1961 Speedway World Team Cup
1961 Speedway World Team Cup | |||
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1961 Speedway World Team Cup was the second FIM Speedway World Team Cup season. The final took place in Wrocław, Poland. The World Champion title was won by Poland team (32 pts) who beat Sweden (31 pts), England (21 pts), and Czechoslovakia (12 pts).
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Format
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
8 June - Odense | 4 August - Pilzno | ||||||||||||
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11 | 3 September - Wrocław | |||||||||
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five meetings (28 June - 14 August) | Unknown date - Rybnik | ![]() |
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Qualification
Nordic Round
- 8 June
Odense
First | Second | Third | Fourth |
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![]() Björn Knutsson 12 Per-Tage Svensson 10 Sören Sjösten 9 Tore Kindstrand 7 |
![]() Kurt W Petersen 9 Hans P Boisen 7 Arne Pander 5 Svend Nissen 5 |
![]() Reidar Kristoffersen 6 Rolf Mellerud 5 Rolf Westerberg 4 Sverre Harrfeldt 3 |
![]() Timo Laine 10 Esko Koponen 2 Illka Helminen 2 Kalevi Lahtinen 0 |
British Round
- R1: 26 June -
Coventry, Brandon Stadium
- R2: 26 July -
London, New Cross Stadium
- R3: 28 July -
Leicester, Leicester Stadium
- R4: 10 August -
Ipswich, Foxhall Stadium
- R5: 18 August -
London, Wimbledon Stadium
Team | Points | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 |
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219 | 41 | 44 | 50 | 44 | 40 |
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186 | 36 | 38 | 36 | 38 | 38 |
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135 | 31 | 26 | 22 | 26 | 30 |
Central European Round
- 4 August
Plzeň
First | Second | Third | Fourth |
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![]() Antonin Kasper, Sr 12 Luboš Tomíček, Sr. 12 Libor Dousanek 11 Stanislav Svoboda 10 |
![]() Josef Hofmeister 10 Manfred Poschenreider 5 Josef Seidl 4 Alfred Aberl 3 |
![]() Frantisek Eib 6 Miloslav Smid 5 Karel Polak 4 J Hradecky 2 |
![]() Josef Bössner 3 Johan Hart 3 Erhard Koffler 2 Helmut Happer 0 |
East European Round
- July 30
Rybnik, Rybnik Municipal Stadium
Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders | |
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48 |
1.Florian Kapala - 12 (3,3,3,3) |
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30 |
5.Igor Plechanov - 8 (2,2,2,2) |
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14 |
13.Milko Pejkov - 4 (1,1,1,1) |
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9.Andreas Bocke - 0 (0,0,0,0) |
World Final
- 3 September
POL Wrocław, Olympic Stadium
Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders | |
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32 |
1.Mieczyslaw Polukard - 5 (2,1,2,-) |
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31 |
1.Bjorn Knutsson - 7 (0,2,2,3) |
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21 |
1.Ron How - 3 (1,1,1,F) |
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12 |
1.Luboš Tomicek, Sr. - 7 (1,2,3,1) |