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2004 Speedway World Cup

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Speedway World Cup
Venue England (2 venues)
Start dateAugust 2
End dateAugust 7
Nations8
← 2003
2005 →

The 2004 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 4th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on 7 August 2004 in Poole, Great Britain. The tournament was won by Sweden (49 pts) and they beat host team Great Britain (48 pts), Denmark (32 pts) and Poland (22 pts) in the Final.[1][2]

Qualification

Pos. National team Pts.
1  Italy 54
2  Germany 47
3  Finland 31
4  Latvia 18
Pos. National team Pts.
1  Hungary 51
2  Slovenia 47
3  Russia 42
4  Austria 10

Venues

Two cities were selected to host SWC finals events:

City Stadium names Host club(s) Capacity
Eastbourne Arlington Stadium Eastbourne Eagles
Poole Poole Stadium Poole Pirates

Tournament

SemifinalsRace-offFinal
2 August - Eastbourne (details)
 Great Britain58
 Sweden50
 Poland395 August - Poole (details)7 August - Poole (details)
 Hungary6 Sweden49 Sweden49
 Poland43 Great Britain48
3 August - Eastbourne (details) Australia42 Denmark32
 Denmark60 Czech Republic17 Poland22
 Australia52
 Czech Republic32
 Italy14

Final classification

Pos. National team Pts.
Gold  Sweden 49
Silver  Great Britain 48
Bronze  Denmark 32
4  Poland 22
5  Australia 42
6  Czech Republic 17
7  Italy 14
8  Hungary 6

See also

References

  1. ^ world.speedway.org Archived 2004-08-23 at the Wayback Machine; Retrieved on 2008-12-26
  2. ^ "2004 WORLD CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.