1963 Individual Speedway World Championship

1963 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1963 Individual Speedway World Championship.

British Qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
10 June	Cradley Heath	Ivor Brown	Maury Mattingley	Cliff Cox
10 June	Newcastle	Ivan Mauger	Brian Craven	Brian Brett
10 June	Exeter	Len Silver	Peter Vandenberg	Ross Gilbertson
11 June	St Austell	George Hunter	John Hart	John Dews
11 June	New Cross	Ivor Brown	Reg Luckhurst	Wayne Briggs
11 June	Long Eaton	Charlie Monk	Graham Warren	Chris Julian
12 June	Poole	Brian Brett	Ross Gilbertson	Reg Luckhurst
12 June	Hackney	Norman Hunter	Trevor Hedge	Colin Pratt
13 June	Sheffield	Jack Kitchen	Graham Warren	Clive Featherby
13 June	Middlesbrough	Peter Vanderberg	Eric Boothroyd	Eric Boocock
14 June	Wolverhampton	Ivan Mauger	George Hunter	Maury Mattingley
15 June	Stoke	Jack Kitchen	Colin Pratt	Peter Jarman
15 June	Rayleigh	Clive Featherby	Ken Adams	Tommy Roper
15 June	Edinburgh	Doug Templeton	Jimmy Squibb	Wayne Briggs
22 June	Edinburgh	Ivan Mauger	Eric Boothroyd	George Hunter
29 June	Coventry	Ron Mountford	Doug Templeton	Jack Geran
1 July	Wimbledon	Mike Broadbanks	Ron How	Bob Andrews
2 July	Southampton	Barry Briggs	Dick Fisher	Peter Craven
4 July	Oxford	Peter Craven	Barry Briggs	Ken McKinlay
5 July	Swindon	Mike Broadbanks	Ron How	Nigel Boocock
10 July	Belle Vue	Ken McKinlay	Dick Fisher	Brian Brett
12 July	Norwich	Peter Craven	Peter Moore	Jimmy Gooch
Semi-Finals
22 July	Wimbledon	Peter Craven	Barry Briggs	Nigel Boocock
23 July	Southampton	Barry Briggs	Peter Craven	Peter Moore
26 July	Norwich	Barry Briggs	Ronnie Moore	Peter Craven

Scandinavian Qualifications

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Qualifications
28 April	Vetlanda	Bjorn Knutsson	Ove Fundin	Per Tage Svensson
1 May	Visby	Rune Sormander	Ove Fundin	Willihard Thorsson
5 May	Malilla	Per Olaf Soderman	Arne Karlson	Goran Norlen
Semifinals
10 May	Hillerod	Ove Fundin	Per Olaf Soderman	Olle Nygren
6 June	Oslo	Gote Nordin	Bjorn Knutsson	Goran Norlen
Final
9 June	Växjö	Ove Fundin	Bjorn Knutsson	Gote Nordin

Scandinavian Final

• June 9, 1963
• Växjö
• First 8 to European Final

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Ove Fundin	3,3,3,3,3	15
2	Bjorn Knutsson		12
3	Gote Nordin		12
4	Sverre Hartfeldt		11
5	Arne Carlsson		9
6	Per-Tage Svensson		9
7	Bernt Nilsson		9
8	Per-Olaf Soderman		8
9	Goran Norlen		8
10	Timo Laine		8
11	Rune Sormander		7
12	GSoren Sjosten		5
13	Leif Larsson		3
14	Ake Andersson		2
15	Knut W.Petersen		1
16	Olle Nygren		0
R1	Arne Pander		0

Continental Round

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Quarter-Finals
9 May	Prague	Igor Plechanov	Antonin Kasper, Sr.	Henryk Zyto
12 May	Linz	Luboš Tomíček, Sr.	Evald Babic	Manfred Poschendrieder
12 May	Ufa	Farid Shajnurov	Andrzej Pogorzelski	Miroslav Smid
12 May	Kranja	Boris Samorodov	Gennady Kurilenko	Marian Kaiser
Semi-Finals
3 June	Abensberg	Josef Hofmeister	Boris Samorodov	Pawel Waloszek
3 June	Lvov	Stanislaw Tkocz	Igor Plechanov	Henryk Zyto
Continental Final
23 June	Wroclaw	Stanislaw Tkocz	Boris Samorodov	Antonin Kasper, Sr.
European Final
27 August	Goteborg	Bjorn Knutsson	Ove Fundin	Per Olaf Soderman

