1964 Speedway World Team Cup

1964 Speedway World Team Cup was the fifth edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2][3]

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).[4][5]

Format

* Great Britain seeded to the final

Qualification

World final

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  Sweden 34

Björn Knutson - 11 (3,3,2,3)
Göte Nordin - 10 (3,2,2,3)
Rune Sörmander - 7 (3,2,2,0)
Ove Fundin - 6 (0,-,3,3)
Sören Sjösten - 0 (-,0,-,-)

2nd  Soviet Union 25

Igor Plekhanov - 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

3rd  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

References

  1. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  2. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  3. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 98. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  4. ^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.