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

World final

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.
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