1962 Speedway World Team Cup

1962 Speedway World Team Cup
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1962 Speedway World Team Cup was the third FIM Speedway World Team Cup season. The final took place in Slaný, Czechoslovakia. The World Champion title was won by Sweden (36 pts) who beat Great Britain (24 pts), Poland (20 pts) and Czechoslovakia (16 pts).

Format

  Semi-finals   Final
23 April - Vetlanda 15 July - Liberec
     Sweden 41        Czechoslovakia 46
     Norway 24          Yugoslavia 25
     Denmark 17          Czechoslovakia B 21  
     Finland 14        Austria 4   29 July - Slaný
details details      Sweden 36
         Great Britain 24
           Poland 20
Canceled   15 July - Rzeszów        Czechoslovakia 16
     Great Britain        Poland 43   details
    —        Soviet Union 33
    —          Bulgaria 13  
    —        East Germany 7
details details

Qualification

Nordic Round

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
 Sweden 41

Joel Jansson - 6 (1,3,2,0)
Ove Fundin - 12 (3,3,3,3)
Rune Sormander - 12 (3,3,3,3)
Leif Larsson - 11 (3,3,2,3)
G.Johansson - NS

 Norway 24

Aage Hansen - 9 (3,1,3,2)
Sverre Harrfeldt - 8 (1,2,2,3)
Egil Bratvold - 5 (0,2,2,1)
Cato Agnor - 2 (1,0,0,1)
Per Aulie - NS

 Denmark 17

Einar Hansen - 3 (2,0,1,0)
Kurt W. Pedersen - 9 (2,2,3,2)
Svend Nissen - 5 (1,2,1,1)
John S. Andersen - 0 (0,0,0,0)
Bent Jensen - NS

4  Finland 14

Illka Nielminen - 0 (0,-,-,-)
Aanti Pajari - 3 (0,1,0,2)
Timo Laine - 5 (2,1,1,1)
Kalevi Lahtinen - 4 (2,0,0,2)
Esko Koponen - 2 (-,1,1,0,)

British Round

The British Round was cancelled. Great Britain was seeded to the World Final.

Central European Round

  • 15 July
  • Czechoslovakia Plzeň
  • West Germany was replaced by second team from Czechoslovakia
Pos. National team Pts. Riders
 Czechoslovakia 46

Bedrich Slany - 12
Jaroslav Wolf - 12
Karel Pruša - 11
Luboš Tomiček, Sr. - 11

 Yugoslavia 25

Franc Babic - 9
Valent Medved - 7
Drago Perko - 5
Drago Regvart - 4

 Czechoslovakia 21*

Zdenek Kovar - 8
Pavel Mares - 5
Frantisek Hubner - 4
Stanislav Svoboda - 4

4  Austria 4

Josef Bossner - 3
Johan Hartl - 1
Helmut Happer - 0
Kurt Schwingenschlogl - 0

East European Round

  • 15 July
  • Poland Rybnik, Rybnik Municipal Stadium
Pos. National team Pts. Riders
 Poland 43

1.Florian Kapala - 12 (3,3,3,3)
2.Marian Kaiser - 12 (3,3,3,3)
3.Henryk Zyto - 7 (3,3,1,X)
4.Stefan Kepa - 12 (3,3,3,3)
17.Joachim Maj - NS

 Soviet Union 33

13.Igor Plechanov - NS
14.Boris Samorodov - 8 (2,2,2,2)
15.Farid Shajnurov - 9 (2,2,3,2)
16.Leonid Drobyazko - 9 (2,2,2,3)
20.Vladimir Sokolov - 7 (2,2,2,1)

 Bulgaria 13

5.Milko Pejkov - 6 (1,1,2,2)
6.Boris Damjanov - 2 (1,0,0,1)
7.Dimitri Bajev - 3 (1,1,1,0)
8.Krasimir Sokolov - 2 (0,0,0,2)
18.S.Lukanov - NS

4  East Germany 7

9.Gunther Schelenz - 2 (0,1,0,1)
10.Josef Kohl - 0 (0,-,-,-)
11.Jurgen Hehlert - 1 (1,0,0,0)
12.Wilhelm Gunther - 1 (0,0,1,-)
19.Werner Frenzel - 3 (-,1,1,1/0,)


World final

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
 Sweden 36

Björn Knutsson - 10 (3,2,3,2)
Soren Sjösten -10 (3,3,3,1)
Ove Fundin - 9 (0,3,3,3)
Göte Nordin - 4 (0,1,3,-)
Rune Sörmander - 3 (-,-,-,3)

 Great Britain 24

Ronnie Moore - 10 (3,3,1,3)
Barry Briggs - 8 (2,2,2,2)
Peter Craven - 6 (1,1,2,2)
Ron How - 0 (0,0,0,-)
Cyril Maidment - 0 (-,-,-,0)

 Poland 20

Marian Kaiser - 9 (2,3,1,3)
Florian Kapała - 5 (2,1,2,0)
Joachim Maj - 4 (1,2,0,1)
Paweł Waloszek - 2 (2,0,-,0)
Mieczysław Połukard - 0 (-,-,0,-)

4  Czech Republic 16

Luboš Tomíček, Sr. - 7 (3,1,2,1)
Berdich Slany - 4 (1,0,1,2)
Jaroslav Volf, Sr. - 3 (0,2,1,0)
Karel Prusa, Sr. - 2 (1,0,-,1)
Bohumil Bartonek - 0 (-,-,0,-)

See also

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