1963 Speedway World Team Cup

4th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition

1963 Speedway World Team Cup was the fourth edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The final took place in Vienna, Austria. The World Champion title was won by Sweden (37 pts) who beat Czechoslovakia (27 pts), Great Britain (25 pts) and Poland (7 pts).^[4]

Format


Semifinals		Final

23 May - Målilla, Sweden (details)

Sweden	48

Norway	22

Denmark	18

Finland	8

Canceled (details)

Great Britain	–

–	–
		31 August - Vienna, Austria (details)
–	–
		Sweden	37
–	–
		Czechoslovakia	27
13 June - Olching, West Germany (details)
		Great Britain	25
Czechoslovakia	41
		Poland	7
West Germany	39

Yugoslavia	8

Austria	7

4 August - Ufa, Soviet Union (details)

Poland	40

Soviet Union	39

East Germany	15

Bulgaria	1

Qualification

Nordic Round

23 May
Målilla Motorbana, Målilla

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
	Sweden	48	Arne Carlsson - 12 (3,3,3,3) Björn Knutson - 12 (3,3,3,3) Per Olof Söderman - 12 (3,3,3,3) Per Tage Svensson - 12 (3,3,3,3)
	Norway	22	Aage Hansen - 7 (2,1,2,2) Jon Ødegaard - 6 (1,2,1,2) Cato Agnor - 5 (2,0,1,2) Reidar Eide - 4 (1,1,1,1)
	Denmark	18	Paul Wissing - 8 (2,2,2,2) Erik Kastebo - 4 (0,2,2,0) Hans Möller - 4 (2,1,0,1) Einar Hansen - 2 (1,0,0,1)
4	Finland	8	Esko Koponen - 5 (0,2,2,1) Matti Olin - 3 (1,1,1,0) Martti Assinen - 0 (0,0,0,0) Kari Ala-Sippola - 0 (0,0,0,0)

British Round

The British Round was cancelled. Great Britain was seeded to the Final.

Central European Round

13 June
Olching, Olching Speedwaybahn

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
	Czechoslovakia	41	Antonín Kasper Sr. - 11 Stanislav Kubíček - 10 Karel Průša - 10 Luboš Tomíček Sr. - 10
	West Germany	39	Josef Hofmeister - 12 (3,3,3,3) Manfred Poschenreider - 10 Heinrich Sprenger - 9 Alfred Aberl - 8
	Yugoslavia	8	Evald Babic - 3 Damijan Klasnetic - 3 Drago Perko - 2 Milan Kalisnik - 0
4	Austria	7	Kurt Schwingenschlögl - 4 Günther Walla - 3 Wilfried Vacano - 0 Leopold Dolansky - 0

East European Round

4 August
Stroitel Stadium, Ufa

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
	Poland	40	Antoni Woryna - 6 (2,2,2,-) Marian Kaiser - 10 (3,2,2,3) Joachim Maj - 2 (2,-,-,-) Henryk Żyto - 12 (3,3,3,3) Andrzej Pogorzelski - 10 (-,2,3,3\2)
	Soviet Union	39	Boris Samorodov - 11 (2,3,3,3) Igor Plekhanov - 9 (2,3,2,2) Gennady Kurilenko - 10 (3,3,2,2) Viktor Shilo - NS Leonid Drobyazko - 9 (3,1,3,2)
	East Germany	16	Jochen Dinse - 4 (0,2,1,1) Jürgen Hehlert - 4 (1,1,1,1) Günther Schelenz - 4 (1,1,1,1) Jürgen Rudolph - 4 (1,1,1,1) Heino Niemann - NS
4	Bulgaria	1	Milko Pejkov - 1 (1,0,-,-) Boris Damjanov - 0 (-,0,0,0) Krasimir Sokolov - 0 (0,0,0,0) Gavril Macev - 0 (0,0,-,0) Aleksander Stojanov - 0 (0,-,0\0,0)

World final

31 August
Vienna, Stadion Wien

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
	Sweden	37	Björn Knutson - 11 (3,3,3,2) Per Olof Söderman - 10 (3,3,1,3) Ove Fundin - 7 (2,2,-,3) Göte Nordin - 6 (3,2,0,1) res. Rune Sörmander - 3 (-,-,3,-)
	Czechoslovakia	27	Antonín Kasper Sr. - 10 (2,3,2,3) Stanislav Kubíček - 7 (1,1,3,2) Miroslav Šmíd - 5 (2,1,1,1) Luboš Tomíček Sr. - 5 (0,1,2,2)
	Great Britain	25	Barry Briggs - 12 (3,3,3,3) Peter Craven - 8 (2,2,2,2) Dick Fisher - 4 (0,2,1,1) Peter Moore - 1 (0,0,0,1) res. Leo McAuliffe - NS
4	Poland	7	Henryk Żyto - 4 (1,1,2,0) Marian Kaiser - 1 (0,0,1,0) Joachim Maj - 1 (1,0,-,0) Stanisław Tkocz - 1 (1,0,0,0) res. Andrzej Pogorzelski - 0 (-,-,0,-)

References

^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 98. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 12 July 2021.