2000 Speedway World Team Cup

{{Short description|41st 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 Team Cup]] |image = |size = |caption = |date_start = |date_end = |competitors = |nations = |prize_money = |other = |venue = |location = |prev = [[1999 Speedway World Team Cup|1999]] |next = [[2001 Speedway World Cup|2001]] (new format called Speedway World Cup) }}

The '''2000 Speedway World Team Cup''' was the 41st edition of the [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] [[Speedway World Team Cup]] to determine the team world champions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://motorsporttop20.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/11.-Speedway-World-Cup-Nations.pdf|title=FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS|website=Motor Sport Top 20|access-date=13 July 2021}}</ref> It was the last time that the event was known as the Speedway World Team Cup because as from 2001 it was called the [[Speedway World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc00.htm|title=2000 WORLD TEAM CUP|website=International Speedway|access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref>

The final took place at [[Brandon Stadium]] in Coventry, England. The World Championship was decided by a race-off after Sweden and Great Britain tied on 40 points. [[Tony Rickardsson]] beat [[Mark Loram]] to give Sweden an eighth title.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/9454/2000-world-team-cup-final|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref>

==Quarter-final== *6 May {{flagicon|NED}} [[Blijham#Sport|Stichting Baansport Blijham]], [[Blijham]] {| border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=75% style="border-collapse:collapse" |- align=left style="background:#efefef;" !width=20%|First !width=20%|Second !width=20%|Third !width=20%|Fourth |- align=left |valign=top|'''{{speedway|NOR}} 46''' 6.[[Rune Holta]] (3,3,3,3,3,2) - 17 7.[[Björn G. Hansen]] (2,2,0,0,2,3) - 9 8.[[Lars Gunnestad]] (1,3,3,3,3,3) - 16 9.[[Tor Einar Hielm]] (0,2,0,-,F/X,-) - 2 10.[[Kenneth Borgenhaug]] (-,-,-,2,-,0) - 2 |valign=top|'''{{speedway|FIN}} 42+3''' 1.[[Kaj Laukkanen]] (3,3,3,2,2,1) - 14 2.[[Petri Kokko (speedway rider)|Petri Kokko]] (2,1,2,1,3,3) - 12+3 3.[[Tomi Reima]] (1,1,-,-,1,-) - 3 4.[[Kauko Nieminen]] (3,0,2,F/X,2,3) - 10 5.[[Toni Salmela]] (-,-,1,1,-,1) - 3 |valign=top|'''{{speedway|RUS}} 42+2''' 11.[[Roman Povazhny]] (3,3,2,3,0,2) - 13 12.[[Eduard Shaihullin]] (2,2,1,2,1,0) - 8 13.[[Rinat Mardanshin]] (X,2,3,2,3,2) - 12+2 14.[[Talgat Galeev]] (1,-,-,-,-,-) - 1 15.[[Sergey Eroshin]] (-,0,2,3,2,1) - 8 |valign=top|'''{{speedway|NED}} 14''' 16.[[Roy Verbrugge]] (2,1,0,1,1,1) - 6 17.[[Henk Bos (speedway rider)|Henk Bos]] (-,0,-,-,0,0) - 0 18.[[Emiel Groen]] (0,1,0,0,0,F/X) - 1 19.[[Erik Eijbergen]] (1,0,1,-,1,-) - 3 20.[[Jim Groen]] (0,-,1,0/1,-,2) - 4 |} '''Norway to Semi-Final'''

