| 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 was 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).
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| 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) | Unknow date - Rybnik | Czechoslovakia | 12 | ||||||||||
| England | 219 | Poland | 48 | details | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 186 | Soviet Union | 30 | ||||||||||
| Australia | 30 | Bulgaria | 14 | ||||||||||
| — | East Germany | 4 | |||||||||||
| details | details | ||||||||||||
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| First | Second | Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland 48 Florian Kapała 12 Henryk Żyto 12 Konstanty Pociejkowicz 12 Stanisław Tkocz 12 |
Soviet Union 30 Igor Plechanov 8 Boris Samorodov 8 Farid Szajnurov 8 J Kuznetsov 6 |
Bulgaria 14 Milko Pejkov 4 Boris Alexandrov 4 Boris Damjanov 3 Dymitr Bajev 3 |
East Germany 4 Andreas Böcke 1 Günther Schelenz 1 Wilhelm Günther 1 Helmut Suhland 1 |
| First | Second | Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland 32 Marian Kaiser 12 |
Sweden 31 Ove Fundin 11 |
Great Britain 21 Peter Craven 8 |
Czechoslovakia 12 Luboš Tomíček, Sr. 7 |
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