1964 Speedway World Team Cup

5th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition

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1964 Speedway World Team Cup was the fifth edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2][3]

The final took place in Abensberg, West Germany. The World Champion title was won by Sweden (34 pts) who beat Soviet Union (27 pts), Great Britain (21 pts) and Poland (16 pts).[4][5]

Format

* Great Britain seeded to the final

Qualification

Continental Semi-Final 1

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  Poland 45

Andrzej Wyglenda - 12 (3,3,3,3)
Andrzej Pogorzelski - 12 (3,3,3,3)
Zbigniew Podlecki - 11
Marian Kaiser - 10
Edmund Migoś - NS

2nd  Czechoslovakia 33

Stanislav Kubíček - 9
Antonín Kasper Sr. - 8
Karel Průša - 8
Jaroslav Volf - 8
Frantisek Ledecky - NS

3rd  West Germany 14

Manfred Poschenreider - 6
Alfred Aberl - 3
Alois Frach - 3
Otto Lantenhammer - 2
Sebastian Wiesent - NS

4  Austria 4

Kurt Schwingenschlögl - 2
Gunther Walla - 1
Ludwig Löscher - 1
Ernst Glassner - 0

Continental Semi-Final 2

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  Soviet Union 48

Igor Plekhanov - 12 (3,3,3,3)
Boris Samorodov - 12 (3,3,3,3)
Gennady Kurilenko - 12 (3,3,3,3)
Vitaly Shilo - 12 (3,3,3,3)

2nd  Bulgaria 24

Milko Pejkov - 8
Gavril Macev - 8
Simeon Lukanov - 4
Krasimir Sokolov - 4

3rd  Yugoslavia 12

Slobodan Dzudovic - 5
Valentin Medved - 3
Drago Perko - 2
Drago Regvard - 2

4  East Germany 12

Günther Schelenz - 5
Jochen Dinse - 5
Peter Hehlert - 2
Jürgen Hehlert - NS


Scandinavian Round

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  Sweden 44

Björn Knutson - 12 (3,3,3,3)
Göte Nordin - 12 (3,3,3,3)
Rune Sörmander - 12 (3,3,3,3)
Per Tage Svensson - 6
Per Olof Söderman - 2

2nd  Denmark 27

Kurt W. Petersen - 9
Paul Wissing - 7
John S. Andersen - 6
Hans P. Boysen - 5
Ole Kläbel - NS

3rd  Finland 15

Kalevi Lahtinen - 7
Ilkka Helminen - 5
Matti Olin - 3
Taisto Mattila - 0
Veikko Metsähuone - NS

4  Norway 10

Reidar Eide - 5
Per Aulie - 3
Cato Agnor - 1
Jonny Faafeng - 1
Henry Harrfeldt - NS

Continental Final

  • Soviet Union Army Sports Club Stadium, Lviv

(Yugoslavia replaced Bulgaria)

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  Soviet Union 37

Igor Plekhanov - 12 (3,3,3,3)
Boris Samorodov - 11
Gennady Kurilenko - 8
Yuri Chekranov - 6
Gabdrakhman Kadyrov - NS

2nd  Poland 34

Andrzej Wyglenda - 10
Andrzej Pogorzelski - 9
Zbigniew Podlecki - 9
Marian Kaiser - 4
Antoni Woryna - 2

3rd  Czechoslovakia 23

Antonín Kasper Sr. - 8
Stanislav Kubíček - 5
Jaroslav Volf - 5
Psvel Mares - 3
Frantisek Ledecky - 2

4  Yugoslavia 2

Franc Babic - 1
Valentin Medved - 1
Drago Perko - 0
Drago Regvard - 0
Ivan Molan - NS

World final

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  Sweden 34

Björn Knutson - 11 (3,3,2,3)
Göte Nordin - 10 (3,2,2,3)
Rune Sörmander - 7 (3,2,2,0)
Ove Fundin - 6 (0,-,3,3)
Sören Sjösten - 0 (-,0,-,-)

2nd  Soviet Union 25

Igor Plekhanov - 8 (2,3,1,2)
Gennady Kurilenko - 8 (2,1,3,2)
Yuri Chekranov - 6 (2,2,1,1)
Boris Samorodov - 3 (2,1,0,0)
Viktor Trofimov - NS

3rd  Great Britain 21

Barry Briggs - 9 (3,3,1,2)
Ken McKinlay - 7 (1,3,3,0)
Nigel Boocock - 3 (1,1,1,-)
Ron How - 2 (1,-,0,1)
Brian Brett - 0 (-,0,-,0)

4  Poland 16

Andrzej Wyglenda - 8 (0,2,3,3)
Andrzej Pogorzelski - 3 (0,0,2,1)
Zbigniew Podlecki - 3 (1,1,1,0)
Marian Rose - 2 (-,0,0,2)
Marian Kaiser - 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.