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2008 Speedway World Cup Betting

The 2008 Speedway World Cup really gets underway with the Semi-finals starting in Leszno, Poland on Saturday and coming to the Brandon Stadium in Coventry, UK on the 14th July, as the tension builds towards the Final in Vojens, Denmark on Saturday the 19th July. Denmark are the strong favourites to win the Speedway World Cup on home soil, with odds of just 1/2 from skybet. Their nearest challengers (at least as far as the betting odds for the Speedway World Cup go) are Australia with skybet offering 3/1 for the Aussies to triumph. Poland are 5/1 with Stan James, and British Hopes appear to be fading, with huge odds of 25/1 availablke from both skybet and Stan James for the British Team to win the 2008 Speedway World Cup. Sweden are bringing up the rear of the realistic contenders with odds of 28/1 (sportingbet). skybet will take your money on Czech Republic (750/1), Russia (750/1) and Hungary (1,000/1).

Semi Final Betting - All the following odds are provided by skybet

Home team Poland (8/13) and Australia (6/5) should safely progress through the first semi-final at Leszno at the expense of Russia (250/1) and Hungary (750/1), whilst at the second semi-final in Coventry, it should be a three-way competition to progress, with Denmark being 1/3 favourites, followed by Great Britain (3/1) and Sweden (7/1). The Czech Republic are widely expected to bring up the rear with odds of 300/1. Please note that all odds are to win the event, not just to progress through to the finals in Denmark.

The Speedway World Cup has been held for eight years now, and has been won by four different nations so far - Australia, Sweden and last year’s winners Poland have all won the Speedway World Cup twice, with this year’s favourites Denmark having won in 2006, they are hoping to make it two wins this year. With the exception of the very first World Cup, Denmark have finished in the top 3 every year.

The whole of the Speedway World Cup will be shown live on Sky Sports 3 (Channel 403 on Sky) from 6pm on Saturday 12th July, and betting will be available both before the races, and also in-play (or in running) via skybet.

All odds correct at time of writing. Please click here for the latest odds