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2001 Speedway World Cup

2001 Speedway World Cup

42nd edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition

The 2001 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 1st FIM Speedway World Cup season (and 42nd edition of a speedway team World Cup).[1][2] The Final took place on 7 July 2008 in Wrocław, Poland. The tournament was won by Australia (68 points) and they beat host team Poland (65 pts), Sweden (51 pts), Denmark (44 pts) and United States (30 pts) in the Final.[3][4][5]

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Qualification

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The two group winners and runners-up qualified to 2001 Speedway World Cup.

Venues

Olympic Stadium in Wrocław.

Two cities were selected to host SWC finals events:

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Tournament

Qualifying rounds

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Q1 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 Pts 21 22 23 24
1  Poland 69 2 4 7 10 13 16 18 21 24 26 29 30 33 36 39 41 44 47 50 53 56 59 60 69
(1) Tomasz Gollob 14 3 3 3 3 12 2
(2) Piotr Protasiewicz 13 3 3 3 3 12 1
(3) Mirosław Kowalik 7 2 2 1 2 7
(4) Sebastian Ułamek 14 2 3 3 3 11 3
(5) Krzysztof Cegielski 14 3 2 3 3 11 3
2  Great Britain 49 3 6 6 8 10 11 14 16 16 19 23 26 28 29 30 33 33 35 37 39 41 43 46 49
(1) Mark Loram 17 3 3 4J 2 2 14 3
(2) Carl Stonehewer 9 3 1 1 2 7 2
(3) Lee Richardson 13 2 2 3 3 E4 10 3
(4) Paul Hurry 0 0 0 - - 0
(5) Gary Havelock 10 2 3 1 2 8 2
3  Finland 22 1 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 7 9 10 12 13 13 15 15 16 17 18 19 19 20 22 22
(1) Kaj Laukkanen 8 1 0 2J 2 1 6 2
(2) Kauko Nieminen 5 1 E4 1 1 1 4 1
(3) Joonas Kylmäkorpi 7 1 2 1 2 1 7 0
(4) Tomi Reima 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
(5) Petri Kokko 1 1 - - - 1
4  Germany 15 0 0 2 2 2 4 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 10 12 12 12 12 14 14 14 15
(1) Gerd Riss 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
(2) Jorg Pingel 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 -
(3) Joachim Kugelmann 10 2 1 2 2 7 2J 1
(4) Herbert Rudolf 3 0 2 0 1 0 3 0
(5) Steffen Mell 0 0 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 Pts 21 22 23 24

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 and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams means gate positions:
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

Heat after heat

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Q2 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 Pts 21 22 23 24
1  Sweden 57 2 5 6 9 11 13 16 17 18 21 23 25 28 31 34 36 38 40 43 46 49 51 54 57
(1) Tony Rickardsson 14 2 3 3 3 11 3
(2) Mikael Karlsson 12 3 2 3 2 10 2
(3) Jimmy Nilsen 11 3 1 2 2 8 3
(4) Niklas Klingberg 6 1 1 2 2 6
(5) Andreas Jonsson 14 2 3 3 3 11 3
2  Denmark 48 3 5 5 7 10 13 15 18 21 22 22 25 27 28 30 31 32 38 39 40 42 45 46 48
(1) Nicki Pedersen 15 0 3 3 6J 1 13 2
(2) Hans Clausen 4 2 2 E - 4
(3) Jesper B. Jensen 12 2 3 2 1 8 3 1
(4) Brian Andersen 10 3 3 1 1 8 2 -
(5) Bjarne Pedersen 7 3 1 2 1 7 -
3  Russia 31 1 1 4 4 5 6 7 9 9 11 14 14 14 16 17 20 23 23 25 25 27 28 30 31
(1) Roman Povazhny 11 0 2 3 3 2 10 1
(2) Rinat Mardanshin 1 1 0 0 0 1 -
(3) Sergey Darkin 11 3 1 2 3 9 2
(4) Eduard Shaihullin 3 0 1 0 - 1 2J
(5) Sergey Kuzin 5 1 2 1 0 5 1
4  Slovenia 12 0 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 12 12 12 12 12
(1) Matej Ferjan 3 1 2 0 XF 3 0 E
(2) Izak Šantej 5 2 0 1 1 1 5 0
(3) Jernej Kolenko 4 1 0 1 0 2 4 F2 -
(4) Primoz Klenovsek 0 0 0 - 0 0 -
(5) Primoz Legan 0 0 0 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 Pts 21 22 23 24

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 and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams means gate positions:
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

Heat after heat

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Q3 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 Pts 21 22 23 24
1  Australia 56 3 4 7 8 11 14 14 17 20 23 24 27 30 32 33 35 38 38 41 44 47 50 53 56
(1) Jason Crump 15 3 3 3 3 12 3
(2) Jason Lyons 2 1 0 1 E 2
(3) Leigh Adams 13 1 3 3 3 10 3
(4) Ryan Sullivan 13 3 3 2 2 10 3
(5) Todd Wiltshire 13 3 3 1 3 10 3
2  United States 41 2 4 4 7 9 9 12 14 16 17 21 23 23 23 26 29 31 33 35 36 37 39 41 41
(1) Sam Ermolenko 10 2 2 4J 2 10 0
(2) Greg Hancock 10 2 2 2 2 8 2
(3) Billy Janniro 5 0 3 0 2 5
(4) Brent Werner 7 3 0 0 3 6 1
(5) John Cook 9 2 1 3 1 9 2
3  Czech Republic 35 1 4 6 6 7 9 11 11 12 14 17 17 19 22 24 25 26 29 29 31 31 32 33 35
(1) Marian Jirout 5 1 2 2 0 5 -
(2) Bohumil Brhel 13 3 2 3 3 11 0J 2
(3) Michal Makovský 0 0 Fx 0 - 0
(4) Aleš Dryml, Jr. 8 2 1 3 1 7 1
(5) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 9 1 2 2 1 2 8 1
4  Hungary 16 0 0 1 3 3 4 5 6 6 6 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 10 11 11 15 15 15 16
(1) Robert Nagy 9 2 0 1 1 4 4J 1
(2) Attila Stefani 4 1 1 1 0 1 4 0
(3) Norbert Magosi 2 T 1 1 0 2 0
(4) Laszlo Szatmari 1 0 1 0 X 1 -
(5) Gábor Szegvári 0 0 0 - 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 Pts 21 22 23 24

