1960 Speedway World Team Cup

1960 Speedway World Team Cup was the first edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1] The final took place in Gothenburg, Sweden. The World Champion title was won by Sweden team (44 pts) who beat England (30 pts), Czechoslovakia (15 pts) and Poland (7 pts).[2][3][4]

Sweden's reigning World Champion Ove Fundin went through the entire World Team Cup undefeated.[5] This feat would not be matched until Australia's Jason Crump went through the 2001 Speedway World Cup undefeated.[6] To honour Fundin's deeds in 1960, the winners of the current Speedway World Cup (which replaced the Team World Cup in 2001) receive the Ove Fundin Trophy.

Qualification

Scandinavian Round
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Sweden - 43
Ove Fundin - 12
Rune Sörmander - 11
Olle Nygren - 10
Alf Jonsson - 10		  Denmark - 25
Arne Pander - 10
Hans P. Boiisen - 7
Kurt W. Petersen - 6
Svend Nissen - 2
Poul Wissing - 0		  Norway - 21
Aage Hansen - 11
Rolf Mellerud - 3
Nils Paulsen - 3
Rolf Westerberg - 3
Sverre Harrfeldt - 1		  Finland - 7
Kalevi Lahtinen - 3
Antti Pajari - 2
Timo Laine - 1
Valle Seliverstov - 1
Aulis Lethonen - 0

* Sweden to Final

British Round
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 England - 35
Peter Craven - 12
Nigel Boocock - 9
Ron How - 8
Eric Williams - 6		  New Zealand - 28
Barry Briggs - 11
Ronnie Moore - 11
Ron Johnston - 5
Trevor Redmond - 1
Bob Duckworth - 0		  Australia - 18
Jack Young - 6
Peter Moore - 5
Chum Taylor - 4
Jack Geran - 2
Aub Lawson - 1		 Challengers - 15
Ken McKinlay - 7
George White - 5
Bob Andrews - 2
Neil Street - 1
Ronnie Genz - 0
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 New Zealand - 27
Ronnie Moore - 11
Barry Briggs - 9
Ron Johnston - 4
Bob Duckworth - 3
Trevor Redmond - 0		  England - 24
Peter Craven - 12
Eric Williams - 5
Ron How - 4
Ken McKinlay - 3
Gordon McGregor - 0		 Challengers - 23
Mike Broadbank - 7
Ronnie Genz - 7
Nigel Boocock - 5
George White - 4		  Australia - 22
Chum Taylor - 10
Jack Biggs - 4
Peter Moore - 3
Jack Geran - 3
Jack Young - 2
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 England - 33
Peter Craven - 12
Ron How - 11
Bob Andrews - 5
Ken McKinlay - 4
Ian Williams - 1		 Challengers - 28
Mike Broadbank - 9
Peter Moore - 8
Nigel Boocock - 6
Eric Williams - 5		  New Zealand - 23
Ronnie Moore - 9
Barry Briggs - 5
Ron Johnston - 5
Bob Duckworth - 4		  Australia - 12
Chum Taylor - 5
Ray Cresp - 3
Aub Lawson - 3
Jack Young - 1
Neil Street - 0
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 England - 42
Ken McKinlay - 12
Peter Craven - 11
Ron How - 10
Nigel Boocock - 9		  New Zealand - 28
Ronnie Moore - 11
Ron Johnston - 6
Bob Duckworth - 6
Barry Briggs - 5		  Australia - 20
Jack Young - 8
Ray Cresp - 6
Chum Taylor - 5
Peter Moore - 1
Aub Lawson - 0		 Challengers - 6
Eric Williams - 3
Dick Fisher - 1
Arthur Wright - 1
George White - 1
Tony Robinson - 0
TeamPointsR1R2R3R4
 England13435243342
 New Zealand10628272328
 Australia7218221220
Challengers721523286

* England to Final

Central European Round
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Czechoslovakia - 47
Stanislav Svoboda - 12
František Richter - 12
Luboš Tomíček Sr. - 12
Antonín Kasper Sr. - 11		  West Germany - 26
Josef Hofmeister - 9
Alfred Aberl - 8
Josef Seidl - 7
Hans Jager - 2		  Austria - 13
Ferdinand Troner - 5
Josef Bössner - 3
Kurt Schwingenschlogl - 3
Erich Luther - 1
Leopold Dolanski - 1		  Netherlands - 8
Hans van der Sluis - 3
Tonny Kroeze - 3
Thei Bisschops - 2

* Czechoslovakia to Final

East European Round

Round was canceled. Poland was qualify to the final. East Germany, Hungary and Yugoslavia win draw..

World Final
Pos.National teamPts.Riders
1st Sweden44

Rune Sörmander - 11 (3,2,3,3)
Ove Fundin - 12 (3,3,3,3)
Olle Nygren - 12 (3,3,3,3)
Björn Knutsson - 9 (3,E,3,3)
res. Göte Nordin - NS

2nd England30

Peter Craven - 8 (2,2,2,2)
Ron How - 7 (2,3,2,-)
Ken McKinlay - 8 (2,3,1,2)
Nigel Boocock - 1 (1,0,-,-)
res. George White - 6 (-,-,2,2/2)

3rd Czechoslovakia15

Luboš Tomíček Sr. - 4 (0,2,1,1)
Jaroslav Machač - 3 (1,1,1,0)
František Richter - 3 (1,1,1,F)
Antonín Kasper Sr. - 5 (2,0,2,1)
res. Bohumír Bartoněk - NS

4 Poland7

Konstanty Pociejkewicz - 3 (1,2,E,0)
Marian Kaiser - 2 (0,1,0,1)
Mieczysław Połukard - 2 (0,1,0,1)
Jan Malinowski - 0 (E,0,F,0)
res. Bronislaw Rogal - 0 (0)

See also

References
  1. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  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. Oakes, Peter (1990). Speedway Yearbook 1990. Front Page Books. p. 18. ISBN 0-948882-15-8.
  5. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  6. "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
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