{{Short description|Motorcycle speedway world championship season}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=January 2024}} {{Motorsport season |title = [[Individual Speedway World Championship]] |link = Individual Speedway World Championship |year = 1963 }}
The '''1963 Individual Speedway World Championship''' was the 18th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.<ref>{{cite book|last=Oakes|first=Peter|title=1981 Speedway Yearbook|year=1981|pages=20–21|publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd|isbn=0-86215-017-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-speedway-championships.html|title=World Championship 1936-1994|website=Edinburgh Speedway|access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf|title=WORLD FINALS 1936-1994|website=Speedway Researcher|access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedway.org/history/|title=HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK|website=Speedway.org|access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/89/world|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex|title=WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX|website=British Speedway|access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref>
[[Ove Fundin]] extended his record by winning a fourth world crown. Fellow Sweden Björn Knutson finished second and [[Barry Briggs]] took the bronze medal.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fundin champ again |work=The People |date=15 September 1963 |access-date=8 July 2021 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000729/19630915/283/0024| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
==First round== Qualification results.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dlprezes.pl.tl/63_World-Speedway-Championship-_-1963.htm |title=1963 World Championship |website=Metal Speedway |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/63.htm#1963 |title=1963 World Championship | website=Speedway.org |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref>
===Swedish qualifying=== *Top 16 to Nordic qualifying {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=250|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |28 April || [[Vetlanda Motorstadion]], [[Vetlanda]] || Björn Knutson ||Ove Fundin ||Per Tage Svensson |- |1 May || [[Visby#Sports|Gamla Speedway Track]], [[Visby]] ||Rune Sörmander ||Ove Fundin ||Willihard Thorsson |- |5 May || [[Målilla#Speedway|Gamla Motorstadion]], [[Målilla]] || Per Olof Söderman ||Arne Carlsson||Göran Norlén |} {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Björn Knutson]] ||26 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Arne Carlsson (speedway rider)|Arne Carlsson]] ||24 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Ove Fundin]] ||23 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Per-Olof Söderman]]||22 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Göran Norlén]] ||22 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Sören Sjösten]] ||20 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|[[Willihard Thomsson]] ||20 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|[[Per-Tage Svensson]] ||19 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |9 ||align=left|[[Rune Sörmander]] ||18 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |10 ||align=left| [[Olle Nygren]] ||16 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |11 ||align=left|[[Leif Larsson (speedway rider)|Leif Larsson]] ||16 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |12 ||align=left|[[Bernt Nilsson (speedway rider)|Bernt Nilsson]] ||15 |} |width=50% valign=top| {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |13 ||align=left|[[Bengt Brannefors]] ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |14 ||align=left|[[Åke Andersson (speedway rider)|Åke Andersson]] ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |15 ||align=left|[[Kjell Svensson (speedway rider)|Kjell Svensson]] ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |16 ||align=left|[[Göte Nordin]]||13 |-align=center |17 ||align=left|Inge Gustafsson ||13 |-align=center |18 ||align=left|Curt Eldh ||13 |-align=center |19 ||align=left|Per-Åke Lundgren||9 |-align=center |20 ||align=left|Evert Andersson ||9 |-align=center |21 ||align=left|[[Bengt Jansson]] ||9 |-align=center |22 ||align=left|Thorvald Karlsson ||8 |-align=center |23 ||align=left|Curt Nyqvist ||2 |-align=center |24 ||align=left|Göran Carlsson ||0 |} |}
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=== Norwegian qualifying === *21 October 1962 *{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Marienlyst Stadion]], [[Drammen]] *Top 5 to Nordic qualification 1963 {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Sverre Harrfeldt]]||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Aage Hansen]]||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|Jon Odegaard ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|Tore Svaleng ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| Per Jakob Aulie||10 |-align=center |6 ||align=left|Svein Johansen ||9 |-align=center |7 ||align=left|[[Rolf Westerberg]] ||9 |-align=center |8 ||align=left|Bjarne Sorenby ||6 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|[[Reidar Eide]] ||5 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|Oystein Mellerud ||5 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|Reidar Larsen ||4 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| Reidar Bakken||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| Johnny Faafeng||3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| Egil H. Kruke||1 |} |width=50% valign=top|
