1963 Speedway World Team Cup

1963 Speedway World Team Cup was the fourth edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2][3]

The final took place in Vienna, Austria. The World Champion title was won by Sweden (37 pts) who beat Czechoslovakia (27 pts), Great Britain (25 pts) and Poland (7 pts).[4]

The Stadion Wien pictured here in 1965 was the venue for the 1963 final.

Format

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SemifinalsFinal
23 May - Målilla, Sweden (details)
  Sweden48
  Norway22
  Denmark18
  Finland8
Canceled (details)
  Great Britain
31 August - Vienna, Austria (details)
  Sweden37
  Czechoslovakia27
13 June - Olching, West Germany (details)
  Great Britain25
  Czechoslovakia41
  Poland7
  West Germany39
  Yugoslavia8
  Austria7
4 August - Ufa, Soviet Union (details)
  Poland40
  Soviet Union39
  East Germany15
  Bulgaria1

Qualification

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World final

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Pos. National team Pts. Riders
    Sweden 37

Björn Knutson - 11 (3,3,3,2)
Per Olof Söderman - 10 (3,3,1,3)
Ove Fundin - 7 (2,2,-,3)
Göte Nordin - 6 (3,2,0,1)
res. Rune Sörmander - 3 (-,-,3,-)

    Czechoslovakia 27

Antonín Kasper Sr. - 10 (2,3,2,3)
Stanislav Kubíček - 7 (1,1,3,2)
Miroslav Šmíd - 5 (2,1,1,1)
Luboš Tomíček Sr. - 5 (0,1,2,2)

    Great Britain 25

Barry Briggs - 12 (3,3,3,3)
Peter Craven - 8 (2,2,2,2)
Dick Fisher - 4 (0,2,1,1)
Peter Moore - 1 (0,0,0,1)
res. Leo McAuliffe - NS

4   Poland 7

Henryk Żyto - 4 (1,1,2,0)
Marian Kaiser - 1 (0,0,1,0)
Joachim Maj - 1 (1,0,-,0)
Stanisław Tkocz - 1 (1,0,0,0)
res. Andrzej Pogorzelski - 0 (-,-,0,-)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  2. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  3. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 98. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  4. ^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 12 July 2021.