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Sweden v Soviet Union
1962 | A three-match series was raced in Austria |
1963 | 20.09 : Gothenburg (Att: 8,000) | Sweden | 67 | Soviet Union | 29 |
Ove Fundin | 13 | Gennady Kurilenko | 10 | ||
Gote Nordin | 13 | Vitaly Shilo | 8 | ||
Bjorn Knutsson | 12 | Yuri Chekranov | 4 | ||
Per Tage Svensson | 10 | J Olenev | 4 | ||
Bo Magnusson | 9 | Valentin Moiseyev | 3 | ||
Per Olaf Soderman | 7 | Boris Samorodov | 0 | ||
Bengt Brannefors | 3 | ||||
OTHER
TOUR MEETINGS Gothenburg : Individual : B Samorodov 14, G Nordin 14, P Soderman 13, O Fundin 13, B Knutsson 11, V Shilo 9, V Moiseyev 8, G Kurilenko 7, L Larsson 7, B Jansson 6, A Carlsson 4, J Olenev 4, B Nilsson 3, Y Chekranov 3, R Sormander 2, L Jansson 1, H Holmqvist 1 Linkoping : Vargarna 51 (P Soderman 15, O Fundin 13, C Eldh 8, R Wedin 7, S Lindblom 4, B Hornfeldt 3, B Brannefors 1) Soviet Union 45 (G Kurilenko 15, V Shilo 12, G Nordin 11) Gislaved : Dackarna 49 (O Fundin 15, A Andersson 12, P T Svensson 9, B Magnusson 7, I Gustafsson 5, B Brannefors 1, S Johansson 0) Soviet Union 47 (G Kurilenko 17, P O Soderman 11, Y Chekranov 8, V Shilo 6, V Moiseyev 3, J Olenev 2) Malmo : Individual : G Kurilenko 13, G Nordin 12, P T Svensson 11, V Shilo 10, Y Chekranov 10, P Soderman 10, O Fundin 8, B Magnusson 8, J Olenev 7, R Wedin 7, K W Pederson [Denmark] 6, C Eldh 6, V Moiseyev 4, A Carlsson 4, P Wissing [Denmark] 3, A Andersson 2) |
1964 | 15.09 : Malmo (Att: 9,650) | Sweden | 36 | Soviet Union | 48 |
Sweden | 36 | Soviet Union | 48 | |||||
Ove Fundin | 0 3 3 2 3 | 11 | Igor Plechanov | 2 2 3 3 | 10 | |||
Bo Magnusson | 3 1 0 1 | 5 | Yuri Chekranov | 1 0 2 3 | 6 | |||
Gote Nordin | 2 3 3 3 ef | 11 | Boris Samorodov | 3 3 2 3 | 11 | |||
Rune Sormander | 0 1 0 1 | 2 | Viktor Trofimov | 1 2 2 1 | 6 | |||
Bjorn Knutsson | 1 1 1 2 | 5 | Gennady Kurilenko | 3 0 1 2 | 6 | |||
Per Olaf Soderman | 0 0 0 | 0 | Gabdrakhman Kadirov | 2 2 3 2 | 9 | |||
Gunnar Malmqvist | 0 | 0 | Vladimir Kovalenko | 1 0 | 1 | |||
Bo Josefsson | 1 1 | 2 | Valentin Moiseyev | 0 0 | 0 | |||
OTHER MEETINGS 13.09 : Vaxjo : Individual O Fundin 14, I Plechanov 13, R Sormander 12, B Knutsson 11, G Kurilenko 11, G Malmqvist 9, B Samorodov 7, V Trofimov 7, Inge Gustafsson 7, G Kadirov 6, V Moiseyev 5, Y Chekranov 5, Per Tage Svensson 4, Ake Andersson 4, V Kovalenko 3, R Johansson 1, Jan Simensen 1, Konstantin Krishtal 0 16.09 : Stockholm : Getingarna 38 Soviet Union 46 Getingarna : G Nordin 13, Bernt Nilsson 9, Leif Larsson 7, Bengt Jansson 6, Lars Jansson 2, Per-Ake Lundgren 1, Bengt Andersson 0, Gosta Engstrom 0. Soviet Union: B Samorodov 11, I Plechanov 9, Y Chekranov 7, G Kadirov 7, V Trofimov 4, V Moiseyev 3, G Kurilenko 2, V Kovalenko 2, K Krishtal 1 17.09 : Malilla : Individual I Plechanov 14, B Samorodov 13, R Sormander 12, Curt Eldh 10, Y Chekranov 10, P T Svensson 9, V Moiseyev 7, L Larsson 7, P Soderman 7, G Malmkvist 6, V Trofimov 6, G Kadirov 6, A Andersson 5, V Kovalenko 4, K Krishtal 2, B Josefsson 2, I Gustafsson 0 |
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1965 | Sweden won series 2-0 | |||||
21.09 : Malmo | Sweden | 58 | Soviet Union | 26 | ||
23.09 : Gothenburg (Ullevi) | Sweden | 47 | Soviet Union | 37 | (Att: 10,219) | |
Apart from the 2 Test Matches shown above, the Russians also took part in 4 individual meetings, at Malilla (26.09, won by Gote Nordin), Boras (Ove Fundin), Linkoping (Fundin), and Stockholm (Nordin). However, a programme has now appeared (below right) dated 28.09 but with no venue noted, "Soviet against Swedish Combination". No further details are known. |
