1968 Speedway World Team Cup

9th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition

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The 1968 Speedway World Team Cup was the ninth 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 for the first time by the Great Britain national speedway team. The previous eight editions had all been won by Sweden (five wins) or Poland (three wins).[4][5][6]

Qualification

Continental Semi-Final

  • 16 June
  • East Germany Paul Greifzu Stadium, Stralsund
Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1  East Germany 47

Jochen Dinse 12
Jürgen Hehlert 12
Gerhard Uhlenbrock 12
Hans Jürgen Fritz 11

2  Hungary 18

Barnabas Gyepes 8
Istvan Radoczi 5
Janos Bernath 4
Ferenc Radacsi 1

3  West Germany 18

Manfred Poschenreider 6
Heinrich Sprenger 5
Rudolf Kastl 5
Dieter Dauderer 2

4  Yugoslavia 13

Ivan Molan 5
Franc Babic 4
Valentin Medved 2
Drago Perko 2

Continental Final

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1  Poland 43

Andrzej Wyglenda 12
Paweł Waloszek 12
Antoni Woryna 12
Henryk Glucklich 6
Jerzy Padewski 1

2  Czechoslovakia 26

Jan Holub I 9
Jaroslav Volf 8
Frantisek Ledecky 6
Miloslav Verner 3
Antonín Šváb Sr. 0

3  Soviet Union 19

Viktor Trofimov 7
Vladimir Smirnov 6
Yuri Chekranov 4
Igor Plechanov 1
Gennady Kurilenko 1

4  East Germany 8

Hans Jürgen Fritz 3
Jochen Dinse 2
Gerhard Uhlenbrock 2
Jürgen Hehlert 1

  • Great Britain (which included riders from Australia and New Zealand) and Sweden were seeded to the final.
  • WORLD FINAL
  • 21 September
  • England London, Wembley Stadium
Pos. National team Pts.
1  Great Britain 40
2  Sweden 30
3  Poland 19
4  Czechoslovakia 7


World final

The recently crowned world individual champion Ivan Mauger from New Zealand helped Great Britain win their first World Cup.
  • 21 September
  • England Wembley Stadium
Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  Great Britain 40

Ivan Mauger - 12
Nigel Boocock - 10
Martin Ashby - 8
Barry Briggs - 7
Norman Hunter - 3

2nd  Sweden 30

Ove Fundin - 11
Bengt Jansson - 7
Anders Michanek - 7
Olle Nygren - 3
Torbjörn Harrysson - 2

3rd  Poland 19

Edmund Migoś - 8
Edward Jancarz - 6
Andrzej Wyglenda - 2
Henryk Glücklich - 2
Paweł Waloszek - 1

4th  Czechoslovakia 7

Antonín Kasper Sr. - 3
Luboš Tomíček Sr. - 2
Jan Holub I 1
Jaroslav Volf 1

See also

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. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  6. ^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.