2003 Speedway World Cup

2003 Speedway World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Denmark
Dates	August 3 - August 9
Teams	12
Venues	3 (in 3 host cities)
Tournament results
Champion	Sweden
Runner-up	Australia
3rd place	Denmark
Tournament statistics
Heats	125 (in 5 events)

The 2003 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 3rd FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on August 9, 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.

Qualification

Main article: 2003 Speedway World Cup Qualification

• Qualifying round
• 2003-05-11
• LVA Daugavpils, Latvijas Spidveja Centrs

Pos.		National team	Pts.
1		Germany	65
2		Slovenia	62+4
3		Latvia	62+3
4		Italy	39
5		Austria	19

Venues

Three cities were selected to host SWC finals events:

City	Stadium names	Host club(s)	Capacity
Holsted
Outrup
Vojens	Speedway Center

Qualifying round

Holsted (1)

Main article: 2003 Speedway World Cup Event 1

• Event 1
• 2003-08-03
• DEN Holsted

Pos.		National team	Pts.
1		Denmark	62
2		Czech Republic	50
3		Finland	32
4		Germany	10

Outrup (2)

Main article: 2003 Speedway World Cup Event 2

• Event 2
• 2003-08-04
• DEN 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)

Main article: 2003 Speedway World Cup Event 3

• Event 3
• 2003-08-05
• DEN Holsted

Pos.		National team	Pts.
1		Poland	58
2		Sweden	56
3		Russia	28
4		Hungary	9

Race-off

Main article: 2003 Speedway World Cup Race-off

• Race-Off
• 2003-08-07
• DEN Outrup

Pos.		National team	Pts.
1		Great Britain	80
2		Sweden	63
3		Czech Republic	61
4		Finland	26
5		Russia	24

Final

Main article: 2003 Speedway World Cup Final

• The Final
• 2003-08-09
• DEN Vojens

Pos.		National team	Pts.
1		Sweden	62
2		Australia	57
3		Denmark	53
4		Poland	49
5		Great Britain	44

See also

• 2003 Speedway Grand Prix