1960 Speedway World Team Cup

1960 Speedway World Team Cup was the first edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1] The final took place in Gothenburg, Sweden. The World Champion title was won by Sweden team (44 pts) who beat England (30 pts), Czechoslovakia (15 pts) and Poland (7 pts).[2][3][4]

Sweden's reigning World Champion Ove Fundin went through the entire World Team Cup undefeated.[5] This feat would not be matched until Australia's Jason Crump went through the 2001 Speedway World Cup undefeated.[6] To honour Fundin's deeds in 1960, the winners of the current Speedway World Cup (which replaced the Team World Cup in 2001) receive the Ove Fundin Trophy.

Qualification

Alf Jonsson helped Sweden wn the semi final but waa unable to take his place in the final after breaking his leg in a British league match.[7] He was replaced in the final by Björn Knutson.[8]

Scandinavian Round

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Sweden - 43
Ove Fundin - 12
Rune Sörmander - 11
Olle Nygren - 10
Alf Jonsson - 10 		 Denmark - 25
Arne Pander - 10
Hans P. Boiisen - 7
Kurt W. Petersen - 6
Svend Nissen - 2
Poul Wissing - 0 		 Norway - 21
Aage Hansen - 11
Rolf Mellerud - 3
Nils Paulsen - 3
Rolf Westerberg - 3
Sverre Harrfeldt - 1 		 Finland - 7
Kalevi Lahtinen - 3
Antti Pajari - 2
Timo Laine - 1
Valle Seliverstov - 1
Aulis Lethonen - 0

* Sweden to Final

British Round

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 England - 35
Peter Craven - 12
Nigel Boocock - 9
Ron How - 8
Eric Williams - 6 		 New Zealand - 28
Barry Briggs - 11
Ronnie Moore - 11
Ron Johnston - 5
Trevor Redmond - 1
Bob Duckworth - 0 		 Australia - 18
Jack Young - 6
Peter Moore - 5
Chum Taylor - 4
Jack Geran - 2
Aub Lawson - 1 		Challengers - 15
Ken McKinlay - 7
George White - 5
Bob Andrews - 2
Neil Street - 1
Ronnie Genz - 0
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 New Zealand - 27
Ronnie Moore - 11
Barry Briggs - 9
Ron Johnston - 4
Bob Duckworth - 3
Trevor Redmond - 0 		 England - 24
Peter Craven - 12
Eric Williams - 5
Ron How - 4
Ken McKinlay - 3
Gordon McGregor - 0 		Challengers - 23
Mike Broadbank - 7
Ronnie Genz - 7
Nigel Boocock - 5
George White - 4 		 Australia - 22
Chum Taylor - 10
Jack Biggs - 4
Peter Moore - 3
Jack Geran - 3
Jack Young - 2
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 England - 33
Peter Craven - 12
Ron How - 11
Bob Andrews - 5
Ken McKinlay - 4
Ian Williams - 1 		Challengers - 28
Mike Broadbank - 9
Peter Moore - 8
Nigel Boocock - 6
Eric Williams - 5 		 New Zealand - 23
Ronnie Moore - 9
Barry Briggs - 5
Ron Johnston - 5
Bob Duckworth - 4 		 Australia - 12
Chum Taylor - 5
Ray Cresp - 3
Aub Lawson - 3
Jack Young - 1
Neil Street - 0
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 England - 42
Ken McKinlay - 12
Peter Craven - 11
Ron How - 10
Nigel Boocock - 9 		 New Zealand - 28
Ronnie Moore - 11
Ron Johnston - 6
Bob Duckworth - 6
Barry Briggs - 5 		 Australia - 20
Jack Young - 8
Ray Cresp - 6
Chum Taylor - 5
Peter Moore - 1
Aub Lawson - 0 		Challengers - 6
Eric Williams - 3
Dick Fisher - 1
Arthur Wright - 1
George White - 1
Tony Robinson - 0
Team Points R1 R2 R3 R4
 England 134 35 24 33 42
 New Zealand 106 28 27 23 28
 Australia 72 18 22 12 20
Challengers 72 15 23 28 6

* England to Final

Central European Round

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Czechoslovakia - 47
Stanislav Svoboda - 12
František Richter - 12
Luboš Tomíček Sr. - 12
Antonín Kasper Sr. - 11 		 West Germany - 26
Josef Hofmeister - 9
Alfred Aberl - 8
Josef Seidl - 7
Hans Jager - 2 		 Austria - 13
Ferdinand Troner - 5
Josef Bössner - 3
Kurt Schwingenschlogl - 3
Erich Luther - 1
Leopold Dolanski - 1 		 Netherlands - 8
Hans van der Sluis - 3
Tonny Kroeze - 3
Thei Bisschops - 2

* Czechoslovakia to Final

East European Round

The round was canceled and Poland were awarded the round by the F.I.M when their opponents failed to contest the round. East Germany, Hungary and Yugoslavia were eliminated.[9]

World Final

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  Sweden 44

Rune Sörmander - 11 (3,2,3,3)
Ove Fundin - 12 (3,3,3,3)
Olle Nygren - 12 (3,3,3,3)
Björn Knutson - 9 (3,E,3,3)
res. Göte Nordin - NS

2nd  England 30

Peter Craven - 8 (2,2,2,2)
Ron How - 7 (2,3,2,-)
Ken McKinlay - 8 (2,3,1,2)
Nigel Boocock - 1 (1,0,-,-)
res. George White - 6 (-,-,2,2/2)

3rd  Czechoslovakia 15

Luboš Tomíček Sr. - 4 (0,2,1,1)
Jaroslav Machač - 3 (1,1,1,0)
František Richter - 3 (1,1,1,F)
Antonín Kasper Sr. - 5 (2,0,2,1)
res. Bohumír Bartoněk - NS

4  Poland 7

Konstanty Pociejkewicz - 3 (1,2,E,0)
Marian Kaiser - 2 (0,1,0,1)
Mieczysław Połukard - 2 (0,1,0,1)
Jan Malinowski - 0 (E,0,F,0)
res. Bronislaw Rogal - 0 (0)

See also

References

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