2023 Monster Energy FIM Speedway Wold Cup semi-final draw confirmed

In the year speedway celebrates its 100th anniversary season, the Monster Energy FIM SWC returns to the calendar for the first time since 2017. It will now take place every three years as part of global promoter Warner Bros.

Discovery Sports’ vision to revive the popular tournament, which will feature four nights of high-stakes speedway to crown the 2023 FIM world team champions. Ad Eight-time winners Poland are seeded through to the Final on Saturday, July 29 as host nation as they bid to retain the Ove Fundin Trophy, which they lifted at Leszno’s Alfred Smoczyk Stadium at the last Monster Energy FIM SWC Final staged six years ago.

Speedway GPTop 5 overtakes from Speedway GP in Warsaw14/05/2023 AT 18:35 They will be joined by the winners of the two Semi-Finals on Tuesday, July 25 and Wednesday, July 26. The line-up will be completed by the winners of the always-epic Race Off, featuring the second and third-placed teams from both Semi-Finals, on Friday, July 28.

Speedway GP: Lindgren victorious in Warsaw, Zmarzlik retains lead Speedway GP Rider of the Week: Jason Doyle Last year’s FIM Speedway of Nations world champions Australia and runners-up Great Britain are kept apart by the Semi-Final draw, which sees the Lions get their tournament underway in Semi-Final 1 on July 25, while the Roos launch their bid for a world-title double in Semi-Final 2 on July 26. Seeking their first world title over a four-team format since 1989, 2021 FIM SON world champions Great Britain come up against three-time FIM SWC winners Sweden, who last lifted the Monster Energy FIM SWC in 2015.