1962 Speedway World Team Cup

1962 Speedway World Team Cup
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1962 Speedway World Team Cup was the third FIM Speedway World Team Cup season. 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).

Format

Semi-finals

Final

23 April - Vetlanda

15 July - Liberec

Sweden

41

Czechoslovakia

46

Norway

24

Yugoslavia

25

Denmark

17

Czechoslovakia B

21

Finland

14

Austria

4

29 July - Slaný

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Sweden

36

Great Britain

24

Poland

20

Canceled

15 July - Rzeszów

Czechoslovakia

16

Great Britain

Poland

43

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Soviet Union

33

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Bulgaria

13

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East Germany

7

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Qualification

Nordic Round

• 23 April
• Vetlanda, Vetlanda Speedway

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
		Sweden	41	Joel Jansson - 6 (1,3,2,0) Ove Fundin - 12 (3,3,3,3) Rune Sormander - 12 (3,3,3,3) Leif Larsson - 11 (3,3,2,3) G.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. Pedersen - 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,-,-,-) Aanti 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
• Plzeň
• West Germany was replaced by second team from Czechoslovakia

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
		Czechoslovakia	46	Bedrich Slany - 12 Jaroslav Wolf - 12 Karel Pruša - 11 Luboš Tomiček, Sr. - 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 Bossner - 3 Johan Hartl - 1 Helmut Happer - 0 Kurt Schwingenschlogl - 0

East European Round

• 15 July
• Rybnik, Rybnik Municipal Stadium

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
		Poland	43	1.Florian Kapala - 12 (3,3,3,3) 2.Marian Kaiser - 12 (3,3,3,3) 3.Henryk Zyto - 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 Shajnurov - 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.S.Lukanov - NS
4		East Germany	7	9.Gunther Schelenz - 2 (0,1,0,1) 10.Josef Kohl - 0 (0,-,-,-) 11.Jurgen 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, Slaný Speedway

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
		Sweden	36	Björn Knutsson - 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		Czech Republic	16	Luboš Tomíček, Sr. - 7 (3,1,2,1) Berdich Slany - 4 (1,0,1,2) Jaroslav Volf, Sr. - 3 (0,2,1,0) Karel Prusa, Sr. - 2 (1,0,-,1) Bohumil Bartonek - 0 (-,-,0,-)

See also

• motorcycle speedway
• 1962 Individual Speedway World Championship