1960 Speedway World Team Cup was the first edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. The final took place in Gothenburg, Sweden. The World Champion title was won by Sweden team (44 pts) who beat England (30 pts), Czechoslovakia (15 pts) and Poland (7 pts).
Sweden's reigning World Champion Ove Fundin went through the entire World Team Cup undefeated. This feat would not be matched until Australia's Jason Crump went through the 2001 Speedway World Cup undefeated. To honour Fundin's deeds in 1960, the winners of the current Speedway World Cup (which replaced the Team World Cup in 2001) receive the Ove Fundin Trophy.
Qualification Alf Jonsson helped Sweden wn the semi final but waa unable to take his place in the final after breaking his leg in a British league match. He was replaced in the final by Björn Knutson.
Scandinavian Round 9 June Odense Athletics Stadium, Odense Att: 6,000
1st2nd3rd4th - 43Ove Fundin - 12Rune Sörmander - 11Olle Nygren - 10Alf Jonsson - 10 - 25Arne Pander - 10Hans P. Boiisen - 7Kurt W. Petersen - 6Svend Nissen - 2Poul Wissing - 0 - 21Aage Hansen - 11Rolf Mellerud - 3Nils Paulsen - 3Rolf Westerberg - 3Sverre Harrfeldt - 1 - 7Kalevi Lahtinen - 3Antti Pajari - 2Timo Laine - 1Valle Seliverstov - 1Aulis Lethonen - 0 * Sweden to Final
British Round R1: 18 July - Wimbledon Stadium, London
1st2nd3rd4th - 35Peter Craven - 12Nigel Boocock - 9Ron How - 8Eric Williams - 6 - 28Barry Briggs - 11Ronnie Moore - 11Ron Johnston - 5Trevor Redmond - 1Bob Duckworth - 0 - 18Jack Young - 6Peter Moore - 5Chum Taylor - 4Jack Geran - 2Aub Lawson - 1Challengers - 15Ken McKinlay - 7George White - 5Bob Andrews - 2Neil Street - 1Ronnie Genz - 0
R2: 21 July - Oxford Stadium, Oxford
1st2nd3rd4th - 27Ronnie Moore - 11Barry Briggs - 9Ron Johnston - 4Bob Duckworth - 3Trevor Redmond - 0 - 24Peter Craven - 12Eric Williams - 5Ron How - 4Ken McKinlay - 3Gordon McGregor - 0Challengers - 23Mike Broadbank - 7Ronnie Genz - 7Nigel Boocock - 5George White - 4 - 22Chum Taylor - 10Jack Biggs - 4Peter Moore - 3Jack Geran - 3Jack Young - 2
R3: 5 August - Abbey Stadium, Swindon
1st2nd3rd4th - 33Peter Craven - 12Ron How - 11Bob Andrews - 5Ken McKinlay - 4Ian Williams - 1Challengers - 28Mike Broadbank - 9Peter Moore - 8Nigel Boocock - 6Eric Williams - 5 - 23Ronnie Moore - 9Barry Briggs - 5Ron Johnston - 5Bob Duckworth - 4 - 12Chum Taylor - 5Ray Cresp - 3Aub Lawson - 3Jack Young - 1Neil Street - 0
R4: 10 August - Hyde Road, Manchester
1st2nd3rd4th - 42Ken McKinlay - 12Peter Craven - 11Ron How - 10Nigel Boocock - 9 - 28Ronnie Moore - 11Ron Johnston - 6Bob Duckworth - 6Barry Briggs - 5 - 20Jack Young - 8Ray Cresp - 6Chum Taylor - 5Peter Moore - 1Aub Lawson - 0Challengers - 6Eric Williams - 3Dick Fisher - 1Arthur Wright - 1George White - 1Tony Robinson - 0
Team Points R1 R2 R3 R4 134 35 24 33 42 106 28 27 23 28 72 18 22 12 20 Challengers 72 15 23 28 6 * England to Final
Central European Round 31 July Plzeň speedway track, Plzeň
1st2nd3rd4th - 47Stanislav Svoboda - 12František Richter - 12Luboš Tomíček Sr. - 12Antonín Kasper Sr. - 11 - 26Josef Hofmeister - 9Alfred Aberl - 8Josef Seidl - 7Hans Jager - 2 - 13Ferdinand Troner - 5Josef Bössner - 3Kurt Schwingenschlogl - 3Erich Luther - 1Leopold Dolanski - 1 - 8Hans van der Sluis - 3Tonny Kroeze - 3Thei Bisschops - 2 * Czechoslovakia to Final
East European Round The round was canceled and Poland were awarded the round by the F.I.M when their opponents failed to contest the round. East Germany, Hungary and Yugoslavia were eliminated.
World Final 2 September 1960 Ullevi, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,500
Pos. National team Pts. Riders 44 Rune Sörmander - 11 (3,2,3,3) Ove Fundin - 12 (3,3,3,3) Olle Nygren - 12 (3,3,3,3) Björn Knutson - 9 (3,E,3,3) res. Göte Nordin - NS 30 Peter Craven - 8 (2,2,2,2) Ron How - 7 (2,3,2,-) Ken McKinlay - 8 (2,3,1,2) Nigel Boocock - 1 (1,0,-,-) res. George White - 6 (-,-,2,2/2) 15 Luboš Tomíček Sr. - 4 (0,2,1,1) Jaroslav Machač - 3 (1,1,1,0) František Richter - 3 (1,1,1,F) Antonín Kasper Sr. - 5 (2,0,2,1) res. Bohumír Bartoněk - NS4 7 Konstanty Pociejkewicz - 3 (1,2,E,0) Marian Kaiser - 2 (0,1,0,1) Mieczysław Połukard - 2 (0,1,0,1) Jan Malinowski - 0 (E,0,F,0) res. Bronislaw Rogal - 0 (0)
See also Motorcycle speedway 1960 Individual Speedway World Championship
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