1964 Speedway World Team Cup

1964 Speedway World Team Cup

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1964 Speedway World Team Cup was the fifth FIM Speedway World Team Cup season. The final took place in Abensberg, West Germany. The World Champion title was won by Sweden (34 pts) who beat Soviet Union (27 pts), Great Britain (21 pts) and Poland (16 pts).

Format

Qualifying round

Semifinals

Final

* Great Britain seeded to the final

Qualification

Continental Semi-Final 1

• May 25
• Nowa Huta, Kraków

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
		Poland	45	Andrzej Wyglenda - 12 (3,3,3,3) Andrzej Pogorzelski - 12 (3,3,3,3) Zbigniew Podlecki - 11 Marian Kaiser - 10 Edmund Migos - NS
		Czechoslovakia	33	Stanislav Kubiček - 9 Antonin Kasper, Sr. - 8 Karel Pruša - 8 Jaroslav Wolf - 8 Frantisek Ledecky - NS
		West Germany	14	Manfred Poschenrieder - 6 Alfred Aberl - 3 Alois Frach - 3 Otto Lantenhammer - 2 Sebastian Wiesent - NS
4		Austria	4	Kurt Schwingenschlögl - 2 Gunther Walla - 1 Ludwig Löscher - 1 Ernst Glassner - 0

Continental Semi-Final 2

• May 25
• Svestosarevo

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
		Soviet Union	48	Igor Plechanov - 12 (3,3,3,3) Boris Samorodov - 12 (3,3,3,3) Gennady Kurilenko - 12 (3,3,3,3) Vitaly Shilo - 12 (3,3,3,3)
		Bulgaria	24	Milko Pejkov - 8 Gavril Macev - 8 Simeon Lukanov - 4 Krasimir Sokolov - 4
		Yugoslavia	12	Slobodan Dzudovic - 5 Valentin Medved - 3 Drago Perko - 2 Drago Regvard - 2
4		East Germany	12	Günther Schelenz - 5 Jochen Dinse - 5 Peter Hehlert - 2 Jürgen Hehlert - NS

Scandinavian Round

• June 6
• Hillerød

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
		Sweden	44	Bjorn Knutsson - 12 (3,3,3,3) Gote Nordin - 12 (3,3,3,3) Rune Sormander - 12 (3,3,3,3) Per Tage Svensson - 6 Per Olaf Söderman - 2
		Denmark	27	Kurt W. Petersen - 9 Paul Wissing - 7 John S. Andersen - 6 Hans P. Boysen - 5 Ole Kläbel - NS
		Finland	15	Kalevi Lahtinen - 7 Ilkka Helminen - 5 Matti Olin - 3 Taisto Mattila - 0 Veikko Metsähuone - NS
4		Norway	10	Reidar Eide - 5 Per Aulie - 3 Cato Agnor - 1 Jonny Faafeng - 1 Henry Harrfeldt - NS

Continental Final

• Lviv

(Yugoslavia replaced Bulgaria)

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
		Soviet Union	37	Igor Plechanov - 12 (3,3,3,3) Boris Samorodov - 11 Gennady Kurilenko - 8 Yuri Chekranov - 6 Gabdrakhman Kadirov - NS
		Poland	34	Andrzej Wyglenda - 10 Andrzej Pogorzelski - 9 Zbigniew Podlecki - 9 Marian Kaiser - 4 Antoni Woryna - 2
		Czechoslovakia	23	Antonin Kasper, Sr. - 8 Stanislav Kubiček - 5 Jaroslav Wolf - 5 Psvel Mares - 3 Frantisek Ledecky - 2
4		Yugoslavia	2	Franc Babic - 1 Valentin Medved - 1 Drago Perko - 0 Drago Regvard - 0 Ivan Molan - NS

World final

• Abensberg, Abensberg Speedwaystadion

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
		Sweden	34	Bjorn Knutsson - 11 (3,3,2,3) Gote Nordin - 10 (3,2,2,3) Rune Sormander - 7 (3,2,2,0) Ove Fundin - 6 (0,-,3,3) Sören Sjösten - 0 (-,0,-,-)
		Soviet Union	25	Igor Plechanov - 8 (2,3,1,2) Gennady Kurilenko - 8 (2,1,3,2) Yuri Chekranov - 6 (2,2,1,1) Boris Samorodov - 3 (2,1,0,0) Viktor Trofimov - NS
		Great Britain	21	Barry Briggs - 9 (3,3,1,2) Ken McKinlay - 7 (1,3,3,0) Nigel Boocock - 3 (1,1,1,-) Ron How - 2 (1,-,0,1) Brian Brett - 0 (-,0,-,0)
4		Poland	16	Andrzej Wyglenda - 8 (0,2,3,3) Andrzej Pogorzelski - 3 (0,0,2,1) Zbigniew Podlecki - 3 (1,1,1,0) Marian Rose - 2 (-,0,0,2) Marian Kaiser - 0 (0,-,-,-)

See also

• 1964 Individual Speedway World Championship
• motorcycle speedway