1963 Speedway World Team Cup

1963 Speedway World Team Cup was the fourth edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2][3]

1963 Speedway World Team Cup
Previous: 1962 Next: 1964

The final took place in Vienna, Austria. The World Champion title was won by Sweden (37 pts) who beat Czechoslovakia (27 pts), Great Britain (25 pts) and Poland (7 pts).[4]

Format
  Semi-finals   Final
23 May - Målilla, Sweden 13 June - Olching, West Germany
     Sweden 48        Czechoslovakia 41
     Norway 22          West Germany 39
     Denmark 18          Yugoslavia 8  
     Finland 8        Austria 7   31 August - Vienna, Austria
details details      Sweden 37
         Czechoslovakia 27
           Great Britain 25
Canceled   4 August - Ufa, Soviet Union        Poland 7
     Great Britain        Poland 40   details
    —        Soviet Union 39
    —          East Germany 15  
    —        Bulgaria 1
details details

Qualification

World final
Pos.National teamPts.Riders
 Sweden37

Björn Knutsson - 11 (3,3,3,2)
Per Olof Söderman - 10 (3,3,1,3)
Ove Fundin - 7 (2,2,-,3)
Göte Nordin - 6 (3,2,0,1)
res. Rune Sörmander - 3 (-,-,3,-)

 Czechoslovakia27

Antonín Kasper Sr. - 10 (2,3,2,3)
Stanislav Kubíček - 7 (1,1,3,2)
Miroslav Šmíd - 5 (2,1,1,1)
Luboš Tomíček Sr. - 5 (0,1,2,2)

 Great Britain25

Barry Briggs - 12 (3,3,3,3)
Peter Craven - 8 (2,2,2,2)
Dick Fisher - 4 (0,2,1,1)
Peter Moore - 1 (0,0,0,1)
res. Leo McAuliffe - NS

4 Poland7

Henryk Żyto - 4 (1,1,2,0)
Marian Kaiser - 1 (0,0,1,0)
Joachim Maj - 1 (1,0,-,0)
Stanisław Tkocz - 1 (1,0,0,0)
res. Andrzej Pogorzelski - 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.
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