{{Short description|58th 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 = |date_start = 1 July |date_end = 8 July |competitors = |nations = 9 |prize_money = |other = |venue = [[Stadion im. Alfreda Smoczyka]] |location = Poland |prev = [[2016 Speedway World Cup|2016]] |next = [[2023 Speedway World Cup|2023]] |champions=Poland }}

The '''2017 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup''' (SWC) was the seventeenth [[Speedway World Cup]], the annual international [[motorcycle speedway]] world championship tournament organised by the [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]]. The next edition would not be held until six years later in 2023. The 2017 event took place between 1 July and 8 July 2017 and involved nine national teams.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwaygp.com/speedwayworldcup|title=2017 Speedway World Cup Calendar|publisher=SGP|access-date=2017-06-25|archive-date=2017-06-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623002154/http://www.speedwaygp.com/speedwayworldcup|url-status=usurped}}</ref> [[Poland national speedway team|Poland]] successfully defended their [[2016 Speedway World Cup|2016 title]].<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=15 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/10536/swc-2017-final-leszno|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref>

==Qualification==

{{flagicon|LVA}} [[Stadium Lokomotīve]], [[Daugavpils]] - 25 June 2017 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/wydarzenie/72539|title=2017 Speedway World Cup Qualification|publisher=Sportowe Fakty (In Polish)}}</ref>

{| class=wikitable style="font-size: 95%" ! ||National team ||Pts||Scorers |- align=center {{speedway color|6}} |{{speedway color|B}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|LVA}} || 52||[[Andžejs Ļebedevs]] 15, [[Kjasts Puodžuks]] 14, [[Maksims Bogdanovs]] 13, [[Jevgeņijs Kostigovs]] 10 |- align=center |{{speedway color|W}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|FRA}} || 36||[[David Bellego]] 17, [[Dimitri Bergé]] 10, [[Mathieu Trésarrieu]] 8, [[Stéphane Trésarrieu]] 1, [[Jordan Dubernard]] 0 |- align=center |{{speedway color|Y}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|GER}} || 24||[[Kai Huckenbeck]] 11, [[Ronny Weis]] 5, [[Richard Geyer]] 5, [[René Deddens]] 3 |- align=center |{{speedway color|R}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|ITA}} || 13||[[Guglielmo Franchetti]] 6, [[Daniele Tessari]] 4, [[Michele Paco Castagna|Paco Castagna]] 3, [[Alessandro Milanese]] 0 |}

==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|2016 place |- |align=left|{{speedway|POL}} ||Host ||17th ||2016 ||1 |- |align=left|{{speedway|GBR}} ||2016 SWC top eight ||17th ||2016 ||2 |- |align=left|{{speedway|SWE}} ||2016 SWC top eight ||17th ||2016 ||3 |- |align=left|{{speedway|AUS}} ||2016 SWC top eight ||17th ||2016 ||4 |- |align=left|{{speedway|DEN}} ||2016 SWC top eight ||17th ||2016 ||5 |- |align=left|{{speedway|RUS}} ||2016 SWC top eight ||14th ||2016 ||6 |- |align=left|{{speedway|USA}} ||2016 SWC top eight ||10th ||2016 ||7 |- |align=left|{{speedway|CZE}} ||2016 SWC top eight ||16th ||2016 ||8 |- |align=left|{{speedway|LVA}} ||Qualifying Round Winner ||4th ||2015 ||QR

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

| RD1-text1 = July 1 — {{flagicon|ENG}} [[King's Lynn]] (''[[2017 Speedway World Cup Event 1|details]]'') | RD1-team1 = '''{{speedway|GBR}}''' | RD1-score1 = '''53''' | RD1-team2 = ''{{speedway|AUS}}'' | RD1-score2 = ''44'' | RD1-team3 = ''{{speedway|USA}}'' | RD1-score3 = ''15'' | RD1-team4 = {{speedway|CZE}} | RD1-score4 = 13

| RD1-text2 = July 4 — {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Västervik]] (''[[2017 Speedway World Cup Event 2|details]]'') | RD1-team5 = '''{{speedway|SWE}}''' | RD1-score5 = '''37''' | RD1-team6 = ''{{speedway|RUS}}'' | RD1-score6 = ''30'' | RD1-team7 = ''{{speedway|LVA}}'' | RD1-score7 = ''28+3'' | RD1-team8 = {{speedway|DEN}} | RD1-score8 = 28+2

| RD2-text1 = July 7 — {{flagicon|POL}} [[Leszno]] (''[[2017 Speedway World Cup Race-off|details]]'') | RD2-team1 = '''{{speedway|RUS}}''' | RD2-score1 = '''46''' | RD2-team2 = {{speedway|AUS}} | RD2-score2 = 33 | RD2-team3 = {{speedway|LVA}} | RD2-score3 = 30 | RD2-team4 = {{speedway|USA}} | RD2-score4 = 15

| RD3-text1 = July 8 — {{flagicon|POL}} [[Leszno]] (''[[2017 Speedway World Cup Final|details]]'') | RD3-team1 = '''{{speedway|POL}}''' | RD3-score1 = '''50''' | RD3-team2 = {{speedway|SWE}} | RD3-score2 = 42 | RD3-team3 = {{speedway|RUS}} | RD3-score3 = 18 | RD3-team4 = {{speedway|GBR}} | RD3-score4 = 15 }}

==Final classification==

{| class=wikitable style="font-size: 95%" !Pos. ||National team ||Pts. |- align=center |[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg|Gold]] ||align=left|{{speedway|POL}} ||50 |- align=center |[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg|Silver]] ||align=left|{{speedway|SWE}} ||42 |- align=center |[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg|Bronze]] ||align=left|{{speedway|RUS}} ||18 |- align=center |4 ||align=left|{{speedway|GBR}} ||15 |- |colspan=3 {{speedway color|4}}| |- align=center |5 ||align=left|{{speedway|AUS}} ||33 |- align=center |6 ||align=left|{{speedway|LVA}} ||30 |- align=center |7 ||align=left|{{speedway|USA}} ||15 |- |colspan=3 {{speedway color|4}}| |- align=center |8 ||align=left|{{speedway|DEN}} ||28 |- align=center |9 ||align=left|{{speedway|CZE}} ||13 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{Speedway World Cup seasons}} {{World championships in 2017}}

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