2003 Speedway World Cup

{{Short description|44th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition}}

{{infobox sport event

|name = Speedway World Cup

|image =

|size =

|caption =

|date_start = 3 August

|date_end = 9 August

|competitors =

|nations = 12

|prize_money =

|other =

|location = Denmark

|prev = 2002

|next = 2004

|champions={{SWE}}|venues=Holsted, Outrup, and Vojens}}

The 2003 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 3rd FIM Speedway World Cup season. The final took place on 9 August 2003 in Vojens, Denmark. The tournament was won by Sweden (62 pts) and they beat Australia (57 points), host team Denmark (53 pts) and Poland (49 pts), Great Britain (44 pts) in the Final.[http://world.speedway.org/2003/wc/t/f.sdf world.speedway.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030826143256/http://www.world.speedway.org/2003/wc/t/f.sdf |date=2003-08-26 }}; Retrieved on 2008-12-26{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc03.htm|title=2003 WORLD CUP|website=International Speedway|access-date=15 July 2021}}

Qualification

Qualifying round
11 May 2003
{{flagicon|LVA}} Latvijas Spidveja Centrs, Daugavpils

class=wikitable !Pos.		National team	Pts.
align=center {{speedway color\|g4}} \|1	{{speedway color\|W}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|GER}}	65
align=center {{speedway color\|g4}} \|2	{{speedway color\|R}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|SVN}}	62+4
align=center \|{{speedway color\|g4}}\|3	{{speedway color\|G}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|LVA}}	62+3
align=center \|4	{{speedway color\|B}}\|	align=left {{speedway color\|g4}}\|{{speedway\|ITA}}	{{speedway color\|g4}}\|39
align=center \|5	{{speedway color\|Y}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|AUT}}	19

Venues

Three cities were selected to host SWC finals events:

class="wikitable"
City !Stadium names
Holsted \| Holsted Speedway Center
Outrup \| Outrup Speedway Center
Vojens \| Vojens Speedway Center

class="wikitable"

City

!Stadium names

Holsted

| Holsted Speedway Center

Outrup

| Outrup Speedway Center

Vojens

| Vojens Speedway Center

Qualifying round

= Holsted (1) =

Event 1
3 August 2003
{{flagicon|DEN}} Holsted

class=wikitable !Pos.		National team	Pts.
align=center {{speedway color\|g2}} \|1	{{speedway color\|R}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|DEN}}	62
align=center {{speedway color\|g4}} \|2	{{speedway color\|W}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|CZE}}	50
align=center {{speedway color\|g4}} \|3	{{speedway color\|Y}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|FIN}}	32
align=center \|4	{{speedway color\|B}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|GER}}	10

= Outrup (2) =

Event 2
4 August 2003
{{flagicon|DEN}} Outrup
Latvia team (3rd in Qualifying round) was replaced by Italy (4th in Qualifying round)

class=wikitable !Pos.		National team	Pts.
align=center {{speedway color\|g2}} \|1	{{speedway color\|Y}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|AUS}}	62
align=center {{speedway color\|g4}} \|2	{{speedway color\|W}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|GBR}}	60
align=center \|3	{{speedway color\|R}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|SVN}}	28
align=center \|4	{{speedway color\|B}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|ITA}}	6

= Holsted (3) =

Event 3
5 August 2003
{{flagicon|DEN}} Holsted

class=wikitable !Pos.		National team	Pts.
align=center {{speedway color\|g2}} \|1	{{speedway color\|Y}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|POL}}	58
align=center {{speedway color\|g4}} \|2	{{speedway color\|B}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|SWE}}	56
align=center {{speedway color\|g4}} \|3	{{speedway color\|W}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|RUS}}	28
align=center \|4	{{speedway color\|R}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|HUN}}	9

Race-off

Race-Off
7 August 2003{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005576/20030808/01002/0070 |title=Brits roar into their first final |website=Wolverhampton Express and Star |date=8 August 2003 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=6 September 2024}}
{{flagicon|DEN}} Outrup

class=wikitable !Pos.		National team	Pts.
align=center {{speedway color\|g2}} \|1	{{speedway color\|W}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|GBR}}	80
align=center {{speedway color\|g2}} \|2	{{speedway color\|Y}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|SWE}}	63
align=center \|3	{{speedway color\|G}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|CZE}}	61
align=center \|4	{{speedway color\|B}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|FIN}}	26
align=center \|5	{{speedway color\|R}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|RUS}}	24

Final

The 2003 Speedway World Cup Final took place on 9 August in the Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark.[http://world.speedway.org/2003/wc/t/f.sdf world.speedway.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030826143256/http://www.world.speedway.org/2003/wc/t/f.sdf |date=2003-08-26 }}; Retrieved on 2008-12-26{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc03.htm|title=2003 WORLD TEAM CUP|website=International Speedway|access-date=15 July 2021}}

