1963 Speedway World Team Cup

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 edit


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

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)

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

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

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)

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,-)

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^ 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.