1963 Speedway World Team Cup

1963 Speedway World Team Cup
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1963 Speedway World Team Cup was the fourth FIM Speedway World Team Cup season. The final was took place in Vienna, Austria. The World Champion title was won by Sweden (37 pts) who beat Czechoslovakia (27 pts), Great Britain (25 pts) and Poland (7 pts).

Contents

Format

  Semi-finals   Final
23 May - Målilla, Sweden 13 June - Olching, West Germany
     Sweden 48        Czechoslovakia 41
     Norway 22          West Germany 39
     Denmark 18          Yugoslavia 8  
     Finland 8        Austria 7   31 August - Vienna, Austria
details details      Sweden 37
         Czechoslovakia 27
           Great Britain 25
Canceled   4 August - Ufa, Soviet Union        Poland 7
     Great Britain        Poland 40   details
    —        Soviet Union 39
    —          East Germany 15  
    —        Bulgaria 1
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Qualification

Nordic Round

Pos. National team Pts.
1  Sweden 48
2  Norway 22
3  Denmark 18
4  Finland 8

British Round

Round was canceled. Great Britain was qualify to the Final.

Central European Round

Pos. National team Pts.
1  Czechoslovakia 41
2  West Germany 39
3  Yugoslavia 8
4  Austria 7

East European Round

  • 4 August 1963
  • Ufa
Pos. National team Pts.
1  Poland 40
2  Soviet Union 39
3  East Germany 15
4  Bulgaria 1

World final

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
 Sweden 37

Björn Knutsson - 11 (3,3,3,2)
Per Olof Söderman - 10 (3,3,1,3)
Ove Fundin - 7 (2,2,-,3)
Göte Nordin - 6 (3,2,0,1)
res. Rune Sörmander - 3 (3)
 Czechoslovakia 27

Antonín Kasper, Sr. - 10 (2,3,2,3)
Stanislav Kubicek - 7 (1,1,3,2)
Miroslav Smid - 5 (2,1,1,1)
Luboš Tomíček, Sr. - 5 (0,1,2,2)
res. Zdenek Kovar - NS
 Great Britain 25

Barry Briggs - 12 (3,3,3,3)
Peter Craven - 8 (2,2,2,2)
Dick Fisher - 4 (0,2,1,1)
Peter Moore - 1 (0,0,0,1)
res. Leo McAuliffe - NS
4  Poland 7

Henryk Żyto - 4 (1,1,2,0)
Marian Kaiser - 1 (0,0,1,0)
Joachim Maj - 1 (1,0,-,0)
Stanisław Tkocz - 1 (1,0,0,0)
res. Andrzej Pogorzelski - 0 (0)

See also

Speedway World Team Cup
1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000
Speedway World Cup (SWC)
2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011
See also