Speedway World Pairs Championship
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The Speedway World Pairs Championship was an annual speedway event held each year in different countries. The first competition was held in 1968 and the final competition was held in 1993. From 1994 it was merged with the World Team Cup
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The 1968 and 1969 World Pairs Championships, are no longer considered to be officials champion, even though medals were given out in the 1969 event.
1968 (Kempten, West Germany)
1st Sweden 24 pts (Ove Fundin 14, Torbjorn Harrysson 10)
2nd Great Britain 21 pts (Geoff Mudge 12, Ray Wilson 9)
3rd Norway 16 pts (Odd Fossengen 11, Oyvind S Berg 5)
West Germany (2) 12 pts (Peter Barth 9, Rudolf Kastl 3)
West Germany (1) 10 pts (Manfred Poschenrieder 8, Fred Aberl 2, Rainer Jungling 0)
Denmark 6 pts (Jens Hauser 4, Kurt W Petersen 2)
1969 (Stockholm, Sweden)
1st New Zealand 28 pts (Ivan Mauger 18, Bobby Andrews 10)
2nd Sweden 27 pts (Ove Fundin 14, Gote Nordin 10)
3rd England 21 pts (Nigel Boocock 11, Martin Ashby 10)
Denmark 17 pts (Ole Olsen 13, Bengt Norregaard 4)
Czechoslovakia 15 pts (Jan Holub 9, Zdenek Majstr 6)
East Germany 9 pts (Gerhard Uhlenbrock 8, Jochen Dinse 1)
Bulgaria 8 pts (Peter Petkov 6, Peter Iliev 2)
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...
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Rules
The final was competed between seven national teams, and each national team was represented by two riders. Each pairing rode against each other once. The pair with the highest combined score were declared the Champions. From 1991, a third rider could act as reserve.The 1968 and 1969 World Pairs Championships, are no longer considered to be officials champion, even though medals were given out in the 1969 event.
1968 (Kempten, West Germany)
1st Sweden 24 pts (Ove Fundin 14, Torbjorn Harrysson 10)
2nd Great Britain 21 pts (Geoff Mudge 12, Ray Wilson 9)
3rd Norway 16 pts (Odd Fossengen 11, Oyvind S Berg 5)
West Germany (2) 12 pts (Peter Barth 9, Rudolf Kastl 3)
West Germany (1) 10 pts (Manfred Poschenrieder 8, Fred Aberl 2, Rainer Jungling 0)
Denmark 6 pts (Jens Hauser 4, Kurt W Petersen 2)
1969 (Stockholm, Sweden)
1st New Zealand 28 pts (Ivan Mauger 18, Bobby Andrews 10)
2nd Sweden 27 pts (Ove Fundin 14, Gote Nordin 10)
3rd England 21 pts (Nigel Boocock 11, Martin Ashby 10)
Denmark 17 pts (Ole Olsen 13, Bengt Norregaard 4)
Czechoslovakia 15 pts (Jan Holub 9, Zdenek Majstr 6)
East Germany 9 pts (Gerhard Uhlenbrock 8, Jochen Dinse 1)
Bulgaria 8 pts (Peter Petkov 6, Peter Iliev 2)
Winners
| Year | Venue | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place |
| 1968 |  KemptenKempten im Allgäu Kempten is the largest town in Allgäu, a region in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. The population was ca 61,000 in 2006. The area was possibly settled originally by Celts, but was later overtaken by the Romans, who called the town Cambodunum... |
(24 pts) | (21 pts) | (16 pts) |
| 1969 |  StockholmStockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area... |
(28 pts) | (27 pts) | (21 pts) |
| Year | Venue | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place |
| 1970 1970 Speedway World Pairs Championship 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 who beat Sweden and England .... |
Malmö Malmö Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County... |
(28 pts) | (25 pts) | (19 pts) |
| 1971 1971 Speedway World Pairs Championship The 1971 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the second FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place on 11 July 1971 in Rybnik, Poland... |
 RybnikRybnik Rybnik 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... |
(30 pts) | (25 pts) | (22 pts) |
| 1972 1972 Speedway World Pairs Championship The 1972 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the third FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Borås, Sweden. The championship was won by England who beat New Zealand after Run-Off and Sweden B who beat Sweden A after Run-Off.-World final: Borås-See also:* 1972... |
Borås Borås Borås is a locality and the seat of Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 63,441 inhabitants in 2005.- Geography :Borås is located at the point of two crossing railways, among them the railway between Gothenburg and Kalmar, and is often considered the Swedish city gaining the... |
(24+3 pts) | (24+2 pts) | (22+3 pts) |
| 1973 1973 Speedway World Pairs Championship The 1973 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the fourth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Borås, Sweden. The championship was won by host Sweden... |
Borås Borås Borås is a locality and the seat of Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 63,441 inhabitants in 2005.- Geography :Borås is located at the point of two crossing railways, among them the railway between Gothenburg and Kalmar, and is often considered the Swedish city gaining the... |
