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

• 23 April
• Vetlanda, Vetlanda Motorstadion

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

• 15 July
• Pavlovičky Stadion, Liberec
• West Germany was replaced by second team from Czechoslovakia

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

• 15 July
• Rybnik, Rybnik Municipal Stadium

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

• 29 July
• Slaný, Slaný Speedway

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

• motorcycle speedway
• 1962 Individual Speedway World Championship

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.