The 2001 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 1st FIM

Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme

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 Speedway World Cup

Speedway World Cup

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 season. The Final took place on 7 July 2008 in Wrocław, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. The tournament was won by Australia

Australia national speedway team

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 (68 points) and they beat host team Poland

Poland national speedway team

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 (65 pts), Sweden

Sweden national speedway team

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 (51 pts), Denmark

Denmark national speedway team

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 (44 pts) and United States

United States national speedway team

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 (30 pts) in the Final.

Qualification

Preliminary round 1 Ljubljana Ljubljana Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...	Preliminary round 2 Debrecen Debrecen Debrecen , is the second largest city in Hungary after Budapest. Debrecen is the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar county.- Name :...
EWLINE Pos. National team Pts. 1 48 2 45 3 25 4 1	EWLINE Pos. National team Pts. 1 48 2 47 3 12 4 10

The two group winners and runners-up qualified to 2001 Speedway World Cup.

Venues

Two cities were selected to host SWC finals events:

City	Stadium names	Host club(s)	Capacity
Gdańsk Gdansk Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...		Wybrzeże Gdańsk Wybrzeze Gdansk Gdański Klub Sportowy "Wybrzeże" is a Polish motorcycle speedway team based in Gdańsk who race in the 1 Liga .- Stadium :...	15,000
Wrocław	Olympic Stadium	Atlas Wrocław	35,000

Qualifying rounds

Qualifying round 1 2001-07-01 Gdańsk Gdansk Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the... Referee:   Anthony Steele Pos. National team Pts. 1 69 2 49 3 22 4 15

Qualifying round 2 2001-07-02 Gdańsk Gdansk Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the... Referee:   Wojciech Grodzki Pos. National team Pts. 1 57 2 48 3 31 4 12

Qualifying round 3 2001-07-03 Gdańsk Gdansk Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the... Referee: src="http://image.absoluteastronomy.com/images/flags/thumb/88.jpg"/>  Anthony Steele Pos. National team Pts. 1 56 2 41 3 35 4 16

Race-off

• Last chance
• 2001-07-05 Wrocław, Olympic Stadium
• Referee:   Wojciech Grodzki

Pos.		National team	Pts.
1			66
2			65+4
3			65+3
4			42
5			20

Final

• The Final
• 2001-07-07 Wrocław, Olympic Stadium
• Referee:   Anthony Steele

Pos.		National team	Pts.
1			68
2			65
3			51
4			44
5			30

Final classification

Pos.	National team	Pts.
		68
		65
		51
4		44
5		30
6		65+3
7		42
8		20
9		22
10		16
11		15
12		12

External links

• www.speedwayworld.tv - World Cup webside