1970 Speedway World Pairs Championship

1970 World Pairs Championship

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The 1970 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the first FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. ^[1] The final took place in Malmö, Sweden. The championship was won by New Zealand (28 points) who beat Sweden (25 points) and England (19 points). ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Semifinal 1

• Hyde Road, Manchester
• 6 May

Pos.	Team	Rider	Points
	New Zealand (27 pts)	Ivan Mauger	14
		Barry Briggs	13
	Scotland (26 pts)	Bert Harkins	13
		Jim McMillan	13
	England (23 pts)	Nigel Boocock	16
		Eric Boocock	7
4	Australia (16 pts)	Jim Airey	11
		Charlie Monk	5
5	Denmark (13 pts)	Ole Olsen	12
		Niels Weiss-Schelde	1
6	Norway (13 pts)	Reidar Eide	7
		Øyvind S. Berg	6
7	West Germany (7 pts)	Rudolf Kastl	7
		Dieter Dauderer	0

Semifinal 2

• Kovinar Stadium, Maribor
• 17 May

Pos.	Team	Rider	Points
	Czechoslovakia (? pts)	Jiří Štancl	?
		Václav Verner	?
	Poland (? pts)	Marian Spychała	?
		Paweł Mirowski	?
	Yugoslavia (? pts)	Drago Perko	?
		Ivan Kos	?
4	Austria (? pts)	?	?
		?	?
5	Bulgaria (? pts)	?	?
		?	?
6	East Germany (? pts)	?	?
		?	?
7	Hungary (? pts)	?	?
		?	?

World final

• Malmö Stadion, Malmö
• 2 June

Placing	Pair / Rider Name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
1	New Zealand	28							10							20							28
	(3) Ivan Mauger	12	2				2				2			3				3			E
	(4) Ronnie Moore	16	3				3				3			2				2			3
2	Sweden	25							9							19							25
	(11) Ove Fundin	15			3				3				3		3			E					3
	(12) Bengt Jansson	10			1				2				2		2			1					2
3	England	19							5							10							19
	(5) Nigel Boocock	6		1			0			1					0				3			1
	(6) Eric Boocock	13		3			1			3					1				2			3
4	Scotland	18							5							11							18
	(9) Jim McMillan	10			2			1				3		1			3					0
	(10) Bert Harkins	8			0			2				2		0			2					2
5	Czechoslovakia	11							6							9							11
	(1) Jiří Štancl	6	1			2				F			1				1			1
	(2) Václav Verner	5	0			3				2			F				0			0
6	Yugoslavia	7							2							4							7
	(13) Drasko Perko	6				1			0			1				1			1		2
	(14) Ivan Kos	1+1				0			1			e				0			0		1
— a	Denmark	17							5							11							17
	(7) Ole Olsen	12		2				3			1					3				3			E
	(8) Bent Nørregaard-Jensen	5		0				0			0					2				2			1
Placing	Pair / Rider Name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell
ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside

Notes:

a. The Danish team weren't classified, because they were track reserve team who replaced Poland.

See also

• 1970 Individual Speedway World Championship
• 1970 Speedway World Team Cup
• motorcycle speedway
• 1970 in sports

References

1. Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 134. ISBN   0-904584-45-3.
2. "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 1)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
3. Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN   0-09-141751-1.
4. "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
5. Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 27–28. ISBN   0-86215-017-5.