Year
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Venue
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Winners
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2nd place
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3rd place
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1960
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Göteborg
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Sweden 44 Ove Fundin (12) Olle Nygren (12) Rune Sörmander (11) Björn Knutsson (9) Göte Nordin (0)
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England 30 Peter Craven (8) Ken McKinlay (8) Ron How (7) George White (6) Nigel Boocock (1)
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Czechoslovakia 15 Antonín Kasper Sr. (5) Luboš Tomícek Sr. (4) Jaroslav Machac (3) Frantisek Richter (3)
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1961
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Wrocław
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Poland 32 Marian Kaiser (10) Henryk Zyto (7) Florian Kapala (6) Mieczyslaw Polukard (5) Stanislaw Tkocz (4)
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Sweden 30 Ove Fundin (11) Rune Sörmander (10) Björn Knutsson (7) Per-Tage Svensson (3)
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England 15 Peter Craven (8) Bob Andrews (6) Ken McKinlay (4) Ron How (3)
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1962
|
Slaný
|
Sweden 36 Björn Knutsson (10) Sören Sjösten (10) Ove Fundin (9) Göte Nordin (4) Rune Sörmander (3)
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Great Britain 24 Ronnie Moore (10) Barry Briggs (8) Peter Craven (6) Ron How (0) Cyril Maidment (0)
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Poland 20 Marian Kaiser (9) Florian Kapala (5) Joachim Maj (4) Pawel Waloszek (4) Mieczyslaw Polukard (2)
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1963
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Vienna
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Sweden 37 Björn Knutsson (11) Per-Olof Söderman (10) Ove Fundin (7) Göte Nordin (5) Rune Sörmander (4)
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Czechoslovakia 27 Antonín Kasper Sr. (10) Stanislav Kubicek (7) Miloslav Smidl (5) Luboš Tomícek Sr. (5))
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Great Britain 25 Barry Briggs (12) Peter Craven (8) Dick Fisher (4) Leo McAuliffe (1) Peter Moore (0)
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1964
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Abensberg
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Sweden 34 Björn Knutsson (11) Göte Nordin (10) Rune Sörmander (7) Ove Fundin (6) Sören Sjösten (0)
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Soviet Union 25 Igor Plechanov (8) Gennadij Kurilenko (8) Jurij Chekranov (6) Boris Samorodov (3))
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Great Britain 21 Barry Briggs (9) Ken McKinlay (7) Nigel Boocock (3) Ron How (2) Brian Brett (0)
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1965
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Kempten
|
Poland 38 Andrzej Wyglenda (11) Andrzej Pogorzelski (11) Antoni Woryna (9) Zbigniew Podlecki (7)
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Sweden 33 Björn Knutsson (11) Bengt Jansson (8) Ove Fundin (8) Göte Nordin (6)
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Great Britain 18 Ken McKinlay (7) Nigel Boocock (6) Jimmy Gooch (3) Barry Briggs (1) Charlie Monk (1)
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1966
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Wrocław
|
Poland 41 Marian Rose (12) Andrzej Wyglenda (11) Antoni Woryna (10) Andrzej Pogorzelski (8)
