The 2012 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the twelfth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 7 July and 14 July 2012 and involved eight national teams. Six teams were seeded through to the tournament and two qualification rounds were held in April and May 2012 to determine the final place. As host nation, Sweden were seeded to the final.International Speedway results - 2012 SWC
Qualification The top six nations from the 2011 Speedway World Cup (Poland, Australia, Sweden, Denmark, Russia and Great Britain) were granted automatic qualification with Sweden given a birth in the final as host nation. The remaining two places were divided among two qualifying rounds. Qualifying Round One was hosted in Herxheim, Germany, and Qualifying Round Two was hosted at the Ilirija Sports Park in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Germany and the USA qualified to the Tournament.
Qualifying Round One Sandbahn Rennen Herxheim, Herxheim 22 April 2012
National team PtsScorers 37Martin Smolinski 12, Max Dilger 10, Tobias Busch 9, Kevin Wölbert 6 36Kjasts Puodžuks 11, Maksims Bogdanovs 10, Andžejs Ļebedevs 9, Jevgēņijs Karavackis 6 29Timo Lahti 11, Tero Aarnio 10, Juha Hautamäki 5, Jari Mäkinen 3 16David Bellego 6, Mathieu Trésarrieu 5, Stéphane Trésarrieu 3, Xavier Muratet 2
Qualifying Round Two Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana 7 May 2012
National team PtsScorers 44Greg Hancock 13, Ricky Wells 11, Billy Hamill 10, Ryan Fisher 10 40Matej Žagar 19, Maks Gregoric 15, Matic Voldrih 6, Matic Ivačič 0 23Andrey Karpov 14, Aleksandr Loktaev 5, Kiril Tsukanov 3, Stanislav Melnichuk 1 21Mattia Carpanese 9, Nicolás Covatti 6, Cristian Carrica 5, Nicolas Vincentin 1
Qualified teams
Team Qualified as Finals appearance Last appearance 2010 place Host 12th 2011 3 2011 SWC top six 12th 2011 1 2011 SWC top six 12th 2011 2 2011 SWC top six 12th 2011 4 2011 SWC top six 12th 2011 5 2011 SWC top six 10th 2011 6 QR 1 Winner 6th 2011 8 QR 2 Winner 11th 2007 —
Tournament
Semi-finals National team PtsScorers 35Emil Sayfutdinov 16, Artem Laguta 7, Roman Povazhny 6, Grigory Laguta 6 34Tomasz Gollob 12, Maciej Janowski 11, Piotr Protasiewicz 9, Grzegorz Walasek 2 33Niels Kristian Iversen 10, Michael Jepsen Jensen 8, Leon Madsen 8, Mikkel B. Jensen 7 23Greg Hancock 16, Ricky Wells 3, Billy Hamill 2, Ryan Fisher 2 National team PtsScorers 45Jason Crump 15, Chris Holder 12, Davey Watt 11, Troy Batchelor 7 41Chris Harris 17, Scott Nicholls 11, Tai Woffinden 8, Danny King 5 30Aleš Dryml Jr. 15, Lukáš Dryml 6, Matěj Kůs 6, Josef Franc 3 15Kevin Wölbert 7, Martin Smolinski 6, Max Dilger 1, Tobias Kroner 1
Race off G&B Stadium, Målilla National team PtsScorers 42Niels Kristian Iversen 13, Michael Jepsen Jensen 13, Nicki Pedersen 12, Leon Madsen 4 38Tomasz Gollob 15, Krzysztof Buczkowski 11, Maciej Janowski 7, Piotr Protasiewicz 5 30Tai Woffinden 14, Chris Harris 11, Danny King 3, Scott Nicholls 2 19Josef Franc 11, Aleš Dryml Jr. 4, Lukáš Dryml 3, Matěj Kůs 1
Final G&B Stadium, Målilla (full details) National team PtsScorers 39Niels Kristian Iversen 11, Michael Jepsen Jensen 11, Nicki Pedersen 9, Mikkel B Jensen 8 36Chris Holder 16, Jason Crump 10, Darcy Ward 7, Davey Watt 3 30Emil Sayfutdinov 17, Grigory Laguta 8, Artem Laguta 5, Roman Povazhny 0, 24Andreas Jonsson 11, Fredrik Lindgren 9, Thomas H. Jonasson 3, Peter Ljung 1,
Final classification Pos. National team Pts. 39 36 304 24
See also 2012 Speedway Grand Prix 2012 Team Speedway Junior World Championship
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