2002 Speedway World Cup

The 2002 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 2nd FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on 10 August 2002 in Peterborough, Great Britain. 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]

Speedway World Cup
Venue	England (4 venues)
Start date	August 4
End date	August 10
Nations	12
← 2001 2003 →

Qualification

Main article: 2002 Speedway World Cup Qualification

• Qualifying round
• 2002-05-20
•   GER Abensberg, Motorstadion

Pos.		National team	Pts.
1		Germany	49
2		Slovenia	46
3		Latvia	17
4		Austria	8

Venues

Four cities were selected to host SWC finals events:

City	Stadium names	Host club(s)	Capacity
Eastbourne	Arlington Stadium	Eastbourne Eagles
Peterborough	East of England Showground	Peterborough Panthers
Poole	Poole Stadium	Poole Pirates
Sheffield	Sheffield Sports Stadium	Sheffield Tigers

Tournament

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2002 Speedway World Cup Event 1 Event 1 2002-08-04   GBR Sheffield, Sheffield Sports Stadium only 20 heats 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 Event 2 2002-08-05   GBR Poole, Poole Stadium Pos. National team Pts. 1   Sweden 55 2   Denmark 41 3   Finland 32 4   Hungary 19
Main article: 2002 Speedway World Cup Event 3 Event 3 2002-08-06   GBR Eastbourne, Arlington Stadium Pos. National team Pts. 1   Poland 57 2   United States 49 3   Russia 24 4   Slovenia 19

Race-off

Main article: 2002 Speedway World Cup Race-off

• Race-Off
• 2002-08-08
•   GBR Peterborough, East of England Showground
• only 22 heats

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

Final

Main article: 2002 Speedway World Cup Final

• The Final
• 2002-08-10
•   GBR Peterborough, East of England Showground

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

Final classification

Pos.	National team	Pts.
	Australia	64
	Denmark	58
	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

See also

• 2002 Speedway Grand Prix

References

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

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