1961 Speedway World Team Cup

1961 Speedway World Team Cup
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1961 Speedway World Team Cup was the second FIM Speedway World Team Cup season. The final took place in Wrocław, Poland. The World Champion title was won by Poland team (32 pts) who beat Sweden (31 pts), England (21 pts), and Czechoslovakia (12 pts).

Format

  Semi-finals   Final
8 June - Odense 4 August - Pilzno
     Sweden 38        Czechoslovakia 45
     Denmark 26          West Germany 22
     Norway 18          Czechoslovakia B 18  
     Finland 14        Austria 11   3 September - Wrocław
details details      Poland 32
         Sweden 31
           England 21
five meetings (28 June - 14 August)   Unknown date - Rybnik        Czechoslovakia 12
     England 219        Poland 48   details
     New Zealand 186        Soviet Union 30
     Australia 30          Bulgaria 14  
    —        East Germany 4
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Qualification

Nordic Round

First Second Third Fourth
 Sweden 38
Björn Knutsson 12
Per-Tage Svensson 10
Sören Sjösten 9
Tore Kindstrand 7		  Denmark 26
Kurt W Petersen 9
Hans P Boisen 7
Arne Pander 5
Svend Nissen 5 		 Norway 18
Reidar Kristoffersen 6
Rolf Mellerud 5
Rolf Westerberg 4
Sverre Harrfeldt 3		  Finland 14
Timo Laine 10
Esko Koponen 2
Illka Helminen 2
Kalevi Lahtinen 0

British Round

Team Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
 England 219 41 44 50 44 40
 New Zealand 186 36 38 36 38 38
 Australia 135 31 26 22 26 30

Central European Round

First Second Third Fourth
 Czechoslovakia 45
Antonin Kasper, Sr 12
Luboš Tomíček, Sr. 12
Libor Dousanek 11
Stanislav Svoboda 10		  West Germany 22
Josef Hofmeister 10
Manfred Poschenreider 5
Josef Seidl 4
Alfred Aberl 3		  Czechoslovakia B 18
Frantisek Eib 6
Miloslav Smid 5
Karel Polak 4
J Hradecky 2		  Austria 11
Josef Bössner 3
Johan Hart 3
Erhard Koffler 2
Helmut Happer 0

East European Round

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
 Poland 48

1.Florian Kapala - 12 (3,3,3,3)
2.Henryk Zyto - 12 (3,3,3,3)
3.Stanislaw Tkocz - 12 (3,3,3,3)
4.Konstanty Pociejkowicz - 12 (3,3,3,3)
17.Antoni Woryna - NS

 Soviet Union 30

5.Igor Plechanov - 8 (2,2,2,2)
6.Boris Samorodov - 8 (2,2,2,2)
7.Farid Shainurov - 8 (2,2,2,2)
8.Viktor Kuznetsov - 6 (2,2,NS,2)
18.Vsevolod Nerytov - NS

 Bulgaria 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 - NS

4  East Germany 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.A.Mattscheck - NS

World Final

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
 Poland 32

1.Mieczyslaw Polukard - 5 (2,1,2,-)
2.Marian Kaiser - 10 (3,3,1,3)
3.Henryk Zyto - 7 (1,0,3,3)
4.Florian Kapala - 6 (3,3,E,-)
R.Stanislaw Tkocz - 4 (-,-,2,2)

 Sweden 31

1.Bjorn Knutsson - 7 (0,2,2,3)
2.Soren Sjosten - 2 (0,-,-,2)
3.Ove Fundin - 11 (2,3,3,3)
4.Per Tage Svensson - 7 (3,2,0,2)
R.Rune Sormander - 4 (-,2,2,-)

 England 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 - NS

4  Czechoslovakia 12

1.Luboš Tomicek, Sr. - 7 (1,2,3,1)
2.Antonin Kasper, Sr. - 4 (3,0,1,0)
3.Stanislav Svoboda - 0 (F,0,0,0)
4.Bohumil Bartonek - 1 (0,0,1,0)
R.Libor Dušanek - NS

See also

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