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2003 Speedway World Cup

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Speedway World Cup
VenuesHolsted, Outrup, and Vojens
LocationDenmark
Start date3 August
End date9 August
Nations12
Champions
 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  Germany 65
2  Slovenia 62+4
3  Latvia 62+3
4  Italy 39
5  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  Denmark 62
2  Czech Republic 50
3  Finland 32
4  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  Australia 62
2  Great Britain 60
3  Slovenia 28
4  Italy 6

Holsted (3)

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

Race-off

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Main article: 2003 Speedway World Cup Race-off
Pos. National team Pts.
1  Great Britain 80
2  Sweden 63
3  Czech Republic 61
4  Finland 26
5  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  Sweden 62
2  Australia 57
3  Denmark 53
4  Poland 49
5  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  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  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  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  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  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 was permanent for each teams (Red, Blue, White, Yellow/Black and Green). Colours in diagrams means 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. ^ "2003 WORLD CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Brits roar into their first final". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 8 August 2003. Retrieved 6 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ world.speedway.org Archived 2003-08-26 at the Wayback Machine; Retrieved on 2008-12-26
  5. ^ "2003 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

See also

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