= Results =

class=wikitable !Pos.		National team	Pts.
align=center {{speedway color\|p1}} \|1	{{speedway color\|Y}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|SWE}}	62
align=center {{speedway color\|p2}} \|2	{{speedway color\|W}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|AUS}}	57
align=center {{speedway color\|p3}} \|3	{{speedway color\|G}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|DEN}}	53
align=center \|4	{{speedway color\|B}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|POL}}	49
align=center \|5	{{speedway color\|R}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|GBR}}	44

= Heat details =

{{SWC Results2|team1=

{{SWC Results2/y|P1||{{speedway|SWE}}

|Andreas Jonsson |0|3|3|4|2

|Mikael Max |4|4|2|4|2.19p=8|2.19i=J|3

|Peter Ljung |2|4|0|0|4

|Peter Karlsson |2|2|1|2|3

|David Ruud |3|1|0||5.19i=-|1

}}|team2=

{{SWC Results2/w|P2||{{speedway|AUS}}

|Jason Crump |4|4|4|4|1

|Todd Wiltshire |3|2|4|4|2

|Jason Lyons ||3.3i=X||3.10i=X||3.11i=X|0|0

|Ryan Sullivan |3|1|3|2|1

|Leigh Adams |4|4|4|2|1

}}|team3=

{{SWC Results2/g|P3||{{speedway|DEN}}

|Nicki Pedersen |3|3|1|3|1.22p=8|1.22i=J|3

|Hans N. Andersen |1|2|2|2|0

|Bjarne Pedersen |4|0|1||3.20i=X|4

|Ronni Pedersen |1|2||4.15i=-|1||4.22i=-

|Charlie Gjedde |2||5.9i=X|4|5.15p=1|3|2

}}|team4=

{{SWC Results2/b|4||{{speedway|POL}}

|Tomasz Gollob |2|3|2|3|1.21p=6|1.21i=J|4

|Tomasz Bajerski |2|0|3|1|0

|Jarosław Hampel |1|1|4|0|3.22p=3|4

|Sebastian Ułamek |4|1|0|1||4.21i=-

|Piotr Protasiewicz |1|3||5.14i=X|0||5.22i=-

}}|team5=

{{SWC Results2/r|5||{{speedway|GBR}}

|Gary Havelock |1|0|2||1.16i=-||1.21i=X

|Dean Barker |0|1|2|2|1

|David Norris |3|3|1|1|0

|Lee Richardson |0|8|4.9i=J|3|1|2

|Scott Nicholls |0|2|3|5.16p=3|3|2

}}}}

class=wikitable !Pos.		National team	Pts.
align=center {{speedway color\|g4}} \|1	{{speedway color\|W}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|GER}}	65
align=center {{speedway color\|g4}} \|2	{{speedway color\|R}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|SVN}}	62+4
align=center \|{{speedway color\|g4}}\|3	{{speedway color\|G}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|LVA}}	62+3
align=center \|4	{{speedway color\|B}}\|	align=left {{speedway color\|g4}}\|{{speedway\|ITA}}	{{speedway color\|g4}}\|39
align=center \|5	{{speedway color\|Y}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|AUT}}	19

class=wikitable !Pos.		National team	Pts.
align=center {{speedway color\|g2}} \|1	{{speedway color\|R}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|DEN}}	62
align=center {{speedway color\|g4}} \|2	{{speedway color\|W}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|CZE}}	50
align=center {{speedway color\|g4}} \|3	{{speedway color\|Y}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|FIN}}	32
align=center \|4	{{speedway color\|B}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|GER}}	10

class=wikitable !Pos.		National team	Pts.
align=center {{speedway color\|g2}} \|1	{{speedway color\|Y}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|AUS}}	62
align=center {{speedway color\|g4}} \|2	{{speedway color\|W}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|GBR}}	60
align=center \|3	{{speedway color\|R}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|SVN}}	28
align=center \|4	{{speedway color\|B}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|ITA}}	6

class=wikitable !Pos.		National team	Pts.
align=center {{speedway color\|g2}} \|1	{{speedway color\|Y}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|POL}}	58
align=center {{speedway color\|g4}} \|2	{{speedway color\|B}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|SWE}}	56
align=center {{speedway color\|g4}} \|3	{{speedway color\|W}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|RUS}}	28
align=center \|4	{{speedway color\|R}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|HUN}}	9

class=wikitable !Pos.		National team	Pts.
align=center {{speedway color\|g2}} \|1	{{speedway color\|W}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|GBR}}	80
align=center {{speedway color\|g2}} \|2	{{speedway color\|Y}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|SWE}}	63
align=center \|3	{{speedway color\|G}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|CZE}}	61
align=center \|4	{{speedway color\|B}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|FIN}}	26
align=center \|5	{{speedway color\|R}}\|	align=left\|{{speedway\|RUS}}	24