2009 Speedway World Cup Event 2
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| Information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 13 July 2009 | ||
| City | Peterborough | ||
| Event | 2 of 4 (37) | ||
| Referee | Pavel Vana | ||
| Jury President | Christer Bergstrøm | ||
| Stadium details | |||
| Stadium | East of England Showground | ||
| Capacity | 2,200 | ||
| Length | 336 m | ||
| Track | speedway track | ||
| SWC Results | |||
| Winner |  Poland - 54 pts |
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| Runner-up |  Australia - 52 pts |
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| 3rd place |  Great Britain - 34 pts |
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| 4th place |  Slovenia - 13 pts |
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The FIM Tobet Speedway World Cup – Event 2 was the second meeting of the 2009 Speedway World Cup tournament. It took place on 13 July 2009 in the East of England Showground in Peterborough, Great Britain.[1][2][3]
The meeting was won by the Polish team and they qualified directly for the World Cup Final in Leszno, Poland. Australia and host team Great Britain qualified for the Race-Off. The last placed team, Slovenia, were knocked out of the competition.[4]
| Pos. | National team | Pts. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 54 | |
| 2 | Australia | 52 | |
| 3 | Great Britain | 34 | |
| 4 | Slovenia | 13 |
As a Teams Declared[5] was two changes. Pole Sebastian Ułamek (who broke a shoulder blade riding in the Swedish Elitserien) was replaced by Krzysztof Kasprzak. Polish manager Marek Cieślak said: I watched the Polish Championship semi-final where Krzysztof scored 13 points. He also had a very good performance in the Polish Ekstraliga before that.[6] Injured was Australian Rory Schlein, who broke a collarbone and wrist in the British Elite League. Teenage Darcy Ward was an option, but he was injured also.[7] Schlein will be replaced by Davey Watt.[8]
It will be a SWC debut for five riders: two the British Lewis Bridger and Daniel King, one Pole Adrian Miedziński and two Slovenian riders Aleksander Čonda and Maks Gregorič.