=== Finnish qualifying === *27 July 1962 *{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Eteläpuisto]], [[Tampere]] * Top 4 to Nordic qualification 1963 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-{ {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Timo Laine]] || 15 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| Kalevi Lahtinen || 14 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|Esko Koponen || 13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| Olavi Turunen || 12 |- |5 ||align=left|Martti Assinen || 11 |- |6 ||align=left| Antero Salasto || 10 |- |7 ||align=left|Yrjo Vuori || 7 |- |8 ||align=left| Keijo Sarubin || 6 |- |9 ||align=left| Seppo Virtanen || 6 |- |10 ||align=left|Osmo Hokkanen || 5 |- |11 ||align=left|Kari Ala Sippola || 5 |} |}
===British & Commonwealth Provincial qualifying=== *Top 16 riders to British Provincial final {| class=wikitable |- !width=100|Date !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |align=center| 10 June|| [[Brough Park]], [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] || [[Ivan Mauger]] ||[[Brian Craven]] || [[Brian Brett (speedway rider)|Brian Brett]] |- |align=center| 10 June||[[County Ground Stadium]], [[Exeter]] ||[[Len Silver]] || Peter Vandenberg || [[Ross Gilbertson]] |- |align=center| 11 June|| [[Cornish Stadium]], [[St Austell]] ||[[George Hunter (speedway rider)|George Hunter]] || [[John Hart (speedway rider)|John Hart]] ||[[John Dews]] |- |align=center| 11 June||[[New Cross Stadium]], London || [[Ivor Brown (speedway rider)|Ivor Brown]] || [[Reg Luckhurst]] || [[Wayne Briggs]] |- |align=center| 11 June||[[Long Eaton Stadium]], [[Long Eaton]] || [[Charlie Monk (speedway rider)|Charlie Monk]] ||[[Graham Warren]] || [[Chris Julian (speedway rider)|Chris Julian]] |- |align=center| 12 June||[[Wimborne Road]], [[Poole]] ||[[Brian Brett (speedway rider)|Brian Brett]] ||[[Ross Gilbertson]] ||[[Reg Luckhurst]] |- |align=center| 12 June||[[Hackney Wick Stadium]], London || [[Norman Hunter (speedway rider)|Norman Hunter]] || [[Trevor Hedge]] || [[Colin Pratt]] |- |align=center| 13 June||[[Owlerton Stadium]], [[Sheffield]] ||[[Jack Kitchen]] || [[Graham Warren]] || [[Clive Featherby]] |- |align=center| 13 June||[[Cleveland Park Stadium|Cleveland Park]], [[Middlesbrough]] ||Peter Vandenberg || [[Eric Boothroyd]] ||[[Eric Boocock]] |- |align=center| 14 June||[[Monmore Green Stadium|Monmore Green]], [[Wolverhampton]] ||[[Ivan Mauger]] ||[[George Hunter (speedway rider)|George Hunter]] || [[Maury Mattingley]] |- |align=center| 15 June||[[Dudley Wood Stadium]], [[Dudley]] || [[Ivor Brown (speedway rider)|Ivor Brown]] ||[[Maury Mattingley]] || [[Cliff Cox (speedway rider)|Cliff Cox]] |- |align=center| 15 June||[[Sun Street Stadium]], [[Hanley]] || [[Jack Kitchen]] ||[[Colin Pratt]] || [[Peter Jarman]] |- |align=center| 15 June||[[Rayleigh Weir Stadium]], [[Rayleigh, Essex|Rayleigh]] || [[Clive Featherby]] ||[[Ken Adams (speedway rider)|Ken Adams]] ||[[Tommy Roper]] |- |align=center| 15 June||[[Old Meadowbank]], Edinburgh ||[[Doug Templeton]] ||[[Jimmy Squibb]] ||[[Wayne Briggs]] |}
===Continental qualifying=== *Top 32 to Continental semi-final {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |align=center| 9 May |{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Great Strahov Stadium]], [[Prague]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Igor Plekhanov]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Antonín Kasper Sr.]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Henryk Żyto]] |- |align=center| 12 May |{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Linzer Stadion]], [[Linz]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Luboš Tomíček Sr.]] ||{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Evald Babic]] ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Manfred Poschenreider]] |- |align=center| 12 May |{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Stroitel Stadium (Ufa)|Stroitel Stadium]], [[Ufa]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Farid Szajnurov]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Pogorzelski]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Miroslav Šmíd (speedway rider)|Miroslav Šmíd]] |- |align=center| 12 May |{{flagicon|YUG}} [[NK Sava Kranj|Stražišče Sports Park]], [[Kranj]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Boris Samorodov]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Gennady Kurilenko]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Marian Kaiser]] |}
==Second round== === Nordic qualification === {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top|
*10 May *{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Selskov Stadium]], [[Hillerød]] *Top 8 to Nordic final {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Ove Fundin]]||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Per-Olof Söderman]] ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Olle Nygren]] ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Sören Sjösten]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Åke Andersson (speedway rider)|Åke Andersson]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Kurt W. Petersen]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|[[Arne Pander]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|[[Timo Laine]] ||7 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| Willihard Thomsson ||7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|Kjell Svensson ||7 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|Kalevi Lahtinen ||6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|[[Bengt Brannefors]] ||5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|Jon Ödegaard ||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|Erik Kastebo ||4 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Martti Assinen ||3 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Olavi Turunen ||0 |}
