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WORLD TEAM CUP 1961
1960

{short description of image} The first World Team Cup trophy was presented by the Polish weekly magazine "Motor". It was an antique silver vase, over 200 years old, from the 18th century reign of the Polish King, Stanislaw August.

It was originally planned in 1958 to give the trophy to the FIM for a proposed new competition to find the best CLUB team in Europe. But most countries had no league to determine their club champions, so the competition was still-born. However, the trophy had already been inscribed The Europe Challenge Trophy - presented by the Polish Motor Weekly to the Best Club Speedway Team

Then a European National Team competition was suggested, and a trial meeting was staged at Oberhausen in September 1959 (results here). It was a success, and the new World (as opposed to European) Team Cup was launched in 1960, with the Motor trophy being presented to the winners.

In 1964, after winning the trophy for the third consecutive year, Sweden were presented with the trophy to keep. It is held by SVEMO - still, of course, with the original inscription. The editors of Motor provided a new trophy for the 1965 season.

BRITISH ROUND (Winner to Final)
18.07 : Wimbledon England 35 New Zealand 28 Australia 18 Challengers 15
21.07 : Oxford England 24 New Zealand 27 Australia 22 Challengers 23
05.08 : Swindon England 33 New Zealand 23 Australia 12 Challengers 28
10.08 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) England 42 New Zealand 28 Australia 20 Challengers 6
Aggregate scores England 134 New Zealand 106 Australia 72 Challengers 72
The new competition got off to an excellent start in the U.K, with all four meetings being packed with top class racing. With one rider from each country in each heat, the race formula was credited with supplying cut-throat racing as supplied by individual events, rather than team riding. Peter Craven dominated the series, suffering just one defeat, to Ronnie Moore in the last of his 16 rides.

England Pts New Zealand Pts Australia Pts Challengers Pts
Peter Craven 12 12 12 11 47 Ronnie Moore 11 11 9 11 42 Chum Taylor 4 10 5 5 24 Mike Broadbank - 7 9 - 16
Ron How 8 4 11 10 33 Barry Briggs 11 9 5 5 30 Jack Young 6 2 1 8 17 Nigel Boocock - 5 6 - 11
Ken McKinlay - 3 4 12 19 Ron Johnston 5 4 5 6 20 Ray Cresp - - 3 6 9 George White 5 4 - 1 10
Nigel Boocock 9 - - 9 18 Bob Duckworth 0 3 4 6 13 Peter Moore 5 3 - 1 9 Peter Moore - - 8 - 8
Eric Williams 6 5 - - 11 Trevor Redmond 1† 0† - - 1 Jack Geran 2† 3 - - 5 Eric Williams - - 5 3 8
Bob Andrews - - 5 † 5 Bryce Subritzky - - - † - Jack Biggs - 4† - - 4 Ronnie Genz 0† 7 - - 7
Ian Williams - - 1† - 1 Aub Lawson 1 - 3† 0† 4 Ken McKinlay 7 - - - 7
Mike Broadbank † - - - - Neil Street - - 0 - 0 Bob Andrews 2 † - - 2
Gordon McGregor - 0† - - 0 Dick Fisher - - - 1 1
Neil Street 1 - - - 1
Arthur Wright - - - 1 1
Tony Robinson - - - 0† 0

1st Leg - Wimbledon 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total
1 Ron How © 2 2 3 1 8
2 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 12
3 Eric Williams 1 2 1 2 6
4 Nigel Boocock 3 2 2 2 9
5 Mike Broadbank † -
ENGLAND 2 5 6 9 11 14 16 18 21 24 25 27 30 31 33 35 35
1 Ronnie Moore © 2 3 3 3 11
2 Barry Briggs 3 2 3 3 11
3 Ron Johnston 0 1 2 2 5
4 Bob Duckworth 0 0 0 - 0
5 Trevor Redmond † 1 1
NEW ZEALAND 3 5 5 5 8 10 11 11 11 13 16 19 20 22 25 28 28
1 Jack Young 1 3 2 0 6
2 Peter Moore 3 0 1 1 5
3 Aub Lawson 1 0 0 - 1
4 Chum Taylor 2 0 1 1 4
5 Jack Geran † 2 2
AUSTRALIA 1 2 5 7 7 7 7 10 11 12 14 14 16 16 17 18 18
1 Ken McKinlay © 2 1 1 3 7
2 George White 0 3 2 0 5
3 Bob Andrews 1 1 0 - 2
4 Neil Street 0 1 0 0 1
5 Ronnie Genz † ef 0
CHALLENGERS 0 0 2 3 4 5 8 9 11 11 11 12 12 15 15 15 15
Time 64.8 64.6 66.0 66.2 65.0 67.2 66.4 66.4 67.2 65.4 66.0 66.6 66.7 67.4 67.0 66.8
Reserves Scratch: Genz, Geran, Broadbank, Redmond 67.8
Captains' Scratch: Briggs, How, McKinlay, Young 66.6		 International Scratch: Williams, Boocock, Geran, White 67.4
British Scratch: Andrews, Genz, Broadbank, Lawson

