| Speedway World Cup | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Målilla |
| Location | Sweden |
| Start date | 7 July |
| End date | 14 July |
| Nations | 8 |
| Champions | |
 Denmark | |
The 2012 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the twelfth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 7 July and 14 July 2012 and involved eight national teams. Six teams were seeded through to the tournament and two qualification rounds were held in April and May 2012 to determine the final place. As host nation, Sweden were seeded to the Final.[1][2]
Qualification
The top six nations from the 2011 Speedway World Cup (Poland, Australia, Sweden, Denmark, Russia and Great Britain) were granted automatic qualification with Sweden given a birth in the final as host nation. The remaining two places were divided among two qualifying rounds. Qualifying Round One was hosted in Herxheim, Germany, and Qualifying Round Two was hosted at the Ilirija Sports Park in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Germany and the USA qualified to the Tournament.
- Qualifying Round One
Herxheim- 22 April 2012
| National team | Pts | Scorers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 37 | Martin Smolinski 12, Max Dilger 10, Tobias Busch 9, Kevin Wölbert 6 | |
 Latvia | 36 | Kjasts Puodžuks 11, Maksims Bogdanovs 10, Andžejs Ļebedevs 9, Jevgēņijs Karavackis 6 | |
 Finland | 29 | Timo Lahti 11, Tero Aarnio 10, Juha Hautamäki 5, Jari Mäkinen 3 | |
 France | 16 | David Bellego 6, Mathieu Trésarrieu 5, Stéphane Trésarrieu 3, Xavier Muratet 2 |
- Qualifying Round Two
Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana- 7 May 2012
| National team | Pts | Scorers | |
|---|---|---|---|
 United States | 44 | Greg Hancock 13, Ricky Wells 11, Billy Hamill 10, Ryan Fisher 10 | |
| Slovenia | 40 | Matej Žagar 19, Maks Gregoric 15, Matic Voldrih 6, Matic Ivačič 0 | |
 Ukraine | 23 | Andrey Karpov 14, Aleksandr Loktaev 5, Kiril Tsukanov 3, Stanislav Melnichuk 1 | |
 Italy | 21 | Mattia Carpanese 9, Nicolás Covatti 6, Cristian Carrica 5, Nicolas Vincentin 1 |
Qualified teams
| Team | Qualified as | Finals appearance | Last appearance | 2010 place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sweden | Host | 12th | 2011 | 3 |
 Poland | 2011 SWC top six | 12th | 2011 | 1 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | 2011 SWC top six | 12th | 2011 | 2 |
| Denmark | 2011 SWC top six | 12th | 2011 | 4 |
 Russia | 2011 SWC top six | 12th | 2011 | 5 |
 Great Britain | 2011 SWC top six | 10th | 2011 | 6 |
| Germany | QR 1 Winner | 6th | 2011 | 8 |
| United States | QR 2 Winner | 11th | 2007 | — |
Tournament
| Semifinals | Race-off | Final | |||||||||||
| July 7 — Bydgoszcz | |||||||||||||
| Russia | 35 | ||||||||||||
| Poland | 34 | ||||||||||||
| Denmark | 33 | July 12 — Målilla | July 14 — Målilla (details) | ||||||||||
| United States | 23 | Denmark | 42 | Denmark | 39 | ||||||||
| Poland | 38 | Australia | 36 | ||||||||||
| July 9 — King's Lynn | Great Britain | 30 | Russia | 30 | |||||||||
| Australia | 45 |  Czech Republic | 19 | Sweden | 24 | ||||||||
| Great Britain | 41 | ||||||||||||
| Czech Republic | 30 | ||||||||||||
| Germany | 15 | ||||||||||||
Semi-finals
| National team | Pts | Scorers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 35 | Emil Sayfutdinov 16, Artem Laguta 7, Roman Povazhny 6, Grigory Laguta 6 | |
| Poland | 34 | Tomasz Gollob 12, Maciej Janowski 11, Piotr Protasiewicz 9, Grzegorz Walasek 2 | |
| Denmark | 33 | Niels Kristian Iversen 10, Michael Jepsen Jensen 8, Leon Madsen 8, Mikkel B. Jensen 7 | |
| United States | 23 | Greg Hancock 16, Ricky Wells 3, Billy Hamill 2, Ryan Fisher 2 |
| National team | Pts | Scorers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 45 | Jason Crump 15, Chris Holder 12, Davey Watt 11, Troy Batchelor 7 | |
| Great Britain | 41 | Chris Harris 17, Scott Nicholls 11, Tai Woffinden 8, Danny King 5 | |
| Czech Republic | 30 | Aleš Dryml Jr. 15, Lukáš Dryml 6, Matěj Kůs 6, Josef Franc 3 | |
| Germany | 15 | Kevin Wölbert 7, Martin Smolinski 6, Max Dilger 1, Tobias Kroner 1 |
Race off
| National team | Pts | Scorers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 42 | Niels Kristian Iversen 13, Michael Jepsen Jensen 13, Nicki Pedersen 12, Leon Madsen 4 | |
| Poland | 38 | Tomasz Gollob 15, Krzysztof Buczkowski 11, Maciej Janowski 7, Piotr Protasiewicz 5 | |
| Great Britain | 30 | Tai Woffinden 14, Chris Harris 11, Danny King 3, Scott Nicholls 2 | |
| Czech Republic | 19 | Josef Franc 11, Aleš Dryml Jr. 4, Lukáš Dryml 3, Matěj Kůs 1 |
Final
| National team | Pts | Scorers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 39 | Niels Kristian Iversen 11, Michael Jepsen Jensen 11, Nicki Pedersen 9, Mikkel B Jensen 8 | |
| Australia | 36 | Chris Holder 16, Jason Crump 10, Darcy Ward 7, Davey Watt 3 | |
| Russia | 30 | Emil Sayfutdinov 17, Grigory Laguta 8, Artem Laguta 5, Roman Povazhny 0, | |
| Sweden | 24 | Andreas Jonsson 11, Fredrik Lindgren 9, Thomas H. Jonasson 3, Peter Ljung 1, |
Final classification
| Pos. | National team | Pts. |
|---|---|---|
 | Denmark | 39 |
 | Australia | 36 |
 | Russia | 30 |
| 4 | Sweden | 24 |
See also
References
- ↑ International Speedway results - 2012 SWC
- ↑ "2012 WORLD CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
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