1964 Speedway World Team Cup

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]

1964 Speedway World Team Cup

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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
	Svetozarevo, 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 May 25 Kraków Speedway Stadium, Kraków Pos. National team Pts. Riders  Poland 45 Andrzej Wyglenda - 12 (3,3,3,3) Andrzej Pogorzelski - 12 (3,3,3,3) Zbigniew Podlecki - 11 Marian Kaiser - 10 Edmund Migoś - NS  Czechoslovakia 33 Stanislav Kubíček - 9 Antonín Kasper Sr. - 8 Karel Průša - 8 Jaroslav Volf - 8 Frantisek Ledecky - NS  West Germany 14 Manfred Poschenreider - 6 Alfred Aberl - 3 Alois Frach - 3 Otto Lantenhammer - 2 Sebastian Wiesent - NS 4  Austria 4 Kurt Schwingenschlögl - 2 Gunther Walla - 1 Ludwig Löscher - 1 Ernst Glassner - 0 Continental Semi-Final 2 May 25 Stadion Automoto Drustvo Svetozarevo Pos. National team Pts. Riders  Soviet Union 48 Igor Plekhanov - 12 (3,3,3,3) Boris Samorodov - 12 (3,3,3,3) Gennady Kurilenko - 12 (3,3,3,3) Vitaly Shilo - 12 (3,3,3,3)  Bulgaria 24 Milko Pejkov - 8 Gavril Macev - 8 Simeon Lukanov - 4 Krasimir Sokolov - 4  Yugoslavia 12 Slobodan Dzudovic - 5 Valentin Medved - 3 Drago Perko - 2 Drago Regvard - 2 4  East Germany 12 Günther Schelenz - 5 Jochen Dinse - 5 Peter Hehlert - 2 Jürgen Hehlert - NS

Scandinavian Round June 6 Selskov Stadium, Hillerød Pos. National team Pts. Riders  Sweden 44 Björn Knutson - 12 (3,3,3,3) Göte Nordin - 12 (3,3,3,3) Rune Sörmander - 12 (3,3,3,3) Per Tage Svensson - 6 Per Olof Söderman - 2  Denmark 27 Kurt W. Petersen - 9 Paul Wissing - 7 John S. Andersen - 6 Hans P. Boysen - 5 Ole Kläbel - NS  Finland 15 Kalevi Lahtinen - 7 Ilkka Helminen - 5 Matti Olin - 3 Taisto Mattila - 0 Veikko Metsähuone - NS 4  Norway 10 Reidar Eide - 5 Per Aulie - 3 Cato Agnor - 1 Jonny Faafeng - 1 Henry Harrfeldt - NS Continental Final Army Sports Club Stadium, Lviv (Yugoslavia replaced Bulgaria) Pos. National team Pts. Riders  Soviet Union 37 Igor Plekhanov - 12 (3,3,3,3) Boris Samorodov - 11 Gennady Kurilenko - 8 Yuri Chekranov - 6 Gabdrakhman Kadyrov - NS  Poland 34 Andrzej Wyglenda - 10 Andrzej Pogorzelski - 9 Zbigniew Podlecki - 9 Marian Kaiser - 4 Antoni Woryna - 2  Czechoslovakia 23 Antonín Kasper Sr. - 8 Stanislav Kubíček - 5 Jaroslav Volf - 5 Psvel Mares - 3 Frantisek Ledecky - 2 4  Yugoslavia 2 Franc Babic - 1 Valentin Medved - 1 Drago Perko - 0 Drago Regvard - 0 Ivan Molan - NS

World final

• Abensberg, Abensberg Speedwaystadion

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
		Sweden	34	Björn Knutson - 11 (3,3,2,3) Göte Nordin - 10 (3,2,2,3) Rune Sörmander - 7 (3,2,2,0) Ove Fundin - 6 (0,-,3,3) Sören Sjösten - 0 (-,0,-,-)
		Soviet Union	25	Igor Plekhanov - 8 (2,3,1,2) Gennady Kurilenko - 8 (2,1,3,2) Yuri Chekranov - 6 (2,2,1,1) Boris Samorodov - 3 (2,1,0,0) Viktor Trofimov - NS
		Great Britain	21	Barry Briggs - 9 (3,3,1,2) Ken McKinlay - 7 (1,3,3,0) Nigel Boocock - 3 (1,1,1,-) Ron How - 2 (1,-,0,1) Brian Brett - 0 (-,0,-,0)
4		Poland	16	Andrzej Wyglenda - 8 (0,2,3,3) Andrzej Pogorzelski - 3 (0,0,2,1) Zbigniew Podlecki - 3 (1,1,1,0) Marian Rose - 2 (-,0,0,2) Marian Kaiser - 0 (0,-,-,-)

See also

• 1964 Individual Speedway World Championship
• motorcycle speedway

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.