1961 Speedway World Team Cup
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).
1961 Speedway World Team Cup | |||
Previous: | 1960 | Next: | 1962 |
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
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
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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: 28 June -
Coventry, Brandon Stadium
1st | 2nd | 3rd |
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![]() Peter Craven - 17 Ron How - 11 Bob Andrews - 9 Ken McKinlay - 2 Les Owen - 2 |
![]() Barry Briggs - 17 Ronnie Moore - 15 Bob Duckworth - 2 Bryce Subritzky - 2 Dick Campbell - 0 |
![]() Jack Young - 13 Johnny Chamberlain - 11 Peter Moore - 4 Jack Geran - 3 Ray Cresp - 0 |
- R2: 26 July -
London, New Cross Stadium
1st | 2nd | 3rd |
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![]() Peter Craven - 13 Split Waterman - 13 Ron How - 12 Bob Andrews - 6 |
![]() Ronnie Moore - 18 Barry Briggs - 14 Bob Duckworth - 3 Bryce Subritzky - 3 Trevor Redmond - 0 |
![]() Jack Young - 12 Chum Taylor - 9 Peter Moore - 3 Johnny Chamberlain - 2 Bluey Scott - 0 |
- R3: 28 July -
Leicester, Leicester Stadium
1st | 2nd | 3rd |
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![]() Peter Craven - 16 Bob Andrews - 13 Ron How - 12 Ken McKinlay - 7 Les Owen - 2 |
![]() Barry Briggs - 16 Bob Duckworth - 9 Ron Johnston - 6 Ronnie Moore - 5 Bryce Subritzky - 0 |
![]() Chum Taylor - 9 Johnny Chamberlain - 6 Jack Geran - 6 Bluey Scott - 1 Jack Young - 0 |
- R4: 10 August -
Ipswich, Foxhall Stadium
1st | 2nd | 3rd |
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![]() Peter Craven - 18 Ron How - 15 Bob Andrews - 5 Ken McKinlay - 4 Les McGillivray - 2 |
![]() Barry Briggs - 16 Ronnie Moore - 16 Ron Johnston - 6 Bryce Subritzky - 0 Trevor Redmond - 0 |
![]() Chum Taylor - 10 Peter Moore - 7 Ray Cresp - 5 Johnny Chamberlain - 4 Bluey Scott - 0 |
- R5: 14 August -
London, Wimbledon Stadium
1st | 2nd | 3rd |
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![]() Peter Craven - 13 Ron How - 11 Ken McKinlay - 9 Cyril Maidment - 5 Bob Andrews - 2 |
![]() Ronnie Moore - 18 Barry Briggs - 15 Ron Johnston - 3 Bryce Subritzky - 1 Trevor Redmond - 1 |
![]() Chum Taylor - 14 Jack Young - 9 Peter Moore - 6 Johnny Chamberlain - 1 |
Team | Points | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 |
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![]() | 219 | 41 | 44 | 50 | 44 | 40 |
![]() | 186 | 36 | 38 | 36 | 38 | 38 |
![]() | 135 | 31 | 26 | 22 | 26 | 30 |
Central European Round
- 4 August
Plzeň
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
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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 Miloslav 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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5.Igor Plechanov - 8 (2,2,2,2) | |
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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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1.Bjorn Knutsson - 7 (0,2,2,3) | |
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1.Ron How - 3 (1,1,1,F) | |
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1.Luboš Tomicek, Sr. - 7 (1,2,3,1) |