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1963 Speedway World Team Cup was the fourth edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.

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).

The Stadion Wien pictured here in 1965 was the venue for the 1963 final.

Format

SemifinalsFinal
23 May - Målilla, Sweden (details)
 Sweden48
 Norway22
 Denmark18
 Finland8
Canceled (details)
 Great Britain–
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31 August - Vienna, Austria (details)
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 Sweden37
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 Czechoslovakia27
13 June - Olching, West Germany (details)
 Great Britain25
 Czechoslovakia41
 Poland7
 West Germany39
 Yugoslavia8
 Austria7
4 August - Ufa, Soviet Union (details)
 Poland40
 Soviet Union39
 East Germany15
 Bulgaria1

Qualification

Nordic Round

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  Sweden 48

Arne Carlsson - 12 (3,3,3,3)
Björn Knutson - 12 (3,3,3,3)
Per Olof Söderman - 12 (3,3,3,3)
Per Tage Svensson - 12 (3,3,3,3)

2nd  Norway 22

Aage Hansen - 7 (2,1,2,2)
Jon Ødegaard - 6 (1,2,1,2)
Cato Agnor - 5 (2,0,1,2)
Reidar Eide - 4 (1,1,1,1)

3rd  Denmark 18

Paul Wissing - 8 (2,2,2,2)
Erik Kastebo - 4 (0,2,2,0)
Hans Möller - 4 (2,1,0,1)
Einar Hansen - 2 (1,0,0,1)

4  Finland 8

Esko Koponen - 5 (0,2,2,1)
Matti Olin - 3 (1,1,1,0)
Martti Assinen - 0 (0,0,0,0)
Kari Ala-Sippola - 0 (0,0,0,0)

British Round

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


Central European Round

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  Czechoslovakia 41

Antonín Kasper Sr. - 11
Stanislav Kubíček - 10
Karel Průša - 10
Luboš Tomíček Sr. - 10

2nd  West Germany 39

Josef Hofmeister - 12 (3,3,3,3)
Manfred Poschenreider - 10
Heinrich Sprenger - 9
Alfred Aberl - 8

3rd  Yugoslavia 8

Evald Babic - 3
Damijan Klasnetic - 3
Drago Perko - 2
Milan Kalisnik - 0

4  Austria 7

Kurt Schwingenschlögl - 4
Günther Walla - 3
Wilfried Vacano - 0
Leopold Dolansky - 0

East European Round

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  Poland 40

Antoni Woryna - 6 (2,2,2,-)
Marian Kaiser - 10 (3,2,2,3)
Joachim Maj - 2 (2,-,-,-)
Henryk Żyto - 12 (3,3,3,3)
Andrzej Pogorzelski - 10 (-,2,3,3\2)

2nd  Soviet Union 39

Boris Samorodov - 11 (2,3,3,3)
Igor Plekhanov - 9 (2,3,2,2)
Gennady Kurilenko - 10 (3,3,2,2)
Viktor Shilo - NS
Leonid Drobyazko - 9 (3,1,3,2)

3rd  East Germany 16

Jochen Dinse - 4 (0,2,1,1)
Jürgen Hehlert - 4 (1,1,1,1)
Günther Schelenz - 4 (1,1,1,1)
Jürgen Rudolph - 4 (1,1,1,1)
Heino Niemann - NS

4  Bulgaria 1

Milko Pejkov - 1 (1,0,-,-)
Boris Damjanov - 0 (-,0,0,0)
Krasimir Sokolov - 0 (0,0,0,0)
Gavril Macev - 0 (0,0,-,0)
Aleksander Stojanov - 0 (0,-,0\0,0)

World final

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  Sweden 37

Björn Knutson - 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,-)

2nd  Czechoslovakia 27

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)

3rd  Great Britain 25

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  Poland 7

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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