The 2005 Speedway World Cup Qualification (SWC) was a two events of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the two national teams who qualify for the 2005 Speedway World Cup. According to the FIM rules the top six nations (Sweden, Great Britain, Denmark, Poland, Australia and Czech Republic) from the 2004 Speedway World Cup were automatically qualified.
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