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{{Short description|50th 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           = [[Speedway World Cup]]
|image          =
|size           = 
|caption        = World champions Poland
|date_start     = 11 July
|date_end       = 19 July
|competitors    =
|nations        = 8
|prize_money    =
|other          =
|venue          = [[Alfred Smoczyk Stadium]]
|location       = Poland
|prev = [[2008 Speedway World Cup|2008]]
|next = [[2010 Speedway World Cup|2010]]
|champions={{POL}}}}
The '''2009 FIM Speedway World Cup''' (SWC) was the ninth [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] [[Speedway World Cup]] season. The final took place on 19 July [[2009 in sports|2009]] in [[Leszno]], [[Poland]]. The defending World Champions were [[Denmark national speedway team|Denmark]] who won the [[2008 Speedway World Cup#Final|2008 final]] in [[Vojens]], [[Denmark]]. It was the fourth final to be held in Poland, and the second in the [[Alfred Smoczyk Stadium]] after the [[2007 Speedway World Cup#Final|2007 final]] was held there when [[Poland national speedway team|Poland]] beat Denmark, [[Australia national speedway team|Australia]] and [[Great Britain national speedway team|Great Britain]]. Poland won the 2009 Speedway World Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc09.htm|title=2009 WORLD CUP|website=International Speedway|access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref>

==Qualification==
{{main|2009 Speedway World Cup Qualification}}
Fourteen teams attempted to qualify for the 2009 Speedway World Cup. The top six nations (Denmark, Poland, Sweden, Australia, Great Britain and Russia) from the 2008 Speedway World Cup were granted automatic qualification, with the remaining two places divided among two qualifying rounds. Qualifying Round 1 was won by Slovenia and Qualifying Round 2 was won by the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic took part in the 2008 tournament, but it was the first time Slovenia had qualified since 2003.

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* Qualifying Round 1
* 2 May 2009
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Pista Olimpia Terenzano]], [[Terenzano]]
{| class=wikitable style="font-size: 95%"
!Pos. || ||National team ||Pts
|- align=center {{speedway color|3}}
|1 ||{{speedway color|Y}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|SVN}} ||51+3
|- align=center
|2 ||{{speedway color|R}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|GER}} ||51+2
|- align=center
|3 ||{{speedway color|W}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|ITA}} ||26
|- align=center
|4 ||{{speedway color|B}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|HUN}} ||22
|}

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* Qualifying Round 2
* 2 May 2009
* {{flagicon|LVA}} [[Stadium Lokomotīve]], [[Daugavpils]]
{| class=wikitable style="font-size: 95%"
!Pos. || ||National team ||Pts
|- align=center {{speedway color|3}}
|1 ||{{speedway color|B}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|CZE}} ||48
|- align=center
|2 ||{{speedway color|Y}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|LVA}} ||45
|- align=center
|3 ||{{speedway color|W}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|FIN}} ||29
|- align=center
|4 ||{{speedway color|R}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|USA}} ||26
|}
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===Qualified teams===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 95%"
|-
!width=160|Team ||width=150|Qualified as ||width=50|Finals Appearance ||width=80|Last Appearance ||width=80|2008 place
|-
|align=left|{{speedway|DEN}} ||2008 SWC top six ||9th ||2008 ||1st
|-
|align=left|{{speedway|POL}} ||2008 SWC top six ||9th ||2008 ||2nd
|-
|align=left|{{speedway|SWE}} ||2008 SWC top six ||9th ||2008 ||3rd
|-
|align=left|{{speedway|AUS}} ||2008 SWC top six ||9th ||2008 ||4th
|-
|align=left|{{speedway|GBR}} ||2008 SWC top six ||9th ||2008 ||5th
|-
|align=left|{{speedway|RUS}} ||2008 SWC top six ||7th ||2008 ||6th
|-
|align=left|{{speedway|CZE}} ||QR 2 Winner ||8th ||2008 ||7th
|-
|align=left|{{speedway|SVN}} ||QR 1 Winner ||4th ||2003 ||—
|}

