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 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).

Format

SemifinalsFinal

Qualification

Nordic Round

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

British Round

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


Central European Round

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


East European Round

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  Poland 48

1.Florian Kapala - 12 (3,3,3,3)
2.Henryk Zyto - 12 (3,3,3,3)
3.Stanislaw Tkocz - 12 (3,3,3,3)
4.Konstanty Pociejkowicz - 12 (3,3,3,3)
17.Antoni Woryna - NS

2nd  Soviet Union 30

5.Igor Plechanov - 8 (2,2,2,2)
6.Boris Samorodov - 8 (2,2,2,2)
7.Farid Shainurov - 8 (2,2,2,2)
8.Viktor Kuznetsov - 6 (2,2,NS,2)
18.Vsevolod Nerytov - NS

3rd  Bulgaria 14

13.Milko Pejkov - 4 (1,1,1,1)
14.Boris Damjanov - 3 (1,0,2,NS)
15.Dimitri Bajev - 3 (1,1,1,NS)
16.Plamen Aleksandrov - 4 (1,1,1,1)
20.Gavril Macev - NS

4  East Germany 4

9.Andreas Bocke - 0 (0,0,0,0)
10.Helmut Suchland - 1 (0,0,0,1)
11.Gunther Schelenz - 1 (0,1,0,0)
12.Wilhelm Gunther - 2 (0,0,1,1)
19.A.Mattscheck - NS


World Final

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  Poland 32

1.Mieczyslaw Polukard - 5 (2,1,2,-)
2.Marian Kaiser - 10 (3,3,1,3)
3.Henryk Zyto - 7 (1,0,3,3)
4.Florian Kapala - 6 (3,3,E,-)
R.Stanislaw Tkocz - 4 (-,-,2,2)

2nd  Sweden 31

1.Bjorn Knutsson - 7 (0,2,2,3)
2.Soren Sjosten - 2 (0,-,-,2)
3.Ove Fundin - 11 (2,3,3,3)
4.Per Tage Svensson - 7 (3,2,0,2)
R.Rune Sormander - 4 (-,2,2,-)

3rd  England 21

1.Ron How - 3 (1,1,1,F)
2.Bob Andrews - 6 (1,1,3,1)
3.Peter Craven - 8 (2,3,2,1)
4.Ken McKinlay - 4 (2,1,E,1)
R.Cyril Maidment - NS

4  Czechoslovakia 12

1.Luboš Tomicek, Sr. - 7 (1,2,3,1)
2.Antonin Kasper, Sr. - 4 (3,0,1,0)
3.Stanislav Svoboda - 0 (F,0,0,0)
4.Bohumil Bartonek - 1 (0,0,1,0)
R.Libor Dušanek - NS

See also

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