Format
| Race format | ||||
| Gate | A |
B |
C |
D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat No | Riders starting No | |||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 17 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 19 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| 21 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 22 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| 23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 25 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
The final tournament usually lasts for about a week with four meetings held in six or seven days. It starts with two first round "events", each consisting of four national teams. The winners of these events will qualify automatically for the final, while those who finish second and third will have to compete in the race-off. Last place finishers will be eliminated. The top two in the race-off will join the event winners in the final. The winners of the final will carry home the Ove Fundin Trophy, named after one of the all-time greats of speedway who won the world championship five times.
The two events are held in different countries, normally in one of the countries that is consisting in that event. The race-off and the final is held in another country that did not host an event. For example, in the 2006 competition, Poland and Sweden hosted the two events, while Reading Stadium in Reading, United Kingdom hosted both the race-off and final.
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