2003 Speedway World Cup

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Speedway World Cup
VenuesHolsted, Outrup, and Vojens
LocationDenmark
Start date3 August
End date9 August
Nations12
Champions
File:Flag of Sweden.svg 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

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Main article: 2003 Speedway World Cup Qualification
Pos. National team Pts.
1 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 65
2 File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 62+4
3 File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 62+3
4 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 39
5 File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 19

Venues

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Three cities were selected to host SWC finals events:

City Stadium names
Holsted Holsted Speedway Center
Outrup Outrup Speedway Center
Vojens Vojens Speedway Center

Qualifying round

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Holsted (1)

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Main article: 2003 Speedway World Cup Event 1
Pos. National team Pts.
1 File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 62
2 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 50
3 File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 32
4 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 10

Outrup (2)

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Main article: 2003 Speedway World Cup Event 2
  • Event 2
  • 4 August 2003
  • Denmark Outrup
  • Latvia team (3rd in Qualifying round) was replaced by Italy (4th in Qualifying round)
Pos. National team Pts.
1 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 62
2 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 60
3 File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 28
4 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 6

Holsted (3)

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Main article: 2003 Speedway World Cup Event 3
Pos. National team Pts.
1 File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 58
2 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 56
3 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 28
4 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 9

Race-off

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Main article: 2003 Speedway World Cup Race-off
Pos. National team Pts.
1 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 80
2 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 63
3 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 61
4 File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 26
5 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 24

Final

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The 2003 Speedway World Cup Final took place on 9 August in the Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark.[4][5]

Results

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Pos. National team Pts.
1 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 62
2 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 57
3 File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 53
4 File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 49
5 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 44

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
1 File:Flag of Sweden.svg 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 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg 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 File:Flag of Denmark.svg 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 File:Flag of Poland.svg 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 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 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 were permanent for each team (red, blue, white, yellow/black and green). Colours in tables show gate positions:
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D gate E – outside

References

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  1. ^ world.speedway.org Archived 2003-08-26 at the Wayback Machine; Retrieved on 2008-12-26
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  4. ^ world.speedway.org Archived 2003-08-26 at the Wayback Machine; Retrieved on 2008-12-26
  5. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

See also

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