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Team manager interviews: https://www.elitspeedway.com/artikel/1mdjaktvf-21mi1/infor-semifinalerna

To be honest I'm not really a fan of the Vojens track but there aren't really that many options. Holsted? Parken (Copenhagen)? Horsens? Most Danish tracks have a quite low standard.

one gp/weeekend. not two/weekend one some tracks like this year.

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Read some news in Swedish speedway magazine Speedway racing. SGP will revert to the old format with only one GP /weekend. And Tony Rickardsson has apparently been recruited as an ambassador for SGP.

Semi final pairings Tuesday: Rospiggarna - Eskilstuna Smederna Tuesday: Dackarna - Västervik Wednesday: Eskilstuna Smederna - Rospiggarna Onsdag: Västervik - Dackarna https://www.elitspeedway.com/artikel/q5c1aktuf-21mi1/klart-med-semifinaler

So semi final teams seems to be decided and it will be interesting to see what opponent Smederna will choose. Rospiggarna looks good but I still think Smederna will chose them.

Hampel and Kubera are still not allowed to ride for their Swedish teams. I also soul assume R/R for Lambert since he is put as nr 2.

No Hampel next week either, he is still being stopped by Lublin. Lejonen see it as a breach of contract and such they can fine the rider but they will have talk with Jarek first. Also Svemo track racing boss Mikael Karlsson had a talk with the Polish federation who apparently were "wondering" regarding how the Polish side was handling it (in English = we don't care). https://www.svt.se/sport/speedway/polska-stjarnan-kan-botfallas-av-lejonen

A bit late but found another stream. https://www.twitch.tv/pauramoto

Great pass by Thomsen.

Smederna announced that will start at the away track in the semi final so that semi final series will be like this: 28 September ........... vs. Smederna 29 September Smederna vs. ................... Smederna says that the reason to why they chose to start away is that the Covid restrictions will be removed from the 29th.

Rospiggarna won the first round with 48-42 but I think Vetlanda will be able to gain that on their hometrack.

Well what is the point of wild cards otherwise if you are just going to give them to riders placed 7,8,9,10,11,12,13 (depending one who qualified from the GP challenge)? I definitely think they should be more "wild" with their picks but perhaps be more committed to it and it and the riders 2-3 seasons to establish themselves in the SGP.

Sponsors+ spectators. I also think most clubs expected the restrictions to be eased off earlier and that the spectators would return at that point but that latter have not happened in the extent the teams expected. As for the Polish teams/riders some teams like Smederna have not had any problems with fielding the team they want except for Loktaev who have had visa problems related to restrictions entering Sweden due to the pandemic. They have also not used Grigorij Laguta that much due to Woryna's success. Västervik and Dackarna have mostly used the riders they want but due to the SGP Thursday meetings have been problematic. So yes to some extent it's a bit strange that some clubs have no issues with their riders riding elsewhere but others have such huge problems.

Yes.

"Family reasons" mentioned by C-more commentator Stefan Klemetz.

I haven't seen anything yet. With the current lineup only Berntzon, Eklöf and Henriksson so I would assume that they would try to find another rider but I doubt KK or Miskowiak are available.

Hampel is confirmed to not be riding tonight. Official reason is that he has been stopped from riding by Lublin.

Hampel is doubtful due to claims that their Polish teams are not allowing them to ride in Sweden. I obviously don't know how much truth this is and how much is just the teams lacking funds to pay the riders. http://speedwayfans.se/polen-fortsatter-att-diktera-villkoren-for-speedwayen/

From what I've heard SWC might make a return.

If Västervik scores at least 41 p tonight they will finish second. A result of 41-49 tonight will bring them to same point quota as Dackarna but Västervik will finish second due to better head to head results. For the other meetings some scenarios for 4th. I think these are all possible scenarios but use at your own risk @Dave Goddard . Rospiggarna If They win tonight or if the manage atleast a draw combined with if Lejonen doesn't score more then 47 points tonight and don't win the runoff for bonus point. Lejonen for forth: If Rospiggarna only manages a draw or looses combined with Lejonen scoring at least 47 points tonight and win the run off for the bonus point. Lejonen if the manages a draw (45-45) and Rospiggarna looses (44-46 or worse) which will result in both teams having 21 team points but Lejonen a sligtly better quota; Lejonen 729/711 = 1,025316455696203 Rospiggarna 723/712 = 1,015449438202247 Vetlanda if they defeat Lejonen with really big scores and combined with Rospiggarna scoring low points. Theoretically possible but unlikely IMO. Finishing 5th or 6th Does not matter and won't give any advantages.

I haven't seen any news about him.

No mention of tomorrow's tv meeting. Did you here anything @Dave Goddard ?

Berntzon will ride tomorrow despite his crash in Poland.