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Soviet Union 25 Boris Samorodov (9) Viktor Trofimov (6) Igor Plechanov (6) Farid Szajnurov (4)
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Sweden 22 Björn Knutsson (11) Leif Enecrona (4) Göte Nordin (3) Ove Fundin (2) Leif Larsson (2)
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1967
|
Malmö
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Sweden 32 Göte Nordin (11) Bengt Jansson (9) Torbjörn Harrysson (6) Ove Fundin (6)
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Poland 26 Antoni Woryna (10) Andrzej Wyglenda (9) Jerzy Trzeszkowski (4) Zbigniew Podlecki (3) Andrzej Pogorzelski (0)
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Great Britain 19 Barry Briggs (8) Eric Boocock (5) Ray Wilson (4) Ivan Mauger (2) Colin Pratt (0)
Soviet Union 19
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1968
|
Wembley
|
Great Britain 40 Ivan Mauger (12) Nigel Boocock (10) Martin Ashby (8) Barry Briggs (7) Norman Hunter (3)
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Sweden 30 Ove Fundin (11) Bengt Jansson (7) Anders Michanek (7) Olle Nygren (3) Torbjörn Harrysson (2)
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Poland 19 Edmund Migos (8) Edward Jancarz (6) Andrzej Wyglenda (2) Henryk Glücklich (2) Pawel Waloszek (1)
|
1969
|
Rybnik
|
Poland 31 Andrzej Wyglenda (11) Edward Jancarz (11) Stanislaw Tkocz (4) Henryk Glücklich (3) Andrzej Pogorzelski (2)
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Great Britain 27 Ivan Mauger (9) Barry Briggs (8) Nigel Boocock (5) Martin Ashby (5)
|
Soviet Union 23 Vladimir Smirnov (9) Gennadij Kurilenko (8) Valerij Klementiev (5) Jurij Dubinin (1) Viktor Trofimov (0)
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1970
|
Wembley
|
Sweden 42 Ove Fundin (11) Bengt Jansson (11) Anders Michanek (10) Sören Sjösten (10)
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Great Britain 31 Barry Briggs (11) Ivan Mauger (9) Eric Boocock (5) Ray Wilson (4) Nigel Boocock (2)
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Poland 20 Jan Mucha (6) Antoni Woryna (5) Edmund Migos (4) Henryk Glücklich (3) Pawel Waloszek (2)
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Year
|
Venue
|
Winners
|
2nd place
|
3rd place
|
1971
|
Wrocław
|
Great Britain 37 Ray Wilson (12) Ivan Mauger (10) Jim Airey (9) Barry Briggs (6)
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Soviet Union 22 Gregorij Khlynovski (8) Vladimir Smirnov (7) Vladimir Gordeev (4) Anatolij Kuzmin (3)
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Poland 19 Pawel Waloszek (5) Henryk Glücklich (4) Antoni Woryna (4) Edward Jancarz (4) Andrzej Wyglenda (2)
|
1972
|
Olching
|
Great Britain 36 Ivan Mauger (11) John Louis (9) Ray Wilson (8) Terry Betts (8)
|
Soviet Union 21 Anatolij Kuzmin (6) Gregorij Khlynovski (5) Viktor Kalmykov (5) Viktor Trofimov (5)
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Poland 21 Zenon Plech (7) Henryk Glücklich (6) Pawel Waloszek (5) Zdzislaw Dobrucki (3) Marek Cieślak (0)
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1973
|
Wembley
|
Great Britain 37 Peter Collins (12) Terry Betts (9) Ray Wilson (8) Malcolm Simmons (8)
|
Sweden 31 Anders Michanek (11) Bernt Persson (9) Bengt Jansson (6) Tommy Jansson (5)
|
Soviet Union 20 Valery Gordeev (7) Vladimir Paznikov (5) Gregorij Khlynovski (4) Aleksandr Pavlov (2) Viktor Trofimov (2)
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1974
|
Chorzów
|
England 42 Peter Collins (12) John Louis (12) Dave Jessup (10) Malcolm Simmons (8)
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Sweden 31 Sören Sjösten (10) Anders Michanek (9) Tommy Jansson (7) Christer Löfqvist (5)