(24 pts) | (21+3 pts) | (21+2 pts) |
| 1974 1974 Speedway World Pairs Championship The 1974 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the fifth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place at the Hyde Road Speedway in Belle Vue, Manchester, England. The championship was won by Sweden from Australia and New Zealand... |
 ManchesterManchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater... |
(28 pts) | (23 pts) | (21 pts) |
| 1975 1975 Speedway World Pairs Championship The 1975 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the sixth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Wrocław, Poland. The championship was won by host Sweden , who they beat Poland and Denmark .... |
Wrocław |
(24 pts) | (23 pts) | (20+3 pts) |
| 1976 1976 Speedway World Pairs Championship The 1976 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the seventh FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Eskilstuna, Sweden. The championship was won by host England who beat Denmark and Sweden .... |
Eskilstuna Eskilstuna Eskilstuna is a city and the seat of Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 60,185 inhabitants in 2005. Eskilstuna has a large Sweden Finn population.... |
(27 pts) | (24 pts) | (22 pts) |
| 1977 1977 Speedway World Pairs Championship The 1977 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the eighth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Manchester, England. The championship was won by host England who beat Sweden and West Germany .... |
Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater... |
(28 pts) | (18 pts) | (18 pts) |
| 1978 1978 Speedway World Pairs Championship The 1978 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the ninth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Chorzów, Poland. The championship was won by England who beat New Zealand after Run-Off... |
Chorzów Chorzów Chorzów is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Chorzów is one of the central districts of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - a metropolis with a population of 2 million... |
(24+3 pts) | (24+2 pts) | (21 pts) |
| 1979 1979 Speedway World Pairs Championship The 1979 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the tenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Vojens, Denmark. The championship was won by host Denmark who beat England and Poland .... |
 VojensVojens Vojens Municipality , was a municipality in the former South Jutland County on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. The municipality, which existed from 1970 to 2006, covered an area of 298 km², and had a total population of 16,792... |
(25 pts) | (24 pts) | (20 pts) |
| 1980 1980 Speedway World Pairs Championship The 1980 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the eleventh FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Krsko, Yugoslavia. The championship was won by England who beat Poland and Denmark .... |
 KrškoKrško Krško is a town and municipality in eastern Slovenia. The town lies on the Sava River. The area is traditionally divided between Lower Styria and Lower Carniola... |
(29 pts) | (22 pts) | (21 pts) |
| Year | Venue | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place |
| 1981 1981 Speedway World Pairs Championship The 1981 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the twelfth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Chorzów, Poland. The championship was won by United States first time... |
Chorzów Chorzów Chorzów is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Chorzów is one of the central districts of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - a metropolis with a population of 2 million... |
(23 pts) | (22 pts) | (21 pts) |
| 1982 1982 Speedway World Pairs Championship The 1982 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the thirteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Sydney, Australia, at the Liverpool Speedway. The championship was won by Dennis Sigalos and Bobby Schwartz of the United States who were undefeated on the night... |
 LiverpoolLiverpool, New South Wales Liverpool is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Liverpool is located 32 km south-west of the Sydney central business district, and is the administrative centre of the local government area of the City of Liverpool... |
(30 pts) | (22 pts) | (21 pts) |
| 1983 1983 Speedway World Pairs Championship The 1983 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the fourteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Gothenburg, Sweden... |
Gothenburg Gothenburg Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area... |
(25 pts) | (24 pts) | (19 pts) |
