1961 Speedway World Team Cup
1961 Speedway World Team Cup was the second FIM Speedway World Team Cup season. The final took place in Wrocław, Poland. The World Champion title was won by Poland team who beat Sweden, England, and Czechoslovakia.
Format
Qualification
Nordic Round
- 8 June
- Odense
British Round
- R1: 28 June - Coventry, Brandon Stadium
- R2: 26 July - London, New Cross Stadium
- R3: 28 July - Leicester, Leicester Stadium
- R4: 10 August - Ipswich, Foxhall Stadium
- R5: 14 August - London, Wimbledon Stadium
| Team | Points | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 |
| 219 | 41 | 44 | 50 | 44 | 40 | |
| 186 | 36 | 38 | 36 | 38 | 38 | |
| 135 | 31 | 26 | 22 | 26 | 30 |
Central European Round
| Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders | |
| 48 | 1.Florian Kapala - 12 2.Henryk Zyto - 12 3.Stanislaw Tkocz - 12 4.Konstanty Pociejkowicz - 12 17.Antoni Woryna - NS | |||
| 30 | 5.Igor Plechanov - 8 6.Boris Samorodov - 8 7.Farid Shainurov - 8 8.Viktor Kuznetsov - 6 18.Vsevolod Nerytov - NS | |||
| 14 | 13.Milko Pejkov - 4 14.Boris Damjanov - 3 15.Dimitri Bajev - 3 16.Plamen Aleksandrov - 4 20.Gavril Macev - NS | |||
| 4 | 4 | 9.Andreas Bocke - 0 10.Helmut Suchland - 1 11.Gunther Schelenz - 1 12.Wilhelm Gunther - 2 19.A.Mattscheck - NS |
World Final
| Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders | |
| 32 | 1.Mieczyslaw Polukard - 5 2.Marian Kaiser - 10 3.Henryk Zyto - 7 4.Florian Kapala - 6 R.Stanislaw Tkocz - 4 | |||
| 31 | 1.Bjorn Knutsson - 7 2.Soren Sjosten - 2 3.Ove Fundin - 11 4.Per Tage Svensson - 7 R.Rune Sormander - 4 | |||
| 21 | 1.Ron How - 3 2.Bob Andrews - 6 3.Peter Craven - 8 4.Ken McKinlay - 4 R.Cyril Maidment - NS | |||
| 4 | 12 | 1.Luboš Tomicek, Sr. - 7 2.Antonin Kasper, Sr. - 4 3.Stanislav Svoboda - 0 4.Bohumil Bartonek - 1 R.Libor Dušanek - NS |