The 1970 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the first FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship.[1] The final took place in Malmö, Sweden. The championship was won by New Zealand (28 points) who beat Sweden (25 points) and England (19 points).[2][3][4][5]

Semifinal 1

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
1st New Zealand (27 pts)Ivan Mauger14
Barry Briggs13
2nd Scotland (26 pts)Bert Harkins13
Jim McMillan13
3rd England (23 pts)Nigel Boocock16
Eric Boocock7
4 Australia (16 pts)Jim Airey11
Charlie Monk5
5 Denmark (13 pts)Ole Olsen12
Niels Weiss-Schelde1
6 Norway (13 pts)Reidar Eide7
Øyvind S. Berg6
7 West Germany (7 pts)Rudolf Kastl7
Dieter Dauderer0

Semifinal 2

Pos.TeamRiderPoints
1st Czechoslovakia (? pts)Jiří Štancl?
Václav Verner?
2nd Poland (? pts)Marian Spychała?
Paweł Mirowski?
3rd Yugoslavia (? pts)Drago Perko?
Ivan Kos?
4 Austria (? pts)??
??
5 Bulgaria (? pts)??
??
6 East Germany (? pts)??
??
7 Hungary (? pts)??
??

World final

Placing Pair / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
1  New Zealand 28 10 20 28
(3) Ivan Mauger 12 2 2 2 3 3 E
(4) Ronnie Moore 16 3 3 3 2 2 3
2  Sweden 25 9 19 25
(11) Ove Fundin 15 3 3 3 3 E 3
(12) Bengt Jansson 10 1 2 2 2 1 2
3  England 19 5 10 19
(5) Nigel Boocock 6 1 0 1 0 3 1
(6) Eric Boocock 13 3 1 3 1 2 3
4  Scotland 18 5 11 18
(9) Jim McMillan 10 2 1 3 1 3 0
(10) Bert Harkins 8 0 2 2 0 2 2
5  Czechoslovakia 11 6 9 11
(1) Jiří Štancl 6 1 2 F 1 1 1
(2) Václav Verner 5 0 3 2 F 0 0
6  Yugoslavia 7 2 4 7
(13) Drasko Perko 6 1 0 1 1 1 2
(14) Ivan Kos 1+1 0 1 e 0 0 1
—a  Denmark 17 5 11 17
(7) Ole Olsen 12 2 3 1 3 3 E
(8) Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 5 0 0 0 2 2 1
Placing Pair / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell
ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside
Notes:
a. The Danish team weren't classified, because they were track reserve team who replaced Poland.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 134. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
  2. ↑ "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 1)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  3. ↑ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  4. ↑ "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  5. ↑ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 27–28. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
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