1973 Speedway World Team Cup

1973 Speedway World Team Cup

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The 1973 Speedway World Team Cup was the 14th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The final took place at Wembley Stadium in London. The title was won by Great Britain for the third consecutive year and fourth time in total. The fourth win drew Britain level with Poland on four titles won but Sweden remained ahead on the number of titles won with six. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Qualification

Scandninavian round

• 24 June
• Fredericia Speedway Stadium, Fredericia

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
1	Sweden	37	Anders Michanek 11 Tommy Jansson 9 Bernt Persson 9 Bengt Jansson 8
2	Norway	35	Ulf Løvaas 10 Edgar Stangeland 10 Dag Løvaas 8 Øyvind S. Berg 7
3	Denmark	23	Ole Olsen 12 Kurt Bøgh 4 Jens-Erik Krause-Kjaer 4 Arne Andrease 3
4	Finland	1	Reino Santala 1 Ari Hiljanen 0 Kari Vuoristo 0 Ilkka Teromaa 0 Veli-Pekka Teromaa 0

Continental round

Quarter-Final 17 June Gázvezeték Street Sports Complex, Debrecen Pos. National team Pts. Riders 1   West Germany 45 Josef Angermüller 12 Manfred Poschenreider 12 Hans Siegl 10 Egon Müller 6 Jan Käter 5 2   Hungary 24 Barnabas Gyepes 7 Janos Berki 7 Pal Perenyi 6 Ferenc Radacsi 3 Tibor Danka 1 3   Czechoslovakia II 21 Miroslav Rosulek Jan Klokocka Petr Kucera Jan Holub Karel Vobornik 4   Austria 6 Josef Bössner 3 Heinz Zimmermann 2 Josef Haider 1 Walter Detter 0 Czechoslovakia II replaced Italy

Quarter-Final 17 June Kovinar Stadium, Maribor Pos. National team Pts. Riders 1   Czechoslovakia 47 Milan Špinka 12 Jiří Štancl 12 Petr Ondrašík 12 Miloslav Verner 11 2   Bulgaria 24 Peter Petkov 8 Peter Iliev 6 Angel Eftimov 6 Peter Kostov 4 3   Yugoslavia 15 Vlado Miler 6 Stefan Kekec 4 Alojz Vurzer 3 Milovan Stankovic 2 4   Austria II 10 Walter Grubmüller 4 Josef Scharl 3 Michael Lausegger 3 Alex Taudtmann 0 Austria II replaced East Germany

Semi-Final 30 June Markéta Stadium, Prague Pos. National team Pts. Riders 1   Czechoslovakia 43 Jiří Štancl 12 Milan Špinka 9 Petr Ondrašík 9 Jan Klokocka 6 Václav Verner 6 2   Hungary 24 Pal Perenyi 8 Janos Berki 7 Istvan Sziraczky 6 Barnabas Gyepes 3 3   West Germany 17 Hans Siegl 8 Egon Müller 7 Manfred Poschenreider 2 Jan Käter 1 4   Bulgaria 11 Angel Eftimov 4 Peter Petkov 3 Peter Iliev 2 Nedjelko Nedjelkov 2

Final 5 August Trud Stadium, Balakovo Pos. National team Pts. Riders 1   Soviet Union 35 Valery Gordeev 11 Grigory Khlinovsky 9 Viktor Kalmikov 7 Yury Dubinin 6 Vladimir Paznikov 2 2   Poland 31 Edward Jancarz 9 Zenon Plech 9 Jan Mucha 8 Ryszard Fabiszewski 4 Paweł Waloszek 1 3   Czechoslovakia 23 Jiří Štancl 7 Petr Ondrašík 7 Milan Špinka 5 Zdeněk Majstr 4 4   Hungary 6 Janos Berki 4 Ferenc Radacsi 1 Laszlo Zahoran 1 Jozsef Szabo 0 Istvan Sziraczki 0

World final

• 15 September
• Wembley Stadium, London

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
		Great Britain	37	Peter Collins - 12 John Louis - 9 Ray Wilson - 8 Terry Betts - 8 Dave Jessup - dnr
		Sweden	31	Anders Michanek - 11 Bernt Persson - 9 Bengt Jansson 6 Tommy Jansson 5 Sören Sjösten dnr
		Soviet Union	20	Valery Gordeev - 7 Vladimir Paznikov - 5 Grigory Khlinovsky - 4 Aleksandr Pavlov - 2 Viktor Trofimov - 2
4th		Poland	8	Zenon Plech - 5 Edward Jancarz - 2 Paweł Waloszek - 1 Jerzy Szczakiel - 0 Jan Mucha - dnr

See also

• 1973 Individual Speedway World Championship
• 1973 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. "1973 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 14 July 2021.