2015 Speedway World Cup Event 1

2015 FIM Speedway World Cup – Event 1 6 6 2015 19:00 (Local Time) POL Gniezno 1 of 4 GBR Craig Ackroyd Stadion Miejski 10,000 348 speedway track Event One of the 2015 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup was the opening race of the 2015 edition of the Speedway World Cup. It was run on June 6 at Stadion Miejski in Gniezno, Poland and was won by Sweden from hosts Poland, Russia, and the Czech Republic. As a result, Sweden progressed directly to the 2015 Speedway World Cup Final, while Poland and Russia progressed to the 2015 Speedway World Cup Race-off. The Czech Republic were eliminated.http://www.monsterenergyswc.com/swc/results/106 2015 Speedway World Cup Event 1 Result SWC 2015-06-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20150613025836/http://www.monsterenergyswc.com/swc/results/106 2015-06-13 dead Sweden were led to victory by Linus Sundström and Antonio Lindbäck, both of whom scored double figures. They were supported by Peter Ljung and Andreas Jonsson, who scored nine and eight points respectively. The meeting was somewhat overshadowed by an injury to Polish captain Jarosław Hampel, who broke his leg in two places after colliding with Russia's Vitaly Belousov in just the fourth heat of the meeting. As a result, Poland were forced to ride the rest of the meeting with just three riders. Results Pos. National team Pts. 1 SWE 40 2 POL 363 RUS 274 CZE 20 Scores SWESWEDEN40 No Rider Name Pts. Heats1 Antonio Lindbäck 11 2,1,3,3,22 Andreas Jonsson 8 3,0,3,1,13 Linus Sundström 12 3,2,1,3,34 Peter Ljung 9 1,3,2,1,2 POLPOLAND36 No Rider Name Pts. Heats1 Jarosław Hampel 0 F,-,-,-,-2 Przemysław Pawlicki 13 3,3,2,2,33 Maciej Janowski 13 2,3,2,3,34 Bartosz Zmarzlik 10 3,3,1,0,3 RUSRUSSIA27 No Rider Name Pts. Heats1 Andrey Kudryashov 2 2 Artem Laguta 11 3 Renat Gafurov 5 4 Vitaly Belousov 9 CZECZECH REPUBLIC20 No Rider Name Pts. Heats1 Václav Milík 12 2 Eduard Krčmář 2 3 Tomáš Suchánek 3 4 Matěj Kůs 3 References See also 2015 Speedway Grand Prix Category:2015 Speedway World Cup