2015 Speedway World Cup
56th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition
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The 2015 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the fifteenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 6 June and 14 June 2015 and involved nine national teams. It was won by Sweden, the first time they have achieved success since 2004. They beat hosts and defending champions Denmark by two points, while Poland edged out Australia to claim third.[1][2][3]
| Speedway World Cup | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Vojens |
| Location | Denmark |
| Start date | 6 June |
| End date | 14 June |
| Nations | 9 |
| Champions | |
| Sweden | |
Qualification
Ellermühle Speedway Stadium, Landshut - 9 May 2015 [4]
| National team | Pts | Scorers | |
|---|---|---|---|
 Russia | 40 | Emil Sayfutdinov 12, Vitaly Belousov 11, Viktor Kulakov 10, Vadim Tarasenko 7 | |
| Germany | 34 | Martin Smolinski 20, Michael Hartel 8, Christian Hefenbrock 6, Tobias Busch 0 | |
 Slovenia | 32 | Matej Žagar 17, Maks Gregorič 11, Ziga Kovacić 3, Aleksander Čonda 1 | |
 Italy | 17 | Nicolás Covatti 7, Paco Castagna 7, Alessandro Milanese 3, Nicolas Vicentin 2 |
Qualified teams
| Team | Qualified as | Finals appearance | Last appearance | 2014 place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Denmark | Host | 15th | 2014 | 1 |
 Poland | 2014 SWC top eight | 15th | 2014 | 2 |
 Australia | 2014 SWC top eight | 15th | 2014 | 3 |
 Great Britain | 2014 SWC top eight | 15th | 2014 | 4 |
 Sweden | 2014 SWC top eight | 15th | 2014 | 5 |
 United States | 2014 SWC top eight | 8th | 2014 | 6 |
 Czech Republic | 2014 SWC top eight | 14th | 2014 | 7 |
 Latvia | 2014 SWC top eight | 3rd | 2014 | 8 |
| Russia | Qualifying Round Winner | 12th | 2013 | QR |
Tournament
| Semifinals | Race-off | Final | |||||||||||
| June 6 — Gniezno[5] (details) | |||||||||||||
| Sweden | 40 | ||||||||||||
| Poland | 36 | ||||||||||||
| Russia | 27 | June 11 — Vojens[6] (details) | June 14 — Vojens[7] (details) | ||||||||||
| Czech Republic | 20 | Poland | 48 | Sweden | 34 | ||||||||
| Great Britain | 43 | Denmark | 32 | ||||||||||
| June 8 — King's Lynn[8] (details) | United States | 22 | Poland | 27 | |||||||||
| Australia | 47 | Russia | 11 | Australia | 26 | ||||||||
| Great Britain | 43 | ||||||||||||
| United States | 22 | ||||||||||||
| Latvia | 9 | ||||||||||||
The final was delayed from 13 Jun until 14 Jun after rain caused the meeting to be abandoned.[9]
Final classification
| Pos. | National team | Pts. |
|---|---|---|
 | Sweden | 34 |
 | Denmark | 32 |
 | Poland | 27 |
| 4 | Australia | 26 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 43 |
| 6 | United States | 22 |
| 7 | Russia | 11 |
| 8 | Czech Republic | 20 |
| 9 | Latvia | 9 |