2021 Speedway of Nations

The 2021 Speedway of Nations (sponsored by Monster Energy) was the fourth FIM Speedway of Nations.[1][2] The competition consisted of two semi-finals and a final. The final was held on 16 & 17 October 2021[3] and was won by Great Britain, with Poland taking silver and Denmark bronze.

During the final Poland took a first leg lead of ten points ahead of Great Britain. Britain's multiple world champion Tai Woffinden suffered an injury after crashing heavily and was replaced by Dan Bewley for the second leg. Denmark topped the points table during the second leg but Poland earned an automatic place in the grand final after finishing with the highest total from the two legs. This meant that Denmark and Great Britain would take part in the eliminator as the second and third best teams, which Britain won by 6 points to 3. In the grand final, former world champion Bartosz Zmarzlik came out on top but he was followed home by Robert Lambert and Dan Bewley, giving Britain the title by 5 points to 4. It was their first World team title since 1989.[4]

First semi-final

  • Latvia Daugavpils, Latvia
  • 17 September
Pos Nation Riders Pts
1 PolandBartosz Zmarzlik 21, Dominik Kubera 13, Jakub Miśkowiak 337
2 SwedenFredrik Lindgren 23, Pontus Aspgren 8, Philip Hellström Bängs 334
3 DenmarkLeon Madsen 12, Mikkel Michelsen 18, Mads Hansen 232
4 United StatesBroc Nicol 7, Luke Becker 21, Blake Borello 028
5 FinlandTimo Lahti 18, Tero Aarnio 6, Timi Salonen 024
6 SloveniaMatic Ivačič 10, Nick Škorja 7, Anže Grmek 017
7 Czech RepublicVáclav Milík Jr. 11, Josef Franc 4, Petr Chlupáč 217

Second semi-final

  • Latvia Daugavpils, Latvia
  • 18 September
Pos Nation Riders Pts
1 AustraliaJason Doyle 23, Max Fricke 12, Keynan Rew 035
2 LatviaAndžejs Ļebedevs 18, Oļegs Mihailovs 14, Francis Gusts 234
3 FranceDavid Bellego 15, Dimitri Bergé 13, Steven Goret 230
4 GermanyKai Huckenbeck 22, Norick Blödorn 5, Valentin Grobauer 027
5 RussiaVladimir Borodulin 13, Sergey Logachev 10, Mark Karion 225
6 ItalyMichele Paco Castagna 12, Nicolás Covatti 7, Daniele Tessari 019
7 UkraineAleksandr Loktaev 15, Marko Levishyn 4, Vitalii Lysak 019

Final

First leg

Pos Nation Riders Pts
1 PolandBartosz Zmarzlik 19, Maciej Janowski 18, Jakub Miśkowiak 340
2 Great BritainTai Woffinden 14, Robert Lambert 12, Tom Brennan 430
3 DenmarkLeon Madsen 21, Mikkel Michelsen 5, Mads Hansen 329
4 LatviaAndžejs Ļebedevs 19, Oļegs Mihailovs 5, Francis Gusts 024
5 AustraliaMax Fricke 18, Jason Doyle 6, Keynan Rew 024
6 FranceDavid Bellego 15, Dimitri Bergé 9, Steven Goret 024
7 SwedenPhilip Hellström Bängs 10, Pontus Aspgren 4, Jacob Thorssell 216

Second leg

Pos Nation Riders Pts
1 DenmarkMikkel Michelsen 18, Leon Madsen 17, Mads Hansen 439
2 Great BritainRobert Lambert 20, Dan Bewley 11, Tom Brennan 334
3 PolandBartosz Zmarzlik 19, Maciej Janowski 13, Jakub Miśkowiak 234
4 AustraliaMax Fricke 12, Jason Doyle 9, Keynan Rew 425
5 FranceDavid Bellego 19, Dimitri Bergé 4, Steven Goret 023
6 LatviaAndžejs Ļebedevs 13, Oļegs Mihailovs 3, Francis Gusts 218
7 SwedenPhilip Hellström Bängs 14, Pontus Aspgren 0, Jacob Thorssell 014

Total

Pos Nation Riders Pts
1 PolandBartosz Zmarzlik 38, Maciej Janowski 31, Jakub Miśkowiak 574
2 DenmarkLeon Madsen 38, Mikkel Michelsen 23, Mads Hansen 768
3 Great BritainRobert Lambert 32, Tai Woffinden 14, Dan Bewley 11, Tom Brennan 764
4 AustraliaMax Fricke 30, Jason Doyle 15, Keynan Rew 449
5 FranceDavid Bellego 34, Dimitri Bergé 13, Steven Goret 047
6 LatviaAndžejs Ļebedevs 32, Oļegs Mihailovs 8, Francis Gusts 242
7 SwedenPhilip Hellström Bängs 24, Pontus Aspgren 4, Jacob Thorssell 230

Grand Final Qualifier

1st 2nd
 Great Britain - 6
Robert Lambert - 4
Dan Bewley - 2		  Denmark - 3
Leon Madsen - 3
Mikkel Michelsen - 0

Grand Final

1st 2nd
 Great Britain - 5
Robert Lambert - 3
Dan Bewley - 2		  Poland - 4
Bartosz Zmarzlik - 4
Maciej Janowski - 0

References

  1. ↑ "2021 Speedway of Nations". SGP. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "DOYLE'S AUSSIE PRIDE". SGP. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "MONSTER ENERGY SON FINAL DRAW CONFIRMED". SGP. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "Speedway: Great Britain claim first world title since 1989 with win over Poland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
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