2nd Leg - Oxford 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total
1 Ron Johnston 1 0 2 1 4
2 Ronnie Moore 2 3 3 3 11
3 Barry Briggs 3 3 ef 3 9
4 Bob Duckworth 0 - 2 1 3
5 Trevor Redmond † 0 0
NEW ZEALAND 1 3 6 6 9 9 9 12 14 14 17 19 20 23 24 27 27
1 Ken McKinlay 3 0 ef - 3
2 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 12
3 Ron How ef 2 2 ef 4
4 Eric Williams 2 1 1 1 5
5 Gordon McGregor † 0 0
ENGLAND 3 6 6 8 8 11 13 14 14 17 19 20 23 23 23 24 24
1 Ronnie Genz 2 2 1 2 7
2 Nigel Boocock 1 1 3 0 5
3 Mike Broadbank 1 2 3 1 7
4 George White 1 1 ef 2 4
5 (no rider) † -
CHALLENGERS 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 11 14 15 15 18 20 21 23 23 23
1 Peter Moore 0 1 - 2 3
2 Jack Young 0 2 0 - 2
3 Jack Geran 2 0 1 ef 3
4 Chum Taylor 3 3 2 2 10
5 Jack Biggs † 1 3 4
AUSTRALIA 0 0 2 5 7 8 11 11 12 14 15 15 15 17 20 22 22
Time 65.6 65.4 66.8 66.6 66.2 66.2 66.8 66.2 65.6 65.0 66.6 67.0 66.0 66.8 67.0 66.8
Reserves Scratch: Andrews, McGregor, Biggs, Redmond
Lowest Scorers' Scratch: Mckinlay, Duckworth, Young, White		 Stadium Scratch: Briggs, Genz, Andrews, McGregor
Highest Scorers' Scratch: Craven, Taylor, Broadbank, R Moore

3rd Leg - Swindon 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total
1 Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 12
2 Ron How 3 3 2 3 11
3 Bob Andrews 2 1 1 1 5
4 Ken McKinlay 3 0 - 1 4
5 Ian Williams † 1 1
ENGLAND 3 6 8 11 14 17 18 18 21 23 24 25 28 31 32 33 33
1 Mike Broadbank 1 3 3 2 9
2 Eric Williams 1 0 2 2 5
3 Peter Moore 3 1 3 1 8
4 Nigel Boocock 1 1 3 1 6
5 (no rider) † -
CHALLENGERS 1 2 5 6 7 8 8 11 13 16 19 22 23 24 26 28 28
1 Barry Briggs 0 0 2 3 5
2 Ronnie Moore 2 2 2 3 9
3 Bob Duckworth 0 2 0 2 4
4 Ron Johnston
 2 2 1 ex 5
5 (no rider) † -
NEW ZEALAND 0 2 2 4 6 6 8 10 10 11 13 15 17 17 20 23 23
1 Chum Taylor 2 3 0 0 5
2 Neil Street 0 - 0 - 0
3 Jack Young 1 0 0 - 1
4 Ray Cresp 0 2 1 0 3
5 Aub Lawson † 1 2 0 3
AUSTRALIA 2 2 3 3 3 5 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 12 12 12 12
Time 73.2 73.4 75.0 74.5 72.0* 74.8 75.0 73.4 72.0* 74.8 73.4 74.4 73.8 73.4 74.6 75.2
* Craven twice equalled the track record

