1962 Speedway World Team Cup

1962 Speedway World Team Cup was the third edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.^[1][2][3]

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The final took place in Slaný, Czechoslovakia. The World Champion title was won by Sweden (36 pts) who beat Great Britain (24 pts), Poland (20 pts) and Czechoslovakia (16 pts).^[4][5]

Format

	Semifinals				Final
	23 April - Vetlanda (details)
	Sweden	41
	Norway	24
	Denmark	17
	Finland	14
	Canceled (details)
	Great Britain	–
	–	–
					29 July - Slaný (details)
	–	–
					Sweden	36
	–	–
					Great Britain	24
	15 July - Liberec (details)
					Poland	20
	Czechoslovakia	46
					Czechoslovakia	16
	Yugoslavia	25
	Czechoslovakia B	21
	Austria	4
	15 July - Rzeszów (details)
	Poland	43
	Soviet Union	33
	Bulgaria	13
	East Germany	7

Qualification

Nordic Round 23 April Vetlanda, Vetlanda Motorstadion Pos. National team Pts. Riders  Sweden 41 Joel Jansson - 6 (1,3,2,0) Ove Fundin - 12 (3,3,3,3) Rune Sörmander - 12 (3,3,3,3) Leif Larsson - 11 (3,3,2,3) Göran Johansson - NS  Norway 24 Aage Hansen - 9 (3,1,3,2) Sverre Harrfeldt - 8 (1,2,2,3) Egil Bratvold - 5 (0,2,2,1) Cato Agnor - 2 (1,0,0,1) Per Aulie - NS  Denmark 17 Einar Hansen - 3 (2,0,1,0) Kurt W. Petersen - 9 (2,2,3,2) Svend Nissen - 5 (1,2,1,1) John S. Andersen - 0 (0,0,0,0) Bent Jensen - NS 4  Finland 14 Illka Nielminen - 0 (0,-,-,-) Antti Pajari - 3 (0,1,0,2) Timo Laine - 5 (2,1,1,1) Kalevi Lahtinen - 4 (2,0,0,2) Esko Koponen - 2 (-,1,1,0,) British Round The British Round was cancelled. Great Britain was seeded to the World Final.

Central European Round 15 July Pavlovičky Stadion, Liberec West Germany was replaced by second team from Czechoslovakia Pos. National team Pts. Riders  Czechoslovakia 46 Bedřich Slaný - 12 Jaroslav Wolf - 12 Karel Průša - 11 Luboš Tomíček - 11  Yugoslavia 25 Franc Babic - 9 Valent Medved - 7 Drago Perko - 5 Drago Regvart - 4  Czechoslovakia 21* Zdeněk Kovář - 8 Pavel Mareš - 5 František Hubner - 4 Stanislav Svoboda - 4 4  Austria 4 Josef Bössner - 3 Johan Hartl - 1 Helmut Happer - 0 Kurt Schwingenschlogl - 0 East European Round 15 July Rybnik, Rybnik Municipal Stadium Pos. National team Pts. Riders  Poland 43 1.Florian Kapała - 12 (3,3,3,3) 2.Marian Kaiser - 12 (3,3,3,3) 3.Henryk Żyto - 7 (3,3,1,X) 4.Stefan Kepa - 12 (3,3,3,3) 17.Joachim Maj - NS  Soviet Union 33 13.Igor Plechanov - NS 14.Boris Samorodov - 8 (2,2,2,2) 15.Farid Szajnurov - 9 (2,2,3,2) 16.Leonid Drobyazko - 9 (2,2,2,3) 20.Vladimir Sokolov - 7 (2,2,2,1)  Bulgaria 13 5.Milko Pejkov - 6 (1,1,2,2) 6.Boris Damjanov - 2 (1,0,0,1) 7.Dimitri Bajev - 3 (1,1,1,0) 8.Krasimir Sokolov - 2 (0,0,0,2) 18.Simeon Lukanov - NS 4  East Germany 7 9.Gunther Schelenz - 2 (0,1,0,1) 10.Josef Kohl - 0 (0,-,-,-) 11.Jürgen Hehlert - 1 (1,0,0,0) 12.Wilhelm Gunther - 1 (0,0,1,-) 19.Werner Frenzel - 3 (-,1,1,1/0,)

World final

• 29 July
• Slaný, Slaný Speedway

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
		Sweden	36	Björn Knutson - 10 (3,2,3,2) Soren Sjösten -10 (3,3,3,1) Ove Fundin - 9 (0,3,3,3) Göte Nordin - 4 (0,1,3,-) Rune Sörmander - 3 (-,-,-,3)
		Great Britain	24	Ronnie Moore - 10 (3,3,1,3) Barry Briggs - 8 (2,2,2,2) Peter Craven - 6 (1,1,2,2) Ron How - 0 (0,0,0,-) Cyril Maidment - 0 (-,-,-,0)
		Poland	20	Marian Kaiser - 9 (2,3,1,3) Florian Kapała - 5 (2,1,2,0) Joachim Maj - 4 (1,2,0,1) Paweł Waloszek - 2 (2,0,-,0) Mieczysław Połukard - 0 (-,-,0,-)
4		Czechoslovakia	16	Luboš Tomíček - 7 (3,1,2,1) Bedřich Slaný - 4 (1,0,1,2) Jaroslav Volf - 3 (0,2,1,0) Karel Průša - 2 (1,0,-,1) Bohumír Bartoněk - 0 (-,-,0,-)

See also

• motorcycle speedway
• 1962 Individual Speedway World Championship

References

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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. "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
5. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.