2016 Speedway World Cup

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]

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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Qualification

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

	National team	Pts	Scorers
	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

Team	Qualified as	Finals appearance	Last appearance	2015 place
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

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

Final

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

Pos.		National team	Pts.
1		Poland	39
2		Great Britain	32
3		Sweden	27
4		Australia	22

Scores

	POLAND	39
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
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
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
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

Pos.	National team	Pts.
	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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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.
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