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*6 June *{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Dælenenga idrettspark]], [[Oslo]] *Top 8 to Nordic final {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Göte Nordin]] ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Björn Knutson]] ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Göran Norlén]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Bernt Nilsson (speedway rider)|Bernt Nilsson]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Arne Carlsson (speedway rider)|Arne Carlsson]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Sverre Harrfeldt]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|[[Per-Tage Svensson]] ||8 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|[[Leif Larsson (speedway rider)|Leif Larsson]] ||8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|[[Rune Sörmander]] ||8 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|[[Paul Wissing]] ||8 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|Per Aulie ||6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|[[Nils Paulsen]] ||5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|[[Reidar Eide]] ||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|Cato Agner ||2 |} |}
===British Provincial final=== *22 June, [[Old Meadowbank]], Edinburgh *Top 9 riders to British national league round<ref>{{cite news |title=Mauger the top points scorer|work=Sunday Sun (Newcastle) |date=23 June 1963 |access-date=25 January 2024 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19630623/015/0015 | via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> {| width=100% |- |width=50% valign=top| {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Ivan Mauger]] ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Eric Boothroyd]]||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[George Hunter (speedway rider)|George Hunter]]||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[Jack Kitchen]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Brian Brett (speedway rider)|Brian Brett]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|[[Len Silver]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|Peter Vandenberg ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|[[Maury Mattingley]] ||8 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |9 ||align=left| [[Doug Templeton]] ||7 |} |width=50% valign=top| {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center |10 ||align=left|[[Eric Boocock]] ||6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|[[Charlie Monk (speedway rider)|Charlie Monk]] ||6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|[[Reg Luckhurst]] ||5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|[[Ivor Brown (speedway rider)|Ivor Brown]]||5 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|[[Ross Gilbertson]] ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|[[Clive Featherby]] ||1 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|[[Cliff Cox (speedway rider)|Cliff Cox]] ||1 |-align=center |17 ||align=left|[[Colin Pratt]] ||0 |} |}
===Continental semi-finals=== {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *3 June *{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Abensberger Stadion]], [[Abensberg]] *Top 8 to Continental final {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Josef Hofmeister]] ||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Boris Samorodov]]||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Pawel Waloszek]] ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Marian Kaiser]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Luboš Tomíček Sr.]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Vitalij Sjilo]] ||8 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Marian Rose]] ||8 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Manfred Poschenreider]] ||8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Franc Babic]] ||8 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Bohumír Bartoněk]] ||6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Heinrich Sprenger]] ||6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Marek Kepa]] ||5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} Karel Průša ||5 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Borek Regvart]] ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Antonin Novak]] ||3 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Alfred Aberl]] ||0 |} |width=50% valign=top| 3 June *{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Army Sports Club Stadium (Lviv)|Army Sports Club Stadium]], [[Lviv]] *Top 8 to Continental final {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Stanisław Tkocz]] ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Igor Plekhanov]] ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Henryk Żyto]] ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Zdeněk Kovář (speedway rider)|Zdeněk Kovář]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Antonín Kasper Sr.]]||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Joachim Maj]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Pogorzelski]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Yuri Chekranov]] ||8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Stanislav Kubicek]] ||7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Mieczyslaw Polukard]] ||6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Farid Szajnurov]]||6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Viktor Kuznecov]] ||5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Miroslav Šmíd (speedway rider)|Miroslav Smid]] ||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Bronislaw Rogal]] ||3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jan Holub I]] (res)||3 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Edmund Migos]] ||2 |-align=center |17 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Frantisek Ledecky]] ||dns |} |}
