2004 Speedway World Cup

Speedway World Cup
Speedway World Cup
Venues	Arlington Stadium, Poole Stadium
Location	England
Start date	2 August
End date	7 August
Nations	8
Champions
	Sweden
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The 2004 Speedway World Cup was the 4th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The final took place on 7 August 2004 in Poole, England. 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

Qualifying round 1
Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo

Qualifying round 2
Christián László Municipal Sports Complex, Gyula

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
Eastbourne	Arlington Stadium
Poole	Wimborne Road

Tournament


Semifinals		Race-off		Final

2 August - Eastbourne (details)

Great Britain	58

Sweden	50

Poland	39	5 August - Poole (details)		7 August - Poole

Hungary	6	Sweden	49	Sweden	49

		Poland	43	Great Britain	48

3 August - Eastbourne (details)		Australia	42	Denmark	32

Denmark	60	Czech Republic	17	Poland	22

Australia	52

Czech Republic	32

Italy	14

Final

The 2004 Speedway World Cup Final took place on 7 August at Wimborne Road in Poole.^[3]^[4]

Results

Pos.	National team	Pts.
1	Sweden	49
2	Great Britain	48
3	Denmark	32
4	Poland	22

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	Sweden	49	2	5	6	7	7	8	11	14	15	18	21	24	24	26	29	30	30	33	33	36	38	41	43	46	49
	(1) Mikael Max	9	2					1					3					1					2
	(2) Tony Rickardsson	12		3					3					3					0					3
	(3) Antonio Lindbäck	9			1					3					0					3					2
	(4) Andreas Jonsson	7				1					1					2					0					3
	(5) Peter Karlsson	12					X					3					3					3					3

2	Great Britain	48	1	2	5	8	11	13	14	15	18	18	20	22	25	28	30	33	36	36	38	39	40	41	44	46	48
	(1) David Norris	9	1								3				3							1		1
	(2) Lee Richardson	10		1								0				3		3							3
	(3) Mark Loram	12			3			2									2		3							2
	(4) Scott Nicholls	8				3			1				2							E							2
	(5) Gary Havelock	9					3			1				2							2		1
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	Denmark	32	3	3	5	5	6	9	11	13	15	16	17	18	20	21	22	24	26	27	30	30	30	30	31	32	32
	(1) Hans N. Andersen	11	3							2						1			2		3						0
	(2) Nicki Pedersen	4		0							2						1			1			X
	(3) Kenneth Bjerre	4			2							1	1								-			0
	(4) Niels Kristian Iversen	5				0		3						1								0			1
	(5) Bjarne Pedersen	8					1		2						2			2								1

4	Poland	22	0	2	2	4	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	11	13	14	16	19	21	21	21	22
	(1) Krzysztof Kasprzak	0	0						0								0				-				-
	(2) Jarosław Hampel	4		2						0			0									2				0
	(3) Tomasz Gollob	1			0						F			0				0									1
	(4) Janusz Kołodziej	10				2						2			2				1				3		XJ
	(5) Marcin Rempała	7					2	0								0				2	1			2
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

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (red, blue, white and yellow/black). Colours in tables show gate positions:
gate A – inside	gate B	gate C	gate D – outside

Final classification

Pos.	National team	Pts.
	Sweden	49
	Great Britain	48
	Denmark	32
4	Poland	22

5	Australia	42
6	Czech Republic	17

7	Italy	14
8	Hungary	6

References

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

[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.

[3] world.speedway.org Archived 2004-08-23 at the Wayback Machine; Retrieved on 2008-12-26

[4] "2004 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

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