Quarter Finals

WORLD PAIRS QUARTER FINAL (in France)

Poland, New Zealand and Finland started the meeting as favourites to qualify and ended in the top 3 positions at the end to move into the Semi Finals, which take place 4 weeks from now. Kryznowek was in fine form for the Poles and was ably backed by Irzyk as they look to defend the title they won last season. Both Moore and Chong scored double figures for New Zealand, who seemed unconcerned by the absence of the injured Bart Williamson, whilst Helinen led the way for Finland. Scotland, runners-up overall last season, were surprise non-qualifiers as Treadwell didn't get enough support early on and reserve Briggs was used too late to give them the point required for a highest scoring 4th place spot. Blanc led France well on home shale but they didn't have enough strength to challenge for a place in the next stage whilst the Netherlands, despite the best efforts of Zevenbergen, and Brazil were never in the running.

POLAND 24 - QUALIFIED

1. Boguslaw Kryznowek........ 3 3 3 3 0 3 15

2. Gabrys Irzyk.............. 1 1 2* 2* 1 2* 9+3

3. Maciej Tercjak............ Did not ride

NEW ZEALAND 23 - QUALIFIED

1. Darren Moore.............. 3 3 3 2* 2* 0 13+2

2. Fillippe Chong............ 0 2* 1 3 3 1 10+1

3. Wynton Te-Huna............ Did not ride

FINLAND 21 - QUALIFIED

1. Hannu Helinen............. 3 1 3 3 2* 2 14+1

2. Ila Niemi................. 2* 0 0 - - - 2+1

3. Jussi Kanerva............. 2* 3 0 - - - 5+1

SCOTLAND 18

1. Luke Treadwell............ 1 3 2 1 3 2* 12+1

2. Andrew Williamson......... 0 1 0 0 - - 1

3. Mark Briggs............... 2* 3 - - - - 5+1

FRANCE 16

1. Xavier Blanc.............. 2 0 2 3 3 1 11

2. Julien Comparin........... 1* 2 1* 1 0 0 5+2

3. Jules Roux................ Did not ride

NETHERLANDS 13

1. Henk Knapke............... 0 0 - - - - 0

2. Abe Zevenbergen........... 3 2 0 R 2 3 10

3. Mike Van Arsden........... 1 X 1* 1 - - 3+1

BRAZIL 10

1. Paulo Camargo............. 1* 0 2 1 0 1 5+1

2. Lucio Vilanova............ 2 2 F 0 - - 4

3. Marco Bellini............. 1 0 - - - - 1

No. Results

1: Darren Moore, Xavier Blanc, Julien Comparin, Fillippe Chong

2: Hannu Helinen, Ila Niemi, Luke Treadwell, Andrew Williamson

3: Abe Zevenbergen, Lucio Vilanova, Paulo Camargo, Henk Knapke

4: Boguslaw Kryznowek, Julien Comparin, Gabrys Irzyk, Xavier Blanc

5: Darren Moore, Fillippe Chong, Hannu Helinen, Ila Niemi

6: Luke Treadwell, Abe Zevenbergen, Andrew Williamson, Henk Knapke

7: Boguslaw Kryznowek, Lucio Vilanova, Gabrys Irzyk, Paulo Camargo

8: Hannu Helinen, Xavier Blanc, Julien Comparin, Ila Niemi

9: Darren Moore, Luke Treadwell, Fillippe Chong, Andrew Williamson

10: Boguslaw Kryznowek, Gabrys Irzyk, Mike Van Arsden, Abe Zevenbergen

11: Xavier Blanc, Paulo Camargo, Julien Comparin, Lucio Vilanova (F)

12: Fillippe Chong, Darren Moore, Mike Van Arsden (X), Abe Zevenbergen (R)

13: Hannu Helinen, Jussi Kanerva, Paulo Camargo, Lucio Vilanova

14: Boguslaw Kryznowek, Gabrys Irzyk, Luke Treadwell, Andrew Williamson

15: Xavier Blanc, Abe Zevenbergen, Mike Van Arsden, Julien Comparin

16: Fillippe Chong, Darren Moore, Marco Bellini, Paulo Camargo

17: Jussi Kanerva, Hannu Helinen, Gabrys Irzyk, Boguslaw Kryznowek

18: Luke Treadwell, Mark Briggs, Xavier Blanc, Julien Comparin

19: Boguslaw Kryznowek, Gabrys Irzyk, Fillippe Chong, Darren Moore

20: Abe Zevenbergen, Hannu Helinen, Mike Van Arsden, Jussi Kanerva

21: Mark Briggs, Luke Treadwell, Paulo Camargo, Marco Bellini

WORLD PAIRS QUARTER FINAL (in Croatia)

