WORLD CUP SQUADS ANNOUNCED

The 2017 MONSTER ENERGY SWC squads have been announced, with competing nations able to name a squad of 10 riders from which to select their final final five, which must include an under 21 rider. 

Australian boss Mark Lemon, not surprisingly, has included both Jack Holder and Brady Kurtz in his squad along with Chris Holder, Troy Batchelor, Jason Doyle, Josh Grajczonek, Nick Morris, Max Fricke, Sam Masters and Rohan Tungate. The Australians compete in event one at King's Lynn on July 1st where they meet the home nation, Czech Republic and the U.S.A.

Hans Andersen has been named by multi-world champion Hans Nielsen in the Danish squad along with Niels-Kristian Iversen, Kenneth Bjerre, Michael Jepsen Jensen, Leon Madsen, Mikkel Michelsen, Peter Kildemand, Anders Thomsen, Patrik Hansen and Frederick Jacobsen. They race in event 2 at Vastervick on July 4 against hosts Sweden, Russia and the qualifiying nation of either Germany, Latvia, Italy or France.

Full squads

GREAT BRITAIN (YELLOW): Craig Cook, Josh Bates, Adam Ellis, Chris Harris, Kyle Howarth, Danny King, Robert Lambert, Scott Nicholls, Richie Worrall, Steven Worrall. Team Manager: Alun Rossiter.

AUSTRALIA (WHITE): Troy Batchelor, Jason Doyle, Max Fricke, Josh Grajczonek, Chris Holder, Jack Holder, Brady Kurtz, Sam Masters, Nick Morris, Rohan Tungate. Team Manager: Mark Lemon.

CZECH REPUBLIC (RED): Vaclav Milik, Josef Franc, Matej Kus, Eduard Krcmar, Hynek Stichauer, Tomas Suchanek, Zdenek Holub, Ondrej Smetana, Patrik Mikel. Team Manager: Milan Spinka.

USA (BLUE): Ricky Wells, Luke Becker, Giovanni Manzares, Broc Nicol, Dillon Ruml, Aaron Fox, Scott Campos. Team Manager: Lance King.

SWEDEN (RED): Fredrik Lindgren, Andreas Jonsson, Antonio Lindback, Peter Ljung, Jacob Thorssell, Linus Sundstrom, Kim Nilsson, Timo Lahti, Joel Kling, Kenny Wennerstam. Team Manager: Morgan Andersson.

DENMARK (WHITE): Niels-Kristian Iversen, Kenneth Bjerre, Michael Jepsen Jensen, Leon Madsen, Mikkel Michelsen, Peter Kildemand, Hans Andersen, Anders Thomsen, Patrick Hansen, Frederik Jakobsen. Team Manager: Hans Nielsen.

RUSSIA (YELLOW): Andrei Kudriashov, Viktor Kulakov, Vadim Tarasenko, Renat Gafurov, Emil Sayfutdinov, Sergei Logachev, Grigorii Laguta, Vladimir Borodulin, Artem Laguta, Gleb Chugunov. Team Manager: Andrei Savin.

POLAND (seeded to Final): Patryk Dudek, Maksym Drabik, Jaroslaw Hampel, Maciej Janowski, Janusz Kolodziej, Piotr Pawlicki, Przemyslaw Pawlicki, Piotr Protasiewicz, Bartosz Smektala, Bartosz Zmarzlik. Team Manager: Marek Cieslak.