Malmo | Gothenburg | Mystery Match - see above |
1st Match at Malmo | 1: Fundin, Andersson,
Plechanov, Chekranov 5-1 5-1 2: Knutsson, Soderman, Sokolov, Kurilenko 5-1 10-2 3: Moiseyev, Jansson, Larsson, Trofimov 3-3 13-5 4: Fundin, Kadirov, Sokolov, P T Svensson 3-3 16-8 5: Knutsson, Soderman, Plechanov, Chekranov 5-1 21-9 6: Jansson, Sokolov, Larsson, Kurilenko 4-2 25-11 7: Fundin, Trofimov, Andersson, Moiseyev 4-2 29-13 8: Knutsson, B Svensson, Kurilenko, Kornev 5-1 34-14 9: Plechanov, Jansson, Larsson, Chekranov 3-3 37-17 10: Fundin, Andersson, Sokolov, Kurilenko 5-1 42-18 11: Soderman, Knutsson, Trofimov, Moiseyev 5-1 47-19 12: Plechanov, Jansson, B Svensson, Kadirov 3-3 50-22 13: Soderman, Trofimov, Kornev, P T Svensson 3-3 53-25 14: Andersson, Larsson, Moiseyev, Chekranov 5-1 58-26 |
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Sweden | 58 | Soviet Union | 26 | ||||||
Ove Fundin | 3 3 3 3 | 12 | Igor Plechanov | 1 1 3 3 | 8 | ||||
Karl-Erik Andersson | 2' 1 2' 3 | 8 + 2 | Yuri Chekranov | 0 0 0 0 | 0 | ||||
Bjorn Knutsson | 3 3 3 2' | 11 + 1 | Gennady Kurilenko | 0 0 1 0 | 1 | ||||
Per Olaf Soderman | 2' 2' 3 3 | 10 + 2 | Vladimir Sokolov | 1 1' 2 1 | 5 + 1 | ||||
Bengt Jansson | 2 3 2 2 | 9 | Viktor Trofimov | 0 2 1 2 | 5 | ||||
Leif Larsson | 1' 1 1' 2' | 5 + 3 | Valentin Moiseyev | 3 0 0 1 | 4 | ||||
Per Tage Svensson | 0 0 | 0 | Gabdrakhman Kadirov | 2 0 | 2 | ||||
Bengt Svensson | 2' 1' | 3 + 2 | Vladimir Kornev | 0 1' | 1 + 1 | ||||
1966 | Soviet Union won series 2-0 | ||||
27.09 : Malmo | Sweden | 42 | Soviet Union | 54 | |
28.09 : Boras | Sweden | 46 | Soviet Union | 50 |
Sweden | Total | Soviet Union | Total | ||||||
Gote Nordin | 11 | 15 | 26 | Igor Plechanov | 14 | 10 | 24 | ||
Leif Enecrona | 14 | 6 | 20 | Boris Samorodov | 11 | 11 | 22 | ||
Per Olaf Soderman | 7 | 10 | 17 | Farid Szajnurov | 7 | 11 | 18 | ||
Leif Larsson | 3 | 8 | 11 | Viktor Trofimov | 10 | 4 | 14 | ||
Torbjorn Harrysson | 3 | 6 | 9 | Yuri Chekranov | 5 | 6 | 11 | ||
Karl-Erik Andersson | 3 | 0 | 3 | Vladimir Kornev | 3 | 8 | 11 | ||
Bengt Brannefors | 1 | 1 | 2 | Gabdrakhman Kadirov | 4 | 0 | 4 |
1st Match at Malmo | |
Ht01: Plechanov, Chekranov,
Soderman, Brannefors (1-5) Ht02: Szajnurov, Nordin, Trofimov, Larsson (2-4)(3-9) Ht03: Enecrona, Samorodov, Kadirov, Harrysson (3-3)(6-12) Ht04: Kornev, Soderman, Andersson, Chekranov (Ex) (3-3)(9-15) Ht05: Enecrona, Trofimov, Szajnurov, Harrysson (3-3)(12-18) Ht06: Plechanov, Nordin, Chekranov, Larsson (2-4)(14-22) Ht07: Samorodov, Soderman, Kadirov, Brannefors (2-4)(16-26) Ht08: Plechanov, Enecrona, Chekranov, Harrysson (2-4)(18-30) Ht09: Samorodov, Nordin, Kadirov, Larsson (2-4)(20-34) Ht10: Trofimov, Soderman, Nordin, Szajnurov (F) (3-3)(23-37) Ht11: Plechanov, Szajnurov, Harrysson, Andersson (1-5)(24-42) Ht12: Enecrona, Nordin, Chekranov, Samorodov (5-1)(29-43) Ht13: Trofimov, Harrysson, Larsson, Kornev (F) (3-3)(32-46) Ht14: Nordin, Andersson, Szajnurov, Kadirov (5-1)(37-47) Ht15: Samorodov, Larsson, Trofimov, Andersson (2-4)(39-51) Ht16: Enecrona, Plechanov, Kadirov, Soderman (EF) (3-3)(42-54) |
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Malmo | Boras |
1967 | Sweden won series 2-1 | |||||
20.09 : Gothenburg (Ullevi Stadium) | Sweden | 55 | Soviet Union | 41 | (Att: 8,074) | |
21.09 : Malmo | Sweden | 47 | Soviet Union | 48 | ||
