1970 Speedway World Pairs Championship

The 1970 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the first FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. 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).^[1]

Semifinal 1

• Manchester
• May 6

Pos.	Team	Rider	Points
	New Zealand (27 pts)	Ivan Mauger	14
Barry Briggs		13
	Scotland (26 pts)	Bert Harkins	13
Jim McMillan		13
	England (23 pts)	Nigel Boocock	16
Eric Boocock		7
4	Australia (16 pts)	Jim Airey	11
		Charlie Monk	5
5	Denmark (13 pts)	Ole Olsen	12
		Niels Weiss-Schelde	1
6	Norway (13 pts)	Reidar Eide	7
		Öyvind S.Berg	6
7	West Germany (7 pts)	Rudolf Kastl	7
		Dieter Dauderer	0

Semifinal 2

• Maribor
• May 17

Pos.	Team	Rider	Points
	Czechoslovakia (? pts)	Jiří Štancl	?
Vaclav Verner		?
	Poland (? pts)	Marian Spychała	?
Paweł Mirowski		?
	Yugoslavia (? pts)	Drago Perko	?
Ivan Kos		?
4	Austria (? pts)	?	?
		?	?
5	Bulgaria (? pts)	?	?
		?	?
6	East Germany (? pts)	?	?
		?	?
7	Hungary (? pts)	?	?
		?	?

World final

• Malmö, Malmö Stadion
• June 2

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) Vaclav 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 Norregaard	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

• 1970 Individual Speedway World Championship
• 1970 Speedway World Team Cup
• motorcycle speedway
• 1970 in sports

References

1. ↑ "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 1)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2009-07-09. 

Speedway World Pairs Championship
Seasons	Unofficial 1968 1969 Championships 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Team Cup 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
See also	Medalists Medal classification

International speedway competitions
World	Individual (SGP) Pairs Team (SWC) Individual U-21 Team U-21 Champion's Cup
Europe	Individual (SEC) Pairs Individual U-19 Team U-19 Club
National Championships	Australia (U-21) Czech Republic Denmark (U-21) Germany Great Britain (U-21) Latvia New Zealand Norway Poland (U-21) Russia Sweden USA
Ice speedway	World Championships: Individual Team European: Individual
Long track	World Championships: Individual Team
Governing Bodies	World (FIM) Europe (UEM)