2002 Speedway World Cup

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Speedway World Cup
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LocationEngland
Start date4 August
End date10 August
Nations12
Champions
 Australia
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The 2002 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 2nd FIM Speedway World Cup season. The final took place on 10 August 2002 in Peterborough, England. The tournament was won by Australia (64 points) and they beat Denmark (58 pts), Sweden (54 pts), Poland (48 pts) and Czech Republic (36 pts) in the Final.[1][2]

Qualification[edit]

Main article: 2002 Speedway World Cup Qualification
Pos. National team Pts.
1  Germany 49
2  Slovenia 46
3  Latvia 17
4  Austria 8

Main tournament[edit]

Qualifying rounds[edit]

Main article: 2002 Speedway World Cup Event 1
Pos. National team Pts.
1  Australia 46
2  Great Britain 42
3  Czech Republic 28
4  Germany 9
Main article: 2002 Speedway World Cup Event 2
Pos. National team Pts.
1  Sweden 55
2  Denmark 41
3  Finland 32
4  Hungary 19
Main article: 2002 Speedway World Cup Event 3
Pos. National team Pts.
1  Poland 57
2  United States 49
3  Russia 24
4  Slovenia 19

Race-off[edit]

Pos. National team Pts.
1  Czech Republic 54
2  Denmark 51
3  United States 51
4  Great Britain 49
5  Finland 19

Heat details[edit]

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  Czech Republic 54 0 3 7 10 12 13 17 17 21 24 27 29 32 35 38 41 42 42 45 48 51 54 54 54 54
(1) Tomáš Topinka 10 0 1 3 3 3
(2) Aleš Dryml, Jr. 13 3 4 2 1 3
(3) Bohumil Brhel 7 4 0 3 X
(4) Lukáš Dryml 13 3 4 3 3
(5) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 11 2 3 3 3
2  Denmark 51 4 5 7 8 12 12 15 19 22 22 24 28 32 34 38 39 43 44 46 50 51 51 51 51 51
(1) Nicki Pedersen 15 4 3 4 4 F
(2) Charlie Gjedde 4 1 E 2 1
(3) Hans N. Andersen 10 2 0 4 4
(4) Ronni Pedersen 7 1 3 2 1
(5) Bjarne Pedersen 15 4 4 4 2 1
3  United States 51 3 7 10 10 11 15 16 18 20 24 24 27 29 30 30 38 38 41 45 47 47 51 51 51 51
(1) Billy Hamill 13 3 4 3 3
(2) Greg Hancock 22 4 4 2 8J 4
(3) Ryan Fisher 7 3 1 1 2 0
(4) Brent Werner 6 0 2 0 - 4
(5) Billy Janniro 3 1 2 0 X
4  Great Britain 49 1 3 4 8 11 14 14 17 18 20 24 25 26 30 32 34 37 41 42 43 47 49 49 49 49
(1) Gary Havelock 4 1 E 2 1
(2) Joe Screen 10 2 3 4 1
(3) Sean Wilson 5 1 1 1 2
(4) Carl Stonehewer 14 4 2 1 3 4
(5) Lee Richardson 16 3 3 4 4 2
5  Finland 19 2 2 2 4 4 6 8 9 9 10 11 11 11 11 12 12 14 16 16 16 18 19 19 19 19
(1) Kaj Laukkanen 5 2 1 T 2
(2) Tomi Reima 5 0 0 1 2 2
(3) Kauko Nieminen 3 E 1 1 0 1
(4) Joonas Kylmäkorpi 4 2 2 0 0 0
(5) Toni Salmela 2 0 2 0 -
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 was permanent for each teams (Red, Blue, White, Yellow/Black and Green). Colours in diagrams means gate positions:
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D gate E – outside

Final[edit]

The 2002 Speedway World Cup Final took place on 10 August 2002 at the East of England Showground in Peterborough, England. The referee was Marek Wojaczek.[3][4]

Result[edit]

Pos. National team Pts.
1  Australia 64
2  Denmark 58
3  Sweden 54
4  Poland 48
5  Czech Republic 36

Heat details[edit]

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  Australia 64 3 3 7 9 12 15 15 18 22 24 25 26 29 32 36 40 40 44 47 51 53 55 58 60 64
(1) Todd Wiltshire 13 3 3 1 4 2
(2) Jason Lyons 3 T 0 1 X 2
(3) Leigh Adams 17 4 3 3 4 3
(4) Jason Crump 14 2 4 3 3 2
(5) Ryan Sullivan 17 3 2 4 4 4
2  Denmark 58 2 2 4 4 6 10 14 16 16 17 23 26 30 32 34 34 36 38 40 41 44 47 51 55 58
(1) Nicki Pedersen 14 2 2 2 2 3 3
(2) Ronni Pedersen 7 X 0 2 2 3
(3) Charlie Gjedde 5 2 1 - 2 -
(4) Hans N. Andersen 12 0 4 3 1 4
(5) Bjarne Pedersen 20 2 4 6J 4 0 4
3  Sweden 54 1 4 7 10 14 16 19 20 22 25 27 27 29 29 30 33 36 37 37 43 44 48 49 52 54
(1) Tony Rickardsson 15 1 2 2 6J 4
(2) Niklas Klingberg 10 3 3 E 3 1
(3) Peter Karlsson 13 3 2 1 3 1 3
(4) Mikael Karlsson 11 3 3 2 1 2
(5) Stefan Andersson 5 4 1 0 E -
4  Poland 48 0 4 4 8 9 9 11 15 18 22 26 30 31 32 35 36 37 37 38 40 44 46 46 47 48
(1) Piotr Protasiewicz 6 0 2 3 1 E
(2) Tomasz Gollob 17 4 4 4 2 2J 1
(3) Krzysztof Cegielski 9 0 3 4 1 1
(4) Jarosław Hampel 14 4 4 1 1 4
(5) Grzegorz Walasek 2 1 0 1 0 -
5  Czech Republic 36 4 6 7 8 8 9 10 10 11 11 11 13 13 17 17 19 27 30 34 34 34 34 36 36 36
(1) Aleš Dryml, Jr. 13 4 0 2 3 4 0
(2) Tomáš Topinka 3 2 1 0 - 0
(3) Lukáš Dryml 14 1 1 4 8J E 0
(4) Bohumil Brhel 5 1 T E 2 - 2
(5) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 1 0 1 0 - 0 -
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 was permanent for each teams (Red, Blue, White, Yellow/Black and Green). Colours in diagrams means gate positions:
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D gate E – outside

Final classification[edit]

Pos. National team Pts.
Gold  Australia 64
Silver  Denmark 58
Bronze  Sweden 54
4  Poland 48
5  Czech Republic 36
6  United States 51
7  Great Britain 49
8  Finland 19
9  Russia 24
10  Hungary 19
11  Slovenia 19
12  Germany 9

References[edit]

  1. ^ world.speedway.org Archived 2002-10-26 at the Wayback Machine; Retrieved on 2008-12-26
  2. ^ "2002 WORLD CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. ^ world.speedway.org Archived 2002-10-26 at the Wayback Machine; Retrieved on 2008-12-26
  4. ^ "2002 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
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