Denmark, Russia, Sweden and Australia all battled it out in Vojens, Denmark, to be the final two nations to compete in Saturday's World Cup final. Sweden welcomed back Andreas Jonsson who would be a real boost for the Swedish team whereas the other three teams kept the same team which meant Australia were still without Jason Crump.
The meeting switched around all night which meant plenty of entertainment was on show. Sweden took the early lead with Australia and Denmark battling for second, Russia floundered and became too far behind very early on and couldn't recover. With the meeting now really about three nations Russia would make sure they had something the eventual outcome. It seemed destined for Australia and Sweden to be going through as Denmark struggled for a couple of heats and Sweden were starting to get away. However it soon changed as Australia started losing more heats (finishing fourth) and Denmark were winning them. Before we knew it Denmark had somehow took the lead and it was now Australia who were struggling and Sweden were hanging on for second.
After a failed joker attempt by Australia they knew the meeting was over for them as they grew ten points behind with less than ten heats to go. Russia still paved the way for some shock results as they started picking up points late on in the meeting. All eyes were on Sweden and Denmark to see who would grab top spot and it went down to the final heat; the teams were level on points so it would be straight out fight between Bjerre for Denmark and Jonsson for Sweden. Chris Holder had had a terrible by his standards and it was he who lost on the joker attempt, however he gave it his all in the last heat to win it for Australia and Povaznhy finished last for Russia. Meaning that whoever won the personal battle would give their nation a win by one point and it was to be Bjerre just coming out on top for Denmark. That meant they finished on 48 points and Sweden on 47, Australia finished third on 36 with Russia finishing on 19 points after their late surge. This means that Denmark and Sweden join Great Britain and Poland for Saturday's final which will be held in Vojens again.
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