Speedway World Cup
VenuePrague
LocationCzech Republic
Start date13 July
End date20 July
Nations8
Champions
 Poland

The 2013 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the thirteenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 13 July and 20 July 2013 and involved eight national teams. Six teams were seeded through to the tournament and two qualification rounds were held in April and May 2011 to determine the final two places.[1][2][3]

Qualification

The top six nations from the 2012 Speedway World Cup (Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Great Britain, Australia and Russia) were granted automatic qualification, with the remaining two places divided among two qualifying rounds. Qualifying Round One was hosted in Daugavpils, Latvia and Qualifying Round Two was hosted in Miskolc, Hungary.

National teamPtsScorers
 Latvia45Andžejs Ļebedevs 15, Kjasts Puodžuks 11, Maksims Bogdanovs 13, Vjačeslavs Giruckis 6
 Slovenia30Matej Žagar 20, Aleksander Čonda 4, Maks Gregoric 3, Matic Voldrih 3
 Germany28Martin Smolinski 13, Kevin Wölbert 8, Tobias Busch 5, Max Dilger 2
 Ukraine22Aleksandr Loktaev 9, Andrey Karpov 7, Stanislav Melnichuk 4, Andrey Kobrin 2
National teamPtsScorers
 United States38Ryan Fisher 14, Ricky Wells 12, Gino Manzares 6, Billy Janniro 6
 Hungary32Norbert Magosi 9, József Tabaka 9, László Szatmári 7, Roland Benko 7
 Italy31Guglielmo Franchetti 10, Paco Castagna 8, Nicolas Vincentin 7, Nicolás Covatti 6
 France20Mathieu Trésarrieu 7, Sebastien Trésarrieu 7, Dimitri Bergé 5, Richard De Biasi 1

Qualified teams

TeamQualified asFinals appearanceLast appearance2012 place
 Czech RepublicHost12th20127
 Denmark2012 SWC top six13th20121
 Australia2012 SWC top six13th20122
 Russia2012 SWC top six12th20123
 Sweden2012 SWC top six13th20124
 Poland2012 SWC top six13th20125
 Great Britain2012 SWC top six10th20126
 LatviaQR 1 Winner
 United StatesQR 2 Winner13th20119

Tournament

SemifinalsRace-offFinal
July 13 — Częstochowa
 Poland48
 Australia34
 Latvia27July 18 — PragueJuly 20 — Prague
 Russia14 Australia36 Poland41
 United States31 Denmark40
July 15 — King's Lynn Latvia29 Australia33
 Denmark48 Great Britain28 Czech Republic12
 Great Britain35
 United States24
 Sweden18

Semi-finals

National teamPtsScorers
 Poland48Jarosław Hampel 14, Krzysztof Kasprzak 13, Maciej Janowski 13, Patryk Dudek 8
 Australia34Darcy Ward 14, Troy Batchelor 12, Jason Doyle 7, Davey Watt 1
 Latvia27Maksims Bogdanovs 11, Kjasts Puodžuks 9, Andžejs Ļebedevs 7, Vjačeslavs Giruckis 0
 Russia14Andrey Kudriashov 7, Vladimir Borodulin 4, Ilya Chalov 2, Viktor Kulakov 1
National teamPtsScorers
 Denmark48Nicki Pedersen 13, Niels Kristian Iversen 12, Michael Jepsen Jensen 12, Kenneth Bjerre 11
 Great Britain35Tai Woffinden 18, Chris Harris 12, Craig Cook 4, Edward Kennett 1
 United States24Greg Hancock 16, Ricky Wells 4, Ryan Fisher 3, Gino Manzares 1
 Sweden18Peter Ljung 11, Daniel Nermark 5, Dennis Andersson 2, Jonas Davidsson 0

Race off

National teamPtsScorers
 Australia36Darcy Ward 13, Jason Doyle 8, Cameron Woodward 8, Troy Batchelor 7
 United States31Greg Hancock 20, Ryan Fisher 8, Ricky Wells 3, Gino Manzares 0
 Latvia29Kjasts Puodžuks 10, Maksims Bogdanovs 9, Andžejs Ļebedevs 5, Vjačeslavs Giruckis 5
 Great Britain28Tai Woffinden 14, Chris Harris 7, Lewis Bridger 4, Ben Barker 3

World Cup final

Results

Pos.National teamPts.
1 Poland41
2 Denmark40
3 Australia33
4 Czech Republic12

Scorers

Final classification

Pos.National teamPts.
Gold Poland41
Silver Denmark40
Bronze Australia33
4 Czech Republic12
5 United States31
6 Latvia29
7 Great Britain28
8 Sweden18
9 Russia14

See also

References

  1. "2013 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  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.
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