1964 Speedway World Team Cup

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

Qualifying roundSemifinalsFinal
Hillerød, Denmark (details)
 Sweden44
 Denmark27
Kraków, Poland (details) Finland15Abensberg, West Germany (details)
 Poland45 Norway10 Sweden34
 Czechoslovakia33 Soviet Union25
 West Germany14Lviv, Soviet Union (details) Great Britain*21
 Austria4 Soviet Union37 Poland16
 Poland34
Svestosarevo, Yugoslavia (details) Czechoslovakia23
 Soviet Union40 Yugoslavia2
 Bulgaria24
 Yugoslavia12
 East Germany12

* Great Britain seeded to the final

Qualification

World final

Pos.National teamPts.Riders
 Sweden34

Bjorn Knutsson - 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,-,-)

 Soviet Union25

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

 Great Britain21

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 Poland16

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.
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