2002 FIM Speedway World Cup
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The 2002 Speedway World Cup (SWC).

Qualification

Abensberg

Qualifying round

• May 20, 2002
• Motorstadion, Abensberg
• Referee:  ?

Placing Helmet Team Points 1   Slovenia 49   Qualify to Semi-Finals Draw Color: blue No Rider Name Pts. Heats 1 Izak Šantej 12 2 Jernej Kolenko 6 3 Ales Dolinar 4 4 Matej Ferjan 15 5 Matej Žagar 12 2   Germany 46   Qualify to Semi-Finals Draw Color: red No Rider Name Pts. Heats 1 Robert Barth 12 2 Matthias Kroger 12 3 Joachim Kugelmann 11 4 Jorg Pingel 11 5 Mirko Wolter 0 3   Latvia 17   Draw Color: white No Rider Name Pts. Heats 1 Aleksander Biznya 3 2 Nikolai Kokin 4 3 Władimir Woronkow 4 4 Aleksander Ivanow 1 5 Leonid Paura 5 4   Austria 8   Draw Color: yellow No Rider Name Pts. Heats 1 Walter Nebel 3 2 Manuel Hautzinger 0 3 Fredrich Wallner 2 4 Mario Ozelt 2 5 Rene Pfeiffer 1

Venues

Four cities were selected to host SWC finals events:

Qualifying round

Sheffield (1)

Event 1

• August 4, 2002
• Sheffield Sports Stadium, Sheffield
• Referee:  ?
• only 20 heats

Placing Helmet Team Points 1   Australia 46   Qualify to Final Draw Color: red No Rider Name Pts. Heats 1 Ryan Sullivan 15 (1,2,3,6J,3) 2 Jason Crump 9 (3,2,1,3) 3 Leigh Adams 8 (2,2,2,2) 4 Jason Lyons 2 (1,0,1,-) 5 Todd Wiltshire 12 (3,3,3,3) 2   Great Britain 42   Qualify to Race-off Draw Color: blue No Rider Name Pts. Heats 1 Mark Loram 8 (2,3,3,0) 2 Gary Havelck 7 (3,1,2,1) 3 Lee Richardson 10 (2,3,3,2) 4 Joe Screen 11 (2,3,3,3) 5 Sean Wilson 6 (2,1,2,1) 3   Czech Republic 28   Qualify to Race-off Draw Color: white No Rider Name Pts. Heats 1 Lukáš Dryml 7 (1,3,1,2) 2 Bohuml Brhel 8 (3,1,0,4J) 3 Tomas Topinka 2 (0,1,0,1) 4 Aleš Dryml, Jr. 5 (3,1,1,0) 5 Antonín Kasper, Jr. 6 (1,2,1,2) 4   Germany 9   Draw Color: yellow No Rider Name Pts. Heats 1 Robert Barth 4 (1,0,2,0,1) 2 Matthias Kroger 0 (0,0,0,0) 3 Joachim Kugelmann 0 (0,0,0,-) 4 Robert Kessler 5 (0,2,2,1,X) 5 Steffen Mell 0 (0,0,0,-)

Poole (2)

Event 2

• August 5, 2002
• Poole Speedway Stadium, Poole
• Referee:  ?

Placing Helmet Team Points 1   Sweden 55   Qualify to Final Draw Color: NONE No Rider Name Pts. Heats 1 Mikael Karlsson 14 (3,3,3,3,2) 2 Stefan Andersson 10 (2,3,1,1,3) 3 Peter Karlsson 9 (3,3,3,0,0) 4 Tony Rickardsson 15 (3,3,3,3,3) 5 Niklas Klingberg 7 (3,2,1,1) 2   Denmark 41   Qualify to Race-off Draw Color: blue No Rider Name Pts. Heats 1 Nicki Pedersen 9 (0,2,2,2,3) 2 Ronni Pedersen 8 (3,1,0,1,1,2) 3 Hans Andersen 11 (0,2,2,3,3,1) 4 Bjarne Pedersen 11 (2,1,3,2,3) 5 Charlie Gjedde 2 (X,-,2,-) 3   Finland 32   Qualify to Race-off Draw Color: white No Rider Name Pts. Heats 1 Toni Salmela 3 (2,-,0,-,1) 2 Tomi Reima 1 (2,0,1,0,) 3 Kaj Laukkanen 12 (2,2,4J,2,1,1) 4 Kauko Nieminen 4 (0,1,1,0,2) 5 Joonas Kylmäkorpi 12 (1,3,3,3,2,0) 4   Hungary 19   Draw Color: yellow No Rider Name Pts. Heats 1 Sandor Tihanyi 4 (1,1,0,0,2,0) 2 Attila Stefani 1 (1,0,0,0) 3 Laszlo Szatmari 7 (1,0,2,2,0,2) 4 Norbert Magosi 4 (1,0,0,2,1) 5 Csaba Hell 3 (2,1,-,-,0)

Eastbourne (3)

Event 3

• August 6, 2002
• Arlington Stadium, Eastbourne
• Referee:  ?

