2008 Speedway World Cup

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Qualification

Main article: 2008 Speedway World Cup Qualification

The top 6 teams of the overall 2007 Speedway World Cup was directly seeded into the 2008 SWC Final Tournament: Poland (Rank #1 - the defending Champion), Denmark (#2), Australia (#3), Great Britain (#4), Sweden (#5) and Russia (#6). 2 other teams was shall qualify to the SWC through 2 preliminary rounds: Czech Republic (#7) and Hungary (#8).

In Preliminary Round 1, Hungary won with (51+3 points) after a run-off between Matej Ferjan and Tobias Kroner from Germany (51+2 pts). The last places were taken by Latvia (36 pts) and United States (12 pts) competing without Grand Prix rider Greg Hancock.

In Preliminary Round 2, the Czech Republic team won with (59 points). They beat Finland (40 pts), Slovenia (35 pts) and Italy (16 pts).

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Tournament

The SWC Final Tournament was held by Poland (Event 1), Great Britain (Event 2) and Denmark (Race-Off and The Final). The first Semi-Final (Event 1) was held in Leszno, Poland. This meeting was won by Australia (56+3 points) after a Run-Off between Leigh Adams and Jarosław Hampel from Poland (56+2 points). In Event 2 in Coventry, Great Britain, the Denmark team won (63 points).

The Race-Off and the Final were held in Vojens, Denmark. The Swedish team won the Race-Off(53 points). Sweden and Poland (50 points) qualified for the Final. The last two places were taken by Great Britain (36 points) and Russia (17 points).

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| RD1-text2 = 14 July - Coventry (details) | RD1-team5 = **** | RD1-score5 = 63 | RD1-team6 = ** | RD1-score6 = 50.5 | RD1-team7 = ** | RD1-score7 = 25.5 | RD1-team8 = | RD1-score8 = 13

| RD2-text1 = 17 July - Vojens (details) | RD2-team1 = **** | RD2-score1 = 53 | RD2-team2 = **** | RD2-score2 = 50 | RD2-team3 = | RD2-score3 = 36 | RD2-team4 = | RD2-score4 = 17

| RD3-text1 = 19 July - Vojens | RD3-team1 = **** | RD3-score1 = 49 | RD3-team2 = | RD3-score2 = 46 | RD3-team3 = | RD3-score3 = 39 | RD3-team4 = | RD3-score4 = 21

Final

The 2008 Speedway World Cup Final took place on 19 July at the Speedway Center in Vojens. In the final the Denmark team won with 49 points beating Poland (46), Sweden (39) and Australia (21).

Results

Heat details

|Nicki Pedersen |3|3|3|1|1 |Bjarne Pedersen |2|3|1|2|3 |Kenneth Bjerre |1|0|2|3|3 |Niels Kristian Iversen |1|0|1|2|3 |Hans N. Andersen (c) |2|2|3|3|1 |Rune Holta |1|2|1||1.20i=E4|1 |Wiesław Jaguś |3|3|3|2|1 |Tomasz Gollob (c) |3|2|2|3|4|3.24i=J |Grzegorz Walasek |0|0|1|0|3 |Jarosław Hampel |3|3|2|3||5.21i=F2x |Andreas Jonsson (c) |0|1|2|1|1.21p=3|2 |Daniel Nermark |0||2.9i=-|0||2.18i=-||2.21i=- |Peter Ljung ||3.3i=X|0|2||3.19i=F4|2 |Fredrik Lindgren |3||4.6i=X|4.9p=6|4.9i=J|3|2|2 |Jonas Davidsson |0|1|3|3|5.18p=2|1 |Leigh Adams (c) |2|2|1|1|0|1.25p=0|1.25i=J |Chris Holder |1|2|0|2.12i=F2x|1||2.24i=E1 |Jason Crump |2|1||3.12i=-||3.16i=-||3.25i=- |Ryan Sullivan |2|1||4.13i=E4|0|2 |Davey Watt |1|1|0|5.16p=0|1|0

Heat after heat

1. N.Pedersen, Adams, Holta, Jonsson
2. Jaguś, B.Pedersen, Holder, Nermark
3. Gollob, Crump, Bjerre, Ljung (X)
4. Lindgren, Sullivan, Iversen, Walasek
5. Hampel, Andersen, Watt, Davidsson
6. N.Pedersen, Gollob, Watt, Lindgren (Fx)
7. B.Pedersen, Adams, Davidsson, Walasek
8. Hampel, Holder, Jonsson, Bjerre
9. Lindgren (6 - joker), Holta, Crump, Iversen
10. Jaguś, Andersen, Sullivan, Ljung
11. N.Pedersen, Ljung, Walasek, Holder
12. Lindgren, Hampel, B.Pedersen, Holder (Fx)
13. Davidsson, Bjerre, Holta, Sullivan (e4)
14. Jaguś, Jonsson, Iversen, Watt
15. Andersen, Gollob, Adams, Nermark
16. Davidsson, Jaguś, N.Pedersen, Watt
17. Gollob, B.Pedersen, Jonsson, Sullivan (e4)
18. Bjerre, Davidsson, Watt, Walasek
19. Hampel, Iversen, Adams, Ljung (F4)
20. Andersen, Lindgren, Holder, Holta (e4)
21. Jonsson, Sullivan, N.Pedersen, Hampel (Fx)
22. B.Pedersen, Ljung, Holta, Watt
23. Bjerre, Lindgren, Jaguś, Adams
24. Iversen, Gollob (4 - joker), Davidsson, Holder (e1)
25. Walasek, Jonsson, Andersen, Adams (0 - joker)

Final classification

References

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