1963 Individual Speedway World Championship

Qualification results.{{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}}{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/63.htm#1963 |title=1963 World Championship | website=Speedway.org |access-date=20 January 2024}}

• Top 16 to Nordic qualifying

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• 21 October 1962
• {{flagicon|NOR}} Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen
• Top 5 to Nordic qualification 1963

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• 27 July 1962
• {{flagicon|FIN}} Eteläpuisto, Tampere
• Top 4 to Nordic qualification 1963

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• Top 16 riders to British Provincial final

• Top 32 to Continental semi-final

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• 6 June
• {{flagicon|NOR}} Dælenenga idrettspark, Oslo
• Top 8 to Nordic final

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• 22 June, Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh
• Top 9 riders to British national league round{{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 }}

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3 June

• {{flagicon|USSR}} Army Sports Club Stadium, Lviv
• Top 8 to Continental final

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• Top 16 to British & Commonwealth finals

• 9 June 1963
• {{flagicon|SWE}} Växjö Motorstadion, Växjö
• First 8 to European Final

• 23 June 1963
• {{flagicon|POL}} Olympic Stadium, Wrocław
• First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve

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{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|13|POL|Stanisław Tkocz| |3|3|3|3|3| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|9|USSR|Boris Samorodov| |2|2|3|3|2| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|14|CSK|Antonín Kasper Sr.| |2|3|1|3|2| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|16|POL|Joachim Maj| |0|3|3|3|| |18i=E }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|1|POL|Marian Kaiser| |3|1|2||3 |13i=E }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|2|USSR|Igor Plekhanov| |0|2|2|2|3 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|12|CSK|Luboš Tomíček Sr.| |1|2|3|2|1 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|10|POL|Henryk Żyto| |3|1|1|2|2 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|4|FRG|Josef Hofmeister| |1|1|2|2|3 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|3|CSK|Stanislav Kubíček| |2|2|2||2 |15i=F }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|7|POL|Pawel Waloszek| |3|1||1|1 |12i=E }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|15|POL|Andrzej Pogorzelski| |1|3||0| |10i=E |20i=E }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|8|POL|Marian Rose| |2|0|0|1|1| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|6|FRG|Manfred Poschenreider| |1|0|1|1|0 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|5|USSR|Yuri Chekranov| |0|0|1|1|0 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|11|USSR|Vitalij Shilo| |0|0|0|0|1| }}

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Three events with the top 8 accumulated scorers going through to World Final.{{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 }}

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• 28 August 1963
• {{flagicon|SWE}} Ullevi, Gothenburg
• First 8 to World Final

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{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|8|SWE|Björn Knutson| |3|3|3|3|3| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|5|SWE|Ove Fundin| |1|3|3|3|3| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|2|SWE|Per Olof Söderman| |3|2|2|1|2| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|1|SWE|Arne Carlsson| |2|2|3|1|2| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|11|USSR|Boris Samorodov| |3|3|1|2|0 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|14|NOR|Sverre Harrfeldt| ||3|1|3|2 |4i=F }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|7|SWE|Göte Nordin| |2|2|0|2|3 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|16|SWE|Per Tage Svensson| |3|2|2|1|1 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|3|CSK|Antonín Kasper Sr.| |1|1|2|2|2 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|13|POL|Henryk Żyto| |1||3|0|3 |5i=X }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|6|USSR|Igor Plekhanov| |0|1|0|3|0 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|4|SWE|Bernt Nilsson| |0|1|2|0|1 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|12|POL|Stanisław Tkocz| |2|0|1||1| |13i=F }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|15|POL|Marian Kaiser| |2|0|0|1|1 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|9|CSK|Luboš Tomíček Sr.| |0|1|0|2|0 |6i=F }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|10|POL|Joachim Maj| |1|0|1|0|0| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|DDR|Josef Hofmeister| }}

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• 24 September 1963
• {{flagicon|ENG}} Wembley Stadium, LondonBamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. {{ISBN|0-7524-2402-5}}

{{Speedway event 20heats|RIDERS=

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|9|SWE|Ove Fundin| |3|3|2|3|3| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|8|SWE|Björn Knutson| |2|2|3|3|3| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|12|NZL|Barry Briggs| |1|3|3|3|2| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|11|USSR|Boris Samorodov| |0|3|3|2|3| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|13|SWE|Göte Nordin| |3|2|3|1|1 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|3|NOR|Sverre Harrfeldt| |2|2|1|2|3 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|1|ENG|Nigel Boocock| |3|1|1|2|1 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|16|WAL|Leo McAuliffe| |2||2|3|0 |8i=E }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|10|ENG|Ron How| |2|3|||2 |12i=F |15i=F }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|6|ENG|Peter Craven| |3|1||2|0 |9i=F }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|7|AUS|Peter Moore| |1|1|1|1|2 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|5|SWE|Per Olof Söderman| |0|0|2|1|2 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|4|ENG|Dick Fisher| |1|1|2|0|1| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|2|ENG|Jim Lightfoot| ||2|1|0|1 |1i=E }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|14|SWE|Per Tage Svensson| |1||0|0|0 |6i=F }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|15|SWE|Arne Carlsson| |0|0|0|1|0| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|GBR|Tadeusz Teodorowicz| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|ENG|Ron Mountford| }}

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