==Third round== ===British & Commonwealth national league round=== *Top 16 to British & Commonwealth finals {| class=wikitable |- !width=100|Date !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |align=center| 29 June |[[Brandon Stadium]], [[Coventry]] ||[[Ron Mountford]] ||[[Doug Templeton]] ||[[Jack Geran]] |- |align=center| 1 July |[[Wimbledon Stadium]], London ||[[Mike Broadbanks]] ||[[Ron How]] ||[[Bob Andrews (speedway rider)|Bob Andrews]] |- |align=center| 2 July |[[Banister Court Stadium]], [[Southampton]] ||[[Barry Briggs]] ||[[Dick Fisher (speedway rider)|Dick Fisher]] || [[Peter Craven]] |- |align=center| 4 July |[[Oxford Stadium]], [[Oxford]] ||[[Peter Craven]] ||[[Barry Briggs]] ||[[Ken McKinlay]] |- |align=center| 5 July |[[Abbey Stadium (Swindon)|Abbey Stadium]], [[Swindon]] ||[[Mike Broadbanks]] ||[[Ron How]] ||[[Nigel Boocock]] |- |align=center| 10 July |[[Hyde Road (speedway)|Hyde Road]], [[Manchester]] ||[[Ken McKinlay]] ||[[Dick Fisher (speedway rider)|Dick Fisher]] ||[[Brian Brett (speedway rider)|Brian Brett]] |- |align=center| 12 July |[[The Firs Stadium]], [[Norwich]] ||[[Peter Craven]] ||[[Peter Moore (speedway rider)|Peter Moore]] ||[[Jimmy Gooch (speedway rider)|Jimmy Gooch]] |}
===Nordic Final=== *9 June 1963 *{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Växjö#Speedway|Växjö Motorstadion]], [[Växjö]] * First 8 to European Final
{| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Heat Scores ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|g}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ove Fundin]] ||3,3,3,3,3 ||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|g}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Björn Knutson]] || ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|g}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Göte Nordin]] || ||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|g}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Sverre Harrfeldt]] || ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|g}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Arne Carlsson (speedway rider)|Arne Carlsson]] || ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|g}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Per Tage Svensson]] || ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|g}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Bernt Nilsson (speedway rider)|Bernt Nilsson]] || ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|g}} |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Per Olof Söderman]] || ||8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Göran Norlén]] || ||8 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Timo Laine]] || ||8 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Rune Sörmander]] || ||7 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sören Sjösten]] || ||5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Leif Larsson (speedway rider)|Leif Larsson]] || ||3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Åke Andersson (speedway rider)|Åke Andersson]] || ||2 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Kurt W. Petersen]] || ||1 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Olle Nygren]] || ||0 |-align=center |R1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Arne Pander]] || ||0 |-align=center |}
===Continental Final=== * 23 June 1963 * {{flagicon|POL}} [[Olympic Stadium Wroclaw|Olympic Stadium]], [[Wrocław]] * First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve
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==Fourth round== ===British & Commonwealth Finals=== Three events with the top 8 accumulated scorers going through to World Final.<ref>{{cite news |title=Coventry pair in Speedway Final |work=Coventry Evening Telegraph|date=27 July 1963 |access-date=8 July 2021 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19630727/375/0035| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> {| class=wikitable |- !width=100|Date !width=250|Venue !width=150|Winner !width=150|2nd !width=150|3rd |- |- |align=center| 22 July |[[Wimbledon Stadium]], London ||Peter Craven ||Barry Briggs ||Nigel Boocock |- |align=center| 23 July |[[Banister Court Stadium]], [[Southampton]] ||Barry Briggs ||Peter Craven ||Peter Moore |- |align=center| 26 July |[[The Firs Stadium]], [[Norwich]] ||Barry Briggs ||Peter Craven || Leo McAuliffe |} {| width=100% |- |width=50% valign=top| {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-{{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Peter Craven]]||42 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Barry Briggs]] ||41 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nigel Boocock]] ||31 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Leo McAuliffe]] ||31 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ron How]] ||29 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jim Lightfoot (speedway rider)|Jim Lightfoot]] ||27 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dick Fisher (speedway rider)|Dick Fisher]] ||27 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Peter Moore (speedway rider)|Peter Moore]]||26 |} |width=50% valign=top| {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-{{speedway color|r}} |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Tadeusz Teodorowicz]]||23 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ron Mountford]] ||18 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bob Andrews (speedway rider)|Bob Andrews]]||17 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mike Broadbanks]] ||15 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Cyril Maidment]] ||13 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ken McKinlay]] || 12 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Neil Street]] ||6 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Doug Templeton]] ||2 |} |}
===European Final=== *28 August 1963 *{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ullevi]], [[Gothenburg]] * First 8 to World Final
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==World Final== *14 September 1963 *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], London<ref>Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. {{ISBN|0-7524-2402-5}}</ref>
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