24.09 : Malilla | Sweden | 48 | Soviet Union | 47 |
Sweden | Total | Soviet Union | Total | |||||||||
Gote Nordin | 14 | 14 | 4 | 32 | Igor Plechanov | 13 | 14 | 11 | 38 | |||
Torbjorn Harrysson | 11 | 10 | 10 | 31 | Gabdrakhman Kadirov | 11 | 8 | 12 | 31 | |||
Ove Fundin | 13 | 4 | 9 | 26 | Gennady Kurilenko | 5 | 9 | 12 | 26 | |||
Bengt Jansson | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 | Viktor Trofimov | 4 | 10 | 6 | 20 | |||
Conny Samuelsson | - | - | 13 | 13 | Borys Ciechanovitch | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |||
Gunnar Malmqvist | - | 4 | 5 | 9 | Evgeny Mikhel | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |||
Leif Enecrona | - | 6 | - | 6 | Vjatjeslav Yakimov | 2 | - | 0 | 2 | |||
Bengt Svensson | 3 | 3 | - | 6 | ||||||||
Bengt Brannefors | 5 | - | - | 5 | ||||||||
Bo Magnusson | 2 | - | - | 2 | ||||||||
Tommy Johansson | - | - | 1 | 1 |
1st Match at Gothenburg | 1 Fundin, Plechanov,
Brannefors, Yakimov 4-2 2 Nordin, Kadirov, Jansson, Mikhel 8-4 3 Harrysson, Kurilenko, Svensson, Ciechanowitch 12-6 4 Brannefors, Yakimov, Magnusson, Kadirov 16-8 5 Trofimov, Harrysson, Svensson, Mikhel 19-11 6 Plechanov, Nordin, Jansson, Yakimov 22-14 7 Fundin, Kurilenko, Ciechanowitch, Brannefors 25-17 8 Plechanov, Harrysson, Svensson, Yakimov 28-20 9 Nordin, Jansson, Ciechanowitch, Kurilenko 33-21 10 Kadirov, Fundin, Mikhel, Brannefors 35-25 11 Fundin, Plechanov, Mikhel, Svensson 38-28 12 Nordin, Harrysson, Kurilenko, Yakimov 43-29 13 Kadirov, Jansson, Trofimov, Svensson 45-33 14 Nordin, Ciechanowitch, Magnusson, Mikhel 49-35 15 Kadirov, Fundin, Jansson, Kurilenko 52-38 16 Plechanov, Harrysson, Brannefors, Ciechanowitch 55-41 |
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Sweden | 55 | Soviet Union | 41 | ||||||
Ove Fundin | 3 3 2 3 2 | 13 | Igor Plechanov | 2 3 3 2 3 | 13 | ||||
Bengt Brannefors | 1 3 0 0 1' | 5 + 1 | Vjatjeslav Yakimov | 0 2 0 0 0 | 2 | ||||
Gote Nordin | 3 2 3 3 3 | 14 | Gabdrakhman Kadirov | 2 0 3 3 3 | 11 | ||||
Bengt Jansson | 1 1' 2' 2 1' | 7 + 3 | Evgeny Mikhel | 0 0 1 1' 0 | 2 + 1 | ||||
Torbjorn Harrysson | 3 2 2 2' 2 | 11 + 1 | Gennady Kurilenko | 2 2 0 1 0 | 5 | ||||
Bengt Svensson | 1 1' 1' 0 0 | 3 + 2 | Boris Ciechanowitch | 0 1' 1 2 0 | 4 + 1 | ||||
Bo Magnusson | 1 1 | 2 | Viktor Trofimov | 3 1 | 4 | ||||
Heat details are from a completed programme, and differ a little from previously published data in respect of the Soviet Union scorers. | |||||||||
Malmo 1967 |
1971 | Series tied 1½-1½ | ||||
12.09 : Malilla | Sweden | 37 | Soviet Union | 40 | |
14.09 : Malmo | Sweden | 39 | Soviet Union | 39 | |
17.09 : Stockholm | Sweden | 49 | Soviet Union | 29 |
Sweden | Total | Soviet Union | Total | ||||||||
Anders Michanek | 10 | 8 | 11 | 29 | Vladimir Gordeev | 9 | 7 | 8 | 24 | ||
Hasse Holmqvist | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 | Grigori Khlinovsky | 8 | 8 | 7 | 23 | ||
Bernt Persson | - | 5 | 14 | 19 | Gennady Kurilenko | 7 | 11 | 3 | 21 | ||
Tommy Jansson | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | Viktor Trofimov | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | ||
Leif Enecrona | - | 7 | 2 | 9 | Anatoli Kuzmin | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | ||
Lars Jansson | - | - | 8 | 8 | Alexander Pavlov | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | ||
Per Olaf Soderman | - | 8 | - | 8 | Viktor Kalmykov | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
Bengt Jansson | 3 | - | 4 | 7 | Lars Jansson* | 1 | - | - | 1 | ||
