2008 Speedway World Cup - Qualification

Qualification

The top 6 teams of the overall 2007 Speedway World Cup was directly seeded into the 2008 SWC Final Tournament: Poland (Rank #1 - the defending Champion), Denmark (#2), Australia (#3), Great Britain (#4), Sweden (#5) and Russia (#6). 2 other teams was shall qualify to the SWC through 2 preliminary rounds: Czech Republic (#7) and Hungary (#8).

In Preliminary Round 1 in Miskolc, Hungary was won Hungary team (51+3 points) after Run-Off between Matej Ferjan and Tobias Kroner from Germany (51+2 pts). Last places was take Latvia (36 pts) nad United States (12 pts) without Grand Prix rider Greg Hancock.

In Ljubljana, Slovenia was rode Preliminary Round 2 who was won by Czech Republic team (59 points). They beat Finland (40 pts), Slovenia (35 pts) and Italy (16 pts).

  • Qualifying round 1
  • Miskolc
  • Qualifying round 2
  • Ljubljana
Pos. National team Pts.
1 Hungary 51+3
2 Germany 51+e
3 Latvia 36
4 United States 12
Pos. National team Pts.
1 Czech Republic 59
2 Finland 40
3 Slovenia 35
4 Italy 16

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