2006 Speedway World Cup

FIM ASL Freight Movements Speedway World Cup
Venue	Smallmead Stadium
Location	England
Start date	16 July
End date	22 July
Nations	8
Champions
Denmark
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The 2006 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 6th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on 22 July 2006 in the Smallmead Stadium in Reading, Berkshire, England. The tournament was won by Denmark (45 pts) and they beat Sweden (37 pts), host team Great Britain (36 pts) and Australia (35 pts) in the Final. The defending champion Poland did not qualify to the Final.^[1]

Qualification

Qualifying round 1 Stadium Lokomotīve, Daugavpils	Qualifying round 2 Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc
Pos. National team Pts. 1  Finland 42 2  Germany 39+3 3  Russia 39+2 4  Latvia 30	Pos. National team Pts. 1  United States 59 2  Slovenia 41 3  Hungary 25+3 4  Italy 25+2

Tournament

	Semifinals					Race-off					Final
	16 July - Rybnik (details)
	Australia		49
	Great Britain		48
	Poland		48			20 July - Reading (details)					22 July - Reading
	Finland		9			Denmark		49			Denmark		45
						Great Britain		42			Sweden		37
	18 July - Målilla (details)					Poland		35			Great Britain		36
	Sweden		56			United States		28			Australia		35
	Denmark		53
	United States		39
	Czech Republic		7

Final

The 2006 Speedway World Cup Final took place on 22 July at Smallmead Stadium in Reading.^[2]

Results

Pos.		National team	Pts.
1		Denmark	45
2		Sweden	37
3		Great Britain	36
4		Australia	35

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	Denmark	45	0	3	4	7	9	12	15	15	16	18	21	23	23	26	27	29	31	31	32	33	34	37	40	42	45
	(1) Niels Kristian Iversen	5	0								1				0							1		3
	(2) Nicki Pedersen	13		3								2				3		2							3
	(3) Bjarne Pedersen	9			1			3									1		2							2
	(4) Hans N. Andersen (c)	12				3			3				3							X							3
	(5) Charlie Gjedde	6					2			0				2							1		1
2	Sweden	37	3	5	7	8	9	10	10	13	16	16	17	17	18	20	20	22	25	26	26	26	29	31	33	36	37
	(1) Andreas Jonsson (c)	14	3							3						2		2	3								1
	(2) Antonio Lindbäck	11		2							3						0			1			3		2
	(3) Fredrik Lindgren	5			2							0	1								0			2
	(4) Mikael Max	2				1		1						0								0			-
	(5) Peter Karlsson	5					1		0						1			-								3
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
3	Great Britain	36	2	3	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	9	11	14	18	18	20	23	23	26	28	30	32	33	33	34	36
	(1) Lee Richardson	7	2						1								2				2				0
	(2) Mark Loram	7		1						1			2									2				1
	(3) Scott Nicholls (c)	15			3						0			3	4J			3									2
	(4) Chris Louis	3				0						1			-				0				2
	(5) Chris Harris	4					0	0								0				3				1
4	Australia	35	1	1	1	3	6	8	10	12	14	17	17	18	21	22	25	25	26	28	31	34	34	34	35	35	35
	(1) Travis McGowan	3	1					2					0					0					X
	(2) Ryan Sullivan	4		0					2					1					1					0
	(3) Todd Wiltshire	8			0					2					3					2					1
	(4) Leigh Adams (c)	8				2					2					1					3					0
	(5) Jason Crump	12					3					3					3					3					FJ
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

Final classification

Pos.	National team	Pts.
	Denmark	45
	Sweden	37
	Great Britain	36
4	Australia	35
5	Poland	35
6	United States	28
7	Finland	9
8	Czech Republic	7

References

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