Former winners Russia and Englands both qualified with some ease as they turned in classic pairs displays with heavy contributions from both riders in each case. The Czech Republic sealed the other automatic qualification place with Nemecek leading the way for them on 14 points. Croatia were the side in 4th, led well by the evergreen Petkovic, who were quickly checking the other results before celebrating when they found their 20 point haul was enough for a place in the Semi Finals. Germany, like Scotland rostrum finishers overall last season and now also like Scotland out of the competition at the first hurdle this time round, had a little misfortune with bike problems for Juttke and an early exclusion for Manzbach costing them points. Cazares was impressive for Spain but had little in the way of support while Latvia were well short of the pace.

RUSSIA 23 - QUALIFIED

1. Boris Dvoynev............. 1 3 3 1 3 0 11

2. Nikita Federenko.......... 3 0 2* 3 1 3 12+1

3. Oleg Yelesnev............. Did not ride

ENGLAND 23 - QUALIFIED

1. Liam Reay................. 2* 1* 1* 2* 1 2 9+4

2. Hayden Wood............... 3 2 2 3 3 1* 14+1

3. Stephen Trowbridge........ Did not ride

CZECH REPUBLIC 21 - QUALIFIED

1. Tibor Nemecek............. 3 3 3 2 3 0 14

2. Josef Gavenda............. 2* 1 0 0 - - 3+1

3. Martin Holub.............. 2* 2 - - - - 4+1

CROATIA 20 - QUALIFIED

1. Roberto Asanovic.......... 2* 0 2* 2* 0 0 6+3

2. Matija Petkovic........... 3 1 3 3 2 2 14

3. Eugen Ilijas.............. Did not ride

GERMANY 17

1. Otto Juttke............... 1 0 E 3 3 1* 8+1

2. Sepp Manzbach............. Fx 2 1 2* 2* 2 9+2

3. Hans Benkarth............. 0 - - - - - 0

SPAIN 13

1. Felipie Cazares........... 2 3 1 1 1 3 11

2. Jose Alonso............... 0 2* 0 0 - - 2+1

3. Antonio Basora............ 0 0 - - - - 0

LATVIA 9

1. Vladislav Antonenko....... 0 0 - - - - 0

2. Leonid Izotov............. 1 1 1 0 1 3 7

3. Henrijs Birkerts.......... 0 1 0 1 - - 2

No. Results

1: Matija Petkovic, Roberto Asanovic, Leonid Izotov, Vladislav Antonenko

2: Nikita Federenko, Felipie Cazares, Boris Dvoynev, Jose Alonso

3: Hayden Wood, Liam Reay, Otto Juttke, Sepp Manzbach (Fx)

4: Tibor Nemecek, Josef Gavenda, Matija Petkovic, Roberto Asanovic

5: Felipie Cazares, Jose Alonso, Leonid Izotov, Vladislav Antonenko

6: Boris Dvoynev, Hayden Wood, Liam Reay, Nikita Federenko

7: Tibor Nemecek, Sepp Manzbach, Josef Gavenda, Otto Juttke

8: Matija Petkovic, Roberto Asanovic, Felipie Cazares, Jose Alonso

9: Boris Dvoynev, Nikita Federenko, Leonid Izotov, Henrijs Birkerts

10: Tibor Nemecek, Hayden Wood, Liam Reay, Josef Gavenda

11: Matija Petkovic, Roberto Asanovic, Sepp Manzbach, Hans Benkarth

12: Hayden Wood, Liam Reay, Henrijs Birkerts, Leonid Izotov

13: Otto Juttke, Sepp Manzbach, Felipie Cazares, Jose Alonso

14: Nikita Federenko, Tibor Nemecek, Boris Dvoynev, Josef Gavenda

15: Hayden Wood, Matija Petkovic, Liam Reay, Roberto Asanovic

16: Otto Juttke, Sepp Manzbach, Leonid Izotov, Henrijs Birkerts

17: Tibor Nemecek, Martin Holub, Felipie Cazares, Antonio Basora

18: Boris Dvoynev, Matija Petkovic, Nikita Federenko, Roberto Asanovic

19: Leonid Izotov, Martin Holub, Henrijs Birkerts, Tibor Nemecek

20: Felipie Cazares, Liam Reay, Hayden Wood, Antonio Basora

21: Nikita Federenko, Sepp Manzbach, Otto Juttke, Boris Dvoynev

22: Nikita Federenko, Hayden Wood

WORLD PAIRS QUARTER FINAL (in Romania)

Sweden, with Svensson scoring an unbeaten 16+2 haul, and Norway, led by Thoresen, cruised through as most expected they would to take their places in the next round. Host nation Romania made the most of their home advantage with a shock display, led by Draghu but well backed by Luntraru, to score 19 points and beat Italy in a run-off for the final rostrum place. Italy, with Innacone impressive in totalling 14 points, recovered quickly from their disappointment when it was confirmed their 19 point total was enough to see them through as one of the highest scoring 4th place sides. The story for Canada was one of what might have been with both missing leading riders through injury - Struthers for Canada and Fekete for Hungary. The Canadian pairing were solid but fell 4 points short while Hungary were never in the running at all. Alan Connor was very impressive in scoring 10 for Ireland but partner McCurdy couldn't offer consistent support and their chances quickly faded after a positive start.

SWEDEN 28 - QUALIFIED

1. Gote Nordvall............. 2* 1 3 1 2* 3 12+2

2. Sven Svensson............. 3 3 2* 3 3 2* 16+2

3. Lars Magnussen............ Did not ride

NORWAY 23 - QUALIFIED

1. Olle Bjorn Thoresen....... 3 3 3 2 0 3 14

2. Carsten Ostenstad......... 2* 2* 0 0 - - 4+2

3. Ove Dalasen............... 3 2* - - - - 5+1

ROMANIA 19 - QUALIFIED

1. Florin Luntraru........... F 1 1 3 2* 0 7+1

2. Sorin Draghu.............. 3 0 3 2* 3 1 12+1

3. Alexandru Constantin...... Did not ride

ITALY 19 - QUALIFIED

1. Enzo Innacone............. 3 2 2 3 1 3 14

2. Donato Dragotto........... 2* 0 1* 2* 0 0 5+3

3. Lorenzo Turati............ Did not ride

CANADA 15

1. Pierre Gonidis............ 1 0 2 2* 1* 2 8+2

2. Dwayne Houtby............. 0 1 0 3 2 1* 7+1

3. Merle Pandrich............ Did not ride

IRELAND 14

1. Sam McCurdy............... 1* 2* 0 0 - - 3+2

2. Alan Connor............... 2 3 1 1 3 0 10

3. Colin Browne.............. R 1 - - - - 1

HUNGARY 8

1. Oguz Juhasz............... 1 0 0 - - - 1

2. Zoltan Benko.............. 0 1 1 1 2 1 6

3. Attila Papp............... Fx 1* 0 - - - 1+1

No. Results

1: Sorin Draghu, Alan Connor, Sam McCurdy, Florin Luntraru (F)

2: Sven Svensson, Gote Nordvall, Pierre Gonidis, Dwayne Houtby

3: Enzo Innacone, Donato Dragotto, Oguz Juhasz, Zoltan Benko

4: Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Carsten Ostenstad, Florin Luntraru, Sorin Draghu

5: Alan Connor, Sam McCurdy, Dwayne Houtby, Pierre Gonidis

6: Sven Svensson, Enzo Innacone, Gote Nordvall, Donato Dragotto

7: Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Carsten Ostenstad, Zoltan Benko, Oguz Juhasz

8: Sorin Draghu, Pierre Gonidis, Florin Luntraru, Dwayne Houtby

9: Gote Nordvall, Sven Svensson, Alan Connor, Sam McCurdy

10: Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Enzo Innacone, Donato Dragotto, Carsten Ostenstad

11: Florin Luntraru, Sorin Draghu, Zoltan Benko, Oguz Juhasz

12: Enzo Innacone, Donato Dragotto, Alan Connor, Sam McCurdy

13: Dwayne Houtby, Pierre Gonidis, Zoltan Benko, Attila Papp (Fx)

14: Sven Svensson, Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Gote Nordvall, Carsten Ostenstad

15: Sorin Draghu, Florin Luntraru, Enzo Innacone, Donato Dragotto

16: Alan Connor, Zoltan Benko, Attila Papp, Colin Browne (R)

17: Ove Dalasen, Dwayne Houtby, Pierre Gonidis, Olle Bjorn Thoresen

18: Sven Svensson, Gote Nordvall, Sorin Draghu, Florin Luntraru

19: Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Ove Dalasen, Colin Browne, Alan Connor

20: Enzo Innacone, Pierre Gonidis, Dwayne Houtby, Donato Dragotto

21: Gote Nordvall, Sven Svensson, Zoltan Benko, Attila Papp

22: Sorin Draghu, Enzo Innacone (X)

WORLD PAIRS QUARTER FINAL (in Slovakia)

No real surprises in this one with Denmark, thanks for a fine team display, Australia, superbly led by Irwin, and America, both riders scoring double figure contributions, all cruised through with room to spare. The experience Petr Verner did well for Slovenia but, as has so often been the case, didn't have enough support for his nation to make progress. Host nation Slovakia has some misfortune when Zvara fell and withdrew from the meeting after taking a knock, although reserve Strececz came in and did well but they only provided one heat winner which cost them in the end. Wales battled gamely but lacked a heavy hitter whilst Bulgaria were generally well off the pace.

DENMARK 25 - QUALIFIED

1. Steen Eriksen............. 3 2 3 0 2* 2* 12+2

2. Leon Jeppesen............. 1 1* 2* 3 3 3 13+2

3. Jens Isaksen.............. Did not ride

AUSTRALIA 23 - QUALIFIED

1. Ryan Irwin................ 2 3 3 2 3 3 16

2. Josh Montsach............. 1* 2* Fx 1* 1 2* 7+4

3. Jason Isaacs.............. Did not ride

AMERICA 22 - QUALIFIED

1. Jack Hagen................ 3 1 3 3 R 2* 12+1

2. Braxton McChesney......... 0 3 1 2* 1 3 10+1

3. Ricky Antunovich.......... Did not ride

SLOVENIA 17

1. Petr Verner............... 3 3 3 E 3 1 13

2. Jernej Keglovits.......... N2 0 1 1 0 0 2

3. Jaroslav Zechy............ 2* 0 - - - - 2+1

SLOVAKIA 16

1. Leos Zvara................ 2 2* Fx - - - 4+1 (I)

2. Reznik Baluch............. 0 3 2 0 0 1* 6+1

3. Matus Strececz............ 2 2 2 - - - 6

WALES 14

1. Tommy Davey............... 0 2 2 3 2 X 9

2. Tony Clipstone............ 1 0 1* 2* 1* R 5+3

3. Rhodri Szczygiel.......... Did not ride

BULGARIA 8

1. Rumun Dimotrov............ 1 1 0 1 3 1 7

2. Dimitar Stoyanov.......... 0 0 0 - - - 0

3. Venci Hristov............. 1 0 0 - - - 1

No. Results

1: Steen Eriksen, Leos Zvara, Leon Jeppesen, Reznik Baluch

2: Petr Verner, Jaroslav Zechy, Rumun Dimotrov, Dimitar Stoyanov

3: Jack Hagen, Ryan Irwin, Josh Montsach, Braxton McChesney

4: Reznik Baluch, Leos Zvara, Tony Clipstone, Tommy Davey

5: Petr Verner, Steen Eriksen, Leon Jeppesen, Jernej Keglovits

6: Ryan Irwin, Josh Montsach, Rumun Dimotrov, Dimitar Stoyanov

7: Braxton McChesney, Tommy Davey, Jack Hagen, Tony Clipstone

8: Petr Verner, Reznik Baluch, Jernej Keglovits, Leos Zvara (Fx)

9: Steen Eriksen, Leon Jeppesen, Venci Hristov, Rumun Dimotrov

10: Ryan Irwin, Tommy Davey, Tony Clipstone, Josh Montsach (Fx)

11: Jack Hagen, Matus Strececz, Braxton McChesney, Reznik Baluch

12: Leon Jeppesen, Ryan Irwin, Josh Montsach, Steen Eriksen

13: Jack Hagen, Braxton McChesney, Jernej Keglovits, Jaroslav Zechy

14: Tommy Davey, Tony Clipstone, Rumun Dimotrov, Venci Hristov

15: Ryan Irwin, Matus Strececz, Josh Montsach, Reznik Baluch

16: Leon Jeppesen, Steen Eriksen, Braxton McChesney, Jack Hagen (R)

17: Petr Verner, Tommy Davey, Tony Clipstone, Jernej Keglovits

18: Rumun Dimotrov, Matus Strececz, Reznik Baluch, Venci Hristov

19: Leon Jeppesen, Steen Eriksen, Tommy Davey (X), Tony Clipstone (R)

20: Ryan Irwin, Josh Montsach, Petr Verner, Jernej Keglovits

21: Braxton McChesney, Jack Hagen, Rumun Dimotrov, Dimitar Stoyanov