The 2016 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the sixteenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 23 July and 30 July 2016 and involved nine national teams. It was won by Poland, the first time they achieved success since 2013, and the seventh time in total. They beat hosts Great Britain by seven points, while defending champions Sweden finished third with Australia in fourth.

Qualification

Italy Pista Olimpia Terenzano, Terenzano - 2 June 2016

National teamPtsScorers
Germany46Tobias Kroner 13, Martin Smolinski 12, Kai Huckenbeck 11, Kevin Wölbert 10
Latvia31Andžejs Ļebedevs 17, Kjasts Puodžuks 8, Maksims Bogdanovs 6, Davis Kurmis 0
Italy29Nicolás Covatti 18, Paco Castagna 6, Guglielmo Franchetti 4, Nicolas Vicentin 1
Slovenia20Matej Žagar 13, Nick Škorja 4, Matic Ivačič 2, Ziga Kovacić 1

Qualified teams

TeamQualified asFinals appearanceLast appearance2015 place
Great BritainHost16th20155
Sweden2015 SWC top eight16th20151
Denmark2015 SWC top eight16th20152
Poland2015 SWC top eight16th20153
Australia2015 SWC top eight16th20154
United States2015 SWC top eight9th20156
Russia2015 SWC top eight13th20157
Czech Republic2015 SWC top eight15th20158
GermanyQualifying Round Winner7th2012QR

Tournament

SemifinalsRace-offFinal
23 July — Denmark Vojens (details)
Poland39
Denmark36
Russia3229 July — United Kingdom Manchester (details)30 July — England Manchester
Czech Republic19Australia44Poland39
Denmark41Great Britain32
26 July — Sweden Vastervik (details)Russia32Sweden30
Sweden48United States9Australia22
Australia37
United States22
Germany19

Final

The final was staged on 30 July at the National Speedway Stadium in Manchester. It was won by Poland, the seventh time they had done so since the World Cup was launched in 2001. They beat hosts Great Britain by seven points, while defending champions Sweden finished third with Australia in fourth.

Bartosz Zmarzlik, Patryk Dudek and captain Piotr Pawlicki Jr. all scored double figures for the Poles, with Krzysztof Kasprzak, who replaced Maciej Janowski in the side for the final, backed them up with eight points. Individual world champion Tai Woffinden lead Great Britain to second place, scoring 19 points.

Results

Pos.National teamPts.
1Poland39
2Great Britain32
3Sweden27
4Australia22

Scores

NoRider NamePts.Heats
PolandPOLAND39
1Piotr Pawlicki Jr.100,3,2,2,3
2Bartosz Zmarzlik111,3,3,1,3
3Patryk Dudek103,1,1,2,3
4Krzysztof Kasprzak81,3,2,0,2
5Krystian Pieszczek0
NoRider NamePts.Heats
United KingdomGREAT BRITAIN32
1Craig Cook51,0,0,3,1
2Tai Woffinden193,2,3,6,3,2
3Danny King5X,0,2,3
4Robert Lambert31,1,0,1,0
5Adam Ellis0
NoRider NamePts.Heats
SwedenSWEDEN30
1Andreas Jonsson83,2,0,1,2
2Antonio Lindbäck63,2,1,0
3Peter Ljung62,1,1,1,1
4Fredrik Lindgren102,2,1,3,1,1
5Joel Andersson0
NoRider NamePts.Heats
AustraliaAUSTRALIA22
1Jason Doyle70,3,2,X,2
2Josh Grajczonek00,0,0
3Chris Holder102,1,2,3,2,0
4Sam Masters52,0,3,0,0,0
5Brady Kurtz0

Final classification

Pos.National teamPts.
Poland39
Great Britain32
Sweden30
4Australia22
5Denmark41
6Russia32
7United States9
=8Czech Republic19
=8Germany19