2016 Speedway World Cup
| 2016 Speedway World Cup | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nations |  United Kingdom (Race-Off and the Final)  Denmark,  Sweden (Semi-Finals) |
| Dates | July 23 — July 30 |
| Teams | 9 |
| Venues | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Tournament results | |
| Champion |   Poland |
| Runner-up |  Great Britain |
| 3rd place |  Sweden |
The 2016 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the sixteenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 23 July and 30 July 2016 and involved nine national teams.[1] It was won by Poland, the first time they achieved success since 2013, and the seventh time in total. They beat hosts Great Britain by seven points, while defending champions Sweden finished third with Australia in fourth.
Qualification
| National team | Pts | |
|---|---|---|
 Germany | 46 | |
 Latvia | 31 | |
 Italy | 29 | |
 Slovenia | 20 |
Qualified teams
| Team | Qualified as | Finals appearance | Last appearance | 2015 place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Britain | Host | 16th | 2015 | 5 |
| Sweden | 2015 SWC top eight | 16th | 2015 | 1 |
| Denmark | 2015 SWC top eight | 16th | 2015 | 2 |
| Poland | 2015 SWC top eight | 16th | 2015 | 3 |
 Australia | 2015 SWC top eight | 16th | 2015 | 4 |
 United States | 2015 SWC top eight | 9th | 2015 | 6 |
 Russia | 2015 SWC top eight | 13th | 2015 | 7 |
 Czech Republic | 2015 SWC top eight | 15th | 2015 | 8 |
| Germany | Qualifying Round Winner | 7th | 2012 | QR |
Tournament
| Semi-finals | Race-off | Final | ||||||||||||||
| July 23 — Vojens |
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| Poland |
39 | |||||||||||||||
| Denmark |
36 | |||||||||||||||
| Russia |
32 | July 30 — Manchester | ||||||||||||||
| Czech Republic |
19 | July 29 — Manchester |
Poland |
39 | ||||||||||||
| details | Australia |
44 | Great Britain |
32 | ||||||||||||
| Denmark |
41 | Sweden |
30 | |||||||||||||
| Russia |
32 | Australia |
22 | |||||||||||||
| July 26 — Vastervik |
United States |
9 | details | |||||||||||||
| Sweden |
48 | details | ||||||||||||||
| Australia |
37 | |||||||||||||||
| United States |
22 | Key: | ||||||||||||||
| Germany |
19 | Qualify to the Final | ||||||||||||||
| details | Qualify to the Race-Off | |||||||||||||||
Final classification
| Pos. | National team | Pts. |
|---|---|---|
| | Poland | 39 |
| | Great Britain | 32 |
| | Sweden | 30 |
| 4 | Australia | 22 |
| 5 | Denmark | 41 |
| 6 | Russia | 32 |
| 7 | United States | 9 |
| =8 | Czech Republic | 19 |
| =8 | Germany | 19 |
See also
References
External links
Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup seasons | ||
|---|---|---|
| Speedway World Team Cup |  | |
| Speedway World Cup (SWC) | ||
| See also | ||
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