Event Two of the 2017 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup was the second race of the 2017 edition of the

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. It was staged on July 4 at the Stena Arena in

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and was won by

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, and

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. As a result, Sweden progressed directly to the 2017 Speedway World Cup Final, while Russia and Latvia progressed to the 2017 Speedway World Cup Race-off. Denmark were eliminated. Latvia and Denmark initially tied on 28 points after the 20 qualifying heats, however

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beat

Niels-Kristian Iversen Niels Kristian Trochmann Iversen (, born 20 June 1982 in Esbjerg, Denmark) is an international motorcycle speedway rider. He was part of the Danish teams that won the Speedway World Cup in 2006, 2008, 2012 and 2014. Early life N ...

in a run-off to secure the Latvians place in the race-off. It was the first time since the Speedway World Cup was introduced in 2001 that Denmark had been eliminated at this stage.

Antonio Lindbäck Antonio Lindbäck (born 5 May 1985 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider who competed in the Speedway World Championship, finishing eighth in 2016, and was a member of the Swedish team who won the Speedway ...

and Fredrik Lindgren top scored for Sweden with 11 and 10 points respectively, while

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