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2017 FIM Speedway World Cup – Event 2 Date
4 July 2017 City
Västervik Event
2 of 4 Stadium
Stena Arena Capacity
10,000 Length
296 m Track
speedway track
Winner
Sweden - 37 pts
Runner-up
Russia - 30 pts
3rd place
Latvia - 28+3 pts
4th place
Denmark - 28+2 pts
Event Two of the 2017 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup was the second race of the 2017 edition of the Speedway World Cup . It was staged on July 4 at the Stena Arena in Västervik , Sweden and was won by Sweden from Russia , Latvia , and Denmark . As a result, Sweden progressed directly to the 2017 Speedway World Cup Final , while Russia and Latvia progressed to the 2017 Speedway World Cup Race-off . Denmark were eliminated.[ 1]
Latvia and Denmark initially tied on 28 points after the 20 qualifying heats, however Andžejs Ļebedevs beat Niels-Kristian Iversen in a run-off to secure the Latvians place in the race-off. It was the first time since the Speedway World Cup was introduced in 2001 that Denmark had been eliminated at this stage.
Antonio Lindbäck and Fredrik Lindgren top scored for Sweden with 11 and 10 points respectively, while Grigory Laguta led Russia with a 12-point haul.
SWEDEN
37
No
Rider Name
Pts.
Heats
1
Fredrik Lindgren
10
3,0,1,3,3
2
Antonio Lindbäck
11
3,2,2,3,1
3
Andreas Jonsson
8
1,2,1,3,1
4
Linus Sundström
8
0,2,3,2,1
5
Joel Kling
0
RUSSIA
30
No
Rider Name
Pts.
Heats
1
Emil Sayfutdinov
10
2,3,1,1,3
2
Grigory Laguta
12
3,2,2,2,3
3
Vadim Tarasenko
7
1,3,2,1,0
4
Andrey Kudryashov
0
0,0,0
5
Gleb Chugunov
1
1,0
LATVIA
28+3
No
Rider Name
Pts.
Heats
1
Andžejs Ļebedevs
15
1,1,3,6,2,2 + 3
2
Maksims Bogdanovs
4
3,1,0,0,0
3
Jevgeņijs Kostigovs
4
1,1,0,2
4
Kjasts Puodžuks
5
2,1,0,0,2
5
DENMARK
28+2
No
Rider Name
Pts.
Heats
1
Kenneth Bjerre
6
0,3,3,0,0
2
Leon Madsen
6
2,0,2,1,1
3
Michael Jepsen Jensen
7
0,3,1,0,3
4
Niels-Kristian Iversen
9
2,0,3,2,2 + 2
5
Frederik Jakobsen
0