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2007 Speedway World Cup

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The 2007 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 7th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on 21 July 2007 in the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno, Poland. The tournament was won by host team Poland (55 pts) and they beat defending champion Denmark (52 pts), Australia (29 pts) and Great Britain (15 pts) in the Final.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

VenueAlfred Smoczyk Stadium

LocationPoland

Start date14 July

End date21 July

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Speedway World Cup
World champions Poland
Venue	Alfred Smoczyk Stadium
Location	Poland
Start date	14 July
End date	21 July
Nations	8
Champions
Poland
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Qualification

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Qualifying round 1
Altes Stadion, Abensberg

Qualifying round 2
Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo

Pos.		National team	Pts.
1		Finland	43
2		Germany	40
3		Latvia	37
4		Slovenia	29

Pos.		National team	Pts.
1		Russia	59
2		Czech Republic	46
3		Italy	31
4		Hungary	12

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Tournament


	Semifinals					Race-off					Final

	14 July - Vojens (details)

	Denmark		60

	Poland		44

	Australia		39			19 July - Leszno (details)					21 July - Leszno

	Finland		11			Australia		53			Poland		55

						Poland		52			Denmark		52

	16 July - Coventry (details)					Sweden		40			Australia		29

	Great Britain		60			Russia		7			Great Britain		15

	Sweden		49

	Russia		27

	United States		20

Final

The 2007 Speedway World Cup Final took place on 21 July, at the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Results

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Pos.		National team	Pts.
1		Poland	55
2		Denmark	52
3		Australia	29
4		Great Britain	15

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Heat details

Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
1	Poland	55	3	6	9	12	12	12	15	18	21	23	26	29	31	31	33	33	35	37	40	42	45	47	50	52	55
	(1) Krzysztof Kasprzak	14	3						3								2				3				3
	(2) Jarosław Hampel	13		3						3			3									2				2
	(3) Tomasz Gollob (c)	12			3						3			3				0									3
	(4) Rune Holta	12				3						2			2				2				3
	(5) Grzegorz Walasek	0					0	0
	(6) Damian Baliński	4														Fx				2				2

2	Denmark	52	2	3	5	7	9	12	13	15	17	20	22	24	27	29	32	34	37	40	41	44	45	46	48	51	52
	(1) Hans N. Andersen (c)	10	2							2						2			3								1
	(2) Kenneth Bjerre	10		1							2						3			3			1
	(3) Niels Kristian Iversen	9			2							3	2								1			1
	(4) Nicki Pedersen	12				2		3						2								3			2
	(5) Bjarne Pedersen	11					2		1						3			2								3
	(6) Jesper B. Jensen	-
Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
3	Australia	29	1	3	4	5	8	10	12	13	14	14	15	15	16	19	19	22	22	23	23	24	24	27	28	29	29
	(1) Ryan Sullivan	7	1								1				1							1		3
	(2) Jason Crump	9		2								TJ				3		3							1
	(3) Chris Holder	3			1			2									0
	(4) Leigh Adams (c)	5				1			2				1							1							0
	(5) Davey Watt	4					3			1				0							0		0
	(6) Rory Schlein	1																	0							1

4	Great Britain	15	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	6	7	9	9	11	11	13	13	13	13	15
	(1) Lee Richardson	4	0					1					E3					1					2
	(2) Simon Stead	1		0					0					1					-					0
	(3) Edward Kennett	0			0					0					0
	(4) Chris Harris	3				0					0					1					2					0
	(5) Scott Nicholls (c)	7					1					1					1		2J			0					2
	(6) Oliver Allen	0																		0					E4
Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25

M - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (red, blue, white and yellow/black). Colours in tables show gate positions:
gate A – inside	gate B	gate C	gate D – outside

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Kasprzak, Andersen, Sullivan, Richardsson
Hampel, Crump, Bjerre, Stead
Gollob, Iversen, Holder, Kennett
Holta, N.Pedersen, Adams, Harris
Watt, B.Pedersen, Nicholls, Walasek
N.Pedersen, Holder, Richardsson, Walasek
Kasprzak, Adams, B.Pedersen, Stead
Hampel, Andersen, Watt, Kennett
Gollob, Bjerre, Sullivan, Harris
Iversen, Holta, Nicholls, Crump(joker)-t
Hampel, Iversen, Adams, Richardsson-e3
Gollob, N.Pedersen, Stead, Watt
B.Pedersen, Holta, Sullivan, Kennett
Crump, Andersen, Harris, Baliński-Fx
Bjerre, Kasprzak, Nicholls, Holder
Crump, B.Pedersen, Richardsson, Gollob
Andersen, Holta, Nicholls(joker), Schlein
Bjerre, Baliński, Adams, Allen
Kasprzak, Harris, Iversen, Watt
N.Pedersen, Hampel, Sullivan, Nicholls
Holta, Richardsson, Bjerre, Watt
Sullivan, Baliński, Iversen, Stead
Kasprzak, N.Pedersen, Crump, Allen-e4
B.Pedersen, Hampel, Schlein, Harris
Gollob, Nicholls, Andersen, Adams

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Final classification

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Pos.	National team	Pts.
	Poland	55
	Denmark	52
	Australia	29
4	Great Britain	15

5	Sweden	40
6	Russia	7

7	United States	20
8	Finland	11

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