2001 Speedway World Cup Qualification
# 2001 Speedway World Cup Qualification

The 2001 Speedway World Cup Qualification (SWC) was two events of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the four national teams who qualify for the 2001 Speedway World Cup.

## Results

| Preliminary round 1 Ljubljana | Preliminary round 2 Debrecen |
| - | - |
| Pos.National teamPts. 1 Slovenia48 2 Russia45 3 Italy25 4 Ukraine1 | Pos.National teamPts. 1 Finland48 2 Hungary47 3 Norway12 4 Latvia10 |

## Heat details

### Ljubljana (1)

* Preliminary round 1
* 3 June 2001
* Ljubljana
* Referee: ?

| Placing | Team / Rider name | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pts | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Slovenia | 48 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 35 | 38 | | 41 | 43 | 45 | 48 |
| 1 | (1) Izak Šantej | 14 | | | | 3 | | | | 3 | | | | 3 | | | | 3 | 12 | | 2 | | |
| 1 | (2) Jernej Kolenko | 10 | | | 3 | | | | F | | | | 3 | | | | 2 | | 8 | | | 2 | |
| 1 | (3) Ales Dolinar | 3 | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | - | | | - | | | | 3 | | | | - |
| 1 | (4) Matej Žagar | 6 | - | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | | - | | | 3 | 3 | | | |
| 1 | (17) Matej Ferjan | 15 | 3 | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | 3 | 3 | | | 12 | | | | 3 |
| 2 | Russia | 45 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 35 | 37 | | 39 | 42 | 45 | 45 |
| 2 | (5) Sergey Darkin | 12 | 2 | | | | | 3 | | | | | 2 | | | | | 2 | 9 | | | 3 | |
| 2 | (6) Roman Povazhny | 10 | | 3 | | | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | | | 3 | | 10 | | | | E |
| 2 | (7) Rinat Mardanshin | 11 | | | | 2 | | | 3 | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | 9 | 2 | | | |
| 2 | (8) Eduard Shaihullin | 12 | | | 2 | | | | | 2 | 3 | | | | 2 | | | | 9 | | 3 | | |
| 3 | Italy | 25 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | | 21 | 22 | 23 | 25 |
| 3 | (9) Alessandro Dalla Valle | 8 | | | 1 | | 3 | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | 6 | | | | 2 |
| 3 | (10) Simone Tadiello | 4 | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | - | | 3 | 1 | | | |
| 3 | (11) Andrea Maida | 6 | | 2 | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 5 | | | 1 | |
| 3 | (12) Armando Castagna | 6 | 1 | | | | | | 2 | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | 5 | | 1 | | |
| 3 | (19) Christian Miotello | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | |
| 4 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | (13) Aleksander Lyatosinsky | 1 | | 0 | | | | | 1 | | 0 | | | | | | | E | 1 | | | | M |
| 4 | (14) Petro Fedik | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | 0 | | 0 | | | | | 0 | | 0 | E | | | |
| 4 | (15) Igor Borisenko | 0 | | | 0 | | | 0 | | | | | | 0 | | 0 | | | 0 | | 0 | | |
| 4 | (16) Igor Yepifanov | 0 | | | | E | 0 | | | | | | 0 | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | 0 | |
| Placing | Team / Rider name | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pts | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions: :

| gate A – inside | gate B | gate C | gate D – outside |
| - | - | - | - |

### Debrecen (2)

* Preliminary round 2
* 3 June 2001
* Debrecen
* Referee: ?

| Placing | Team / Rider name | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pts | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Finland | 48 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 28 | 31 | 33 | 36 | 38 | 40 | | 42 | 45 | 46 | 48 |
| 1 | (13) Kai Laukkanen | 12 | | 3 | | | | | 3 | | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | 11 | | | 1 | |
| 1 | (14) Kauko Nieminen | 13 | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | | 3 | | | | | 2 | | 10 | | 3 | | |
| 1 | (15) Joonas Kylmäkorpi | 13 | | | 3 | | | 2 | | | | | | 3 | | 3 | | | 11 | | | | 2 |
| 1 | (16) Tomi Reima | 6 | | | | 2 | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | - | | | | 6 | - | | | |
| 1 | (20) Petri Kokko | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| 2 | Hungary | 47 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 28 | 30 | 33 | 36 | | 39 | 41 | 44 | 47 |
| 2 | (5) Róbert Nagy | 14 | 2 | | | | | 3 | | | | | 3 | | | | | 3 | 11 | | | | 3 |
| 2 | (6) Norbert Magosi | 13 | | 2 | | | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | | | 3 | | 10 | | | 3 | |
| 2 | (7) Gábor Szegvári | 10 | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | 7 | 3 | | | |
| 2 | (8) László Szatmári | 10 | | | 1 | | | | | 3 | 1 | | | | 3 | | | | 8 | | 2 | | |
| 2 | (18) Zsolt Bence | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | | | | |
| 3 | Norway | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 3 | (9) Rune Holta | 2 | | | 2 | | N | | | | | N | | | | | | N | 2 | | | | |
| 3 | (10) Brojn Gundel Hansa | 7 | | | | 3 | | 1 | | | 2 | | | | | | 1 | | 7 | | | | 0 |
| 3 | (11) Pierre Mullen | 2 | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | 0 | | | 0 | | | 2 | | 0 | | |
| 3 | (12) Eivind Rappen | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 0 | | | | | 0 | N | | | | 1 | | | | |
| 4 | Latvia | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 |
| 4 | (1) Denis Popovich | 3 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | 2 | | | | 1 |
| 4 | (2) Leonid Paura | 4 | | | 0 | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 0 | | 2 | | | 2 | |
| 4 | (3) Stanislav Paura | 1 | | N | | | | 0 | | | | N | | | 1 | | | | 1 | 0 | | | |
| 4 | (4) Aleksandr Ivanov | 2 | N | | | | 1 | | | | 0 | | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | 0 | | |
| Placing | Team / Rider name | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pts | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions: :

| gate A – inside | gate B | gate C | gate D – outside |
| - | - | - | - |
