2009 Speedway World Cup Qualification
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The 2009 Speedway World Cup Qualification (SWC) was a two events of motorcycle speedway
meetings used to determine the two national teams who qualify for the 2009 Speedway World Cup
. According to the FIM
rules the top six nations (Denmark
, Poland
, Sweden
, Australia
, Great Britain
and Russia
) from the 2008 Speedway World Cup
were automatically qualified.
Motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. Speedway motorcycles use only one gear and have no brakes and racing takes place on a flat oval track usually...
meetings used to determine the two national teams who qualify for the 2009 Speedway World Cup
2009 Speedway World Cup
The 2009 FIM Speedway World Cup is the ninth FIM Speedway World Cup season. The final took place on 19 July 2009 in Leszno, Poland. The current World Champions are Denmark who won the 2008 final in Vojens, Denmark...
. According to the FIM
Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme
The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme is the governing body of motorcycle racing. It represents 103 national motorcycle federations that are divided into six regional continental unions....
rules the top six nations (Denmark
Denmark national speedway team
Denmark are one of the major teams in international speedway. They are managed by former rider Jan Stæchmann and the current captain is Peterborough Panthers' Hans Andersen...
, Poland
Poland national speedway team
The Poland national speedway team is the national motorcycle speedway team of Poland and is controlled by the Polish Motor Union . The team is one of the major teams in international speedway and they won the Team World Championship nine times . The team has won 1971 Speedway World Pairs...
, Sweden
Sweden national speedway team
Sweden are one of the major teams in international speedway. They have been managed by Mats Olsson, who is currently in his 2nd spell, since 2005 after he quit in 2000...
, Australia
Australia national speedway team
Australia are one of the major teams in international speedway. The team is managed by former rider, three time Australian Champion and 1994 World #3 Craig Boyce and captained by three time Speedway World Champion Jason Crump...
, Great Britain
Great Britain national speedway team
The Great Britain national speedway team are one of the major teams in international speedway. The team is managed by Poole Pirates manager Neil Middleditch and the captain is Chris Harris of the Belle Vue Aces....
and Russia
Russia national speedway team
Russia are an international speedway team who compete in the major international competition, the Speedway World Cup. They are managed by Andrey Savin and the current captain is Rybnik's Denis Gizatullin.- 2009 Squad :* Denis Gizatullin* Grigory Laguta...
) from the 2008 Speedway World Cup
2008 Speedway World Cup
The 2008 FIM Nordicbet Speedway World Cup is the 8th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on July 19 2008 in Vojens, Denmark...
were automatically qualified.
Results
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Qualifying Round 1
- 2 May 2009 (21:00) Terenzano, Pista "Olimpia" (Length: 400 m)
- Referee:
Christian Froschauer - Jury President:
Janos Nadasdi - Attendance:
Qualifying Round 2
- 2 May 2009 (18:15) DaugavpilsDaugavpilsDaugavpils is a city in southeastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city gets its name. Daugavpils literally means "Daugava Castle". With a population of over 100,000, it is the second largest city in the country after the capital Riga, which is located some...
, Lokomotīve Stadium (Length: 373 m) - Referee:
Mick Bates - Jury President:
Andrzej Grodzki - Attendance: