A galaxy of stars have been named in the squads for the 2026 BOLL FIM Speedway World Cup Final – Warsaw on August 29.
Hosts Poland take on 2025 FIM Speedway of Nations world champions Australia, Semi-Final 1 winners Great Britain and Semi-Final 2 victors Denmark in the biggest world team final for generations at the storied PGE Narodowy.
It’s a rerun of the 2023 FIM SWC Final – Wroclaw, which saw the four nations separated by just six points after a Final thriller won by the Poles. They bid to win the SWC world title for a 10th time in the biggest track racing event of 2026 but face huge competition from three countries, all determined to spoil the party in Poland’s capital.
Starting positions for the four teams have been confirmed, with Poland in red helmets, Great Britain lining up in blue, Denmark in white and Australia donning the yellow helmets.
Team managers have named squads of up to 10 riders. Ten days before racing, they must narrow this down to a starting line-up of four riders plus one substitute at No.5, who can be called into action at any time.
An incredible 12 of the 15 FIM Speedway Grand Prix regular riders are named across the four national squads.
The Polish squad is captained by six-time Speedway GP world champion Bartosz Zmarzlik, who is joined by reigning European champion Patryk Dudek, WWK Schwaiger & Partner FIM Speedway GP of Germany – Landshut winner Kacper Woryna and 2025 FIM SGP Challenge winner Dominik Kubera.
The SGP four are joined in boss Stanislaw Chomski’s squad by former Speedway GP stars Maciej Janowski, brothers Przemyslaw and Piotr Pawlicki and Szymon Wozniak, as well as former SGP2 world champions Mateusz Cierniak and Wiktor Przyjemski.
Australia qualified as 2025 FIM SON world champions and boss Mark Lemon lists his title-winning trio from Torun – captain Brady Kurtz, Jack Holder and Jason Doyle, as well as their SGP rival Max Fricke as the men from Down Under bid to win their first SWC since 2002.
The Roos’ 2027 Speedway GP qualifier Rohan Tungate is named in the squad, alongside 2020 World Under-21 champion Jaimon Lidsey, Ryan Douglas, Ben Cook, Keynan Rew and the all-action Josh Pickering.
Great Britain team manager Oliver Allen’s quest to win the Lions’ first world title over the four-team format since 1989 is led by Speedway GP title contender Robert Lambert and Dan Bewley, who bids to overcome a broken femur in time for one of his favourite events on the world speedway calendar.
They are joined by double FIM SON world-title-winning teammate Tom Brennan, plus former British champions Adam Ellis and Charles Wright, SGP2 star Will Cairns, British Under-21 champion Cooper Rushen, former SGP2 riders Dan Thompson and Leon Flint and SON2 racer Luke Harrison.
Danish team manager and four-time SWC winner Nicki Pedersen selects captain Michael Jepsen Jensen and the in-form Leon Madsen following Denmark’s victory at 11.lv FIM SWC Semi-Final 2 – Riga last Friday.
They are joined by BST FIM Speedway GP of Sweden – Malilla winner Anders Thomsen, triple European champion Mikkel Michelsen and Danish Championship runner-up Frederik Jakobsen, who were also part of Friday’s winning side at Bikernieki.
Former Danish champion Rasmus Jensen, World Under-21 Championship runner-up Mads Hansen, SGP2 series leader Mikkel Andersen, Villads Nagel and new Danish Under-21 champion Bastian Pedersen complete the squad for a country searching for its first world team title since 2014.
2026 BOLL FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP FINAL – WARSAW SQUADS:
RED – POLAND: 1. Mateusz Cierniak, 2. Patryk Dudek, 3. Maciej Janowski, 4. Dominik Kubera, 5. Piotr Pawlicki, 6. Przemyslaw Pawlicki, 7. Wiktor Przyjemski, 8. Kacper Woryna, 9. Szymon Wozniak, 10. Bartosz Zmarzlik (captain). Team Managers: Stanislaw Chomski/Dariusz Cieslak
BLUE – GREAT BRITAIN: 1. Dan Bewley, 2. Tom Brennan, 3. Will Cairns, 4. Adam Ellis, 5. Leon Flint, 6. Luke Harrison, 7. Robert Lambert (captain), 8. Cooper Rushen, 9. Dan Thompson, 10. Charles Wright. Team Manager: Oliver Allen
WHITE – DENMARK: 1. Michael Jepsen Jensen (captain), 2. Leon Madsen, 3. Anders Thomsen, 4. Mikkel Michelsen, 5. Frederik Jakobsen, 6. Mads Hansen, 7. Bastian Pedersen, 8. Villads Nagel, 9. Mikkel Andersen, 10. Rasmus Jensen. Team Manager: Nicki Pedersen
YELLOW – AUSTRALIA: 1. Ben Cook, 2. Ryan Douglas. 3. Jason Doyle, 4. Max Fricke, 5. Jack Holder, 6. Brady Kurtz (captain), 7. Jaimon Lidsey, 8. Josh Pickering, 9. Keynan Rew, 10. Rohan Tungate. Team Manager: Mark Lemon
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