1961 Speedway World Team Cup

2nd edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition October 2023 October 2023 1961 Speedway World Team Cup 1960 1962 1961 Speedway World Team Cup was the second 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 0-85112-492-5Oakes 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 The final took place in Wrocław, Poland.http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc61.htm 1961 World Team Cup International Speedway 24 January 2024 The World Champion title was won by Poland team (32 pts) who beat Sweden (31 pts), England (21 pts), and Czechoslovakia (12 pts).http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2014/02/world-team-cup-1960-1990.html World Team Cup 1960-1990 Edinburgh Speedway 12 July 2021https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/2433/1961-world-team-cup-final Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 12 July 2021 Format no 8 June - Odense (details) SWE 38 DEN 26 NOR 18 FIN 14 28 June - 14 August (details) ENG 219 NZL 186 AUS 30 4 August - Plzeň (details) CSK 45 FRG 22 CSK B 18 AUT 11 30 July - Rybnik (details) POL 48 USSR 30 BUL 14 GDR 4 3 September - Wrocław (details) POL 32 SWE 31 ENG 21 CSK 12 Qualification Nordic Round 8 June DEN Odense Athletics Stadium, Odense 1st2nd3rd4thSWE 38Björn Knutson 12Per Tage Svensson 10Sören Sjösten 9Tore Kindstrand 7DEN 26Kurt W. Petersen 9Hans P Boisen 7Arne Pander 5Svend Nissen 5 NOR 18Reidar Kristoffersen 6Rolf Mellerud 5Rolf Westerberg 4Sverre Harrfeldt 3FIN 14Timo Laine 10Esko Koponen 2Illka Helminen 2Kalevi Lahtinen 0 British Round R1: 28 June - ENG Brandon Stadium, Coventry 1st2nd3rdENG - 41Peter Craven - 17Ron How - 11Bob Andrews - 9Ken McKinlay - 2Les Owen - 2NZL - 36Barry Briggs - 17Ronnie Moore - 15Bob Duckworth - 2Bryce Subritzky - 2Dick Campbell - 0AUS - 31Jack Young - 13Johnny Chamberlain - 11Peter Moore - 4Jack Geran - 3Ray Cresp - 0 R2: 26 July - ENG New Cross Stadium, London 1st2nd3rdENG - 44Peter Craven - 13Split Waterman - 13Ron How - 12Bob Andrews - 6NZL - 38Ronnie Moore - 18Barry Briggs - 14Bob Duckworth - 3Bryce Subritzky - 3Trevor Redmond - 0AUS - 26Jack Young - 12Chum Taylor - 9Peter Moore - 3Johnny Chamberlain - 2Bluey Scott - 0 R3: 28 July - ENG Leicester Stadium, Leicester 1st2nd3rdENG - 50Peter Craven - 16Bob Andrews - 13Ron How - 12Ken McKinlay - 7Les Owen - 2NZL - 36Barry Briggs - 16Bob Duckworth - 9Ron Johnston - 6Ronnie Moore - 5Bryce Subritzky - 0AUS - 22Chum Taylor - 9Johnny Chamberlain - 6Jack Geran - 6Bluey Scott - 1Jack Young - 0 R4: 10 August - ENG Foxhall Stadium, Ipswich 1st2nd3rdENG - 44Peter Craven - 18Ron How - 15Bob Andrews - 5Ken McKinlay - 4Les McGillivray - 2NZL - 38Barry Briggs - 16Ronnie Moore - 16Ron Johnston - 6Bryce Subritzky - 0Trevor Redmond - 0AUS - 26Chum Taylor - 10Peter Moore - 7Ray Cresp - 5Johnny Chamberlain - 4Bluey Scott - 0 R5: 14 August - ENG Wimbledon Stadium, London 1st2nd3rdENG - 40Peter Craven - 13Ron How - 11Ken McKinlay - 9Cyril Maidment - 5Bob Andrews - 2NZL - 38Ronnie Moore - 18Barry Briggs - 15Ron Johnston - 3Bryce Subritzky - 1Trevor Redmond - 1AUS - 30Chum Taylor - 14Jack Young - 9Peter Moore - 6Johnny Chamberlain - 1 Team Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5ENG 219 41 44 50 44 40NZL 186 36 38 36 38 38AUS 135 31 26 22 26 30 Central European Round 4 August CSK Plzeň speedway track, Plzeň 1st2nd3rd4thCSK 45Antonín Kasper Sr. 12Luboš Tomíček 12Libor Dousanek 11Stanislav Svoboda 10FRG 22Josef Hofmeister 10Manfred Poschenreider 5Josef Seidl 4Alfred Aberl 3CSK B 18Frantisek Eib 6Miroslav Šmíd 5Karel Polak 4Miloslav Hradecky 2AUT 11Josef Bössner 3Johan Hart 3Erhard Koffler 2Helmut Happer 0 East European Round July 30 POL Rybnik Municipal Stadium, Rybnik Pos. National team Pts. Riders1st POL 48 1.Florian Kapała - 12 (3,3,3,3) 2.Henryk Żyto - 12 (3,3,3,3) 3.Stanisław Tkocz - 12 (3,3,3,3) 4.Konstanty Pociejkewicz - 12 (3,3,3,3) 17.Antoni Woryna - NS2nd USSR 30 5.Igor Plechanov - 8 (2,2,2,2) 6.Boris Samorodov - 8 (2,2,2,2) 7.Farid Szajnurov - 8 (2,2,2,2) 8.Viktor Kuznetsov - 6 (2,2,NS,2) 18.Vsevolod Nerytov - NS3rd BUL 14 13.Milko Pejkov - 4 (1,1,1,1) 14.Boris Damjanov - 3 (1,0,2,NS) 15.Dimitri Bajev - 3 (1,1,1,NS) 16.Plamen Aleksandrov - 4 (1,1,1,1) 20.Gavril Macev - NS4 GDR 4 9.Andreas Bocke - 0 (0,0,0,0) 10.Helmut Suchland - 1 (0,0,0,1) 11.Gunther Schelenz - 1 (0,1,0,0) 12.Wilhelm Gunther - 2 (0,0,1,1) 19.Andreas Mattscheck - NS World Final 3 September POL Olympic Stadium, Wrocław Pos. National team Pts. Riders1st POL 32 1.Mieczyslaw Polukard - 5 (2,1,2,-) 2.Marian Kaiser - 10 (3,3,1,3) 3.Henryk Żyto - 7 (1,0,3,3) 4.Florian Kapała - 6 (3,3,E,-) R.Stanisław Tkocz - 4 (-,-,2,2)2nd SWE 31 1.Bjorn Knutson - 7 (0,2,2,3) 2.Sören Sjösten - 2 (0,-,-,2) 3.Ove Fundin - 11 (2,3,3,3) 4.Per Tage Svensson - 7 (3,2,0,2) R.Rune Sörmander - 4 (-,2,2,-)3rd ENG 21 1.Ron How - 3 (1,1,1,F) 2.Bob Andrews - 6 (1,1,3,1) 3.Peter Craven - 8 (2,3,2,1) 4.Ken McKinlay - 4 (2,1,E,1) R.Cyril Maidment - NS4 CSK 12 1.Luboš Tomíček - 7 (1,2,3,1) 2.Antonín Kasper Sr. - 4 (3,0,1,0) 3.Stanislav Svoboda - 0 (F,0,0,0) 4.Bohumír Bartoněk - 1 (0,0,1,0) R.Libor Dušanek - NS See also Motorcycle speedway 1961 Individual Speedway World Championship References 1961 World Team Category:September 1961 sports events in Europe