1960 Speedway World Team Cup

Inaugural edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition October 2023 October 2023 1960 Speedway World Team Cup none 1961 1960 Speedway World Team Cup was the first edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.Matthews/Morrison Peter/Ian The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results 1987 290 Guinness Superlatives 0-85112-492-5 The final took place in Gothenburg, Sweden. The World Champion title was won by Sweden team (44 pts) who beat England (30 pts), Czechoslovakia (15 pts) and Poland (7 pts).Oakes Peter 1981 Speedway Yearbook 1981 25–26 Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd 0-86215-017-5Bott Richard The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4 1980 98 Stanley Paul & Co Ltd 0-09-141751-1Oakes Peter Speedway Yearbook 1990 1990 18 Front Page Books 0-948882-15-8 Sweden's reigning World Champion Ove Fundin went through the entire World Team Cup undefeated.https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/2431/1960-world-team-cup-final Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 12 July 2021 This feat would not be matched until Australia's Jason Crump went through the 2001 Speedway World Cup undefeated.http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2014/02/world-team-cup-1960-1990.html World Team Cup 1960-1990 Edinburgh Speedway 12 July 2021 To honour Fundin's deeds in 1960, the winners of the current Speedway World Cup (which replaced the Team World Cup in 2001) receive the Ove Fundin Trophy. Qualification Alf Jonsson helped Sweden wn the semi final but waa unable to take his place in the final after breaking his leg in a British league match.Rider breaks leg Daily Mirror 22 June 1960 19 January 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19600622/237/0031 British Newspaper Archive subscription He was replaced in the final by Björn Knutson.http://www.kaparna.nu/historik/artalsvis/1960/1960.htm 1960 Kaparna 19 January 2024 Scandinavian Round 9 June DNK Odense Athletics Stadium, Odense Att: 6,000 1st2nd3rd4thSWE - 43Ove Fundin - 12Rune Sörmander - 11Olle Nygren - 10Alf Jonsson - 10DEN - 25Arne Pander - 10Hans P. Boiisen - 7Kurt W. Petersen - 6Svend Nissen - 2Poul Wissing - 0NOR - 21Aage Hansen - 11Rolf Mellerud - 3Nils Paulsen - 3Rolf Westerberg - 3Sverre Harrfeldt - 1FIN - 7Kalevi Lahtinen - 3Antti Pajari - 2Timo Laine - 1Valle Seliverstov - 1Aulis Lethonen - 0 * Sweden to Final British Round R1: 18 July - ENG Wimbledon Stadium, London 1st2nd3rd4thENG - 35Peter Craven - 12Nigel Boocock - 9Ron How - 8Eric Williams - 6NZL - 28Barry Briggs - 11Ronnie Moore - 11Ron Johnston - 5Trevor Redmond - 1Bob Duckworth - 0AUS - 18Jack Young - 6Peter Moore - 5Chum Taylor - 4Jack Geran - 2Aub Lawson - 1Challengers - 15Ken McKinlay - 7George White - 5Bob Andrews - 2Neil Street - 1Ronnie Genz - 0 R2: 21 July - ENG Oxford Stadium, Oxford 1st2nd3rd4thNZL - 27Ronnie Moore - 11Barry Briggs - 9Ron Johnston - 4Bob Duckworth - 3Trevor Redmond - 0ENG - 24Peter Craven - 12Eric Williams - 5Ron How - 4Ken McKinlay - 3Gordon McGregor - 0Challengers - 23Mike Broadbank - 7Ronnie Genz - 7Nigel Boocock - 5George White - 4AUS - 22Chum Taylor - 10Jack Biggs - 4Peter Moore - 3Jack Geran - 3Jack Young - 2 R3: 5 August - ENG Abbey Stadium, Swindon 1st2nd3rd4thENG - 33Peter Craven - 12Ron How - 11Bob Andrews - 5Ken McKinlay - 4Ian Williams - 1Challengers - 28Mike Broadbank - 9Peter Moore - 8Nigel Boocock - 6Eric Williams - 5NZL - 23Ronnie Moore - 9Barry Briggs - 5Ron Johnston - 5Bob Duckworth - 4AUS - 12Chum Taylor - 5Ray Cresp - 3Aub Lawson - 3Jack Young - 1Neil Street - 0 R4: 10 August - ENG Hyde Road, Manchester 1st2nd3rd4thENG - 42Ken McKinlay - 12Peter Craven - 11Ron How - 10Nigel Boocock - 9NZL - 28Ronnie Moore - 11Ron Johnston - 6Bob Duckworth - 6Barry Briggs - 5AUS - 20Jack Young - 8Ray Cresp - 6Chum Taylor - 5Peter Moore - 1Aub Lawson - 0Challengers - 6Eric Williams - 3Dick Fisher - 1Arthur Wright - 1George White - 1Tony Robinson - 0 Team Points R1 R2 R3 R4ENG 134 35 24 33 42NZL 106 28 27 23 28AUS 72 18 22 12 20 Challengers 72 15 23 28 6 * England to Final Central European Round 31 July CSK Plzeň speedway track, Plzeň 1st2nd3rd4thCSK - 47Stanislav Svoboda - 12František Richter - 12Luboš Tomíček Sr. - 12Antonín Kasper Sr. - 11FRG - 26Josef Hofmeister - 9Alfred Aberl - 8Josef Seidl - 7Hans Jager - 2AUT - 13Ferdinand Troner - 5Josef Bössner - 3Kurt Schwingenschlogl - 3Erich Luther - 1Leopold Dolanski - 1NED - 8Hans van der Sluis - 3Tonny Kroeze - 3Thei Bisschops - 2 * Czechoslovakia to Final East European Round The round was canceled and Poland were awarded the round by the F.I.M when their opponents failed to contest the round. East Germany, Hungary and Yugoslavia were eliminated.http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc60.htm East European round International Speedway 8 December 2023 World Final 2 September 1960 SWE Ullevi, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,500 Pos. National team Pts. Riders1st SWE 44 Rune Sörmander - 11 (3,2,3,3) Ove Fundin - 12 (3,3,3,3) Olle Nygren - 12 (3,3,3,3) Björn Knutson - 9 (3,E,3,3) res. Göte Nordin - NS2nd ENG 30 Peter Craven - 8 (2,2,2,2) Ron How - 7 (2,3,2,-) Ken McKinlay - 8 (2,3,1,2) Nigel Boocock - 1 (1,0,-,-) res. George White - 6 (-,-,2,2/2)3rd CSK 15 Luboš Tomíček Sr. - 4 (0,2,1,1) Jaroslav Machač - 3 (1,1,1,0) František Richter - 3 (1,1,1,F) Antonín Kasper Sr. - 5 (2,0,2,1) res. Bohumír Bartoněk - NS4 POL 7 Konstanty Pociejkewicz - 3 (1,2,E,0) Marian Kaiser - 2 (0,1,0,1) Mieczysław Połukard - 2 (0,1,0,1) Jan Malinowski - 0 (E,0,F,0) res. Bronislaw Rogal - 0 (0) See also Motorcycle speedway 1960 Individual Speedway World Championship References 1960 World Team Category:September 1960 sports events in Europe