|
Poland 13 Zenon Plech (4) Jan Mucha (4) Andrzej Jurczynski (3) Andrzej Tkocz (2) Jerzy Szczakiel (0)
|
1975
|
Norden
|
England 41 Peter Collins (12) Malcolm Simmons (11) Martin Ashby (10) John Louis (8)
|
Soviet Union 29 Valery Gordeev (8) Gregorij Khlynovski (8) Viktor Trofimov (8) Vladimir Gordeev (5)
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Sweden 17 Anders Michanek (8) Tommy Jansson (4) Bernt Persson (2) Sören Sjösten (2) Sören Karlsson (1)
|
1976
|
White City
|
Australia 31 Phil Crump (11) Billy Sanders (7) Phil Herne (7) John Boulger (6)
|
Poland 28 Edward Jancarz (8) Marek Cieślak (8) Zenon Plech (8) Jerzy Rembas (5) Bolesław Proch (1)
|
Sweden 26 Anders Michanek (11) Bernt Persson (8) Lars-Åke Andersson (5) Bengt Jansson (5) Christer Löfqvist (1)
|
1977
|
Wrocław
|
England 37 Peter Collins (10) Dave Jessup (9) Michael Lee (9) John Davis (6) Malcolm Simmons (3)
|
Poland 25 Edward Jancarz (10) Bogusław Nowak (6) Jerzy Rembas (6) Marek Cieślak (2) Ryszard Fabiszewski (1)
|
Czechoslovakia 23 Jiří Štancl (8) Vaclav Verner (5) Jan Verner (5) Aleš Dryml Sr. (5)
|
1978
|
Landshut
|
Denmark 37 Hans Nielsen (11) Ole Olsen (10) Michael Lohman (9) Finn Thomsen (7)
|
England 27 Malcolm Simmons (8) Peter Collins (6) Dave Jessup (5) Michael Lee (5) Gordon Kennett (3)
|
Poland 15 Edward Jancarz (6) Marek Cieślak (5) Jerzy Rembas (3) Zenon Plech (1) Andrzej Huszcza (1)
|
1979
|
White City
|
New Zealand 35 Larry Ross (11) Mitch Shirra (10) Ivan Mauger (9) Bruce Cribb (5)
|
Denmark 31 Ole Olsen (12) Hans Nielsen (9) Michael Lohman (6) Finn Thomsen (4) Bo Petersen (0)
|
Czechoslovakia 19 Jiří Štancl (6)
Aleš Dryml Sr. (5) Zdenek Kudrna (4) Vaclav Verner (4)
|
1980
|
Wrocław
|
England 40 Chris Morton (11) Michael Lee (11) Peter Collins (10) Dave Jessup (8)
|
United States 29 Bruce Penhall (12) Scott Autrey (9) Dennis Sigalos (5) Bobby Schwartz (3) Ron Preston (0)
|
Poland 15 Zenon Plech (5) Roman Jankowski (5) Edward Jancarz (3) Andrzej Huszcza (2) Jerzy Rembas (0)
|
Year
|
Venue
|
Winners
|
2nd place
|
3rd place
|
1981
|
Olching
|
Denmark 36 Hans Nielsen (11) Erik Gundersen (9) Tommy Knudsen (9) Ole Olsen (6) Finn Thomsen (1)
|
England 29 Chris Morton (11) Kenny Carter (9) John Davis (5) Dave Jessup (3) Gordon Kennett (1)
|
Germany 28 Egon Müller (10) Karl Maier (8) Georg Hack (5) George Gilgenreiners (5)
|
1982
|
White City
|
United States 34 Bruce Penhall (10) Kelly Moran (10) Bobby Schwartz (9) Shawn Moran (8) Scott Autrey (0)
|
Denmark 27 Hans Nielsen (11) Erik Gundersen (7) Preben Eriksen (4) Tommy Knudsen (1) Ole Olsen (1)
|
Germany 18 Karl Maier (7) Georg Hack (5) Egon Müller (5) George Gilgenreiner (1) Alois Wiesböck (0)
|
1983
|
Vojens
|
Denmark 37 Erik Gundersen (12) Hans Nielsen (11) Ole Olsen (7) Peter Ravn (7) Finn Thomsen (0)
|
England 29 Michael Lee (11) Kenny Carter (8) Chris Morton (7) Dave Jessup (2) Peter Collins (1)
|
United States 27 Dennis Sigalos (9) Bobby Schwartz (6) Lance King (6) Kelly Moran (6) Rick Miller (0)
|
1984
|
Leszno
|
Denmark 44 Erik Gundersen (12) Bo Petersen (12) Hans Nielsen (11) Preben Eriksen (9)
|
England 24 Simon Wigg (9) Phil Collins (7) Chris Morton (4) Peter Collins (2) Neil Collins (2)
|
United States 20 Shawn Moran (6) Kelly Moran (5) Lance King (5) Bobby Schwartz (2) John Cook (2)
|
1985
|
Long Beach
|
Denmark 37 Tommy Knudsen (12) Erik Gundersen (10) Hans Nielsen (10) Preben Eriksen (5) Bo Petersen (0)
|
United States 35 Shawn Moran (11) Bobby Schwartz (11) Lance King (9) Sam Ermolenko (3) John Cook (1)
|
England 13 Jeremy Doncaster (6) Kelvin Tatum (3) Phil Collins (2) Richard Knight (2) John Davis (0)
|
1986 championship decided on points of three of three meetings - 1st = 3pts, 2nd = 2pts, 3rd = 1pt.
