1961 Speedway World Team Cup (original) (raw)

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2nd edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition

1961 Speedway World Team Cup was the second edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2][3][4]

The final took place in Wrocław, Poland.[5] The World Champion title was won by Poland team (32 pts) who beat Sweden (31 pts), England (21 pts), and Czechoslovakia (12 pts).[6][7]

• 8 June
• Odense Athletics Stadium, Odense

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Sweden 38Björn Knutson 12Per Tage Svensson 10Sören Sjösten 9Tore Kindstrand 7	Denmark 26Kurt W. Petersen 9Hans P Boisen 7Arne Pander 5Svend Nissen 5	Norway 18Reidar Kristoffersen 6Rolf Mellerud 5Rolf Westerberg 4Sverre Harrfeldt 3	Finland 14Timo Laine 10Esko Koponen 2Illka Helminen 2Kalevi Lahtinen 0

• R1: 28 June - Brandon Stadium, Coventry

1st	2nd	3rd
England - 41Peter Craven - 17Ron How - 11Bob Andrews - 9Ken McKinlay - 2Les Owen - 2	New Zealand - 36Barry Briggs - 17Ronnie Moore - 15Bob Duckworth - 2Bryce Subritzky - 2Dick Campbell - 0	Australia - 31Jack Young - 13Johnny Chamberlain - 11Peter Moore - 4Jack Geran - 3Ray Cresp - 0

• R2: 26 July - New Cross Stadium, London

1st	2nd	3rd
England - 44Peter Craven - 13Split Waterman - 13Ron How - 12Bob Andrews - 6	New Zealand - 38Ronnie Moore - 18Barry Briggs - 14Bob Duckworth - 3Bryce Subritzky - 3Trevor Redmond - 0	Australia - 26Jack Young - 12Chum Taylor - 9Peter Moore - 3Johnny Chamberlain - 2Bluey Scott - 0

• R3: 28 July - Leicester Stadium, Leicester

1st	2nd	3rd
England - 50Peter Craven - 16Bob Andrews - 13Ron How - 12Ken McKinlay - 7Les Owen - 2	New Zealand - 36Barry Briggs - 16Bob Duckworth - 9Ron Johnston - 6Ronnie Moore - 5Bryce Subritzky - 0	Australia - 22Chum Taylor - 9Johnny Chamberlain - 6Jack Geran - 6Bluey Scott - 1Jack Young - 0

• R4: 10 August - Foxhall Stadium, Ipswich

1st	2nd	3rd
England - 44Peter Craven - 18Ron How - 15Bob Andrews - 5Ken McKinlay - 4Les McGillivray - 2	New Zealand - 38Barry Briggs - 16Ronnie Moore - 16Ron Johnston - 6Bryce Subritzky - 0Trevor Redmond - 0	Australia - 26Chum Taylor - 10Peter Moore - 7Ray Cresp - 5Johnny Chamberlain - 4Bluey Scott - 0

• R5: 14 August - Wimbledon Stadium, London

1st	2nd	3rd
England - 40Peter Craven - 13Ron How - 11Ken McKinlay - 9Cyril Maidment - 5Bob Andrews - 2	New Zealand - 38Ronnie Moore - 18Barry Briggs - 15Ron Johnston - 3Bryce Subritzky - 1Trevor Redmond - 1	Australia - 30Chum Taylor - 14Jack Young - 9Peter Moore - 6Johnny Chamberlain - 1

Team	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
England	219	41	44	50	44	40
New Zealand	186	36	38	36	38	38
Australia	135	31	26	22	26	30

Central European Round

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• 4 August
• Plzeň speedway track, Plzeň

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Czechoslovakia 45Antonín Kasper Sr. 12Luboš Tomíček 12Libor Dousanek 11Stanislav Svoboda 10	West Germany 22Josef Hofmeister 10Manfred Poschenreider 5Josef Seidl 4Alfred Aberl 3	Czechoslovakia B 18Frantisek Eib 6Miroslav Šmíd 5Karel Polak 4Miloslav Hradecky 2	Austria 11Josef Bössner 3Johan Hart 3Erhard Koffler 2Helmut Happer 0

East European Round

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• July 30
• Rybnik Municipal Stadium, Rybnik

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
	Poland	48	1.Florian Kapała - 12 (3,3,3,3)2.Henryk Żyto - 12 (3,3,3,3)3.Stanisław Tkocz - 12 (3,3,3,3)4.Konstanty Pociejkewicz - 12 (3,3,3,3)17.Antoni Woryna - NS
	Soviet Union	30	5.Igor Plechanov - 8 (2,2,2,2)6.Boris Samorodov - 8 (2,2,2,2)7.Farid Szajnurov - 8 (2,2,2,2)8.Viktor Kuznetsov - 6 (2,2,NS,2)18.Vsevolod Nerytov - NS
	Bulgaria	14	13.Milko Pejkov - 4 (1,1,1,1)14.Boris Damjanov - 3 (1,0,2,NS)15.Dimitri Bajev - 3 (1,1,1,NS)16.Plamen Aleksandrov - 4 (1,1,1,1)20.Gavril Macev - NS
4	East Germany	4	9.Andreas Bocke - 0 (0,0,0,0)10.Helmut Suchland - 1 (0,0,0,1)11.Gunther Schelenz - 1 (0,1,0,0)12.Wilhelm Gunther - 2 (0,0,1,1)19.Andreas Mattscheck - NS

• 3 September
• Olympic Stadium, Wrocław

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
	Poland	32	1.Mieczyslaw Polukard - 5 (2,1,2,-)2.Marian Kaiser - 10 (3,3,1,3)3.Henryk Żyto - 7 (1,0,3,3)4.Florian Kapała - 6 (3,3,E,-)R.Stanisław Tkocz - 4 (-,-,2,2)
	Sweden	31	1.Bjorn Knutson - 7 (0,2,2,3)2.Sören Sjösten - 2 (0,-,-,2)3.Ove Fundin - 11 (2,3,3,3)4.Per Tage Svensson - 7 (3,2,0,2)R.Rune Sörmander - 4 (-,2,2,-)
	England	21	1.Ron How - 3 (1,1,1,F)2.Bob Andrews - 6 (1,1,3,1)3.Peter Craven - 8 (2,3,2,1)4.Ken McKinlay - 4 (2,1,E,1)R.Cyril Maidment - NS
4	Czechoslovakia	12	1.Luboš Tomíček - 7 (1,2,3,1)2.Antonín Kasper Sr. - 4 (3,0,1,0)3.Stanislav Svoboda - 0 (F,0,0,0)4.Bohumír Bartoněk - 1 (0,0,1,0)R.Libor Dušanek - NS

• Motorcycle speedway
• 1961 Individual Speedway World Championship

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