The 2023 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 18th Speedway World Cup, an international motorcycle speedway world championship tournament organised by the FIM. The 2023 edition was the first since 2017 and took place between 25 July and 29 July 2023 and involved nine national teams.
Poland successfully defended their 2017 title defeating Great Britain after a last heat decider. Great Britain trailed Poland by one point going into the final heat and Robert Lambert (who had only dropped one point all night) was positioned in second place with Maciej Janowski in fourth, which meant that Great Britain would take the title. However, Janowski moved into third place, which would send the final into a run-off, but the Pole overtook Lambert on the last lap to claim victory for Poland.
Semi final 1 Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław, Poland 25 July 2023
Pos. National team Pts.Scorers1 43 Dan Bewley 13, Robert Lambert 13, Tai Woffinden (C) 10, Adam Ellis 4, Tom Brennan (res) 22 32Freddie Lindgren (C) 12, Jacob Thorssell 8, Antonio Lindbäck 6, Oliver Berntzon 5, Kim Nilsson (res) 13 23 Václav Milík Jr. (C/res) 11, Jan Kvěch 10, Petr Chlupáč 1, Daniel Klíma 1, Hynek Štichauer 04 22 Kai Huckenbeck 11 (C), Kevin Wölbert 7, Erik Riss (res) 2, Martin Smolinski 1, Norick Blödorn 1
Semi final 2 Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław, Poland 26 July 2023
Pos. National team Pts.Scorers1 42 Leon Madsen (C) 13, Anders Thomsen 13, Mikkel Michelsen 8, Nicki Pedersen 6, Rasmus Jensen (res) 22 41 Jaimon Lidsey 16, Jack Holder 14, Jason Doyle (C) 7, Max Fricke 4, Chris Holder (res) dnr3 21Dimitri Bergé 14, David Bellego (C) 5, Steven Goret 1, Mathieu Trésarrieu 1, Mathias Trésarrieu (res) 04 16 Timo Lahti (C) 7, Antti Vuolas 6, Jesse Mustonen 3, Tero Aarnio 0, Niklas Säyriö (res) dnr
Race off for final place Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław, Poland 28 July 2023
Pos. National team Pts.Scorers1 54 Max Fricke 14, Jaimon Lidsey 12, Jason Doyle (C) 12, Jack Holder 9, Chris Holder (res) 72 35 Freddie Lindgren (C) 11, Antonio Lindbäck 12, Jacob Thorssell 6, Oliver Berntzon 3, Kim Nilsson (res) 33 20 Dimitri Bergé 10, David Bellego (C) 7, Mathieu Trésarrieu 3, Steven Goret 0, Mathias Trésarrieu (res) 04 11 Václav Milík Jr. (C) 7, Jan Kvěch 3, Petr Chlupáč 1, Daniel Klíma 0, Hynek Štichauer 0
Final Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław, Poland 29 July 2023
Pos. National team Pts.Scorers1 33 Bartosz Zmarzlik (C) 11, Dominik Kubera 9, Maciej Janowski 7, Patryk Dudek 6, Janusz Kołodziej 0 2 31Robert Lambert 12, Dan Bewley 9, Tai Woffinden (C) 7, Adam Ellis 3, Tom Brennan 03 29 Rasmus Jensen 13, Leon Madsen (C) 9, Anders Thomsen 5, Mikkel Michelsen 2, Nicki Pedersen 0 4 27Jason Doyle (C) 10, Jack Holder 8, Max Fricke 7, Jaimon Lidsey 1, Chris Holder 1
Final classification
Pos. National team Pts. 33 31 294 275 356 207 118 229 16
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