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tournament. It took place on 13 July

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in the East of England Showground in

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. The meeting was won by the Polish team and they qualified directly for the World Cup Final in

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, Poland. Australia and host team Great Britain qualified for the Race-Off. The last placed team, Slovenia, were knocked out of the competition.

Results

As a Teams Declared was two changes. Pole Sebastian Ułamek (who broke a shoulder blade riding in the Swedish Elitserien) was replaced by

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. Polish manager Marek Cieślak said: ''I watched the Polish Championship semi-final where Krzysztof scored 13 points. He also had a very good performance in the Polish Ekstraliga before that''. Injured was Australian

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, who broke a collarbone and wrist in the British Elite League. Teenage

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was an option, but he was injured also. Schlein will be replaced by

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. It will be a SWC debut for five riders: two the British Lewis Bridger and Daniel King, one Pole

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and two Slovenian riders Aleksander Čonda and Maks Gregorič.

Heat details

Heat after heat

# Žagar, Gollob, Sullivan, Kennett # Watt, Kasprzak, Bridger, Štojs # Adams, Harris, Protasiewicz, Šantej # Miedziński, Holder, Woffinden, Gregorič # Hampel, Crump, King, Čonda # King, Sullivan, Miedziński, Šantej # Hampel, Watt, Kennett, Gregorič # Adams, Bridger, Gollob, Čonda # Holder, Žagar, Kasprzak, Harris # Crump, Protasiewicz, Woffinden, Štojs # Protasiewicz, Bridger, Sullivan, Gregorič # Harris (6 pts), Miedziński, Watt, Čonda
''Harris as Joker.'' # Hampel, Adams, Woffinden, Žagar (M)
''Žagar excluded - delayed the start.'' # Gollob, King, Holder, Štojs # Crump, Kasprzak, Kennett, Šantej # Sullivan, Hampel, Harris, Čonda # Gollob, Watt, Woffinden, Žagar (0 pts)
''Žagar as Joker.'' # Kasprzak, King, Adams, Gregorič # Protasiewicz, Holder, King, Čonda # Crump, Zagar, Miedziński, Bridger # Kasprzak, Čonda, Woffinden, Sullivan # Zagar, Watt, Protasiewicz, King (E/start) # Miedziński, Adams, Kennett, Štojs # Hampel, Holder, Bridger, Šantej # Crump, Harris, Gregorič, Gollob (M)
''Gollob excluded due to delaying the start.''

References

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Results

Heat details

Heat after heat

See also

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