1960 Speedway World Team Cup

1960 Speedway World Team Cup
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1960 Speedway World Team Cup was the first FIM Speedway World Team Cup season. The final was 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).

Contents

Format

  Semi-finals   Final
9 June - Odense 31 July - Pilzno
     Sweden 43        Czechoslovakia 47
     Denmark 25          West Germany 26
     Norway 23          Austria 13  
     Finland 7        Netherlands 8   2 September - Gothenburg
details details      Sweden 44
         England 30
           Czechoslovakia 15
four meetings (18 July - 10 August)   Canceled        Poland 7
     England 134        Poland   details
     New Zealand 106        East Germany
     Australia 72          Hungary  
     Challengers 72        Yugoslavia
details details

Qualification

Nordic Round

First Second Third Fourth
 Sweden 43
Ove Fundin 12
Rune Sörmander 11
Olle Nygren 10
Alf Jonsson 10
 Denmark 25
Arne Pander 10
Hans P Boisen 7
Kurt W Petersen 6
Svend Nissen 2
Paul Wissing 0
 Norway 21
Aage Hansen 11
Nils Paulsen 3
Rolf Mellerud 3
Rolf Westerberg 3
Sverre Harrfeldt 1
 Finland 7
Kalevi Lahtinen 3
Antti Pajari 2
Timo Laine 1
Valle Seliverstov 1
Aulis Lethonen 0

British Round

Team Points R1 R2 R3 R4
 England 134 35 24 33 42
 New Zealand 106 28 27 23 28
 Australia 72 18 22 12 20
Challengers 72 15 23 28 6

Central European Round

First Second Third Fourth
 Czechoslovakia 47
Stanislav Svoboda 12
Frantisek Richter 12
Luboš Tomíček, Sr. 12
Antonin Kasper, Sr 11
 West Germany 26
Josef Hofmeister 9
Alfred Aberl 8
Josef Seidl 7
Hans Jäger 2
 Austria 13
Ferdinand Troener 5
Josef Bössner 3
Kurt Schwingenshoegl 3
Erich Luther 1
Leopold Dolanski 1
 Netherlands 8
Hans van der Sluis 3
Tonny Kroeze 3
Thei Bisschops 2

East European Round

Round was canceled. Poland was qualify to the final. East Germany, Hungary and Yugoslavia windraw.

World final

First Second Third Fourth
 Sweden 44

Ove Fundin 12
Olle Nygren 12
Rune Sörmander 11
Björn Knutsson 9

 Great Britain 30

Peter Craven 8
Ken McKinlay 8
Ron How 7
George White 6
Nigel Boocock 1

 Czechoslovakia 15

Antonin Kasper, Sr 5
Luboš Tomíček, Sr. 4
Jaroslav Machac 3
Frantisek Richter 3

 Poland 7

Konstanty Pociejkowicz 3
Marian Kaiser 2
Mieczysław Połukard 2
Jan Malinowski 0
Bronisław Rogal 0

See also