2008 Speedway World Cup

49th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition December 2023 December 2023 FIM NordicbetSpeedway World Cup 12 July 19 July 8 Vojens Denmark 2007 2009 The 2008 FIM Nordicbet Speedway World Cup (SWC) is the 8th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The final took place on 19 July 2008 in Vojens, Denmark. The tournament was won by host team Denmark (49 pts) and they beat defending champion Poland (46 pts), Sweden (39 pts) and Australia (21 pts) in the Final.speedwayworld.tv https://web.archive.org/web/20250123161215/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/swcresults/m3735 23 January 2025 ; Retrieved on 2008-12-28Świat Żużla, No 4 (76) / 2008, page 58, 1429-3285 It was the second time the Speedway World Cup was won by Denmark and their thirteenth Team World Champion title overall. It was the second time Hans Andersen, Niels Kristian Iversen, Bjarne Pedersen and Nicki Pedersen had been members of a World Cup winning team (Champions in 2006, but it was the first time for Kenneth Bjerre.http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc08.htm 2008 WORLD CUP International Speedway 15 July 2021 Calendar Day Venue Winner Qualification 25 May HUN Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc HUN Hungary result 29 June SVN Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana CZE Czech Republic result Semi-Finals 12 July POL Alfred Smoczyk Stadium, Leszno AUS Australia result 14 July ENG Brandon Stadium, Coventry DEN Denmark result Race-Off 17 July DEN Vojens Speedway Center, Vojens SWE Sweden result Final 19 July DEN Vojens Speedway Center, Vojens DEN Denmark result Qualification 2008 Speedway World Cup Qualification The top 6 teams of the overall 2007 Speedway World Cup was directly seeded into the 2008 SWC Final Tournament: Poland (Rank #1 - the defending Champion), Denmark (#2), Australia (#3), Great Britain (#4), Sweden (#5) and Russia (#6). 2 other teams was shall qualify to the SWC through 2 preliminary rounds: Czech Republic (#7) and Hungary (#8). In Preliminary Round 1, Hungary won with (51+3 points) after a run-off between Matej Ferjan and Tobias Kroner from Germany (51+2 pts). The last places were taken by Latvia (36 pts) and United States (12 pts) competing without Grand Prix rider Greg Hancock. In Preliminary Round 2, the Czech Republic team won with (59 points). They beat Finland (40 pts), Slovenia (35 pts) and Italy (16 pts). Qualifying round 1 HUN Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc Qualifying round 2 SVN Ilirija Sports Park, LjubljanaPos. National team Pts.1 HUN 51+32 GER 51+e3 LVA 364 USA 12Pos. National team Pts.1 CZE 592 FIN 403 SVN 354 ITA 16 Tournament The SWC Final Tournament was held by Poland (Event 1), Great Britain (Event 2) and Denmark (Race-Off and The Final). The first Semi-Final (Event 1) was held in Leszno, Poland. This meeting was won by Australia (56+3 points) after a Run-Off between Leigh Adams and Jarosław Hampel from Poland (56+2 points). In Event 2 in Coventry, Great Britain, the Denmark team won (63 points). The Race-Off and the Final were held in Vojens, Denmark. The Swedish team won the Race-Off(53 points). Sweden and Poland (50 points) qualified for the Final. The last two places were taken by Great Britain (36 points) and Russia (17 points). 