1963 Speedway World Team Cup - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

1963 Speedway World Team Cup was the fourth FIM

Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme

The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme is the governing body of motorcycle racing. It represents 103 national motorcycle federations that are divided into six regional continental unions....

Speedway World Team Cup

The Speedway World Team Cup was an annual speedway event held each year in different countries. The competition started in 1960 and was replaced with the Speedway World Cup in 2001.-Format:From 1960 until 1985 each team consisted of four riders and a reserve...

season. The final was took place in Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

, Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

. The World Champion title was won by Sweden

Sweden national speedway team

Sweden are one of the major teams in international speedway. They have been managed by Mats Olsson, who is currently in his 2nd spell, since 2005 after he quit in 2000...

(37 pts) who beat Czechoslovakia (27 pts), Great Britain

Great Britain national speedway team

The Great Britain national speedway team are one of the major teams in international speedway. The team is managed by Poole Pirates manager Neil Middleditch and the captain is Chris Harris of the Belle Vue Aces....

(25 pts) and Poland

Poland national speedway team

The Poland national speedway team is the national motorcycle speedway team of Poland and is controlled by the Polish Motor Union . The team is one of the major teams in international speedway and they won the Team World Championship nine times . The team has won 1971 Speedway World Pairs...

(7 pts).

Format

Nordic Round

23 May 1963 Målilla
Målilla
Målilla is a locality situated in Hultsfred Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 1,605 inhabitants in 2005.It is more commonly known as the temperature capital of Sweden due to the frequent records, both high and low, being set there. A Swedish record high temperature of +38°C was set on June...

Pos.		National team	Pts.
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British Round

Round was canceled. Great Britain

Great Britain national speedway team

was qualify to the Final.

Central European Round

13 June 1963 Olching
Olching
Olching is a municipality in the district of Fürstenfeldbruck, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km northwest of Munich.-Geography:...

Pos.		National team	Pts.
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East European Round

4 August 1963 Ufa
Ufa
-Demographics:Nationally, dominated by Russian , Bashkirs and Tatars . In addition, numerous are Ukrainians , Chuvash , Mari , Belarusians , Mordovians , Armenian , Germans , Jews , Azeris .-Government and administration:Local...

Pos.		National team	Pts.
1

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World final

31 August 1963 Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders

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Björn Knutsson

Björn Knutsson

Björn Knutsson is a former speedway rider who won the Speedway World Championship in 1965.-World Final Appearances:* 1961 - Malmö, Malmö Stadion - 2nd - 12pts + 3pts* 1962 - London, Wembley Stadium - 4th - 10pts + 2pts...

- 11 (3,3,3,2)

Per Olof Söderman - 10 (3,3,1,3)

Ove Fundin

Ove Fundin

Ove Fundin is a former speedway rider who won the Speedway World Championship five times...

- 7 (2,2,-,3)

Göte Nordin - 6 (3,2,0,1)

res. Rune Sörmander - 3 (3)
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Antonín Kasper, Sr. - 10 (2,3,2,3)

Stanislav Kubicek - 7 (1,1,3,2)

Miroslav Smid - 5 (2,1,1,1)

Luboš Tomíček, Sr. - 5 (0,1,2,2)

res. Zdenek Kovar

Zdenek Kovár

Zdeněk Kovář, born January 26, 1917, Vsetín, Moravia , died June 21, 2004, Zlín, renown Czech industrial designer.-Life:He trained as a shoemaker in Baťa’s Zlín factory, then as locksmith and later as engineer. He studied under prominent Czech sculptor Vincenc Makovský at Zlín’s Art School from...

- NS
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Barry Briggs

Barry Briggs

Barry Briggs MBE from Christchurch, New Zealand is a former Speedway rider.He won the World Individual Championship title four times - in 1957, 1958, 1964 and 1966. He appeared in a record 17 consecutive World Individual finals , and a record 18 in all, during which he scored a record 201 points...

- 12 (3,3,3,3)

Peter Craven

Peter Craven

Peter Theodore Craven was an English motorcycle racer. He was a finalist in each FIM Speedway World Championship from 1954 to 1963 and he won the title twice . He was British Champion in 1962-63....