|
1986
|
Göteborg
Vojens
Bradford
|
Denmark 130 (47 + 37 + 46) Hans Nielsen (35) Erik Gundersen (33) Tommy Knudsen (33) Jan O. Pedersen (20) John Jørgensen (8)
|
United States 4 (76) Shawn Moran (27) Sam Ermolenko (22) Lance King (19) Bobby Schwartz (5) Rick Miller (2)
|
England 3 (81) Simon Wigg (6) Chris Morton (3) Kelvin Tatum (2) Jeremy Doncaster (2) Neil Evitts (0) Marvyn Cox (0)
|
1987 championship decided on aggregate scores of three meetings.
|
1987
|
Fredericia
Coventry
Prague
|
Denmark 130 (47 + 37 + 46) Hans Nielsen (38) Erik Gundersen (33) Jan O. Pedersen (32) Tommy Knudsen (27)
|
England 101 (37 + 33 + 31) Simon Wigg (29) Kelvin Tatum (25) Jeremy Doncaster (24) Simon Cross (21) Marvyn Cox (0)
|
United States 93 (24 + 43 + 26) Shawn Moran (23) Rick Miller (22) Sam Ermolenko (20) Kelly Moran (14) Lance King (8) John Cook (6)
|
1988
|
Long Beach
|
Denmark 44 Hans Nielsen (14) Jan O. Pedersen (12) Erik Gundersen (8) Tommy Knudsen (8) John Jørgensen (2)
|
United States 32 Sam Ermolenko (13) Shawn Moran (8) Lance King (6) Kelly Moran (5) Rick Miller (0)
|
Sweden 22 Per Jonsson (9) Jimmy Nilsen (5) Tony Olsson (4) Henrik Gustafsson (4) Conny Ivarsson (0)
|
1989
|
Bradford
|
England 48 Jeremy Doncaster (13) Kelvin Tatum (12) Paul Thorp (12) Simon Wigg (11) Simon Cross (0)
|
Denmark 34 Hans Nielsen (11) Gert Handberg (9) John Jørgensen (7) Brian Karger (7) Erik Gundersen (0)
|
Sweden 30 Mikael Blixt (10) Per Jonsson (8) Tony Olsson (7) Erik Stenlund (5) Jimmy Nilsen (0)
|
1990
|
Pardubice
|
United States 37 Kelly Moran (12) Sam Ermolenko (11) Shawn Moran (10) Billy Hamill (4) Rick Miller (0)
|
England 34 Kelvin Tatum (11) Jeremy Doncaster (8) Simon Wigg (8) Gary Havelock (5) Marvyn Cox (2)
|
Denmark 30 Hans Nielsen (13) Brian Karger (5) John Jørgensen (4) Tommy Knudsen (4) Bo Petersen (4)
|
Year
|
Venue
|
Winners
|
2nd place
|
3rd place
|
1991
|
Vojens
|
Denmark 51 Jan O. Pedersen (15) Hans Nielsen (14) Tommy Knudsen (13) Gert Handberg (8) Brian Karger (1)
|
Sweden 30 Per Jonsson (9) Henrik Gustafsson (7) Jimmy Nilsen (7) Tony Rickardsson (7)
|
United States 28 Sam Ermolenko (9) Billy Hamill (9) Greg Hancock (6) Rick Miller (4) Ronnie Correy (0)
|
1992
|
Kumla
|
United States 39 Greg Hancock (11) Sam Ermolenko (10) Billy Hamill (10) Ronnie Correy (5) Bobby Ott (3)
|
Sweden 33 Henrik Gustafsson (12) Per Jonsson (11) Tony Rickardsson (7) Peter Nahlin (2) Jimmy Nilsen (1)
|
England 31 Martin Dugard (12) Gary Havelock (7) Mark Loram (7) Kelvin Tatum (3) Joe Screen (2)
|
1993
|
Coventry
|
United States 40 Sam Ermolenko (13) Billy Hamill (10) Greg Hancock (9) Josh Larsen (5) Bobby Ott (3)
|
Denmark 38 Hans Nielsen (13) Tommy Knudsen (12) John Jørgensen (8) Brian Karger (5)
|
Sweden 28 Tony Rickardsson (9) Peter Karlsson (7) Per Jonsson (6) Henrik Gustafsson (6)
|
From 1994 the World Pairs Championship merged into the World Team Cup.
