1962 Speedway World Team Cup

1962 Speedway World Team Cup was the third edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.

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

Qualification

Nordic Round 23 April Vetlanda, Vetlanda Motorstadion

Pos. National team Pts. Riders 41 Joel Jansson - 6 (1,3,2,0) Ove Fundin - 12 (3,3,3,3) Rune Sörmander - 12 (3,3,3,3) Leif Larsson - 11 (3,3,2,3) Göran Johansson - NS 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 17 Einar Hansen - 3 (2,0,1,0) Kurt W. Petersen - 9 (2,2,3,2) Svend Nissen - 5 (1,2,1,1) John S. Andersen - 0 (0,0,0,0) Bent Jensen - NS4 14 Illka Nielminen - 0 (0,-,-,-) Antti 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 Pavlovičky Stadion, Liberec West Germany was replaced by second team from Czechoslovakia

Pos. National team Pts. Riders 46 Bedřich Slaný - 12 Jaroslav Wolf - 12 Karel Průša - 11 Luboš Tomíček - 11 25 Franc Babic - 9 Valent Medved - 7 Drago Perko - 5 Drago Regvart - 4 21* Zdeněk Kovář - 8 Pavel Mareš - 5 František Hubner - 4 Stanislav Svoboda - 4 4 4 Josef Bössner - 3 Johan Hartl - 1 Helmut Happer - 0 Kurt Schwingenschlogl - 0

East European Round 15 July Rybnik, Rybnik Municipal Stadium

Pos. National team Pts. Riders 43 1.Florian Kapała - 12 (3,3,3,3) 2.Marian Kaiser - 12 (3,3,3,3) 3.Henryk Żyto - 7 (3,3,1,X) 4.Stefan Kepa - 12 (3,3,3,3) 17.Joachim Maj - NS 33 13.Igor Plechanov - NS 14.Boris Samorodov - 8 (2,2,2,2) 15.Farid Szajnurov - 9 (2,2,3,2) 16.Leonid Drobyazko - 9 (2,2,2,3) 20.Vladimir Sokolov - 7 (2,2,2,1) 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.Simeon Lukanov - NS4 7 9.Gunther Schelenz - 2 (0,1,0,1) 10.Josef Kohl - 0 (0,-,-,-) 11.Jürgen 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 36 Björn Knutson - 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) 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) 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 16 Luboš Tomíček - 7 (3,1,2,1) Bedřich Slaný - 4 (1,0,1,2) Jaroslav Volf - 3 (0,2,1,0) Karel Průša - 2 (1,0,-,1) Bohumír Bartoněk - 0 (-,-,0,-)

See also motorcycle speedway 1962 Individual Speedway World Championship

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