* 3 June {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Santa Marina Stadium]], [[Lonigo]] {| border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=75% style="border-collapse:collapse" |- align=left style="background:#efefef;" !width=20%|First !width=20%|Second !width=20%|Third !width=20%|Fourth |- align=left |valign=top|'''{{speedway|ITA}} 50''' [[Andrea Maida]] (3,3,3,2,2,3) - 16 [[Stefano Alfonso]] (2,2,0,1,0,2) - 7 [[Alessandro Dalla Valle]] (3,3,1,3,3,1) - 14 [[Simone Tadiello]] (2,-,-,2,-,-) - 4 [[Armando Castagna]] (-,2,2,-,2,3) - 9 |valign=top|'''{{speedway|SLO}} 39+3''' [[Aleš Dolinar]] (0,-,-,2,1,0) - 4 [[Gerhard Lekse]] (2,F,F,-,-,-) - 2 [[Izak Šantej]] (1,2,3,3,2,2) - 13 [[Jernej Kolenko]] (0,1,3,0,-,-) - 4 [[Matej Ferjan]] (-,3,3,F,3/2,3/3) - 17+3 |valign=top|'''{{speedway|HUN}} 39+F''' [[Sandor Tihanyi]] (1,1,-,3,3,0) - 8 [[Zoltan Adorjan]] (X,3,2,0,-,1) - 6 [[Attila Stefani]] (2,-,1,2,1,2) - 8 [[Róbert Nagy (speedway rider)|Robert Nagy]] (3,2,1,0,1,3) - 10+F [[Laszlo Szatmari]] (-,3,2,-,-,2,-) - 7 |valign=top|'''{{speedway|FRA}} 16''' [[Sebastien Tresarrieu]] (E,1,2,3,0,F) - 6 [[Stephane Tresarrieu]] (1,0,-,1,1,1) - 4 [[Jeremy Barraud]] (1,1,1,0,-,1) - 4 [[Fabrice Ostyn]] (0,-,F,1,0,-) - 1 [[Christophe Dubernard]] (-,0,x,-,1,0) - 1 |} '''Italy to Semi-Final'''

==Semi-final== * 22 July {{flagicon|POL}} [[Arena Częstochowa]], [[Częstochowa]] {| border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=75% style="border-collapse:collapse" |- align=left style="background:#efefef;" !width=20%|First !width=20%|Second !width=20%|Third !width=20%|Fourth |- align=left |valign=top|'''{{speedway|SWE}} 50''' 1.[[Tony Rickardsson]] (1,2,2,2,3,3) - 13 2.[[Mikael Karlsson]] (2,3,3,1,2,1) - 12 3.[[Peter Karlsson (speedway rider)|Peter Karlsson]] (2,2,2,2,1,1) - 10 4.[[Henrik Gustafsson]] (3,3,3,1,2,3) - 15 5.[[Niklas Klingberg]] - NS |valign=top|'''{{speedway|POL}} 46''' [[Rafał Dobrucki]] (1,3,0,-,-,-) - 4 [[Piotr Protasiewicz]] (3,2,1,3,3,1) - 13 [[Tomasz Gollob]] (0,3,3,3,3,3) - 15 [[Grzegorz Walasek]] (3,2,2,2,0,1) - 10 [[Sebastian Ułamek]] (-,-,-,0,2,2) - 4 |valign=top|'''{{speedway|CZE}} 25''' 16.[[Aleš Dryml Jr.]] (0,1,-,-,E,0) - 1 17.[[Bohumil Brhel]] (1,0,3,3,1,3) - 11 18.[[Antonín Šváb Jr.]] (1,1,1,1,0,0) - 4 19.[[Marian Jirout]] (0,0,0,-,-,-) - 0 20.[[Antonín Kasper Jr.|Antonin Kasper]] (-,-,2,2/2,1,2) - 9 |valign=top|'''{{speedway|NOR}} 23''' [[Lars Gunnestad]] 12 [[Rune Holta]] 11 [[Björn G Hansen]] 0 [[Tor Einar Hielm]] 0 [[Trond Skretting]] 0 |}

'''Sweden to World Final'''

