Australia's power-packed Speedway World Cup squad
Our current former GP riders, as well as the cream of the young talentTeam Australia will attempt to regain the Speedway World Cup Trophy for the first time since 2002 with stellar line-up of current and emerging talent.
Australia will start its campaign in Event 2 in Sweden on July 26, and can choose from a power-packed 10-rider squad that includes current GP riders Chris Holder and Jason Doyle, former GP rider Troy Batchelor, 2016 Melbourne GP wildcard Sam Masters, Jack Holder (younger brother of Chris), Max Fricke, Brady Kurtz, Josh Grajczonek, Nick Morris and Rohan Tungate.
Australia will compete against Sweden, America and Germany in Event 2, with the winner progressing through to the final in Manchester on July 30.
That same formula holds for the winner of Event 1, while second and third-placed teams from the two qualifying hitouts will then go into a Race-Off, with the top team progressing to the finale.
As host country for the final, the UK team is seeded straight through to the finale.
Australia won the first two SWCs in 2001 and 2002, and since then has finished seven times in the top three without cracking it for the ultimate.
The full 2016 SWC squads and events are as follows:
EVENT 1 (VOJENS, DENMARK – JULY 23)
DENMARK: Niels-Kristian Iversen, Hans Andersen, Kenneth Bjerre, Peter Kildemand, Bjarne Pedersen, Leon Madsen, Nicki Pedersen, Michael Jepsen Jensen, Frederik Jakobsen and Mikkel B Andersen.
POLAND: Maciej Janowski, Piotr Pawlicki, Bartosz Zmarzlik, Patryk Dudek, Krzysztof Kasprzak, Grzegorz Zengota, Przemyslaw Pawlicki, Piotr Protasiewicz, Pawel Przedpelski, Krystian Pieszczek.
RUSSIA: Grigorii Laguta, Artem Laguta, Andrei Kudriashov, Emil Sayfutdinov, Viktor Kulakov, Gleb Chugunov, Vadim Tarasenko, Renat Gafurov, Sergei Logachev, Sergei Darkin.
CZECH REPUBLIC: Josef Franc, Zdenek Holub, Eduard Krcmar, Matej Kus, Martin Malek, Vaclav Milik, Tomas Suchanek, Hynek Stichauer, Michal Skurla, Ondrej Smetana.
EVENT 2 (VASTERVIK, SWEDEN – JULY 26)
SWEDEN: Antonio Lindback, Andreas Jonsson, Fredrik Lindgren, Joonas Kylmakorpi, Jacob Thorssell, Linus Sundstrom, Peter Ljung, Kim Nilsson, Joel Andersson, Joel Kling.
AUSTRALIA: Troy Batchelor, Jason Doyle, Max Fricke, Josh Grajczonek, Chris Holder, Jack Holder, Brady Kurtz, Sam Masters, Nick Morris, Rohan Tungate.
USA: Luke Becker, Ryan Fisher, Aaron Fox, Greg Hancock, Billy Janniro, Gino Manzares, Broc Nicol, Max Ruml, Ricky Wells, Scott Campos.
GERMANY: Martin Smolinski, Tobias Kroner, Kai Huckenbeck, Kevin Wolbert, Erik Riss, Michael Hartel, Valentin Grobauer, Tobias Busch, Mark Riss, Rene Deddens.
RACE OFF (MANCHESTER, GB – JULY 29)
Second and third-placed teams from Event 1
Second and third-placed teams from Event 2
FINAL (MANCHESTER, GB – JULY 30)
GREAT BRITAIN: Tai Woffinden, Josh Bates, Craig Cook, Adam Ellis, Chris Harris, Danny King, Robert Lambert, Scott Nicholls, Richie Worrall, Steven Worrall.
Winners of Event 1
Winners of Event 2
Winners of the Race Off
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