1964 Speedway World Team Cup

1964 Speedway World Team Cup was the fifth edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2][3]

The final took place in Abensberg, West Germany. The World Champion title was won by Sweden (34 pts) who beat Soviet Union (27 pts), Great Britain (21 pts) and Poland (16 pts).[4][5]

Format
  Qualifying rounds   Semi-finals   Final
Kraków, Poland Hillerød, Denmark
       Poland   45        Sweden   44  
       Czechoslovakia   33          Denmark   27    
       West Germany   14          Finland   15     Abensberg, West Germany
       Austria   4        Norway   10        Sweden   34
    details   details        Soviet Union   25
             Great Britain   21*
Svestosarevo, Yugoslavia Lviv, Soviet Union        Poland   16
       Soviet Union   40        Soviet Union   37   details
       Bulgaria   24        Poland   34  
       Yugoslavia   12        Czechoslovakia   23     Key:  
       East Germany   12        Yugoslavia   2     Qualify to the Final  
    details     details     Qualify to the Semi-final  

* Great Britain seeded to the final

Qualification

World final
Pos.National teamPts.Riders
 Sweden34

Bjorn Knutsson - 11 (3,3,2,3)
Göte Nordin - 10 (3,2,2,3)
Rune Sörmander - 7 (3,2,2,0)
Ove Fundin - 6 (0,-,3,3)
Sören Sjösten - 0 (-,0,-,-)

 Soviet Union25

Igor Plekhanov - 8 (2,3,1,2)
Gennady Kurilenko - 8 (2,1,3,2)
Yuri Chekranov - 6 (2,2,1,1)
Boris Samorodov - 3 (2,1,0,0)
Viktor Trofimov - NS

 Great Britain21

Barry Briggs - 9 (3,3,1,2)
Ken McKinlay - 7 (1,3,3,0)
Nigel Boocock - 3 (1,1,1,-)
Ron How - 2 (1,-,0,1)
Brian Brett - 0 (-,0,-,0)

4 Poland16

Andrzej Wyglenda - 8 (0,2,3,3)
Andrzej Pogorzelski - 3 (0,0,2,1)
Zbigniew Podlecki - 3 (1,1,1,0)
Marian Rose - 2 (-,0,0,2)
Marian Kaiser - 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.
  5. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
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