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).
Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme
The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme is the governing body of motorcycle racing. It represents 103 national motorcycle federations that are divided into six regional continental unions....
Speedway World Team Cup
Speedway World Team Cup
The Speedway World Team Cup was an annual speedway event held each year in different countries. The competition started in 1960 and was replaced with the Speedway World Cup in 2001.-Format:From 1960 until 1985 each team consisted of four riders and a reserve...
season. The final was took place in Wrocław, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. The World Champion title was won by Poland team
Poland national speedway team
The Poland national speedway team is the national motorcycle speedway team of Poland and is controlled by the Polish Motor Union . The team is one of the major teams in international speedway and they won the Team World Championship nine times . The team has won 1971 Speedway World Pairs...
(32 pts) who beat Sweden
Sweden national speedway team
Sweden are one of the major teams in international speedway. They have been managed by Mats Olsson, who is currently in his 2nd spell, since 2005 after he quit in 2000...
(31 pts), England (21 pts), and Czechoslovakia (12 pts).
Format
Nordic Round
- 8 June 1961 OdenseOdenseThe city of Odense is the third largest city in Denmark.Odense City has a population of 167,615 and is the main city of the island of Funen...
| First | Second | Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 38 Björn Knutsson Björn Knutsson Björn Knutsson is a former speedway rider who won the Speedway World Championship in 1965.-World Final Appearances:* 1961 - Malmö, Malmö Stadion - 2nd - 12pts + 3pts* 1962 - London, Wembley Stadium - 4th - 10pts + 2pts... 12 Per-Tage Svensson 10 Sören Sjösten Sören Sjösten Sören Willy Ernfrid Sjösten was a motorcycle speedway rider. He won the world pairs championship in 1974 with Anders Michanek and became world team champion three times representing Sweden, in 1962, 1964 and 1970. Sjösten also appeared in six individual World Championship Finals with two bronze... 9 Tore Kindstrand 7 |
26 Kurt W Petersen 9 Hans P Boisen 7 Arne Pander 5 Svend Nissen 5 |
18 Reidar Kristoffersen 6 Rolf Mellerud 5 Rolf Westerberg 4 Sverre Harrfeldt 3 |
14 Timo Laine 10 Esko Koponen 2 Illka Helminen 2 Kalevi Lahtinen 0 |
British Round
- R1: 26 June 1961 -
United Kingdom CoventryCoventryCoventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although... - R2: 26 July 1961 - United Kingdom New CrossNew CrossNew Cross is a district and ward of the London Borough of Lewisham, England. It is situated 4 miles south-east of Charing Cross. The ward covered by London post town and the SE 14 postcode district. New Cross is near St Johns, Telegraph Hill, Nunhead, Peckham, Brockley, Deptford and Greenwich...
- R3: 28 July 1961 - United Kingdom LeicesterLeicesterLeicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
- R4: 10 August 1961 - United Kingdom IpswichIpswichIpswich is a large town and a non-metropolitan district. It is the county town of Suffolk, England. Ipswich is located on the estuary of the River Orwell...
- R5: 18 August 1961 - United Kingdom WimbledonWimbledon, LondonWimbledon is a district in the south west area of London, England, located south of Wandsworth, and east of Kingston upon Thames. It is situated within Greater London. It is home to the Wimbledon Tennis Championships and New Wimbledon Theatre, and contains Wimbledon Common, one of the largest areas...
| Team | Points | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 219 | 41 | 44 | 50 | 44 | 40 | |
| 186 | 36 | 38 | 36 | 38 | 38 | |
| 135 | 31 | 26 | 22 | 26 | 30 |
Central European Round
- 4 August 1961 Plzeň
| First | Second | Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45 Antonin Kasper, Sr 12 Luboš Tomíček, Sr. 12 Libor Dousanek 11 Stanislav Svoboda 10 |
22 Josef Hofmeister 10 Manfred Poschenreider 5 Josef Seidl 4 Alfred Aberl 3 |
B 18 Frantisek Eib 6 Miloslav Smid 5 Karel Polak 4 J Hradecky 2 |
11 Josef Bössner 3 Johan Hart 3 Erhard Koffler 2 Helmut Happer 0 |
East European Round
- Unknow date RybnikRybnikRybnik is a city in southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship. Rybnik is located close to the border with the Czech Republic and just outside the southern border of the largest urban area in Poland, the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union...
| First | Second | Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 Florian Kapała 12 Henryk Żyto 12 Konstanty Pociejkowicz 12 Stanisław Tkocz 12 |
30 Igor Plechanov Igor Plechanov Igor Alexandrovich Plechanov is a former Soviet speedway rider who finished second in the Speedway World Championship in 1964 and 1965. He was the first Soviet rider to appear in a World Final. He was the USSR National Champion in 1960, 1963, 1965 and 1968... 8 Boris Samorodov 8 Farid Szajnurov 8 J Kuznetsov 6 |
14 Milko Pejkov 4 Boris Alexandrov 4 Boris Damjanov 3 Dymitr Bajev 3 |
4 Andreas Böcke 1 Günther Schelenz 1 Wilhelm Günther 1 Helmut Suhland 1 |
World final
- 3 September 1961 Wrocław, Olympic Stadium
| First | Second | Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32 Marian Kaiser 12 Henryk Żyto 12 Florian Kapała 11 Mieczysław Połukard 9 Stanislaw Tkocz 4 |
31 Ove Fundin Ove Fundin Ove Fundin is a former speedway rider who won the Speedway World Championship five times... 11 Rune Sörmander 10 Björn Knutsson Björn Knutsson Björn Knutsson is a former speedway rider who won the Speedway World Championship in 1965.-World Final Appearances:* 1961 - Malmö, Malmö Stadion - 2nd - 12pts + 3pts* 1962 - London, Wembley Stadium - 4th - 10pts + 2pts... 7 Per-Tage Svensson 3 |
21 Peter Craven Peter Craven Peter Theodore Craven was an English motorcycle racer. He was a finalist in each FIM Speedway World Championship from 1954 to 1963 and he won the title twice . He was British Champion in 1962-63.... 8 Bob Andrews 6 Ken McKinlay Ken McKinlay John Robert Vickers McKinlay was an international speedway rider, captaining Scotland, England, Great Britain and Europe teams. He also finished on the rostrum of the British Speedway Championship finals twice, second in 1964 and third in 1965... 4 Ron How 3 |
12 Luboš Tomíček, Sr. 7 Antonin Kasper, Sr 4 Bohumil Bartonek 1 Stanislav Svoboda 0 |
See also
- motorcycle speedwayMotorcycle speedwayMotorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. Speedway motorcycles use only one gear and have no brakes and racing takes place on a flat oval track usually...
- 1961 Individual Speedway World Championship1961 Individual Speedway World ChampionshipThe 1961 Individual Speedway World Championship.-World final:*September 15, 1961 Malmö, Malmö Stadion...