1966 Speedway World Team Cup

1966 Speedway World Team Cup

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The venue of the 1966 final in Wrocław was known as the General Karol Świerczewski stadium at the time.

The 1966 Speedway World Team Cup was the seventh edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The final took place in Wrocław, Poland. The title was won by Poland for the third time. ^{[4] [5]}

Qualification

Continental Semi-Final 31 July Glück-Auf Stadion, Senftenberg Pos. National team Pts. Riders 1   East Germany 32 Jochen Dinse 10 Bruno Bülau 9 Hans Jürgen Fritz 7 Gerhard Uhlenbrock 6 2   Hungary 31 Barnabas Gyepes 11 Ferenc Radasci 10 Janos Bernath 5 Istvan Pasztor 5 3   Yugoslavia 26 Milovan Stankovic 12 Valentin Medved 5 Franc Babic 5 Drago Perko 4 4   Austria 6 Alfred Sitzwoh 2 Helmut Walch 2 Gunther Walla 2 Kurt Schwingenschlogl 0

Continental Final 14 August Army Sports Club Stadium, Lviv Pos. National team Pts. Riders 1   Poland 38 Marian Rose 12 Antoni Woryna 10 Paweł Waloszek 9 Andrzej Wyglenda 7 2   Soviet Union 31 Boris Samorodov 11 Farid Szajnurov 8 Viktor Trofimov 8 Gennady Kurilenko 2 Vladimir Sokolov 2 3   Czechoslovakia 25 Antonín Kasper Sr. 7 Antonín Šváb Sr. 7 Luboš Tomíček Sr. 6 Pavel Mares 5 4   East Germany 1 Bruno Bülau 1 Jochen Dinse 0 Hans Jürgen Fritz 0 Gerhard Uhlenbrock 0

• Great Britain and Sweden seeded to final.

World final

• September 11
• Wroclaw, General Karol Świerczewski Stadium

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
		Poland	40	Andrzej Wyglenda - 11 (3,2,3,3) Antoni Woryna - 11 (3,2,3,3) Marian Rose - 10 (1,3,3,3) Andrzej Pogorzelski - 8 (3,3,2,ef) Edmund Migoś - NS
		Soviet Union	26	Boris Samorodov - 10 (2,3,2,3) Igor Plekhanov - 6 (2,1,1,2) Viktor Trofimov - 6 (2,2,1,1) Farid Szajnurov - 4 (2,1,0,1) Yuri Chekranov - NS
		Sweden	22	Bjorn Knutson - 11 (3,3,3,2) Leif Enecrona - 4 (1,2,1,-) Göte Nordin - 3 (1,1,1,0) Ove Fundin - 2 (ef,-,0,2) Leif Larsson - 2 (-,0,-,2)
4		Great Britain	8	Nigel Boocock - 4 (F,1,2,1) Ivan Mauger - 3 (0,ef,2,1) Barry Briggs - 1 (1,0,0,ef) Terry Betts - 0 (0,0,-,0) Colin Pratt - 0 (-,-,0,-)

See also

• 1966 Individual Speedway World Championship

References

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