1963 Speedway World Team Cup was the fourth edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.
The final took place in Vienna, Austria. The World Champion title was won by Sweden (37 pts) who beat Czechoslovakia (27 pts), Great Britain (25 pts) and Poland (7 pts).
Format
Qualification
Nordic Round 23 May Målilla Motorbana, Målilla
Pos. National team Pts. Riders 48 Arne Carlsson - 12 (3,3,3,3) Björn Knutson - 12 (3,3,3,3) Per Olof Söderman - 12 (3,3,3,3) Per Tage Svensson - 12 (3,3,3,3) 22 Aage Hansen - 7 (2,1,2,2) Jon Ødegaard - 6 (1,2,1,2) Cato Agnor - 5 (2,0,1,2) Reidar Eide - 4 (1,1,1,1) 18 Paul Wissing - 8 (2,2,2,2) Erik Kastebo - 4 (0,2,2,0) Hans Möller - 4 (2,1,0,1) Einar Hansen - 2 (1,0,0,1)4 8 Esko Koponen - 5 (0,2,2,1) Matti Olin - 3 (1,1,1,0) Martti Assinen - 0 (0,0,0,0) Kari Ala-Sippola - 0 (0,0,0,0)
British Round The British Round was cancelled. Great Britain was seeded to the Final.
Central European Round 13 June Olching, Olching Speedwaybahn
Pos. National team Pts. Riders 41 Antonín Kasper Sr. - 11 Stanislav Kubíček - 10 Karel Průša - 10 Luboš Tomíček Sr. - 10 39 Josef Hofmeister - 12 (3,3,3,3) Manfred Poschenreider - 10 Heinrich Sprenger - 9 Alfred Aberl - 8 8 Evald Babic - 3 Damijan Klasnetic - 3 Drago Perko - 2 Milan Kalisnik - 0 4 7 Kurt Schwingenschlögl - 4 Günther Walla - 3 Wilfried Vacano - 0 Leopold Dolansky - 0
East European Round 4 August Stroitel Stadium, Ufa
Pos. National team Pts. Riders 40 Antoni Woryna - 6 (2,2,2,-) Marian Kaiser - 10 (3,2,2,3) Joachim Maj - 2 (2,-,-,-) Henryk Żyto - 12 (3,3,3,3) Andrzej Pogorzelski - 10 (-,2,3,3\2) 39 Boris Samorodov - 11 (2,3,3,3) Igor Plekhanov - 9 (2,3,2,2) Gennady Kurilenko - 10 (3,3,2,2) Viktor Shilo - NS Leonid Drobyazko - 9 (3,1,3,2) 16 Jochen Dinse - 4 (0,2,1,1) Jürgen Hehlert - 4 (1,1,1,1) Günther Schelenz - 4 (1,1,1,1) Jürgen Rudolph - 4 (1,1,1,1) Heino Niemann - NS4 1 Milko Pejkov - 1 (1,0,-,-) Boris Damjanov - 0 (-,0,0,0) Krasimir Sokolov - 0 (0,0,0,0) Gavril Macev - 0 (0,0,-,0) Aleksander Stojanov - 0 (0,-,0\0,0)
World final 31 August Vienna, Stadion Wien
Pos. National team Pts. Riders 37 Björn Knutson - 11 (3,3,3,2) Per Olof Söderman - 10 (3,3,1,3) Ove Fundin - 7 (2,2,-,3) Göte Nordin - 6 (3,2,0,1) res. Rune Sörmander - 3 (-,-,3,-) 27 Antonín Kasper Sr. - 10 (2,3,2,3) Stanislav Kubíček - 7 (1,1,3,2) Miroslav Šmíd - 5 (2,1,1,1) Luboš Tomíček Sr. - 5 (0,1,2,2) 25 Barry Briggs - 12 (3,3,3,3) Peter Craven - 8 (2,2,2,2) Dick Fisher - 4 (0,2,1,1) Peter Moore - 1 (0,0,0,1) res. Leo McAuliffe - NS4 7 Henryk Żyto - 4 (1,1,2,0) Marian Kaiser - 1 (0,0,1,0) Joachim Maj - 1 (1,0,-,0) Stanisław Tkocz - 1 (1,0,0,0) res. Andrzej Pogorzelski - 0 (-,-,0,-)
See also 1963 Individual Speedway World Championship motorcycle speedway
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