1962 Speedway World Team Cup

3rd edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition

Previous
Next

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]

Format

SemifinalsFinal
23 April - Vetlanda (details)
 Sweden41
 Norway24
 Denmark17
 Finland14
Canceled (details)
 Great Britain–
––
29 July - Slaný (details)
––
 Sweden36
––
 Great Britain24
15 July - Liberec (details)
 Poland20
 Czechoslovakia46
 Czechoslovakia16
 Yugoslavia25
 Czechoslovakia B21
 Austria4
15 July - Rzeszów (details)
 Poland43
 Soviet Union33
 Bulgaria13
 East Germany7

Qualification

Nordic Round

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  Sweden 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

2nd  Norway 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

3rd  Denmark 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  Finland 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
1st  Czechoslovakia 46

Bedřich Slaný - 12
Jaroslav Wolf - 12
Karel Průša - 11
Luboš Tomíček - 11

2nd  Yugoslavia 25

Franc Babic - 9
Valent Medved - 7
Drago Perko - 5
Drago Regvart - 4

3rd  Czechoslovakia 21*

Zdenek Kovar - 8
Pavel Mares - 5
Frantisek Hubner - 4
Stanislav Svoboda - 4

4  Austria 4

Josef Bössner - 3
Johan Hartl - 1
Helmut Happer - 0
Kurt Schwingenschlogl - 0

East European Round

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  Poland 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

2nd  Soviet Union 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)

3rd  Bulgaria 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  East Germany 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
1st  Sweden 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)

2nd  Great Britain 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)

3rd  Poland 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  Czechoslovakia 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

References

  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.
  5. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.