The 2016 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the sixteenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 23 July and 30 July 2016 and involved nine national teams. It was won by Poland, the first time they achieved success since 2013, and the seventh time in total. They beat hosts Great Britain by seven points, while defending champions Sweden finished third with Australia in fourth.
Qualification
Pista Olimpia Terenzano, Terenzano - 2 June 2016
National team PtsScorers 46Tobias Kroner 13, Martin Smolinski 12, Kai Huckenbeck 11, Kevin Wölbert 10 31Andžejs Ļebedevs 17, Kjasts Puodžuks 8, Maksims Bogdanovs 6, Davis Kurmis 0 29Nicolás Covatti 18, Paco Castagna 6, Guglielmo Franchetti 4, Nicolas Vicentin 1 20Matej Žagar 13, Nick Škorja 4, Matic Ivačič 2, Ziga Kovacić 1
Qualified teams Team Qualified as Finals appearance Last appearance 2015 place Host 16th 2015 5 2015 SWC top eight 16th 2015 1 2015 SWC top eight 16th 2015 2 2015 SWC top eight 16th 2015 3 2015 SWC top eight 16th 2015 4 2015 SWC top eight 9th 2015 6 2015 SWC top eight 13th 2015 7 2015 SWC top eight 15th 2015 8 Qualifying Round Winner 7th 2012 QR
Tournament
Final The final was staged on 30 July at the National Speedway Stadium in Manchester. It was won by Poland, the seventh time they had done so since the World Cup was launched in 2001. They beat hosts Great Britain by seven points, while defending champions Sweden finished third with Australia in fourth.
Bartosz Zmarzlik, Patryk Dudek and captain Piotr Pawlicki Jr. all scored double figures for the Poles, with Krzysztof Kasprzak, who replaced Maciej Janowski in the side for the final, backed them up with eight points. Individual world champion Tai Woffinden lead Great Britain to second place, scoring 19 points.
Results
Pos. National team Pts. 1 392 323 274 22
Scores
POLAND39 No Rider Name Pts. Heats1 Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 10 0,3,2,2,32 Bartosz Zmarzlik 11 1,3,3,1,33 Patryk Dudek 10 3,1,1,2,34 Krzysztof Kasprzak 8 1,3,2,0,25 Krystian Pieszczek 0
GREAT BRITAIN32 No Rider Name Pts. Heats1 Craig Cook 5 1,0,0,3,12 Tai Woffinden 19 3,2,3,6,3,23 Danny King 5 X,0,2,34 Robert Lambert 3 1,1,0,1,05 Adam Ellis 0
SWEDEN30 No Rider Name Pts. Heats1 Andreas Jonsson 8 3,2,0,1,22 Antonio Lindbäck 6 3,2,1,03 Peter Ljung 6 2,1,1,1,14 Fredrik Lindgren 10 2,2,1,3,1,15 Joel Andersson 0
AUSTRALIA22 No Rider Name Pts. Heats1 Jason Doyle 7 0,3,2,X,22 Josh Grajczonek 0 0,0,03 Chris Holder 10 2,1,2,3,2,04 Sam Masters 5 2,0,3,0,0,05 Brady Kurtz 0
Final classification
Pos. National team Pts. 39 32 304 225 416 327 9=8 19=8 19
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