Continental Final

• June 23, 1963
• Wroclaw
• First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos
	(13) Stanislaw Tkocz	15				3	3							3		3					3		15	1
	(9) Boris Samorodov	12			2		2						3					3		2			12	2
	(14) Antonin Kasper, Sr.	11				2		3					1		3							2	11	3
4	(16) Joachim Maj	9				0				3	3						3			E			9	4
5	(1) Marian Kaiser	9	3				1				2				E				3				9	5
6	(2) Igor Plechanov	9	0					2				2				2				3			9	6
7	(12) Luboš Tomíček, Sr.	9			1					2		3			2						1		9	7
8	(10) Henryk Zyto	9			3			1						1			2		2				9	8
9	(4) Josef Hofmeister	9	1							1				2				2				3	9	9
10	(3) Stanislav Kubicek	8	2						2				2				F				2		8	10
11	(7) Pawel Waloszek	6		3					1					E	1					1			6	11
12	(15) Andrzej Pogorzelski	4				1			3			E						0					4	12
13	(8) Marian Rose	4		2						0			0			1			1				4	13
14	(6) Manfred Poschendrieder	3		1				0			1							1			0		3	14
15	(5) Jurij Chekranov	2		0			0					1					1					0	2	15
16	(11) Vitalij Shilo	1			0				0		0					0						1	1	16
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside

European Final

• August 28, 1963
• Goteborg
• First 8 to World Final

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos
	(8) Bjorn Knutsson	15		3						3			3			3			3				15	1
	(5) Ove Fundin	13		1			3					3					3					3	13	2
	(2) Per-Olof Soderman	10	3					2				2				1				2			10	3
4	(1) Arne Carlsson	10	2				2				3				1				2				10	4
5	(11) Boris Samorodov	9			3				3		1					2						0	9	5
6	(14) Sverre Harrfeldt	9				F		3					1		3							2	9	6
7	(7) Gote Nordin	9		2					2					0	2					3			9	7
8	(16) Per-Tage Svensson	9				3				2	2						1			1			9	8
9	(3) Antonín Kasper, Sr.	8	1						1				2				2				2		8	9
10	(13) Henryk Zyto	7				1	X							3		0					3		7	10
11	(6) Igor Plechanov	4		0				1			0							3			0		4	11
12	(4) Bernt Nilsson	4	0							1				2				0				1	4	12
13	(12) Stanislaw Tkocz	4			2					0		1			F						1		4	13
14	(15) Marian Kaiser	4				2			0			0						1	1				4	14
15	(9) Lubos Tomicek, Sr.	3			0		1						0					2		0			3	15
16	(10) Joachim Maj	2			1			0						1			0		0				2	16
R1	(R1) Josef Hoffmeister	0																					0	R1
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside

World Final

• September 14, 1963
• London, Wembley Stadium

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos
	(9) Ove Fundin	14			3		3						2					3		3			14	1
	(8) Björn Knutsson	13		2						2			3			3			3				13	2
	(12) Barry Briggs	12			1					3		3			3						2		12	3
4	(11) Boris Samorodov	11			0				3		3					2						3	11	4
5	(13) Göte Nordin	10				3	2							3		1					1		10	5
6	(3) Sverre Harrfeldt	10	2						2				1				2				3		10	6
7	(1) Nigel Boocock	8	3				1				1				2				1				8	7
8	(16) Leo McAuliffe	7				2				E	2						3			0			7	8
9	(10) Ron How	7			2			3						F			F		2				7	9
10	(6) Peter Craven	6		3				1			F							2			0		6	10
11	(7) Peter Moore	6		1					1					1	1					2			6	11
12	(5) Per Olof Söderman	5		0			0					2					1					2	5	12
13	(4) Dick Fisher	5	1							1				2				0				1	5	13
14	(2) Jim Lightfoot	4	E					2				1				0				1			4	14
15	(14) Per Tage Svensson	1				1		F					0		0							0	1	15
16	(15) Arne Carlsson	1				0			0			0						1	0				1	16
R1	(R1) Tadeusz Teodorowicz	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Ron Mountford	0																					0	R2
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside