1974 Speedway World Team Cup

1974 Speedway World Team Cup

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The 1974 Speedway World Team Cup was the 15th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The final took place at Stadion Śląski, Chorzów in Poland. ^[4] The title was won by England for the fourth consecutive year and fifth time in total. However they previously rode as Great Britain when they had the benefit of using Commonwealth riders The fifth win took them ahead of Poland (on four titles) and one behind Sweden (on six titles). ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Qualification

British (& Commonwealth) round

• 11 August
• Foxhall Stadium, Ipswich

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
1	England	41	John Louis 12 Terry Betts 10 Dave Jessup 10 Peter Collins 9
2	Australia	31	Phil Crump 10 Billy Sanders 9 John Boulger 7 Bob Valentine 5
3	Scotland	17	George Hunter 8 Bobby Beaton 6 Jim McMillan 2 Bert Harkins 1
4	New Zealand	6	Graeme Stapleton 3 Ronnie Moore 2 Bruce Cribb 1 Dave Gifford 0 Robin Adlington 0

Scandinavian round

• 3 June
• Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
1	Sweden	39	Anders Michanek 12 Christer Löfqvist 10 Bengt Jansson 9 Tommy Johansson 8
2	Norway	24	Edgar Stangeland 7 Oyvind S. Berg 6 Ulf Lovaas 6 Reidar Eide 4 Dag Lovaas 1
3	Denmark	20	Ole Olsen 9 Nes Nielsen 4 Preben Rosenkilde 3 Leif Berlin 2 Finn Thomsen 2
4	Finland	13	Matti Olin 7 Pekka Paljakka 3 Reino Santala 2 Veli-Pekka Teromaa 1 Kari Vuoristo 0

Continental round

Quarter-Final 9 June Breitwangbahn, Bopfingen Pos. National team Pts. Riders 1   West Germany 43 Josef Angermüller 12 Egon Müller 12 Manfred Poschenreider 12 Jan Käter 7 2   Austria 35 Josef Haider 9 Hubert Fischbacher 9 Josef Bössner 9 Helmut Schippl 8 3   Yugoslavia 15 Stefan Kekec 4 Josip Francic 4 Vlado Kocuvan 4 Radovan Toplisek 3 4   Italy 3 Annibale Pretto 2 Francesco Biginato 1 Giuseppe Marzotto 0 Dario Corsarsa 0 Stefano Quacencan 0

Quarter Final 9 June Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc Pos. National team Pts. Riders 1   Hungary 41 Janos Szoeke 12 Istvan Sziraczki 11 Janos Berki 9 Sandor Csatho 9 2   Czechoslovakia 37 Karel Vobornik 11 Václav Verner 10 Jan Verner 9 Vaclav Hejl 7 3   Bulgaria 12 Peter Petkov 5 Peter Iliev 3 Alexander Kostov 2 Angel Eftimov 2 4   Hungary II 6 Janos Uveges 2 Gyula Oszko 2 Laszlo Zahoran 2 Janos Jakab 0 Hungary II replaced Romania

Semi-Final 29 June Altes Stadion, Abensberg Pos. National team Pts. Riders 1   West Germany 39 Egon Müller 11 Manfred Poschenreider 11 Christoph Betzl 8 Jan Käter 6 Josef Angermüller 3 2   Czechoslovakia 37 Jiří Štancl 0 Milan Špinka 0 Václav Verner 0 Jan Hadek 0 3   Austria 17 Hubert Fischbacher 5 Josef Haider 5 Josef Bössner 4 Helmut Schippl 3 4   Hungary 6 Istvan Sziraczki 3 Janos Szoeke 1 Pal Perenyi 1 Sandor Csatho 1 Laszlo Domokocs 0

Final 6 July Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný Pos. National team Pts. Riders 1   Soviet Union 38 Valery Gordeev 12 Vladimir Gordeev 9 Grigori Khlinovsky 9 Vladimir Zaplechny 5 Anatoly Kuzmin 3 2   Poland 31 Zenon Plech 10 Ryszard Fabiszewski 9 Jan Mucha 6 Edward Jancarz 6 3   Czechoslovakia 19 Jan Holub I 5 Jan Hadek 5 Milan Špinka 3 Václav Verner 3 Jan Klokocka 3 4   West Germany 8 Josef Angermüller 4 Egon Müller 3 Jan Käter 1 Manfred Poschenreider 0

World final

• 15 September
• Silesian Stadium, Chorzów

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
		England	42	Peter Collins - 12 John Louis - 12 Dave Jessup - 10 Malcolm Simmons - 8 Ray Wilson - dnr
		Sweden	31	Sören Sjösten - 10 Anders Michanek - 9 Tommy Jansson 7 Christer Löfqvist 5 Tommy Johansson dnr
		Poland	13	Jan Mucha - 4 Zenon Plech - 4 Andrzej Jurczyński - 3 Andrzej Tkocz - 2 Jerzy Szczakiel - 0
4th		Soviet Union	10	Mikhail Krasnov - 5 Valery Gordeev - 4 Viktor Kalmykov - 1 Anatoly Kuzmin - 0 Mikhail Starostin - dnr

See also

• 1974 Individual Speedway World Championship
• 1974 Speedway World Pairs Championship

References

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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.
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