20 May 2013 National team PtsScorers 38Ryan Fisher 14, Ricky Wells 12, Gino Manzares 6, Billy Janniro 6 32Norbert Magosi 9, József Tabaka 9, László Szatmári 7, Roland Benko 7 31Guglielmo Franchetti 10, Paco Castagna 8, Nicolas Vincentin 7, Nicolás Covatti 6 20Mathieu Trésarrieu 7, Sebastien Trésarrieu 7, Dimitri Bergé 5, Richard De Biasi 1
Qualified teams
Team Qualified as Finals appearance Last appearance 2012 place Host 12th 2012 7 2012 SWC top six 13th 2012 1 2012 SWC top six 13th 2012 2 2012 SWC top six 12th 2012 3 2012 SWC top six 13th 2012 4 2012 SWC top six 13th 2012 5 2012 SWC top six 10th 2012 6 QR 1 Winner — — — QR 2 Winner 13th 2011 9
Tournament
Semi-finals National team PtsScorers 48Jarosław Hampel 14, Krzysztof Kasprzak 13, Maciej Janowski 13, Patryk Dudek 8 34Darcy Ward 14, Troy Batchelor 12, Jason Doyle 7, Davey Watt 1 27Maksims Bogdanovs 11, Kjasts Puodžuks 9, Andžejs Ļebedevs 7, Vjačeslavs Giruckis 0 14Andrey Kudriashov 7, Vladimir Borodulin 4, Ilya Chalov 2, Viktor Kulakov 1 National team PtsScorers 48Nicki Pedersen 13, Niels Kristian Iversen 12, Michael Jepsen Jensen 12, Kenneth Bjerre 11 35Tai Woffinden 18, Chris Harris 12, Craig Cook 4, Edward Kennett 1 24Greg Hancock 16, Ricky Wells 4, Ryan Fisher 3, Gino Manzares 1 18Peter Ljung 11, Daniel Nermark 5, Dennis Andersson 2, Jonas Davidsson 0
Race off National team PtsScorers 36Darcy Ward 13, Jason Doyle 8, Cameron Woodward 8, Troy Batchelor 7 31Greg Hancock 20, Ryan Fisher 8, Ricky Wells 3, Gino Manzares 0 29Kjasts Puodžuks 10, Maksims Bogdanovs 9, Andžejs Ļebedevs 5, Vjačeslavs Giruckis 5 28Tai Woffinden 14, Chris Harris 7, Lewis Bridger 4, Ben Barker 3
World Cup final Results Pos. National team Pts. 1 41 2 403 334 12
Scorers 41 - Jarosław Hampel [C] (15), Maciej Janowski (12) Krzysztof Kasprzak (7), Patryk Dudek (7) 40 - Niels Kristian Iversen (12), Kenneth Bjerre (11), Nicki Pedersen (10), Michael Jepsen Jensen (7) 33 - Darcy Ward (9), Troy Batchelor [C] (11), Cameron Woodward (8), Jason Doyle (5) 12 - Aleš Dryml Jr. [C] (7), Václav Milík Jr. (3), Lukáš Dryml (1), Josef Franc (1)
Final classification Pos. National team Pts. 41 40 334 125 316 297 288 189 14
See also 2013 Speedway Grand Prix
References
External links SpeedwayWorld.tv (SWC news)