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 and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams means gate positions:
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

Heat after heat

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Race-off

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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  Denmark 66 3 5 7 11 15 17 21 23 27 31 34 35 39 43 45 47 48 48 51 54 56 60 61 63 66
(1) Nicki Pedersen 18 3 4 4 3 4
(2) Hans Clausen 13 2 4 4 2 1
(3) Bjarne Pedersen 9 2 2 2 1 2
(4) Jesper B. Jensen 14 4 4 3 0 3
(5) Brian Andersen 12 4 2 1 3 2
2  United States 65+4 4 8 11 13 15 19 19 19 20 23 24 28 31 31 39 40 44 48 52 53 57 58 61 65 65
(1) Greg Hancock 19 4 3 4 4 4
(2) Sam Ermolenko 23 4 4 3 8J 4 F1x
(3) Brent Werner 8 3 0 0 1 4
(4) Billy Janniro 4 2 0 - 1 1
(5) John Cook 11 2 1 1 4 3
3  Great Britain 65 +3 2 3 7 7 10 10 13 17 20 23 26 29 31 33 36 39 41 44 47 51 54 56 58 61 65
(1) Mark Loram 18 2 4 2 2 4J 4
(2) Carl Stonehewer 16 1 3 3 3 3 3
(3) Lee Richardson 15 4 3 3 3 2
(4) Paul Hurry 2 X N - - 2
(5) Gary Havelock 14 3 3 2 3 3
4  Czech Republic 42 1 4 4 7 7 13 15 18 20 20 20 20 21 24 24 28 28 30 31 35 36 38 42 42 42
(1) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 10 1 2 0 2 1 4
(2) Bohumil Brhel 16 3 6J 3 0 4 M
(3) Aleš Dryml, Jr. 9 0 2 0 3 4 E4
(4) Marian Jirout 7 3 E5 1 0 1 2
(5) Michal Makovský 0 Fx - - - -
5  Russia 20 0 0 1 1 2 3 4 5 5 6 8 10 10 12 13 13 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 20
(1) Roman Povazhny 5 0 1 2 2J X 0
(2) Sergey Darkin 6 E4 1 2 3 0
(3) Eduard Shaihullin 3 1 1 Fx 1 0
(4) Oleg Kurguskin 1 M 0 - 0 1
(5) Sergey Kuzin 5 1 1 1 0 2
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

Heat after heat

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Final

The final took place on 7 July at the Olympic Stadium in Wrocław, Poland.[6][7] Australia won the final and their rider Jason Crump became the first rider since the legendary Swedish rider Ove Fundin to go through the entire tournament undefeated.[8]

Final scores

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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  Australia 68 4 7 10 14 17 17 21 25 25 26 29 33 35 39 42 45 49 51 52 54 56 57 60 64 68
(1) Jason Crump 20 4 4 4 4 4
(2) Todd Wiltshire 10 3 0 3 2 2
(3) Craig Boyce 9 3 1 3 1 1
(4) Ryan Sullivan 13 4 0 4 2 3
(5) Leigh Adams 16 3 4 2 3 4
2  Poland 65 2 4 8 8 9 11 12 15 19 27 28 29 33 35 36 38 40 44 48 51 55 58 62 65 65
(1) Krzysztof Cegielski 11 2 2 1 2 4
(2) Piotr Protasiewicz 9 2 1 1 2 3
(3) Tomasz Gollob 27 4 3 8J 4 4 4
(4) Sebastian Ułamek 13 T 4 2 4 3
(5) Jacek Krzyżaniak 5 1 - 1 3 X
3  Sweden 51 0 0 4 7 11 15 18 19 22 25 29 32 32 32 36 40 43 44 44 45 46 48 48 48 51
(1) Jimmy Nilsen 7 0 3 4 0 E
(2) Mikael Karlsson 8 M 1 4 1 2 0
(3) Tony Rickardsson 17 4 3 3 4 3
(4) Niklas Klingberg 10 3 3 E 3 1
(5) Andreas Jonsson 9 4 4 X 1 -
4  Denmark 44 1 2 2 4 8 9 11 13 15 17 17 17 20 23 25 26 27 27 29 33 36 40 41 43 44
(1) Nicki Pedersen 16 1 2 2 3 4 4
(2) Bjarne Pedersen 6 1 - 3 1 1
(3) Hans Clausen 6 0 1 2 1 2
(4) Jesper B. Jensen 5 2 2 0 0 1
(5) Brian Andersen 11 4J 2 0 2 3
5  United States 30 3 7 8 9 9 12 12 12 13 13 15 17 18 19 19 19 19 22 25 25 25 25 27 28 30
(1) Greg Hancock 9 3 0 2 0 3 1
(2) Billy Hamill 13 4 3 1 3 EJ 2
(3) Brent Werner 2 1 0 1 0 -
(4) Billy Janniro 1 1 0 - 0 0
(5) John Cook 5 0 1 2 E 2
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

Heat by heat

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Final classification

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