Tommy Johansson | 7 | - | - | 7 | |||||||
Conny Samuelsson | 6 | - | - | 6 | * guest | ||||||
Sven-Inge Svensson | - | 2 | - | 2 | |||||||
Ake Andersson | 1 | - | - | 1 |
1972 | Soviet Union won series 2-1 | |||||
28.09 : Eskilstuna | Sweden | 55 | Soviet Union | 53 | ||
01.10 : Vetlanda | Sweden | 43 | Soviet Union | 65 | ||
02.10 : Gothenburg | Sweden | 47 | Soviet Union | 61 | (Att: 1,927) |
Sweden | Total | Soviet Union | Total | ||||||||
Anders Michanek | 15 | 11 | 15 | 41 | Viktor Kalmykov | 15 | 13 | 15 | 43 | ||
Tommy Jansson | 10 | 8 | 5 | 23 | Viktor Trofimov | 10 | 12 | 11 | 33 | ||
Bengt Jansson | 11 | 7 | 4 | 22 | Anatoli Kuzmin | 12 | 10 | 8 | 30 | ||
Bernt Persson | 10 | - | 9 | 19 | Grigori Khlinovsky | 6 | 9 | 13 | 28 | ||
Jan Simensen | 7 | 4 | 8 | 19 | A Mironov | 7 | 11 | 10 | 28 | ||
Hasse Holmqvist | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | Vladimir Zaplechny | 3 | 10 | 4 | 17 | ||
Christer Lofqvist | - | 7 | - | 7 | Valeri Gordeev | 0 | - | - | 0 | ||
Conny Samuelsson | - | 1 | - | 1 | |||||||
Bo Josefsson | - | - | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bo Magnusson | - | - | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Stefan Salmonsson | 0 | - | - | 0 | |||||||
Bo Wirebrand | - | 0 | - | 0 |
1973 | Sweden won series 2-1 with 1 match abandoned | ||||
18.09 : Eskilstuna | Sweden | 59 | Soviet Union | 49 | |
19.09 : Norrkoping | Sweden | 80 | Soviet Union | 27 | |
20.09 : Stockholm | Sweden | 52 | Soviet Union | 56 | |
23.09 : Mariestad (abandoned after ht.15) | Sweden | 46 | Soviet Union | 44 |
Sweden | Total | Soviet Union | Total | ||||||||||
Anders Michanek | 18 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 69 | Grigori Khlinovsky | 13 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 48 | ||
Tommy Jansson | 17 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 49 | Valeri Gordeev | 13 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 34 | ||
Tommy Johansson | 3 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 34 | Anatoli Kuzmin | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 28 | ||
Bengt Jansson | 11 | 14 | - | - | 25 | Vladimir Zaplechny | 8 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 23 | ||
Bernt Persson | 3 | 11 | - | - | 14 | Viktor Trofimov | - | 6 | 7 | 9 | 22 | ||
Hans Johansson | - | - | - | 10 | 10 | Vladimir Paznikov | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 | ||
Richard Hellsen | - | - | 9 | - | 9 | Alexander Pavlov | 2 | - | 6 | - | 8 | ||
Thomas Pettersson | - | 8 | - | - | 8 | ||||||||
Leif Enecrona | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
Stefan Salmonsson | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | ||||||||
Lars Jansson | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | ||||||||
Peter Smith | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | ||||||||
Borje Klingberg | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Leif Johansson | - | 0 | - | - | 0 |
1973 programmes from Eskilstuna, Norrkoping, and Stockholm ... |
... and 2 different colours for the Mariestad programme |
1974 | Sweden won series 4-0 | ||||
19.09 : Stockholm (Att : 3,500) | Sweden | 66 | Soviet Union | 42 | |
21.09 : Mariestad | Sweden | 66 | Soviet Union | 41 | |
22.09 : Malilla | Sweden | 55 | Soviet Union | 52 | |
26.09 : Kumla (Att : 2,477) | Sweden | 75 | Soviet Union | 33 |
Sweden | Total | Soviet Union | Total | ||||||||||
