1970 Speedway World Pairs Championship

1970 World Pairs Championship
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The 1970 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the first FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Malmö, Sweden. The championship was won by New Zealand (28 points) who beat Sweden (25 points) and England (19 points).[1]

World final

Placing Pair / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
1  New Zealand 28 10 20 28
(3) Ivan Mauger 12+3 2* 2* 2* 3 3 e
(4) Ronnie Moore 16+2 3 3 3 2* 2* 3
2  Sweden 25 9 19 25
(11) Ove Fundin 15 3 3 3 3 e 3
(12) Bengt Jansson 10+4 1 2* 2* 2* 1 2*
3  England 19 5 10 19
(5) Nigel Boocock 6 1 0 1 0 3 1
(6) Eric Boocock 13+1 3 1 3 1 2* 3
4  Scotland 18 5 11 18
(9) Jim McMillan 10+1 2 1* 3 1 3 0
(10) Bert Harkins 8+2 0 2 2* 0 2* 2
5  Czechoslovakia 11 6 9 11
(1) Jiří Štancl 6+1 1 2* f 1 1 1
(2) Vaclav Verner 5 0 3 2 f 0 0
6  Yugoslavia 7 2 4 7
(13) Drasko Perko 6 1 0 1 1 1 2
(14) Ivan Kos 1+1 0 1 e 0 0 1
a  Denmark 17 5 11 17
(7) Ole Olsen 12 2 3 1 3 3 e
(8) Bent Norregaard 5+2 0 0 0 2* 2* 1
Placing Pair / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell
ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside
Pos. Team Rider Points
 New Zealand (28 pts) Ronnie Moore 16
Ivan Mauger 12
 Sweden (25 pts) Ove Fundin 15
Bengt Jansson 10
 England (19 pts) Eric Boocock 13
Nigel Boocock 6
4  Scotland (18 pts) Jim McMillan 10
Bert Harkins 8
5  Czechoslovakia (11 pts) Jiří Štancl 6
Vaclav Verner 5
6  Yugoslavia (8 pts) Drasko Orsic 5
Ivan Kos 3
a  Denmark (17 pts) Ole Olsen 12
Bent Norregard Jensen 5
Notes:
a. Denmark team were non-classify, because they were track reserve team who replaced Poland.

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