| 1984 1984 Speedway World Pairs Championship The 1983 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the fifteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Lonigo, Italy. The championship was won by England... |
 LonigoLonigo Lonigo is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy, its population counts around 16.000 inhabitants.In its frazione of Bagnolo is the Villa Pisani, a Renaissance patrician villa designed by Andrea Palladio, which is part of a World Heritage Site... |
(27 pts) | (25+3 pts) | (25+2 pts) |
| 1985 1985 Speedway World Pairs Championship The 1985 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the sixteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Rybnik, Poland. The championship was won by Denmark who they beat England and United States .... |
Rybnik Rybnik Rybnik 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... |
(29 pts) | (27 pts) | (22 pts) |
| 1986 1986 Speedway World Pairs Championship The 1986 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the seventeenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Pocking, West Germany. The championship was won by Denmark who beat United States after Run-Off... |
Pocking Pocking Pocking is a town in the district of Passau, in Lower Bavaria, Germany. It is situated about 30 km south-west of Passau, close to the Austrian border.-History:... |
(46+5 pts) | (46+4 pts) | (32 pts) |
| 1987 1987 Speedway World Pairs Championship The 1987 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the eighteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia... |
 PardubicePardubice Pardubice is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the river Elbe, 65 miles east of Prague. Pardubice has an antique centre square and old town, with many restaurants that stay open until late in the evening. There is an old Tower and a recently renovated Castle... |
(52 pts) | (44 pts) | (36 pts) |
| 1988 1988 Speedway World Pairs Championship The 1988 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the nineteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Bradford, England... |
Bradford Bradford Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897... |
(45 pts) | (41 pts) | (39 pts) |
| 1989 1989 Speedway World Pairs Championship The 1989 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the twentieth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Leszno, Poland. The championship was won by Denmark who beat Sweden and England .... |
Leszno Leszno Leszno is a town in central Poland with 63,955 inhabitants . Situated in the southern part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship since 1999, it was previously the capital of the Leszno Voivodeship . The town has county status.-History:... |
(48 pts) | (44 pts) | (37 pts) |
| 1990 1990 Speedway World Pairs Championship The 1990 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the twenty-first FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Landshut, Germany... |
 LandshutLandshut Landshut is a city in Bavaria in the south-east of Germany, belonging to both Eastern and Southern Bavaria. Situated on the banks of the River Isar, Landshut is the capital of Lower Bavaria, one of the seven administrative regions of the Free State of Bavaria. It is also the seat of the... |
(43 pts) | (41 pts) | (33 pts) |
| Year | Venue | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place |
| 1991 1991 Speedway World Pairs Championship The 1991 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the twenty-second FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Poznań, Poland... |
Poznań Poznan Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be... |
(28 pts) | (24 pts) | (19 pts) |
| 1992 1992 Speedway World Pairs Championship The 1992 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the twenty-third FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Lonigo, Italy. The championship was won by United States who beat England in Run-Off and Sweden .... |
Lonigo Lonigo Lonigo is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy, its population counts around 16.000 inhabitants.In its frazione of Bagnolo is the Villa Pisani, a Renaissance patrician villa designed by Andrea Palladio, which is part of a World Heritage Site... |
(23+3 pts) | (23+2 pts) | (22 pts) |
| 1993 1993 Speedway World Pairs Championship The 1992 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the twenty-fourth and last FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Vojens, Denmark... |
Vojens Vojens Vojens Municipality , was a municipality in the former South Jutland County on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. The municipality, which existed from 1970 to 2006, covered an area of 298 km², and had a total population of 16,792... |
(26 pts) | (23 pts) | (21 pts) |
| Year | Venue | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place |
See also
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