2013 Speedway World Cup
| 2013 Speedway World Cup | |
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| Host nations |  Czech Republic (Race-Off and the Final) Poland,  United Kingdom (Semi-Finals) |
| Dates | July 13 — July 20 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Venues | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Tournament results | |
| Champion |  Poland |
| Runner-up |   Denmark |
| 3rd place |   Australia |
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The 2013 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the thirteenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 13 July and 20 July 2013 and involved eight national teams. Six teams were seeded through to the tournament and two qualification rounds were held in April and May 2011 to determine the final two places.
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Qualification
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The top six nations from the 2012 Speedway World Cup (Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Great Britain, Australia and Russia) were granted automatic qualification, with the remaining two places divided among two qualifying rounds. Qualifying Round One was hosted in Daugavpils, Latvia and Qualifying Round Two was hosted in Miskolc, Hungary. |
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Qualified teams
| Team | Qualified as | Finals appearance | Last appearance | 2012 place |
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| Czech Republic |
Host | 12th | 2012 | 7 |
| Denmark |
2012 SWC top six | 13th | 2012 | 1 |
| Australia |
2012 SWC top six | 13th | 2012 | 2 |
 Russia |
2012 SWC top six | 12th | 2012 | 3 |
 Sweden |
2012 SWC top six | 13th | 2012 | 4 |
| Poland |
2012 SWC top six | 13th | 2012 | 5 |
| Great Britain |
2012 SWC top six | 10th | 2012 | 6 |
 Latvia |
QR 1 Winner | — | — | — |
 United States |
QR 2 Winner | 13th | 2011 | 9 |
Tournament
| Semi-finals | Race-off | Final | ||||||||||||||
| July 13 — Częstochowa | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland |
48 | |||||||||||||||
| Australia |
34 | |||||||||||||||
| Latvia |
27 | July 20 — Prague | ||||||||||||||
| Russia |
14 | July 18 — Prague | Poland |
41 | ||||||||||||
| details | Australia |
36 | Denmark |
40 | ||||||||||||
| United States |
31 | Australia |
33 | |||||||||||||
| Latvia |
29 | Czech Republic |
12 | |||||||||||||
| July 15 — King's Lynn (Norfolk Arena) | Great Britain |
28 | details | |||||||||||||
| Denmark |
48 | details | ||||||||||||||
| Great Britain |
35 | |||||||||||||||
| United States |
24 | Key: | ||||||||||||||
| Sweden |
18 | Qualify to the Final | ||||||||||||||
| details | Qualify to the Race-Off | |||||||||||||||
Final classification
| Pos. | National team | Pts. |
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Poland |
41 |
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Denmark |
40 |
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Australia |
33 |
| 4 | Czech Republic |
12 |
| 5 | United States |
31 |
| 6 | Latvia |
29 |
| 7 | Great Britain |
28 |
| 8 | Sweden |
18 |
| 9 | Russia |
14 |
See also
References
External links
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Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup seasons
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| Speedway World Team Cup |
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| Speedway World Cup (SWC) | ||
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