Anders Michanek | 17 | - | 16 | 13 | 46 | Valeri Gordeev | 14 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 43 | ||
Tommy Jansson | 8 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 43 | Grigori Khlinovsky | 14 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 38 | ||
Bernt Persson | 8 | 16 | - | 8 | 32 | V Rochanchuk | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 28 | ||
Christer Lofqvist | - | 9 | 7 | 15 | 31 | Tommy Nilsson*^ | - | - | 7 | 12 | 19 | ||
Tommy Johansson | 9 | - | 15 | - | 24 | Mikhail Starostin | 1 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 16 | ||
Bengt Jansson | 6 | - | 0 | 14 | 20 | Vladimir Nesterov | 11 | 3 | - | - | 14 | ||
Tommy Nilsson^ | 17 | - | - | - | 17 | Jan Simensen* | - | - | 10 | - | 10 | ||
Borje Klingberg^ | - | 15 | - | - | 15 | Borje Klingberg*^ | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | ||
Soren Karlsson | - | - | - | 12 | 12 | Tommy Weden* | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | ||
Bengt Larsson | - | 7 | - | - | 7 | ||||||||
Karl-Erik Claesson | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | * guest | |||||||
Sigge Johansson | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | ^ rode for both teams | |||||||
Sven-E Andersson | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
Mariestad | Kall Haage | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | |||||||
Per-Ake Gerhardsson | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Richard Hellsen | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | ||||||||
Hakan Karlsson | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | ||||||||
Kenneth Selmosson | - | 0 | - | - | 0 |
Malilla |
1976 | Sweden won series 3-1 | ||||
22.09 : Norrkoping | Sweden | 76 | Soviet Union | 31 | |
25.09 : Stockholm | Sweden | 65 | Soviet Union | 43 | |
26.09 : Avesta | Sweden | 50 | Soviet Union | 57 | |
28.09 : Eskilstuna | Sweden | 63 | Soviet Union | 45 |
Sweden | Total | Soviet Union | Total | ||||||||||
Bernt Persson | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 67 | Valeri Gordeev | 12 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 48 | ||
Anders Michanek | 18 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 65 | Grigori Khlinovsky | 6 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 36 | ||
Soren Karlsson | 5 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 32 | Vladimir Gordeev | 1 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 34 | ||
Richard Hellsen | 8 | 8 | 1 | - | 17 | Viktor Trofimov | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | ||
Lars-Ake Andersson | 7 | - | - | 9 | 16 | V Kuznetsov | - | 1 | 8 | 6 | 15 | ||
Bengt Jansson | 11 | - | - | 2 | 13 | V Paznikov | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 11 | ||
Jan Andersson | 10 | - | - | - | 10 | S Djuzhef | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | ||
Christer Lofqvist | - | 2 | - | 8 | 10 | Mikhail Starostin | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | ||
Stefan Salmonsson | - | 2 | - | 8 | 10 | ||||||||
Tommy Nilsson | - | 7 | - | 0 | 7 | ||||||||
Eddie Davidsson | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | ||||||||
Christer Sjosten | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | ||||||||
Kjell Bergstrom | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | ||||||||
Sven Nilsson | - | 0 | - | - | 0 |
Contributors : Tom Marriott, Anders Aberg, Roger Stevens, Vic Butcher, David Austin |
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