|
1994
|
Brokstedt
|
Sweden 23 Tony Rickardsson (13) Henrik Gustafsson (11) Mikael Karlsson (–)
|
Poland 20 Tomasz Gollob (16) Jacek Gollob (4) Dariusz Śledź (0)
|
Denmark 17 Tommy Knudsen (12) Hans Nielsen (5) Jan Staechmann (0)
|
1995
|
Bydgoszcz
|
Denmark 28 Tommy Knudsen (15) Hans Nielsen (13) Brian Karger (0)
|
England 22 Mark Loram (11) Chris Louis (11) Steve Schofield (–)
|
United States 19 Sam Ermolenko (9) Greg Hancock (8) Billy Hamill (2)
|
1996
|
Diedenbergen
|
Poland 27 Tomasz Gollob (15) Sławomir Drabik (12) Piotr Protasiewicz (0)
|
Russia 22 Rinat Mardanschin (13) Oleg Kurguskin (5) Sergej Darkin (4)
|
Denmark 21 Brian Andersen (16) Jesper B. Jensen (4) Nicki Pedersen (1)
|
1997
|
Piła
|
Denmark 27 Hans Nielsen (14) Tommy Knudsen (13) Jesper B. Jensen (–)
|
Poland 25 Tomasz Gollob (13) Piotr Protasiewicz (12) Jacek Krzyżaniak (0)
|
Sweden 21 Tony Rickardsson (17) Jimmy Nilsen (3) Peter Karlsson (1)
|
1998
|
Vojens
|
United States 28 Billy Hamill (16) Greg Hancock (12) Sam Ermolenko (–)
|
Sweden 24 Jimmy Nilsen (13) Peter Karlsson (6) Tony Rickardsson (5)
|
Denmark 23 Hans Nielsen (10) Brian Andersen (9) Brian Karger (4)
|
From 1999 format reverted to four riders per team plus reserve.
|
1999
|
Pardubice
|
Australia 51 Leigh Adams (14) Jason Crump (13) Ryan Sullivan (12) Jason Lyons (10) Todd Wiltshire (2)
|
Czech Republic 35 Aleš Dryml Jr. (10) Bohumil Brhel (9) Michal Makovský (8) Antonín Kasper Jr. (8) Antonín Šváb Jr. (0)
|
United States 29 Sam Ermolenko (16) Greg Hancock (6) Billy Hamill (6) Josh Larsen (2) Ronnie Correy (0)
|
2000
|
Coventry
|
Sweden 40 Tony Rickardsson (16) Peter Karlsson (12) Henrik Gustafsson (10) Mikael Karlsson (2) Niklas Klingberg (0)
|
England 40 Joe Screen (12) Mark Loram (11) Chris Louis (8) Carl Stonehewer (5) Martin Dugard (4)
|
United States 35 Sam Ermolenko (16) Greg Hancock (6) Billy Hamill (6) Josh Larsen (2) Ronnie Correy (0)
|