4th Leg - Belle Vue 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total
1 Peter Craven 3 3 3 2 11
2 Ron How 2 3 2 3 10
3 Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 12
4 Nigel Boocock 2 2 3 2 9
5 Bob Andrews † -
ENGLAND 3 5 8 10 13 16 19 21 24 26 29 32 35 37 40 42 42
1 Ron Johnston 1 2 2 1 6
2 Ronnie Moore 3 3 2 3 11
3 Barry Briggs 0 1 3 1 5
4 Bob Duckworth 3 1 2 0 6
5 Bryce Subritzky † -
NEW ZEALAND 1 4 4 7 8 9 11 14 16 19 21 23 24 27 27 28 28
1 Jack Young 2 2 1 3 8
2 Chum Taylor 1 2 nf 2 5
3 Ray Cresp 2 1 1 2 6
4 Peter Moore 0 - 1 0 1
5 Aub Lawson † 0 0
AUSTRALIA 2 3 5 5 7 9 9 10 11 12 13 13 15 15 17 20 20
1 Dick Fisher 0 0 0 1 1
2 Arthur Wright 0 1 nf 0 1
3 Eric Williams 1 0 1 1 3
4 George White 1 nf 1
5 Tony Robinson † 0 0 0
CHALLENGERS 0 0 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 6
Time 71.4 72.6 73.8 74.0 76.4 74.8 74.0 74.6 74.2 74.4 74.4 75.6 74.0 74.0 75.4 75.2

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CENTRAL EUROPEAN ROUND (Winner to Final) 31.07 : Plzen, Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia 47 West Germany 26 Austria 13 Holland 8
Stanislav Svoboda 12 Josef Hofmeister 9 Ferdinand Troner 5 Hans van der Sluis 3
Frantisek Richter 12 Alfred Aberl 8 Josef Bossner 3 Tonny Kroeze 3
Lubos Tomicek 12 Josef Seidl 7 Kurt Schwingenschlogl 3 Thei Bisschops 2
Antonin Kasper 11 Hans Jager 2 Erich Luther 1
Leopold Dolanski 1

SCANDINAVIAN ROUND (Winner to Final) (Att: 6,000) 09.06 : Odense, Denmark
Sweden 43 Denmark 25 Norway 21 Finland 7
Ove Fundin 12 Arne Pander 10 Aage Hansen 11 Kalevi Lahtinen 3
Rune Sormander 11 Hans P Boiisen 7 Rolf Mellerud 3 Antti Pajari 2
Olle Nygren 10 Kurt W Pedersen 6 Nils K Paulsen 3 Timo Laine 1
Alf Jonsson 10 Svend Nissen 2 Rolf Westerberg 3 Valle Seliverstov 1
Poul Wissing 0 Sverre Harrfeldt 1 Aulis Lethonen 0

EAST EUROPEAN ROUND (Winner to Final)
Poland v East Germany v Hungary v Yugoslavia
Awarded to Poland by the F.I.M when their opponents failed to contest the round.

FINAL Att: 11,420 (official) 02.09 : Gothenburg (Ullevi Stadium), Sweden
Sweden 44 England 30 Czechoslovakia 15 Poland 7

Gothenburg 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total
Rune Sormander 3 2 3 3 11
Ove Fundin 3 3 3 3 12
Olle Nygren 3 3 3 3 12
Bjorn Knutsson 3 ef 3 3 9
Gote Nordin † -
SWEDEN 3 6 9 12 15 17 17 20 23 26 29 32 35 38 41 44 44
Peter Craven 2 2 2 2 8
Ron How 2 3 2 f,ns 7
Ken McKinlay 2 3 1 2 8
Nigel Boocock 1 0 - - 1
George White † 2 2 2 6
ENGLAND 2 4 6 7 9 12 15 15 17 19 20 22 24 26 28 30 30
Lubos Tomicek 0 2 1 1 4
Jaroslav Mahac 1 1 1 0 3
Frantisek Richter 1 1 1 ef 3
Antonin Kasper 2 0 2 1 5
Bohumil Bartonek † -
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0 1 2 4 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 13 14 14 15 15 15
Konstanty Pociejkowicz 1 2 ex 0 3
Marian Kaiser 0 1 0 1 2
Mieczyslaw Polukard 0 1 0 1 2
Jan Malinowski ef 0 f 0 0
Bronislaw Rogal † -
POLAND 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7
78.4 75.5* 78.2 78.1 77.0 77.5 78.7 78.2 77.3 77.2 78.2 76.9 78.1 76.7 78.6 78.9

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Plzen Gothenburg Odense

Contributors : Vladimir Kovar, Roger Stevens, Andy Marlow, Stanislaw Szczucinski, Jonas Holmqvist,
David Austin, Robert Browne, Harry Susemihl
† = reserve Pts = Points Rides = Rides * = track record
1961

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