1970 Speedway World Pairs Championship

The 1970 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the first FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship.[1] The final took place in Malmö, Sweden. The championship was won by New Zealand (28 points) who beat Sweden (25 points) and England (19 points).[2][3][4][5]

Semifinal 1
Pos.TeamRiderPoints
1st New Zealand (27 pts)Ivan Mauger14
Barry Briggs13
2nd Scotland (26 pts)Bert Harkins13
Jim McMillan13
3rd England (23 pts)Nigel Boocock16
Eric Boocock7
4 Australia (16 pts)Jim Airey11
Charlie Monk5
5 Denmark (13 pts)Ole Olsen12
Niels Weiss-Schelde1
6 Norway (13 pts)Reidar Eide7
Øyvind S. Berg6
7 West Germany (7 pts)Rudolf Kastl7
Dieter Dauderer0

Semifinal 2
Pos.TeamRiderPoints
1st Czechoslovakia (? pts)Jiří Štancl?
Václav Verner?
2nd Poland (? pts)Marian Spychała?
Paweł Mirowski?
3rd Yugoslavia (? pts)Drago Perko?
Ivan Kos?
4 Austria (? pts)??
??
5 Bulgaria (? pts)??
??
6 East Germany (? pts)??
??
7 Hungary (? pts)??
??

World final
Placing Pair / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
1  New Zealand 28 10 20 28
(3) Ivan Mauger 12 2 2 2 3 3 E
(4) Ronnie Moore 16 3 3 3 2 2 3
2  Sweden 25 9 19 25
(11) Ove Fundin 15 3 3 3 3 E 3
(12) Bengt Jansson 10 1 2 2 2 1 2
3  England 19 5 10 19
(5) Nigel Boocock 6 1 0 1 0 3 1
(6) Eric Boocock 13 3 1 3 1 2 3
4  Scotland 18 5 11 18
(9) Jim McMillan 10 2 1 3 1 3 0
(10) Bert Harkins 8 0 2 2 0 2 2
5  Czechoslovakia 11 6 9 11
(1) Jiří Štancl 6 1 2 F 1 1 1
(2) Václav Verner 5 0 3 2 F 0 0
6  Yugoslavia 7 2 4 7
(13) Drasko Perko 6 1 0 1 1 1 2
(14) Ivan Kos 1+1 0 1 e 0 0 1
—a  Denmark 17 5 11 17
(7) Ole Olsen 12 2 3 1 3 3 E
(8) Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 5 0 0 0 2 2 1
Placing Pair / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell
ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside
Notes:
a. The Danish team weren't classified, because they were track reserve team who replaced Poland.

See also

References
  1. Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 134. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
  2. "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 1)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
  3. Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  4. "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  5. Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 27–28. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
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