==Venues==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!City ||Stadium names ||Capacity ||Competition Stage
|-
|[[Vojens]] ||[[Vojens Speedway Center|Speedway Center]]  ||22,000 ||Event 1
|-
|[[Peterborough]] ||[[East of England Showground]]||5,000 ||Event 2
|-
|[[Leszno]] ||[[Alfred Smoczyk Stadium]] ||25,000 ||Race-off and the Final
|}

==Squads==
{{details|2009 Speedway World Cup squads}}

Squads for the 2009 Speedway World Cup consisted of 10 riders; the same as the previous tournament in 2008. Each participating national association had to confirm its 10-riders one month before the first tournament meeting.

==Tournament==
{{8TeamBracket-4Way
| team-width = 
| score-width = 40
| RD2 = Race-off

| RD1-text1 = 11 July - [[Vojens]] (''[[2009 Speedway World Cup Event 1|details]]'')
| RD1-team1 = '''{{speedway|RUS}}'''
| RD1-score1 = '''51'''
| RD1-team2 = ''{{speedway|SWE}}''
| RD1-score2 = ''47''
| RD1-team3 = ''{{speedway|DEN}}''
| RD1-score3 = ''45''
| RD1-team4 = {{speedway|CZE}}
| RD1-score4 = 12

| RD1-text2 = 13 July - [[Peterborough]] (''[[2009 Speedway World Cup Event 2|details]]'')
| RD1-team5 = '''{{speedway|POL}}'''
| RD1-score5 = '''54'''
| RD1-team6 = ''{{speedway|AUS}}''
| RD1-score6 = ''52''
| RD1-team7 = ''{{speedway|GBR}}''
| RD1-score7 = ''34''
| RD1-team8 = {{speedway|SVN}}
| RD1-score8 = 13

| RD2-text1 = 16 July - [[Leszno]] (''[[2009 Speedway World Cup Race-off|details]]'')
| RD2-team1 = '''{{speedway|AUS}}'''
| RD2-score1 = '''51'''
| RD2-team2 = '''{{speedway|SWE}}'''
| RD2-score2 = '''39'''
| RD2-team3 = {{speedway|GBR}}
| RD2-score3 = 35
| RD2-team4 = {{speedway|DEN}}
| RD2-score4 = 34

| RD3-text1 = 19 July - [[Leszno]] (''[[2009 Speedway World Cup Final|details]]'')
| RD3-team1 = '''{{speedway|POL}}'''
| RD3-score1 = '''44'''
| RD3-team2 = {{speedway|AUS}}
| RD3-score2 = 43
| RD3-team3 = {{speedway|SWE}}
| RD3-score3 = 36
| RD3-team4 = {{speedway|RUS}}
| RD3-score4 = 35
}}

==Final classification==

{| class=wikitable style="font-size: 95%"
!Pos. ||National team ||Pts.
|- align=center
|[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg|Gold]] ||align=left|{{speedway|POL}} ||44
|- align=center
|[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg|Silver]] ||align=left|{{speedway|AUS}} ||43
|- align=center
|[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg|Bronze]] ||align=left|{{speedway|SWE}} ||36
|- align=center
|4 ||align=left|{{speedway|RUS}} ||35
|-
|colspan=3 {{speedway color|4}}|
|- align=center
|5 ||align=left|{{speedway|GBR}} ||35
|- align=center
|6 ||align=left|{{speedway|DEN}} ||34
|-
|colspan=3 {{speedway color|4}}|
|- align=center
|7 ||align=left|{{speedway|SVN}} ||13
|- align=center
|8 ||align=left|{{speedway|CZE}} ||12
|}

==See also==
* [[2009 Speedway Grand Prix]]
* [[2009 Team Speedway Junior World Championship]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070203093546/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/ SpeedwayWorld.tv (SWC news)]

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