1972 Speedway World Team Cup

The 1972 Speedway World Team Cup was the 13th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2][3]

The final took place at the Olching Speedwaybahn in Olching, West Germany. The title was won by Great Britain for the third time.[4][5][6]

Qualifying

Scandinavian round

• 25 June
• Nærbø Idrettslunden, Nærbø

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
1	Sweden	37	Hasse Holmqvist 10 Christer Löfqvist 10 Jan Simensen 9 Bernt Persson 8
2	Denmark	25	Ole Olsen 11 Kurt Bøgh 7 Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 5 Nils Schelde 1 Henning Hansen 1
3	Norway	23	Reidar Eide 9 Odd Fossengen 4 Dag Løvaas 4 Edgar Stangeland 3 Svein Kaasa 3
4	Finland	11	Hannu Känkänen 3 Kari Vuoristo 3 Haki Ahonen 3 Kakio Leppåsalko 1 Pekka Paljakka 1

Continental round

Quarter-Final 11 June Mladost Stadum, Prelog Pos. National team Pts. Riders 1  Czechoslovakia 48 Jiří Štancl 12 Jan Holub I 12 Václav Verner 12 Petr Ondrašík 6 Miloslav Verner 6 2  Bulgaria 23 Peter Iliev 8 Nedjelko Nedjelkov 7 Peter Kostov 5 Angel Eftimov 3 3  Yugoslavia 22 Drasko Orsic 7 Evald Babic 6 Vlado Miler 6 Josip Francic 3 4  Yugoslavia II 3 Milija Stojkovic 1 Stefan Kekec 1 Janez Tomazic 1 Jose Lazbaher 0

Quarter Final 18 June Rodenbach Motodrom, Rodenbach Pos. National team Pts. Riders 1  West Germany 39 Manfred Poschenreider 12 Rudi Kastl 11 Josef Angermüller 9 Jan Käter 7 2  Austria 17 Gunther Walla 7 Heinz Zimmermann 4 Josef Haider 4 Alex Taudtmann 2 3  Hungary 17 Ferencs Radacsi 7 Barnabas Gyepes 5 Pal Perenyi 4 Sandor Csatho 1 4 Scandinavian Select 23 Jorn Mogensen 10 Stefan Salomonsson 6 Stefan Johansson 6 Erik Tilgaard 1

• Austria awarded 2nd place because they had more heat winners than Hungary (2 to 0).
• East Germany withdrew and were replaced by Scandinavian Select who were ineligible to qualify for the next round.

Semi-Final 1 July Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný Pos. National team Pts. Riders 1  Czechoslovakia 0 Milan Špinka 12 Zdeněk Majstr 9 Petr Ondrašík 9 Václav Verner 9 Jiří Štancl 8 2  West Germany 0 Josef Angermüller 9 Jan Käter 8 Manfred Poschenreider 8 Rudolf Kastl 7 3  Bulgaria 0 Nedjelko Nedjelkov 4 Peter Iliev 3 Peter Petkov 3 Alexander Kostov 0 4  Austria 0 Josef Haider 5 Gunther Walla 1 Alex Taudtmann 1 Michael Laussegger 1 Heinz Zimmermann 0

Final 23 July Leningrad Speedway Stadium, Leningrad Pos. National team Pts. Riders 1  Poland 40 Zenon Plech 12 Henryk Glücklich 10 Paweł Waloszek 7 Edward Jancarz 6 Jerzy Gryt 5 2  Soviet Union 33 Anatoli Kuzmin 11 Georgi Ivanov 9 Grigori Khlinovsky 6 Viktor Kalmikov 6 Gennady Kurilenko 1 3  Czechoslovakia 13 Jan Holub I 5 Zdeněk Majstr 3 Petr Ondrašík 3 Milan Špinka 1 Jiří Štancl 4  West Germany 9 Josef Angermüller 3 Jan Käter 3 Manfred Poschenreider 2 Helmut Reiter 1 Rudolf Kastl 0

World final

• 24 September
• Olching Speedwaybahn

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
		Great Britain	36	Ivan Mauger - 11 John Louis - 9 Ray Wilson - 8 Terry Betts - 8 Ronnie Moore - dnr
		Soviet Union	21	Anatoly Kuzmin - 6 Viktor Kalmykov - 5 Viktor Trofimov - 5 Grigory Khlinovsky - 5 Valery Gordeev - dnr
		Poland	21	Zenon Plech - 7 Henryk Glücklich - 6 Paweł Waloszek - 5 Zdzisław Dobrucki - 3 Marek Cieślak - 0
4th		Sweden	18	Christer Löfqvist - 6 Anders Michanek - 4 Tommy Jansson 4 Jan Simensen 3 Göte Nordin 1

Run-off for silver
Soviet Union 7 (Kalmykov 3, Kuzmin 2, Khlinovsky 1, Trofimov 1) bt Poland 5 (Waloszek 3, Plech 2, Glücklich 0, Dobrucki 0)

See also

• 1972 Individual Speedway World Championship
• 1972 Speedway World Pairs Championship

References

1. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
2. Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
3. Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 98. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
4. "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
5. "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
6. "Britain's retain title". Leicester Daily Mercury. 25 September 1972. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.