2014 Speedway World Cup

The 2014 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the fourteenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 26 July and 2 August 2014 and involved nine national teams.^[1][2][3]

Speedway World Cup
Venue	Stadion Miejski im. Józefa Piłsudskiego
Location	Poland
Start date	26 July
End date	2 August
Nations	9
Champions
Denmark
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Qualification

  Pista Olimpia Terenzano, Terenzano - 5 July 2014

	National team	Pts	Scorers
	Italy	36	Nicolás Covatti 15, Paco Castagna 10, Mattia Carpanese 9, Nicolas Vicentin 2
	Germany	33	Martin Smolinski 11, Kai Huckenbeck 8, Tobias Kroner 7, Tobias Busch 7
	Slovenia	32	Matej Žagar 21, Aleksander Čonda 6, Matic Voldrih 4, Denis Stojs 1
	Russia	26	Vitaly Belousov 11, Denis Gizatullin 8, Andrey Kudriashov 7

Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	Finals appearance	Last appearance	2013 place
Poland	Host	14th	2013	1
Denmark	2013 SWC top eight	14th	2013	2
Australia	2013 SWC top eight	14th	2013	3
Czech Republic	2013 SWC top eight	13th	2013	4
United States	2013 SWC top eight	7th	2013	5
Latvia	2013 SWC top eight	2nd	2013	6
Great Britain	2013 SWC top eight	14th	2013	7
Sweden	2013 SWC top eight	14th	2013	8
Italy	Qualifying Round Winner	3rd	2004	QR

Tournament

	Semifinals					Race-off					Final
	26 July —   King's Lynn
	Great Britain		44
	United States		37
	Australia		36			31 July —   Bydgoszcz					2 August —   Bydgoszcz (details)
	Italy		10			Australia		43			Denmark		38
						Sweden		32			Poland		37
	29 July —   Vastervik					United States		26			Australia		36
	Denmark		48			Czech Republic		24			Great Britain		16
	Sweden		43
	Czech Republic		24
	Latvia		11

Semi finals

	National team	Pts	Scorers
	Great Britain	44	Tai Woffinden 12, Danny King 11, Chris Harris 11, Simon Stead 1
	United States	37	Greg Hancock 19, Gino Manzares 9, Ricky Wells 5, Max Ruml 4
	Australia	36	Jason Doyle 15, Troy Batchelor 14, Darcy Ward 6, Cameron Woodward 1
	Italy	10	Nicolás Covatti 7, Paco Castagna 2, Mattia Carpanese 1, Nicolas Vicentin 0

	National team	Pts	Scorers
	Denmark	44	Mads Korneliussen 13, Hans Andersen 12, Peter Kildemand 12, Bjarne Pedersen 11
	Sweden	43	Andreas Jonsson 16, Thomas H. Jonasson 11, Peter Ljung 9, Oliver Berntzon 7
	Czech Republic	24	Eduard Krčmář 9, Václav Milík Jr. 7, Aleš Dryml Jr. 7, Josef Franc 1
	Latvia	11	Maksims Bogdanovs 5, Andžejs Ļebedevs 4, Kjasts Puodžuks 2, Jevgeņijs Kostigovs 0

Race off

	National team	Pts	Scorers
	Australia	43	Darcy Ward 11, Troy Batchelor 11, Jason Doyle 10, Chris Holder 11
	Sweden	32	Thomas H. Jonasson 11, Kim Nilsson, Oliver Berntzon 8, Andreas Jonsson 9
	United States	26	Greg Hancock 21, Ricky Wells 4, Max Ruml 1, Gino Manzares 0
	Czech Republic	24	Václav Milík Jr. 9, Eduard Krčmář 8, Aleš Dryml Jr. 5, Josef Franc 2

Final

(full details)

	National team	Pts	Scorers
	Denmark	38	Nicki Pedersen 17, Niels-Kristian Iversen 11, Peter Kildemand 7, Mads Korneliussen 3
	Poland	37	Krzysztof Kasprzak 11, Jarosław Hampel 11, Piotr Protasiewicz 9, Janusz Kołodziej 6
	Australia	36	Jason Doyle 13, Chris Holder 11, Darcy Ward 10, Troy Batchelor 2
	Great Britain	16	Tai Woffinden 12, Chris Harris 4, Danny King 0, Simon Stead 0

Final classification

Pos.	National team	Pts.
	Denmark	38
	Poland	37
	Australia	36
4	Great Britain	16
5	Sweden	32
6	United States	26
7	Czech Republic	24
8	Latvia	11
9	Italy	10

See also

• 2014 Speedway Grand Prix

References

1. "2014 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
2. "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
3. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 15 July 2021.