2006 Speedway World Cup
{{Short description|47th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2023}}
{{infobox sport event
|name = FIM ASL Freight Movements
Speedway World Cup
|image = 2006 Speedway World Cup logo.jpg
|size =
|caption =
|date_start = 16 July
|date_end = 22 July
|competitors =
|nations = 8
|prize_money =
|other =
|venue = Smallmead Stadium
|location = England
|prev = 2005
|next = 2007
|champions={{DEN}}}}
The 2006 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 6th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on 22 July 2006 in the Smallmead Stadium in Reading, Berkshire, England. The tournament was won by Denmark (45 pts) and they beat Sweden (37 pts), host team Great Britain (36 pts) and Australia (35 pts) in the Final. The defending champion Poland did not qualify to the Final.{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc06.htm|title=2006 WORLD CUP|website=International Speedway|access-date=15 July 2021}}
Qualification
{{main|2006 Speedway World Cup Qualification}}
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| {| class=wikitable
!Pos. | National team | Pts. | |
| align=center {{speedway color|g4}}
|1 | {{speedway color|B}}| | align=left|{{speedway|FIN}} | 42 |
| align=center
|2 | {{speedway color|R}}| | align=left|{{speedway|GER}} | 39+3 |
| align=center
|3 | {{speedway color|W}}| | align=left|{{speedway|RUS}} | 39+2 |
| align=center
|4 | {{speedway color|Y}}| | align=left|{{speedway|LVA}} | 30 |
|
| class=wikitable
!Pos. | National team | Pts. | |
| align=center {{speedway color|g4}}
|1 | {{speedway color|R}}| | align=left|{{speedway|USA}} | 59 |
| align=center
|2 | {{speedway color|B}}| | align=left|{{speedway|SVN}} | 41 |
| align=center
|3 | {{speedway color|W}}| | align=left|{{speedway|HUN}} | 25+3 |
| align=center
|4 | {{speedway color|Y}}| | align=left|{{speedway|ITA}} | 25+2 |
|}
Tournament
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{{8TeamBracket-4Way
| team-width =
| score-width = 40
| RD2 = Race-off
| RD1-text1 = 16 July - Rybnik (details)
| RD1-team1 = {{speedway|AUS}}
| RD1-score1 = 49
| RD1-team2 = {{speedway|GBR}}
| RD1-score2 = 48
| RD1-team3 = {{speedway|POL}}
| RD1-score3 = 48
| RD1-team4 = {{speedway|FIN}}
| RD1-score4 = 9
| RD1-text2 = 18 July - Målilla (details)
| RD1-team5 = {{speedway|SWE}}
| RD1-score5 = 56
| RD1-team6 = {{speedway|DEN}}
| RD1-score6 = 53
| RD1-team7 = {{speedway|USA}}
| RD1-score7 = 39
| RD1-team8 = {{speedway|CZE}}
| RD1-score8 = 7
| RD2-text1 = 20 July - Reading (details)
| RD2-team1 = {{speedway|DEN}}
| RD2-score1 = 49
| RD2-team2 = {{speedway|GBR}}
| RD2-score2 = 42
| RD2-team3 = {{speedway|POL}}
| RD2-score3 = 35
| RD2-team4 = {{speedway|USA}}
| RD2-score4 = 28
| RD3-text1 = 22 July - Reading
| RD3-team1 = {{speedway|DEN}}
| RD3-score1 = 45
| RD3-team2 = {{speedway|SWE}}
| RD3-score2 = 37
| RD3-team3 = {{speedway|GBR}}
| RD3-score3 = 36
| RD3-team4 = {{speedway|AUS}}
| RD3-score4 = 35
}}
Final
The 2006 Speedway World Cup Final took place on 22 July at Smallmead Stadium in Reading.{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc06.htm|title=2006 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|DEN}} | 45 |
| align=center {{speedway color|p2}}
|2 | {{speedway color|W}}| | align=left|{{speedway|SWE}} | 37 |
| align=center {{speedway color|p3}}
|3 | {{speedway color|B}}| | align=left|{{speedway|GBR}} | 36 |
| align=center
|4 | {{speedway color|R}}| | align=left|{{speedway|AUS}} | 35 |
= Heat details =
{{SWC Results3|team1=
{{SWC Results3/y|P1||{{speedway|DEN}}
|Niels Kristian Iversen |0|1|0|1|3
|Nicki Pedersen |3|2|3|2|3
|Bjarne Pedersen |1|3|1|2|2
|Hans N. Andersen (c) |3|3|3||4.18i=X|3
|Charlie Gjedde |2|0|2|1|1
}}|team2=
{{SWC Results3/w|P2||{{speedway|SWE}}
|Andreas Jonsson (c) |3|3|2|1.16p=2|1.i=J|3|1
|Antonio Lindbäck |2|3|0|1|3|2.23p=2
|Fredrik Lindgren |2|0|1|0|2
|Mikael Max |1|1|0|0||4.23i=-
|Peter Karlsson |1|0|1||5.16i=-|3
}}|team3=
{{SWC Results3/b|P3||{{speedway|GBR}}
|Lee Richardson |2|1|2|2|0
|Mark Loram |1|1|2|2|1
|Scott Nicholls (c) |3|0|3|3.13p=4|3.13i=J|3|2
|Chris Louis |0|1||4.13i=-|0|2
|Chris Harris |0|0|0|3|1
}}|team4=
{{SWC Results3/r|4||{{speedway|AUS}}
|Travis McGowan |1|2|0|0||1.21i=X
|Ryan Sullivan |0|2|1|1|0
|Todd Wiltshire |0|2|3|2|1
|Leigh Adams (c) |2|2|1|3|0
|Jason Crump |3|3|3|3||5.25i=FJ
}}}}
Final classification
| class=wikitable style="font-size: 95%"
!Pos. | National team | Pts. |
| align=center
|Gold | align=left|{{speedway|DEN}} | 45 |
| align=center | align=left|{{speedway|SWE}} | 37 |
| align=center | align=left|{{speedway|GBR}} | 36 |
| align=center
|4 | align=left|{{speedway|AUS}} | 35 |
| colspan=3 {{speedway color|4}}| | ||
| align=center
|5 | align=left|{{speedway|POL}} | 35 |
| align=center
|6 | align=left|{{speedway|USA}} | 28 |
| colspan=3 {{speedway color|4}}| | ||
| align=center
|7 | align=left|{{speedway|FIN}} | 9 |
| align=center
|8 | align=left|{{speedway|CZE}} | 7 |
