Denmark will have a host of Kings Lynn track specialists in their ranks when they launch their Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup defence after the starting line-ups for the competition were confirmed.
Kings Lynn No.1 Niels-Kristian Iversen teams up with triple world champion Nicki Pedersen and former Stars rider Kenneth Bjerre.
FIM Speedway Under-21 world champion Michael Jepsen Jensen completes their line-up to face Team Great Britain, Sweden and the United States of America at the Norfolk Arena in Event 2 on July 15.
Team Great Britain boss Neil Middleditch gives a debut to Craig Cook, who links up with British champion Tai Woffinden, Chris Harris and Edward Kennett.
Injury-ravaged Sweden are captained by Fredrik Lindgren. He is joined by former Grand Prix stars Peter Ljung and Peter Karlsson. Jonas Davidsson returns to the fold as Andreas Jonsson, Daniel Nermark, Linus Sundstrom and Tomas H Jonasson all miss out with injuries, and Antonio Lindback sits out.
The USA are led by double world champion Greg Hancock. Ryan Fisher captains the team and they are joined by Ricky Wells and Gino Manzares.
Poland track all three of their SGP riders Tomasz Gollob, Jaroslaw Hampel and Krzysztof Kasprzak for Event 1 against Australia, Russia and Latvia at Polish venue Czestochowa on July 13.
Former FIM Speedway Under-21 world champion Maciej Janowski completes a powerful quartet.
Russia are led into action by brothers Grigorii and Artem Laguta as national icon and World Championship leader Emil Sayfutdinov misses the Monster Energy SWC with a broken fifth metatarsal on his left foot. His replacement in the team is Viktor Kulakov. Andrey Kudryashov completes the quartet.
Australia are skippered by world champion Chris Holder, who is joined by Moldow Danish SGP winner Darcy Ward, Aussie champion Troy Batchelor and newcomer Jason Doyle.
Latvia have FIM Speedway Under-21 World Championship finalist Andzejs Lebedevs in their team as well as former world junior bronze medallist Maksims Bogdanovs. Kasts Puodzuks and Vjaceslavs Giruckis complete the team.
The winners of each event join the Czech Republic in the Final at Pragues Marketa Stadium on July 20. The second and third-placed teams compete in the Race Off at the same venue on July 18 for the fourth and final place in the decider.
MONSTER ENERGY FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP
EVENT 1 & 2 STARTING LINE-UPS
EVENT 1CZESTOCHOWA, POLANDJULY 13
RUSSIA (RED)
1.Viktor Kulakov 2.Artem Laguta 3.Grigorii Laguta (captain) 4.Andrey Kudryashov
Team Manager: Igor Dmitriev
AUSTRALIA (BLUE)
1.Chris Holder (captain) 2.Jason Doyle 3.Troy Batchelor 4.Darcy Ward
Team Manager: Mark Lemon
LATVIA (WHITE)
1.Kasts Puodzuks (captain) 2.Maksims Bogdanovs 3.Vjaceslavs Giruckis 4.Andzejs Lebedevs
Team Manager: Vladimirs Ribnikovs
POLAND (YELLOW)
1.Tomasz Gollob (captain) 2.Jaroslaw Hampel 3.Krzysztof Kasprzak 4.Maciej Janowski
Team Manager: Marek Cieslak
EVENT 2KINGS LYNN, GREAT BRITAINJULY 15
SWEDEN (RED)
1.Fredrik Lindgren (captain) 2.Peter Ljung 3.Peter Karlsson 4.Jonas Davidsson
Team Manager: Bo Wirebrand
GREAT BRITAIN (BLUE)
1.Chris Harris (captain) 2.Tai Woffinden 3.Edward Kennett 4.Craig Cook
Team Manager: Neil Middleditch
DENMARK (WHITE)
1.Nicki Pedersen 2.Kenneth Bjerre 3.Michael Jepsen Jensen 4.Niels-Kristian Iversen (captain)
Team Manager: Anders Secher
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1.Ryan Fisher (captain) 2.Greg Hancock 3.Gino Manzares 4.Ricky Wells
Team Manager: Billy Hamill
