1966 Speedway World Team Cup

7th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition

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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
  • East Germany 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
  • Soviet Union 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
  • Poland Wroclaw, General Karol Świerczewski Stadium
Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  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

2nd  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

3rd  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

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.