1962 Speedway World Team Cup Explained

1962 Speedway World Team Cup was the third edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1] [2] [3]

The final took place in Slaný, Czechoslovakia. The World Champion title was won by Sweden (36 pts) who beat Great Britain (24 pts), Poland (20 pts) and Czechoslovakia (16 pts).[4] [5]

Qualification

Nordic Round

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
41 Joel Jansson - 6 (1,3,2,0)
Ove Fundin - 12 (3,3,3,3)
Rune Sörmander - 12 (3,3,3,3)
Leif Larsson - 11 (3,3,2,3)
Göran Johansson - NS
24 Aage Hansen - 9 (3,1,3,2)
Sverre Harrfeldt - 8 (1,2,2,3)
Egil Bratvold - 5 (0,2,2,1)
Cato Agnor - 2 (1,0,0,1)
Per Aulie - NS
17 Einar Hansen - 3 (2,0,1,0)
Kurt W. Petersen - 9 (2,2,3,2)
Svend Nissen - 5 (1,2,1,1)
John S. Andersen - 0 (0,0,0,0)
Bent Jensen - NS
4 14 Illka Nielminen - 0 (0,-,-,-)
Antti Pajari - 3 (0,1,0,2)
Timo Laine - 5 (2,1,1,1)
Kalevi Lahtinen - 4 (2,0,0,2)
Esko Koponen - 2 (-,1,1,0,)

British Round

The British Round was cancelled. Great Britain was seeded to the World Final.

Central European Round

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
46 Bedřich Slaný - 12
Jaroslav Wolf - 12
Karel Průša - 11
Luboš Tomíček - 11
25 Franc Babic - 9
Valent Medved - 7
Drago Perko - 5
Drago Regvart - 4
21* Zdeněk Kovář - 8
Pavel Mareš - 5
František Hubner - 4
Stanislav Svoboda - 4
4 4 Josef Bössner - 3
Johan Hartl - 1
Helmut Happer - 0
Kurt Schwingenschlogl - 0

East European Round

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
43 1.Florian Kapała - 12 (3,3,3,3)
2.Marian Kaiser - 12 (3,3,3,3)
3.Henryk Żyto - 7 (3,3,1,X)
4.Stefan Kepa - 12 (3,3,3,3)
17.Joachim Maj - NS
33 13.Igor Plechanov - NS
14.Boris Samorodov - 8 (2,2,2,2)
15.Farid Szajnurov - 9 (2,2,3,2)
16.Leonid Drobyazko - 9 (2,2,2,3)
20.Vladimir Sokolov - 7 (2,2,2,1)
13 5.Milko Pejkov - 6 (1,1,2,2)
6.Boris Damjanov - 2 (1,0,0,1)
7.Dimitri Bajev - 3 (1,1,1,0)
8.Krasimir Sokolov - 2 (0,0,0,2)
18.Simeon Lukanov - NS
4 7 9.Gunther Schelenz - 2 (0,1,0,1)
10.Josef Kohl - 0 (0,-,-,-)
11.Jürgen Hehlert - 1 (1,0,0,0)
12.Wilhelm Gunther - 1 (0,0,1,-)
19.Werner Frenzel - 3 (-,1,1,1/0,)

World final

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
36 Björn Knutson - 10 (3,2,3,2)
Soren Sjösten -10 (3,3,3,1)
Ove Fundin - 9 (0,3,3,3)
Göte Nordin - 4 (0,1,3,-)
Rune Sörmander - 3 (-,-,-,3)
24 Ronnie Moore - 10 (3,3,1,3)
Barry Briggs - 8 (2,2,2,2)
Peter Craven - 6 (1,1,2,2)
Ron How - 0 (0,0,0,-)
Cyril Maidment - 0 (-,-,-,0)
20 Marian Kaiser - 9 (2,3,1,3)
Florian Kapała - 5 (2,1,2,0)
Joachim Maj - 4 (1,2,0,1)
Paweł Waloszek - 2 (2,0,-,0)
Mieczysław Połukard - 0 (-,-,0,-)
4 16 Luboš Tomíček - 7 (3,1,2,1)
Bedřich Slaný - 4 (1,0,1,2)
Jaroslav Volf - 3 (0,2,1,0)
Karel Průša - 2 (1,0,-,1)
Bohumír Bartoněk - 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. Web site: World Team Cup 1960-1990. Edinburgh Speedway. 12 July 2021.
  5. Web site: Speedway riders, history and results. wwosbackup. 12 July 2021.