* 15 July {{flagicon|GER}} [[Ellermühle Speedway Stadium]], [[Landshut]] {| border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=75% style="border-collapse:collapse" |- align=left style="background:#efefef;" !width=20%|First !width=20%|Second !width=20%|Third !width=20%|Fourth |- align=left |valign=top|'''{{speedway|USA}} 52''' [[Greg Hancock]] (2,2,2,2,1,3) - 12 [[John Cook (speedway rider)|John Cook]] (3,3,3,1,F,2) - 12 [[Billy Hamill]] (3,3,3,3,3,3) - 18 [[Ronnie Correy]] (2,2,1,2,1,2) - 10 |valign=top|'''{{speedway|DEN}} 46''' [[Nicki Pedersen]] (2,3,2,3,2,3) - 15 [[Jesper B. Monberg|Jesper B. Jensen]] (3,2,0,1,-,-) - 6 [[Brian Karger]] (1,2,3,1,2,1) - 10 [[Brian Andersen]] (E,3,2,2,3,0) - 10 [[Bjarne Pedersen]] (-,-,-,-,3,2) - 5 |valign=top|'''{{speedway|GER}} 25''' [[Robert Barth (speedway rider)|Robert Barth]] (1,1,3,3,1,1) - 10 [[Joachim Kugelmann]] (0,0,-,-,2,0) - 2 [[Matthias Kröger]] (3,0,E,0,2,2) - 7 [[Robbie Kessler]] (1,1,1,3,0,F) - 6 [[Mirko Wolter]] (-,-,E,0,-,-) - 0 |valign=top|'''{{speedway|ITA}} 20''' [[Andrea Maida]] (2,0,0,0,0,0) - 2 [[Stefano Alfonso]] (0,1,1,2,3,1) - 8 [[Alessandro Dalla Valle]] (0,F,F,0,0,3) - 3 [[Armando Castagna]] (1,1,2,1,1,1) - 7 [[Simone Tadiello]] - NS |} '''USA to World Final'''

==World final== *17 September {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Brandon Stadium]], [[Coventry]] {| border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=75% style="border-collapse:collapse" |- align=left style="background:#efefef;" !width=20%|First !width=20%|Second !width=20%|Third !width=20%|Fourth |- align=left |valign=top|'''{{speedway|SWE}} 40+3''' [[Tony Rickardsson]] (3,3,3,3,2,2) - 16+3 [[Mikael Karlsson]] (1,1,0,0,-,-) - 2 [[Henrik Gustafsson]] (3,0,0,2,2,3) - 10 [[Peter Karlsson (speedway rider)|Peter Karlsson]] (1,2,3,3,1,2) - 12 [[Niklas Klingberg]] (-,-,-,-,F,0) - 0 |valign=top|'''{{speedway|ENG}} 40+X''' [[Mark Loram]] (3,1,2,2,3,0) - 11+X [[Chris Louis (speedway rider)|Chris Louis]] (1,2,1,1,0,3) - 8 [[Joe Screen]] (2,3,1,3,0,3) - 12 [[Martin Dugard (speedway rider)|Martin Dugard]] (F,2,2,F,-,-) - 4 [[Carl Stonehewer]] (-,-,-,-,3,2) - 5 |valign=top|'''{{speedway|USA}} 35''' [[Billy Hamill]] (2,2,2,1,2,1) - 10 [[Sam Ermolenko]] (F,-,1,0,1,0) - 2 [[Greg Hancock]] (2,3,3,3,2,3) - 16 [[John Cook (speedway rider)|John Cook]] (3,1,0,1,1,1) - 7 [[Brent Werner]] (-,0,-,-,-,-) - 0 |valign=top|'''{{speedway|AUS}} 29''' [[Jason Crump]] (2,E,3,2,3,2/1) - 13 [[Todd Wiltshire]] (0,1,-,-1,-) - 2 [[Leigh Adams]] (1,3,2,2,3,1/0) - 12 [[Ryan Sullivan]] (0,0,1,1,0,-) - 2 [[Craig Boyce]] (-,-,0,F,-,-) - 0 |} '''[[Sweden speedway team|Sweden]] win Championship after [[Tony Rickardsson]] beat [[Mark Loram]] in a race off.'''

==See also== * [[2000 Speedway Grand Prix]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

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