40 Race-off 12 July - Leszno (details) AUS 56+3 POL 56+2 RUS 36 HUN 10 14 July - Coventry (details) DEN 63 SWE 50.5 GBR 25.5 CZE 13 17 July - Vojens (details) SWE 53 POL 50 GBR 36 RUS 17 19 July - Vojens DEN 49 POL 46 SWE 39 AUS 21 Final The 2008 Speedway World Cup Final took place on 19 July at the Speedway Center in Vojens. Czy żółte kaski przyniosą szczęście? SportoweFakty.pl 2008-07-18 http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2008/07/18/czy-zolte-kaski-przyniosa-szczescie/ 2008-07-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20080721002635/http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2008/07/18/czy-zolte-kaski-przyniosa-szczescie/ 21 July 2008 livePolacy srebrnymi medalistami DPŚ SportoweFakty.pl 2008-07-19 http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2008/07/19/polacy-srebrnymi-medalistami-dps/ 2008-08-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20080731163439/http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2008/07/19/polacy-srebrnymi-medalistami-dps/ 31 July 2008 live SWC Final Vojens pzm.pl 2008-07-24 https://www.pzm.pl/userfiles/file/aktualnosci/zuzel/SWC_Final_Vojens.pdf PDF 2008-08-02 speedwayworld.tv https://web.archive.org/web/20250123161215/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/swcresults/m3735 23 January 2025 ; Retrieved on 2008-12-28Świat Żużla, No 4 (76) / 2008, page 58, 1429-3285http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc08.htm 2008 WORLD TEAM CUP International Speedway 15 July 2021 In the final the Denmark team won with 49 points beating Poland (46), Sweden (39) and Australia (21). Results Pos. National team Pts.1 DEN 492 POL 463 SWE 394 AUS 21 Heat details P1 DEN Nicki Pedersen 3 3 3 1 1 Bjarne Pedersen 2 3 1 2 3 Kenneth Bjerre 1 0 2 3 3 Niels Kristian Iversen 1 0 1 2 3 Hans N. Andersen (c) 2 2 3 3 1 P2 POL Rune Holta 1 2 1 E4 1 Wiesław Jaguś 3 3 3 2 1 Tomasz Gollob (c) 3 2 2 3 4 J Grzegorz Walasek 0 0 1 0 3 Jarosław Hampel 3 3 2 3 F2x P3 SWE Andreas Jonsson (c) 0 1 2 1 3 2 Daniel Nermark 0 - 0 - - Peter Ljung X 0 2 F4 2 Fredrik Lindgren 3 X 6 J 3 2 2 Jonas Davidsson 0 1 3 3 2 1 4 AUS Leigh Adams (c) 2 2 1 1 0 0 J Chris Holder 1 2 0 F2x 1 E1 Jason Crump 2 1 - - - Ryan Sullivan 2 1 E4 0 2 Davey Watt 1 1 0 0 1 0 Heat after heat N.Pedersen, Adams, Holta, Jonsson Jaguś, B.Pedersen, Holder, Nermark Gollob, Crump, Bjerre, Ljung (X) Lindgren, Sullivan, Iversen, Walasek Hampel, Andersen, Watt, Davidsson N.Pedersen, Gollob, Watt, Lindgren (Fx) B.Pedersen, Adams, Davidsson, Walasek Hampel, Holder, Jonsson, Bjerre Lindgren (6 - joker), Holta, Crump, Iversen Jaguś, Andersen, Sullivan, Ljung N.Pedersen, Ljung, Walasek, Holder Lindgren, Hampel, B.Pedersen, Holder (Fx) Davidsson, Bjerre, Holta, Sullivan (e4) Jaguś, Jonsson, Iversen, Watt Andersen, Gollob, Adams, Nermark Davidsson, Jaguś, N.Pedersen, Watt Gollob, B.Pedersen, Jonsson, Sullivan (e4) Bjerre, Davidsson, Watt, Walasek Hampel, Iversen, Adams, Ljung (F4) Andersen, Lindgren, Holder, Holta (e4) Jonsson, Sullivan, N.Pedersen, Hampel (Fx) B.Pedersen, Ljung, Holta, Watt Bjerre, Lindgren, Jaguś, Adams Iversen, Gollob (4 - joker), Davidsson, Holder (e1) Walasek, Jonsson, Andersen, Adams (0 - joker) Final classification Pos. National team Pts.Gold DEN 49Silver POL 46Bronze SWE 394 AUS 215 GBR 366 RUS 177 CZE 138 HUN 10 References World Team 2008