1961 Speedway World Team Cup
1961 Speedway World Team Cup was the second edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.
The final took place in Wrocław, Poland. The World Champion title was won by Poland team who beat Sweden, England, and Czechoslovakia.
Qualification
Nordic Round
British Round
R1: 28 June - Brandon Stadium, CoventryR2: 26 July - New Cross Stadium, LondonR3: 28 July - Leicester Stadium, LeicesterR4: 10 August - Foxhall Stadium, Ipswich R5: 14 August - Wimbledon Stadium, London| 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
East European Round
| Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders | |
| 48 | 1.Florian Kapała - 12 2.Henryk Żyto - 12 3.Stanisław Tkocz - 12 4.Konstanty Pociejkewicz - 12 17.Antoni Woryna - NS | |||
| 30 | 5.Igor Plechanov - 8 6.Boris Samorodov - 8 7.Farid Szajnurov - 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.Andreas Mattscheck - NS |