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 round | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
Hillerød, Denmark (details) | |||||||||||||
Sweden | 44 | ||||||||||||
Denmark | 27 | ||||||||||||
Kraków, Poland (details) | Finland | 15 | Abensberg, West Germany (details) | ||||||||||
Poland | 45 | Norway | 10 | Sweden | 34 | ||||||||
Czechoslovakia | 33 | Soviet Union | 25 | ||||||||||
West Germany | 14 | Lviv, Soviet Union (details) | Great Britain* | 21 | |||||||||
Austria | 4 | Soviet Union | 37 | Poland | 16 | ||||||||
Poland | 34 | ||||||||||||
Svestosarevo, Yugoslavia (details) | Czechoslovakia | 23 | |||||||||||
Soviet Union | 40 | Yugoslavia | 2 | ||||||||||
Bulgaria | 24 | ||||||||||||
Yugoslavia | 12 | ||||||||||||
East Germany | 12 | ||||||||||||
* Great Britain seeded to the final
Qualification
Continental Semi-Final 1
Continental Semi-Final 2
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Scandinavian Round
Continental Final(Yugoslavia replaced Bulgaria)
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World final
Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders | |
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Sweden | 34 |
Björn Knutson - 11 (3,3,2,3) | ||
Soviet Union | 25 |
Igor Plekhanov - 8 (2,3,1,2) | ||
Great Britain | 21 |
Barry Briggs - 9 (3,3,1,2) | ||
4 | Poland | 16 |
Andrzej Wyglenda - 8 (0,2,3,3) |
See also
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.
- ↑ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ↑ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.