53rd edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition
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]
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.
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
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
Team Qualified as Finals appearance Last appearance 2010 place Sweden Host 12th 2011 3 Poland 2011 SWC top six 12th 2011 1 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 —
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
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
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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,
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Motorcycle speedway events in 2012 season
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Denmark
Sandbahn Rennen Herxheim, Herxheim
Germany
Latvia
Finland
France
Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana
United States
Slovenia
Ukraine
Italy
Sweden
Poland
Australia
Russia
Great Britain
Czech Republic
