1972 Speedway World Team Cup

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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

Pos.National teamPts.Riders
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 37

Hasse Holmqvist 10
Christer Löfqvist 10
Jan Simensen 9
Bernt Persson 8

2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 25

Ole Olsen 11
Kurt Bøgh 7
Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 5
Nils Schelde 1
Henning Hansen 1

3Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 23

Reidar Eide 9
Odd Fossengen 4
Dag Løvaas 4
Edgar Stangeland 3
Svein Kaasa 3

4Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 11

Hannu Känkänen 3
Kari Vuoristo 3
Haki Ahonen 3
Kakio Leppåsalko 1
Pekka Paljakka 1

Continental round

World final

Pos.National teamPts.Riders
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 36

Ivan Mauger - 11
John Louis - 9
Ray Wilson - 8
Terry Betts - 8
Ronnie Moore - dnr

Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 21

Anatoly Kuzmin - 6
Viktor Kalmykov - 5
Viktor Trofimov - 5
Grigory Khlinovsky - 5
Valery Gordeev - dnr

Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 21

Zenon Plech - 7
Henryk Glücklich - 6
Paweł Waloszek - 5
Zdzisław Dobrucki - 3
Marek Cieślak - 0

4thFlag of Sweden.svg  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)

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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.
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