Shockster Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 As Neutral a track as you can get. Good choice. Have a Semi in Scandinavia & one in the UK and should get decent crowds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Eck Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 On 1/18/2025 at 10:00 PM, Shockster said: As Neutral a track as you can get. Good choice. Have a Semi in Scandinavia & one in the UK and should get decent crowds. The qualifiers have often been poorly attended - there were almost more people in the pits in Wrocław than the stands for the qualifiers. So it makes sense to stage the qualifiers each with a home team, so that would be GB and Denmark. But, for logistical reasons, not in the week of the final. GB should be either NSS (though there might be a GP there in 2026) or Glasgow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzie Posted January 24 Author Report Share Posted January 24 2 minutes ago, Wee Eck said: The qualifiers have often been poorly attended - there were almost more people in the pits in Wrocław than the stands for the qualifiers. So it makes sense to stage the qualifiers each with a home team, so that would be GB and Denmark. But, for logistical reasons, not in the week of the final. GB should be either NSS (though there might be a GP there in 2026) or Glasgow Don't think the money nor effort nor ability to do this, but just my thought. They will also want qualifying close to the final night. Think smaller city track or tracks during the week or at best the weekend prior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Eck Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 1 minute ago, ozzie said: Don't think the money nor effort nor ability to do this, but just my thought. They will also want qualifying close to the final night. Think smaller city track or tracks during the week or at best the weekend prior. I reckon Gladgoe would get a crowd of 2000 if GB involved. Nowhere in Poland would attract that sort of number if Poland not involved. Wrocław didn’t make 2000 in total for the three qualifiers. Nothing like it. Similarly, the NSS for the SoN had maybe a thousand in total for the qualifiers and maybe 1200 for the under 21 SoN final - when GB was involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted yesterday at 01:16 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 01:16 PM (edited) SWC Semi’s are in Germany and Latvia in 2026. All change as well for SWC in 2026 SON winners in Torun into SWC final( if Poland win it then it’s the runners-up that take the place. no race-off- only the winners of the 2 Semi’s qualify for the Warsaw final. Edited yesterday at 01:25 PM by racers and royals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted yesterday at 01:52 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 01:52 PM On 1/16/2025 at 3:11 PM, RPNY said: Annoying its in Poland and catering to a Polish win again BUT if they are gonna stage it that's a great place to have it! Majority of the Worlds best ride in Poland anyway,so better too have it where it will be well attended.Poland could win it anywhere so it doesn’t really matter IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therefused Posted yesterday at 02:02 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 02:02 PM will the seats be arranged so the nations are sort of near each other? very interested in going, enjoyed the GP a couple of years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted yesterday at 02:14 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 02:14 PM What strikes me is that this is a dumbing down of the prestige competition in World Speedway that is held every 3 years. Now we have the situation where a country with 2 good riders can qualify for the final of the top 4 rider team competition. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted yesterday at 03:32 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 03:32 PM 1 hour ago, racers and royals said: What strikes me is that this is a dumbing down of the prestige competition in World Speedway that is held every 3 years. Now we have the situation where a country with 2 good riders can qualify for the final of the top 4 rider team competition. It also looks remarkably similar (although much truncated) to the pre 2001 competition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzie Posted 18 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 18 hours ago Just need dates now, sure this will come in next two weeks. Prefer Latvia for a first time visit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted 14 hours ago Report Share Posted 14 hours ago (edited) 10 teams will be involved in SWC 2026. these 10 will all be decided by finishing positions in next weeks SON. Into the final are the SON winners - If Poland win it then the runners up are in it along with Poland. 8 teams that contest the Semi’s must include Germany and Latvia( staging the Semi’s) and other 6 teams will be the highest placed SON result teams. Edited 14 hours ago by racers and royals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted 13 hours ago Report Share Posted 13 hours ago (edited) Extraleague App confirms date of the Warsaw final as Saturday 29th August 2026.( the date i posted in January lol) Edited 13 hours ago by racers and royals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PersonalResponsibility Posted 13 hours ago Report Share Posted 13 hours ago Poland already seeded leaves the other final spot between GB/Australia/Denmark, realistically. I wonder what odds you'd get on the 'draw' for the SWC semis splitting up whichever two sides get there? Hard to see anything else than a GB/Australia/Denmark/Poland final already. I'm sure it makes sense from a financial perspective, less so from a sporting one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted 12 hours ago Report Share Posted 12 hours ago 43 minutes ago, PersonalResponsibility said: Poland already seeded leaves the other final spot between GB/Australia/Denmark, realistically. I wonder what odds you'd get on the 'draw' for the SWC semis splitting up whichever two sides get there? Hard to see anything else than a GB/Australia/Denmark/Poland final already. I'm sure it makes sense from a financial perspective, less so from a sporting one. With only those 4 teams capable of fielding a side strong enough to realistically win a SWC, it would make more sense to make the competition a 4 round affair with a leg in each country, a finale in Australia coupled with a SGP now that would be something worth watching 👀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzie Posted 11 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 11 hours ago Interestingly I did a google search to confirm SWC is 29th August 2026, and AI corrected me and stated it was 27th September 2026. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDY69 Posted 10 hours ago Report Share Posted 10 hours ago 53 minutes ago, ozzie said: Interestingly I did a google search to confirm SWC is 29th August 2026, and AI corrected me and stated it was 27th September 2026. AI is not accurate or verified, just reports what's on other online sites, as you've just proved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PersonalResponsibility Posted 7 hours ago Report Share Posted 7 hours ago 3 hours ago, ozzie said: Interestingly I did a google search to confirm SWC is 29th August 2026, and AI corrected me and stated it was 27th September 2026. https://ekstraliga.pl/en/se/world-cup-in-warsaw It's been on here since 16/01/25. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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