1962 Speedway World Team Cup

1962 Speedway World Team Cup was the third edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The final took place in Slaný, Czechoslovakia. The World Champion title was won by Sweden (36 pts) who beat Great Britain (24 pts), Poland (20 pts) and Czechoslovakia (16 pts).^[4]^[5]

Format


Semifinals		Final

23 April - Vetlanda (details)

Sweden	41

Norway	24

Denmark	17

Finland	14

Canceled (details)

Great Britain	–

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		29 July - Slaný (details)
–	–
		Sweden	36
–	–
		Great Britain	24
15 July - Liberec (details)
		Poland	20
Czechoslovakia	46
		Czechoslovakia	16
Yugoslavia	25

Czechoslovakia B	21

Austria	4

15 July - Rzeszów (details)

Poland	43

Soviet Union	33

Bulgaria	13

East Germany	7

Qualification

Nordic Round

23 April
Vetlanda, Vetlanda Motorstadion

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
	Sweden	41	Joel Jansson - 6 (1,3,2,0) Ove Fundin - 12 (3,3,3,3) Rune Sörmander - 12 (3,3,3,3) Leif Larsson - 11 (3,3,2,3) Göran Johansson - NS
	Norway	24	Aage Hansen - 9 (3,1,3,2) Sverre Harrfeldt - 8 (1,2,2,3) Egil Bratvold - 5 (0,2,2,1) Cato Agnor - 2 (1,0,0,1) Per Aulie - NS
	Denmark	17	Einar Hansen - 3 (2,0,1,0) Kurt W. Petersen - 9 (2,2,3,2) Svend Nissen - 5 (1,2,1,1) John S. Andersen - 0 (0,0,0,0) Bent Jensen - NS
4	Finland	14	Illka Nielminen - 0 (0,-,-,-) Antti Pajari - 3 (0,1,0,2) Timo Laine - 5 (2,1,1,1) Kalevi Lahtinen - 4 (2,0,0,2) Esko Koponen - 2 (-,1,1,0,)

British Round

The British Round was cancelled. Great Britain was seeded to the World Final.

Central European Round

15 July
Pavlovičky Stadion, Liberec
West Germany was replaced by second team from Czechoslovakia

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
	Czechoslovakia	46	Bedřich Slaný - 12 Jaroslav Wolf - 12 Karel Průša - 11 Luboš Tomíček - 11
	Yugoslavia	25	Franc Babic - 9 Valent Medved - 7 Drago Perko - 5 Drago Regvart - 4
	Czechoslovakia	21*	Zdenek Kovar - 8 Pavel Mares - 5 Frantisek Hubner - 4 Stanislav Svoboda - 4
4	Austria	4	Josef Bössner - 3 Johan Hartl - 1 Helmut Happer - 0 Kurt Schwingenschlogl - 0

East European Round

15 July
Rybnik Municipal Stadium

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
	Poland	43	1.Florian Kapała - 12 (3,3,3,3) 2.Marian Kaiser - 12 (3,3,3,3) 3.Henryk Żyto - 7 (3,3,1,X) 4.Stefan Kepa - 12 (3,3,3,3) 17.Joachim Maj - NS
	Soviet Union	33	13. Igor Plechanov - NS 14.Boris Samorodov - 8 (2,2,2,2) 15.Farid Szajnurov - 9 (2,2,3,2) 16.Leonid Drobyazko - 9 (2,2,2,3) 20.Vladimir Sokolov - 7 (2,2,2,1)
	Bulgaria	13	5.Milko Pejkov - 6 (1,1,2,2) 6.Boris Damjanov - 2 (1,0,0,1) 7.Dimitri Bajev - 3 (1,1,1,0) 8.Krasimir Sokolov - 2 (0,0,0,2) 18.Simeon Lukanov - NS
4	East Germany	7	9.Gunther Schelenz - 2 (0,1,0,1) 10.Josef Kohl - 0 (0,-,-,-) 11.Jürgen Hehlert - 1 (1,0,0,0) 12.Wilhelm Gunther - 1 (0,0,1,-) 19.Werner Frenzel - 3 (-,1,1,1/0,)

World final

29 July
Slaný Speedway

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
	Sweden	36	Björn Knutson - 10 (3,2,3,2) Soren Sjösten -10 (3,3,3,1) Ove Fundin - 9 (0,3,3,3) Göte Nordin - 4 (0,1,3,-) Rune Sörmander - 3 (-,-,-,3)
	Great Britain	24	Ronnie Moore - 10 (3,3,1,3) Barry Briggs - 8 (2,2,2,2) Peter Craven - 6 (1,1,2,2) Ron How - 0 (0,0,0,-) Cyril Maidment - 0 (-,-,-,0)
	Poland	20	Marian Kaiser - 9 (2,3,1,3) Florian Kapała - 5 (2,1,2,0) Joachim Maj - 4 (1,2,0,1) Paweł Waloszek - 2 (2,0,-,0) Mieczysław Połukard - 0 (-,-,0,-)
4	Czechoslovakia	16	Luboš Tomíček - 7 (3,1,2,1) Bedřich Slaný - 4 (1,0,1,2) Jaroslav Volf - 3 (0,2,1,0) Karel Průša - 2 (1,0,-,1) Bohumír Bartoněk - 0 (-,-,0,-)

References

ISBN 0-85112-492-5
.

ISBN 0-86215-017-5
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ISBN 0-09-141751-1
.

^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

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See also

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Medalists

Medal classification

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[1] ISBN 0-85112-492-5
.

[2] ISBN 0-86215-017-5
.

[3] 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.

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