1960 Speedway World Team Cup

1960 Speedway World Team Cup was the first edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.^[1] The final took place in Gothenburg, Sweden. The World Champion title was won by Sweden team (44 pts) who beat England (30 pts), Czechoslovakia (15 pts) and Poland (7 pts).^[2]^[3]

Sweden's reigning World Champion Ove Fundin went through the entire World Team Cup undefeated.^[4] This feat would not be matched until Australia's Jason Crump went through the 2001 Speedway World Cup undefeated.^[5] To honour Fundin's deeds in 1960, the winners of the current Speedway World Cup (which replaced the Team World Cup in 2001) receive the Ove Fundin Trophy.

Qualification[]

Scandinavian Round[]

9 June
Odense
Att: 6,000

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Sweden - 43 Ove Fundin - 12 Rune Sörmander - 11 Olle Nygren - 10 - 10	Denmark - 25 Arne Pander - 10 - 7 Kurt W. Petersen - 6 Svend Nissen - 2 - 0	Norway - 21 Aage Hansen - 11 - 3 Nils Paulsen - 3 Rolf Westerberg - 3 Sverre Harrfeldt - 1	Finland - 7 - 3 - 2 Timo Laine - 1 - 1 - 0

* Sweden to Final

British Round[]

R1: 18 July - London, Wimbledon Stadium

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
England - 35 Peter Craven - 12 Nigel Boocock - 9 Ron How - 8 Eric Williams - 6	New Zealand - 28 Barry Briggs - 11 Ronnie Moore - 11 Ron Johnston - 5 Trevor Redmond - 1 Bob Duckworth - 0	Australia - 18 Jack Young - 6 Peter Moore - 5 Chum Taylor - 4 Jack Geran - 2 Aub Lawson - 1	Challengers - 15 Ken McKinlay - 7 George White - 5 Bob Andrews - 2 Neil Street - 1 Ronnie Genz - 0

R2: 21 July - Oxford, Oxford Stadium

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
New Zealand - 27 Ronnie Moore - 11 Barry Briggs - 9 Ron Johnston - 4 Bob Duckworth - 3 Trevor Redmond - 0	England - 24 Peter Craven - 12 Eric Williams - 5 Ron How - 4 Ken McKinlay - 3 - 0	Challengers - 23 Mike Broadbank - 7 Ronnie Genz - 7 Nigel Boocock - 5 George White - 4	Australia - 22 Chum Taylor - 10 Jack Biggs - 4 Peter Moore - 3 Jack Geran - 3 Jack Young - 2

R3: 5 August - Swindon, Abbey Stadium

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
England - 33 Peter Craven - 12 Ron How - 11 Bob Andrews - 5 Ken McKinlay - 4 Ian Williams - 1	Challengers - 28 Mike Broadbank - 9 Peter Moore - 8 Nigel Boocock - 6 Eric Williams - 5	New Zealand - 23 Ronnie Moore - 9 Barry Briggs - 5 Ron Johnston - 5 Bob Duckworth - 4	Australia - 12 Chum Taylor - 5 Ray Cresp - 3 Aub Lawson - 3 Jack Young - 1 Neil Street - 0

R4: 10 August - Manchester - Hyde Road

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
England - 42 Ken McKinlay - 12 Peter Craven - 11 Ron How - 10 Nigel Boocock - 9	New Zealand - 28 Ronnie Moore - 11 Ron Johnston - 6 Bob Duckworth - 6 Barry Briggs - 5	Australia - 20 Jack Young - 8 Ray Cresp - 6 Chum Taylor - 5 Peter Moore - 1 Aub Lawson - 0	Challengers - 6 Eric Williams - 3 Dick Fisher - 1 Arthur Wright - 1 George White - 1 - 0

Team	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
England	134	35	24	33	42
New Zealand	106	28	27	23	28
Australia	72	18	22	12	20
Challengers	72	15	23	28	6

* England to Final

Central European Round[]

31 July
Pilzno

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Czechoslovakia - 47 Stanislav Svoboda - 12 František Richter - 12 Luboš Tomíček Sr. - 12 Antonín Kasper Sr. - 11	West Germany - 26 Josef Hofmeister - 9 - 8 - 7 - 2	Austria - 13 - 5 Josef Bössner - 3 - 3 - 1 - 1	- 8 - 3 - 3 - 2

* Czechoslovakia to Final

East European Round[]

Round was canceled. Poland was qualify to the final. East Germany, Hungary and windraw.

World Final[]

2 September 1960
Göteborg, Ullevi
Attendance: 11,500

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
	Sweden	44	Rune Sörmander - 11 (3,2,3,3) Ove Fundin - 12 (3,3,3,3) Olle Nygren - 12 (3,3,3,3) Björn Knutsson - 9 (3,E,3,3) res. Göte Nordin - NS
	England	30	Peter Craven - 8 (2,2,2,2) Ron How - 7 (2,3,2,-) Ken McKinlay - 8 (2,3,1,2) Nigel Boocock - 1 (1,0,-,-) res. George White - 6 (-,-,2,2/2)
	Czechoslovakia	15	Luboš Tomíček Sr. - 4 (0,2,1,1) Jaroslav Machač - 3 (1,1,1,0) František Richter - 3 (1,1,1,F) Antonín Kasper Sr. - 5 (2,0,2,1) res. Bohumír Bartoněk - NS
4	Poland	7	Konstanty Pociejkewicz - 3 (1,2,E,0) Marian Kaiser - 2 (0,1,0,1) Mieczysław Połukard - 2 (0,1,0,1) Jan Malinowski - 0 (E,0,F,0) res. - 0 (0)

References[]

^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 98. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

[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] "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

[5] "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

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