1960 Speedway World Team Cup Explained

1960 Speedway World Team Cup was the first edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1] The final took place in Gothenburg, Sweden. The World Champion title was won by Sweden team (44 pts) who beat England (30 pts), Czechoslovakia (15 pts) and Poland (7 pts).[2] [3] [4]

Sweden's reigning World Champion Ove Fundin went through the entire World Team Cup undefeated.[5] This feat would not be matched until Australia's Jason Crump went through the 2001 Speedway World Cup undefeated.[6] To honour Fundin's deeds in 1960, the winners of the current Speedway World Cup (which replaced the Team World Cup in 2001) receive the Ove Fundin Trophy.

Qualification

Alf Jonsson helped Sweden wn the semi final but waa unable to take his place in the final after breaking his leg in a British league match.[7] He was replaced in the final by Björn Knutson.[8]

Scandinavian Round

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Ove Fundin - 12
Rune Sörmander - 11
Olle Nygren - 10
Alf Jonsson - 10		valign=top - 25
Arne Pander - 10
Hans P. Boiisen - 7
Kurt W. Petersen - 6
Svend Nissen - 2
Poul Wissing - 0		valign=top - 21
Aage Hansen - 11
Rolf Mellerud - 3
Nils Paulsen - 3
Rolf Westerberg - 3
Sverre Harrfeldt - 1		valign=top - 7
Kalevi Lahtinen - 3
Antti Pajari - 2
Timo Laine - 1
Valle Seliverstov - 1
Aulis Lethonen - 0

British Round

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Peter Craven - 12
Nigel Boocock - 9
Ron How - 8
Eric Williams - 6		valign=top - 28
Barry Briggs - 11
Ronnie Moore - 11
Ron Johnston - 5
Trevor Redmond - 1
Bob Duckworth - 0		valign=top - 18
Jack Young - 6
Peter Moore - 5
Chum Taylor - 4
Jack Geran - 2
Aub Lawson - 1		valign=topChallengers - 15
Ken McKinlay - 7
George White - 5
Bob Andrews - 2
Neil Street - 1
Ronnie Genz - 0
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Ronnie Moore - 11
Barry Briggs - 9
Ron Johnston - 4
Bob Duckworth - 3
Trevor Redmond - 0		valign=top - 24
Peter Craven - 12
Eric Williams - 5
Ron How - 4
Ken McKinlay - 3
Gordon McGregor - 0		valign=top Challengers - 23
Mike Broadbank - 7
Ronnie Genz - 7
Nigel Boocock - 5
George White - 4		valign=top - 22
Chum Taylor - 10
Jack Biggs - 4
Peter Moore - 3
Jack Geran - 3
Jack Young - 2
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Peter Craven - 12
Ron How - 11
Bob Andrews - 5
Ken McKinlay - 4
Ian Williams - 1		valign=top Challengers - 28
Mike Broadbank - 9
Peter Moore - 8
Nigel Boocock - 6
Eric Williams - 5		valign=top - 23
Ronnie Moore - 9
Barry Briggs - 5
Ron Johnston - 5
Bob Duckworth - 4		valign=top - 12
Chum Taylor - 5
Ray Cresp - 3
Aub Lawson - 3
Jack Young - 1
Neil Street - 0
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Ken McKinlay - 12
Peter Craven - 11
Ron How - 10
Nigel Boocock - 9		valign=top - 28
Ronnie Moore - 11
Ron Johnston - 6
Bob Duckworth - 6
Barry Briggs - 5		valign=top - 20
Jack Young - 8
Ray Cresp - 6
Chum Taylor - 5
Peter Moore - 1
Aub Lawson - 0		valign=topChallengers - 6
Eric Williams - 3
Dick Fisher - 1
Arthur Wright - 1
George White - 1
Tony Robinson - 0
Team Points R1 R2 R3 R4
134 35 24 33 42
106 28 27 23 28
72 18 22 12 20
Challengers 72 15 23 28 6

Central European Round

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Stanislav Svoboda - 12
František Richter - 12
Luboš Tomíček Sr. - 12
Antonín Kasper Sr. - 11		valign=top - 26
Josef Hofmeister - 9
Alfred Aberl - 8
Josef Seidl - 7
Hans Jager - 2		valign=top - 13
Ferdinand Troner - 5
Josef Bössner - 3
Kurt Schwingenschlogl - 3
Erich Luther - 1
Leopold Dolanski - 1		valign=top - 8
Hans van der Sluis - 3
Tonny Kroeze - 3
Thei Bisschops - 2

East European Round

The round was canceled and Poland were awarded the round by the F.I.M when their opponents failed to contest the round. East Germany, Hungary and Yugoslavia were eliminated.[9]

World Final

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
44 Rune Sörmander - 11 (3,2,3,3)
Ove Fundin - 12 (3,3,3,3)
Olle Nygren - 12 (3,3,3,3)
Björn Knutson - 9 (3,E,3,3)
res. Göte Nordin - NS
30 Peter Craven - 8 (2,2,2,2)
Ron How - 7 (2,3,2,-)
Ken McKinlay - 8 (2,3,1,2)
Nigel Boocock - 1 (1,0,-,-)
res. George White - 6 (-,-,2,2/2)
15 Luboš Tomíček Sr. - 4 (0,2,1,1)
Jaroslav Machač - 3 (1,1,1,0)
František Richter - 3 (1,1,1,F)
Antonín Kasper Sr. - 5 (2,0,2,1)
res. Bohumír Bartoněk - NS
4 7 Konstanty Pociejkewicz - 3 (1,2,E,0)
Marian Kaiser - 2 (0,1,0,1)
Mieczysław Połukard - 2 (0,1,0,1)
Jan Malinowski - 0 (E,0,F,0)
res. Bronislaw Rogal - 0 (0)

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. 1987. 290. Guinness Superlatives. 0-85112-492-5.
  2. Book: Oakes, Peter. 1981 Speedway Yearbook. 1981. 25–26. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. 0-86215-017-5.
  3. Book: Bott, Richard. The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. 1980. 98. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. 0-09-141751-1.
  4. Book: Oakes, Peter . Speedway Yearbook 1990 . 1990 . 18 . Front Page Books . 0-948882-15-8.
  5. Web site: Speedway riders, history and results. wwosbackup. 12 July 2021.
  6. Web site: World Team Cup 1960-1990. Edinburgh Speedway. 12 July 2021.
  7. News: Rider breaks leg . Daily Mirror . 22 June 1960 . 19 January 2024 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  8. Web site: 1960 . Kaparna . 19 January 2024.
  9. Web site: East European round . International Speedway . 8 December 2023.

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