2008 Speedway World Cup


The 2008 FIM Nordicbet Speedway World Cup is the 8th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The final took place on 19 July 2008 in Vojens, Denmark. The tournament was won by host team Denmark and they beat defending champion Poland, Sweden and Australia in 2008 Speedway [World Cup Final|the Final].
It was the second time the Speedway World Cup was won by Denmark and their thirteenth Team World Champion title overall. It was the second time Hans Andersen, Niels Kristian Iversen, Bjarne Pedersen and Nicki Pedersen had been members of a World Cup winning team (Champions in 2006, but it was the first time for Kenneth Bjerre.

Qualification

The top 6 teams of the overall 2007 Speedway World Cup was directly seeded into the 2008 SWC Final Tournament: Poland, Denmark, Australia, Great Britain, Sweden and Russia. 2 other teams was shall qualify to the SWC through 2 preliminary rounds: Czech Republic and Hungary.
In Preliminary Round 1, Hungary won with after a run-off between Matej Ferjan and Tobias Kroner from Germany. The last places were taken by Latvia and United States competing without Grand Prix rider Greg Hancock.
In Preliminary Round 2, the Czech Republic team won with. They beat Finland, Slovenia and Italy.

Tournament

The SWC Final Tournament was held by Poland, Great Britain and Denmark. The first Semi-Final was held in Leszno, Poland. This meeting was won by Australia after a Run-Off between Leigh Adams and Jarosław Hampel from Poland. In Event 2 in Coventry, Great Britain, the Denmark team won.
The Race-Off and the Final were held in Vojens, Denmark. The Swedish team won the Race-Off. Sweden and Poland qualified for the Final. The last two places were taken by Great Britain and Russia.

Final

The 2008 Speedway World Cup Final took place on 19 July at the Speedway Center in Vojens. In the final the Denmark team won with 49 points beating Poland, Sweden and Australia.

Heat after heat

  1. N.Pedersen, Adams, Holta, Jonsson
  2. Jaguś, B.Pedersen, Holder, Nermark
  3. Gollob, Crump, Bjerre, Ljung
  4. Lindgren, Sullivan, Iversen, Walasek
  5. Hampel, Andersen, Watt, Davidsson
  6. N.Pedersen, Gollob, Watt, Lindgren
  7. B.Pedersen, Adams, Davidsson, Walasek
  8. Hampel, Holder, Jonsson, Bjerre
  9. Lindgren, Holta, Crump, Iversen
  10. Jaguś, Andersen, Sullivan, Ljung
  11. N.Pedersen, Ljung, Walasek, Holder
  12. Lindgren, Hampel, B.Pedersen, Holder
  13. Davidsson, Bjerre, Holta, Sullivan
  14. Jaguś, Jonsson, Iversen, Watt
  15. Andersen, Gollob, Adams, Nermark
  16. Davidsson, Jaguś, N.Pedersen, Watt
  17. Gollob, B.Pedersen, Jonsson, Sullivan
  18. Bjerre, Davidsson, Watt, Walasek
  19. Hampel, Iversen, Adams, Ljung
  20. Andersen, Lindgren, Holder, Holta
  21. Jonsson, Sullivan, N.Pedersen, Hampel
  22. B.Pedersen, Ljung, Holta, Watt
  23. Bjerre, Lindgren, Jaguś, Adams
  24. Iversen, Gollob, Davidsson, Holder
  25. Walasek, Jonsson, Andersen, Adams