Placing Helmet Team Points 1   Poland 57   Qualify to Final Draw Color: red No Rider Name Pts. Heats 1 Tomasz Gollob 7 (2,3,2,X) 2 Piotr Protasiewicz 13 (3,3,1,3,3) 3 Jarosław Hampel 14 (3,3,2,3,3) 4 Krzysztof Cegielski 11 (2,3,3,T,3) 5 Grzegorz Walasek 12 (3,3,2,1,3) 2   USA 49   Qualify to Race-off Draw Color: blue No Rider Name Pts. Heats 1 Greg Hancock 17 (3,2,4J,3,3,2) 2 Brent Werner 7 (1,0,3,1,2) 3 Billy Hamill 11 (3,2,3,3,X) 4 Ryan Fisher 3 (2,1,-,X) 5 Billy Janniro 11 (2,1,3,3,2) 3   Russia 24   Draw Color: white No Rider Name Pts. Heats 1 Roman Poważnyj 8 (1,4J,0,2,1) 2 Sergiej Kuzin 2 (0,1,M,0,1) 3 Sergiej Darkin 8 (2,2,0,0,2,2) 4 Denis Sajfutdinow 5 (1,0,1,2,0,1) 5 Eduard Shaihullin 1 (1,0,-,-) 4   Slovenia 19   Draw Color: yellow No Rider Name Pts. Heats 1 Denis Stojens 1 (0,-,-,1) 2 Matej Žagar 5 (0,0,1,4J,F) 3 Ales Dolinar 1 (0,X,0,1,0) 4 Izak Šantej 6 (1,1,1,2,1,0) 5 Jernej Kolenko 6 (0,1,2,1,2,X)

Race-off

Race-Off

• August 8, 2002
• Peterborough Speedway, Peterborough
• Referee:  ?

Placing Helmet Team Points 1   Czech Republic 54   Qualify to Final Draw Color: red No Rider Name Pts. Heats 1 Tomas Topinka 10 (0,1,3,3,3) 2 Aleš Dryml, Jr. 13 (3,4,2,1,3) 3 Bohumil Brhel 7 (4,0,3,X) 4 Lukáš Dryml 13 (3,4,3,3) 5 Antonín Kasper, Jr. 11 (2,3,3,3) 2   Denmark 51   Qualify to Final Draw Color: yellow No Rider Name Pts. Heats 1 Nicki Pedersen 15 (4,3,4,4,F) 2 Charlie Gjedde 4 (1,E,2,1) 3 Hans Andersen 10 (2,0,4,4) 4 Ronni Pedersen 7 (1,3,2,1) 5 Bjarne Pedersen 15 (4,4,4,2,1) 3   USA 51   Draw Color: green No Rider Name Pts. Heats 1 Billy Hamill 13 (3,4,3,3) 2 Greg Hancock 22 (4,4,2,8J,4) 3 Ryan Fischer 7 (3,1,1,2,0) 4 Brent Werner 6 (0,2,0,-,4) 5 Billy Janniro 3 (1,2,0,X) 4   Great Britain 49   Draw Color: blue No Rider Name Pts. Heats 1 Gary Havelock 4 (1,E,2,1) 2 Joe Screen 10 (2,3,4,1) 3 Sean Wilson 5 (1,1,1,2) 4 Carl Stonehewer 14 (4,2,1,3,4) 5 Lee Richardson 16 (3,3,4,4,2) 5   Finland 19   Draw Color: white No Rider Name Pts. Heats 1 Kaj Kaukkanen 5 (2,1,T,2) 2 Tomi Reima 5 (0,0,1,2,2) 3 Kauko Nieminen 3 (E,1,1,0,1) 4 Joonas Kylmäkorpi 4 (2,2,0,0,0) 5 Toni Salmela 2 (0,2,0,-)

Final

Final

• August 10, 2002
• Peterborough Speedway, Peterborough
• Referee:  ?

Placing Helmet Team Points 1   Australia 64   Winner - Gold medal Draw Color: red No Rider Name Pts. Heats 1 Todd Wiltshire 13 (3,3,1,4,2) 2 Jason Lyons 3 (T,0,1,X,2) 3 Leigh Adams 17 (4,3,3,4,3) 4 Jason Crump 14 (2,4,3,3,2) 5 Ryan Sullivan 17 (3,2,4,4,4) 2   Denmark 58   Silver medal Draw Color: white No Rider Name Pts. Heats 1 Nicki Pedersen 14 (2,2,2,2,3,3) 2 Ronni Pedersen 7 (X,0,2,2,3) 3 Charlie Gjedde 5 (2,1,-,2,-) 4 Hans Andersen 12 (0,4,3,1,4) 5 Bjarne Pedersen 20 (2,4,6J,4,0,4) 3   Sweden 54   Bronz medal Draw Color: yellow No Rider Name Pts. Heats 1 Tony Rickardsson 15 (1,2,2,6J,4) 2 Niklas Klingberg 10 (3,3,E,3,1) 3 Peter Karlsson 13 (3,2,1,3,1,3) 4 Mikael Karlsson 11 (3,3,2,1,2) 5 Stefan Andersson 5 (4,1,0,X,-) 4   Poland 48   Draw Color: blue No Rider Name Pts. Heats 1 Piotr Protasiewicz 6 (0,2,3,1,E) 2 Tomasz Gollob 17 (4,4,4,2,2J,1) 3 Krzysztof Cegielski 9 (0,3,4,1,1) 4 Jarosław Hampel 14 (4,4,1,1,4) 5 Grzegorz Walasek 2 (1,0,1,0,-) 5   Czech Republic 36   Draw Color: green No Rider Name Pts. Heats 1 Aleš Dryml, Jr. 13 (4,0,2,3,4,0) 2 Tomas Topinka 3 (2,1,0,-,0) 3 Lukáš Dryml 14 (1,1,4,8J,E,0) 4 Bohumil Brhel 5 (1,T,E,2,-,2) 5 Antonín Kasper, Jr. 1 (0,1,0,-,0,-)

See also

• 2002 Speedway Grand Prix

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