2009 Speedway World Cup

50th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition December 2023 December 2023 Speedway World Cup World champions Poland 11 July 19 July 8 Alfred Smoczyk Stadium Poland 2008 2010 The 2009 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the ninth FIM Speedway World Cup season. The final took place on 19 July 2009 in Leszno, Poland. The defending World Champions were Denmark who won the 2008 final in Vojens, Denmark. It was the fourth final to be held in Poland, and the second in the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium after the 2007 final was held there when Poland beat Denmark, Australia and Great Britain. Poland won the 2009 Speedway World Cup.http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc09.htm 2009 WORLD CUP International Speedway 15 July 2021 Qualification 2009 Speedway World Cup Qualification Fourteen teams attempted to qualify for the 2009 Speedway World Cup. The top six nations (Denmark, Poland, Sweden, Australia, Great Britain and Russia) from the 2008 Speedway World Cup were granted automatic qualification, with the remaining two places divided among two qualifying rounds. Qualifying Round 1 was won by Slovenia and Qualifying Round 2 was won by the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic took part in the 2008 tournament, but it was the first time Slovenia had qualified since 2003. Qualifying Round 1 2 May 2009 ITA Pista Olimpia Terenzano, Terenzano Pos. National team Pts1 SVN 51+32 GER 51+23 ITA 264 HUN 22 Qualifying Round 2 2 May 2009 LVA Stadium Lokomotīve, Daugavpils Pos. National team Pts1 CZE 482 LVA 453 FIN 294 USA 26 Qualified teams Team Qualified as Finals Appearance Last Appearance 2008 placeDEN 2008 SWC top six 9th 2008 1stPOL 2008 SWC top six 9th 2008 2ndSWE 2008 SWC top six 9th 2008 3rdAUS 2008 SWC top six 9th 2008 4thGBR 2008 SWC top six 9th 2008 5thRUS 2008 SWC top six 7th 2008 6thCZE QR 2 Winner 8th 2008 7thSVN QR 1 Winner 4th 2003 — Venues City Stadium names Capacity Competition StageVojens Speedway Center 22,000 Event 1Peterborough East of England Showground5,000 Event 2Leszno Alfred Smoczyk Stadium 25,000 Race-off and the Final Squads 2009 Speedway World Cup squads Squads for the 2009 Speedway World Cup consisted of 10 riders; the same as the previous tournament in 2008. Each participating national association had to confirm its 10-riders one month before the first tournament meeting. Tournament 40 Race-off 11 July - Vojens (details) RUS 51 SWE 47 DEN 45 CZE 12 13 July - Peterborough (details) POL 54 AUS 52 GBR 34 SVN 13 16 July - Leszno (details) AUS 51 SWE 39 GBR 35 DEN 34 19 July - Leszno (details) POL 44 AUS 43 SWE 36 RUS 35 Final classification Pos. National team Pts.Gold POL 44Silver AUS 43Bronze SWE 364 RUS 355 GBR 356 DEN 347 SVN 138 CZE 12 See also 2009 Speedway Grand Prix 2009 Team Speedway Junior World Championship References 2 External links SpeedwayWorld.tv (SWC news) World Team 2009