1965 Speedway World Team Cup

1965 Speedway World Team Cup

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1965 Speedway World Team Cup was the sixth edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The final took place at the Illerstadion in Kempten, West Germany. The World Champion title was won by Poland. ^{[4] [5]}

Format

	Qualifying round					Semifinals					Final
						Odense, Denmark ( details )
						Sweden		45
						Norway		23
	Olching, West Germany ( details )					Finland		19			Kempten, West Germany ( details )
	Poland		39			Denmark		9			Poland		38
	Czechoslovakia		32								Sweden		33
	West Germany		21			Ufa, Soviet Union ( details )					Great Britain**		18
	Austria		4			Poland		37			Soviet Union		7
						Soviet Union		30
	Meissen, East Germany ( details )					Czechoslovakia		27
	Soviet Union		45			East Germany		2
	Poland*		25
	East Germany		13
	East Germany II*		11

* Replacement teams not eligible to qualify
** Great Britain seeded to the final

Qualification

Continental Semi-Final 1 1 August Olching Speedwaybahn, Olching Pos. National team Pts. Riders   Poland 39 Zbigniew Podlecki – 11 Jan Mucha – 10 Paweł Waloszek – 10 Joachim Maj – 8   Czechoslovakia 32 Luboš Tomíček Sr. – 10 Antonín Kasper Sr. – 8 Pavel Mares – 7 Jaroslav Volf – 7 Frantisek Ledecky – NS   West Germany 21 Heinrich Sprenger – 6 Manfred Poschenreider – 5 Otto Lantenhammer – 5 Rainer Jüngling – 3 Fred Aberl – 2 4   Austria 4 Kurt Schwingenschlögl – 2 Johann Kühr – 2 Alfred Rinzner – 0 Günther Walla – 0 Continental Semi-Final 2 1 August Meissen Speedway Stadium, Meissen Pos. National team Pts. Riders   Soviet Union 48 Igor Plekhanov – 12 (3,3,3,3) Gennady Kurilenko – 12 (3,3,3,3) Vladimir Sokolov – 12 (3,3,3,3) Yuri Chekranov – 9 Gabdrakhman Kadyrov – NS   Poland* 25 Adolf Slabon – 9 Konstanty Pociejkewicz – 8 Bogdan Jaroszewicz – 5 Piotr Bruzda – 3 Wladislaw Wawszczyk – 0   East Germany 13 Jochen Dinse – 6 Jürgen Hehlert – 4 Hans Jürgen Fritz – 2 Heino Niemann – 1 Peter Liebing – 0 4   East Germany II* 11 Bruno Bülau – 5 Günther Schelenz – 4 Jürgen Rudolph – 1 Peter Hehlert – 1 Jochen Hetmank – NS

Scandinavian Round 14 May Odense Athletics Stadium, Odense Pos. National team Pts. Riders   Sweden 45 Bengt Jansson – 12 (3,3,3,3) Bo Josefsson – 12 (3,3,3,3) Per Olof Söderman – 12 (3,3,3,3) Bjorn Knutson – 9   Norway 23 Henry Harrfeldt – 7 Per Aulie – 6 Sverre Harrfeldt – 6 Nils Paulsen – 4   Finland 19 Timo Laine – 8 Kalevi Lahtinen – 7 Matti Olin – 3 Olavi Turunen – 1 Heikki Kaprali – 0 4   Denmark 9 Erik Kastebo – 5 Svend Nissen – 2 John S. Andersen – 1 Einar Hansen – 1 Continental Final 22 August Stroitel Stadium, Ufa Pos. National team Pts. Riders   Poland 37 Andrzej Wyglenda – 11 (3,2,3,3) Andrzej Pogorzelski – 11 (3,3,3,2) Zbigniew Podlecki – 9 (2,3,3,1) Antoni Woryna – 6 (3,1,0,2) Paweł Waloszek – NS   Soviet Union 30 Igor Plekhanov – 10 (3,2,2,3) Yuri Chekranov – 9 (2,3,2,2) Gennady Kurilenko – 5 (1,1,2,1) Viktor Trofimov – 5 (-,2,1,2) Vladimir Sokolov – 1 (1,-,-,-)   Czechoslovakia 27 Jaroslav Volf – 10 (2,3,2,3) Luboš Tomíček Sr. – 7 (1,2,3,1) Antonín Kasper Sr. – 5 (0,1,1,3) Stanislav Kubíček – 5 (2,1,1,1) Pavel Mares – NS 4   East Germany 2 Jochen Dinse – 1 (0,0,1,0) Günther Schelenz – 1 (1,0,0,0) Hans-Jürgen Fritz – 0 (0,0,0,0) Jürgen Hehlert – 0 (0,0,0,0) Heino Niemann – NS

World final

• 5 September
• Illerstadion, Kempten

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
		Poland	38	Andrzej Wyglenda – 11 (3,3,3,2) Andrzej Pogorzelski – 11 (3,3,3,2) Antoni Woryna – 9 (1,2,3,3) Zbigniew Podlecki – 7 (1,2,2,2) Paweł Waloszek – NS
		Sweden	34	Bjorn Knutson – 11 (3,3,2,3) Ove Fundin – 8 (ef,3,2,3) Bengt Jansson – 8 (1,2,3,2) Göte Nordin – 6 (2,1,2,1) Leif Larsson – NS
		Great Britain	18	Ken McKinlay – 7 (2,1,1,3) Nigel Boocock – 6 (3,2,0,1) Jimmy Gooch – 3 (-,1,1,1) Barry Briggs – 1 (F,1,0,-) Charlie Monk – 1 (1,0,-,-)
4		Soviet Union	7	Gennady Kurilenko – 2 (2,0,0,0) Yuri Chekranov – 2 (2,r,-,-) Vladimir Sokolov – 2 (0,1,1,0) Igor Plekhanov – 1 (0,F,1,0) Viktor Trofimov – 0 (-,-,0,0)

See also

• 1965 Individual Speedway World Championship

References

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