1960 Speedway World Team Cup

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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[]

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[]

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
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
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
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[]

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[]

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  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

2nd  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)

3rd  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)

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. ^ "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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