1964 Speedway World Team Cup

1964 Speedway World Team Cup
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1964 Speedway World Team Cup was the fifth FIM Speedway World Team Cup season. The final took place in Abensberg, West Germany. The World Champion title was won by Sweden (34 pts) who beat Soviet Union (27 pts), Great Britain (21 pts) and Poland (16 pts).

Format

Qualifying rounds

Semi-finals

Final

Kraków, Poland

Hillerød, Denmark

Poland

45

Sweden

44

Czechoslovakia

33

Denmark

27

West Germany

14

Finland

15

Abensberg, West Germany

Austria

4

Norway

10

Sweden

34

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Soviet Union

25

Great Britain

21

Svestosarevo, Yugoslavia

Lviv, Soviet Union

Poland

16

Soviet Union

40

Soviet Union

37

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Bulgaria

24

Poland

34

Yugoslavia

12

Czechoslovakia

23

Key:

East Germany

12

Yugoslavia

2

Qualify to the Final

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Qualify to the Semi-final

Qualification

Continental Semi-Final 1

• May 25
• Nowa Huta, Kraków

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
		Poland	45	Andrzej Wyglenda - 12 (3,3,3,3) Andrzej Pogorzelski - 12 (3,3,3,3) Zbigniew Podlecki - 11 Marian Kaiser - 10 Edmund Migos - NS
		Czechoslovakia	33	Stanislav Kubiček - 9 Antonin Kasper, Sr. - 8 Karel Pruša - 8 Jaroslav Wolf - 8 Frantisek Ledecky - NS
		West Germany	14	Manfred Poschenrieder - 6 Alfred Aberl - 3 Alois Frach - 3 Otto Lantenhammer - 2 Sebastian Wiesent - NS
4		Austria	4	Kurt Schwingenschlögl - 2 Gunther Walla - 1 Ludwig Löscher - 1 Ernst Glassner - 0

Continental Semi-Final 2

• May 25
• Svestosarevo

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
		Soviet Union	48	Igor Plechanov - 12 (3,3,3,3) Boris Samorodov - 12 (3,3,3,3) Gennady Kurilenko - 12 (3,3,3,3) Vitaly Shilo - 12 (3,3,3,3)
		Bulgaria	24	Milko Pejkov - 8 Gavril Macev - 8 Simeon Lukanov - 4 Krasimir Sokolov - 4
		Yugoslavia	12	Slobodan Dzudovic - 5 Valentin Medved - 3 Drago Perko - 2 Drago Regvard - 2
4		East Germany	12	Günther Schelenz - 5 Jochen Dinse - 5 Peter Hehlert - 2 Jürgen Hehlert - NS

Scandinavian Round

• June 6
• Hillerød

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
		Sweden	44	Bjorn Knutsson - 12 (3,3,3,3) Gote Nordin - 12 (3,3,3,3) Rune Sormander - 12 (3,3,3,3) Per Tage Svensson - 6 Per Olaf Söderman - 2
		Denmark	27	Kurt W. Petersen - 9 Paul Wissing - 7 John S. Andersen - 6 Hans P. Boysen - 5 Ole Kläbel - NS
		Finland	15	Kalevi Lahtinen - 7 Ilkka Helminen - 5 Matti Olin - 3 Taisto Mattila - 0 Veikko Metsähuone - NS
4		Norway	10	Reidar Eide - 5 Per Aulie - 3 Cato Agnor - 1 Jonny Faafeng - 1 Henry Harrfeldt - NS

Continental Final

• Lviv

Pos.		National team	Pts.
1		Soviet Union	48
2		Bulgaria	24
3		Yugoslavia	12
4		East Germany	12

World final

• Abensberg, Abensberg Speedwaystadion

Pos.		National team	Pts.
		Sweden	34
		Soviet Union	25
		Great Britain	21
4		Poland	16

See also

• 1964 Individual Speedway World Championship
• motorcycle speedway