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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

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Pos. Team Rider Points
1st  New Zealand (27 pts) Ivan Mauger 14
Barry Briggs 13
2nd  Scotland (26 pts) Bert Harkins 13
Jim McMillan 13
3rd  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
Øyvind S. Berg 6
7  West Germany (7 pts) Rudolf Kastl 7
Dieter Dauderer 0

Semifinal 2

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Pos. Team Rider Points
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

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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

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References

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  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. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  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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