1973 Speedway World Team Cup

14th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition

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
  • Denmark 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

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

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

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

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
  • England Wembley Stadium, London
Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  Great Britain 37

Peter Collins - 12
John Louis - 9
Ray Wilson - 8
Terry Betts - 8
Dave Jessup - dnr

2nd  Sweden 31

Anders Michanek - 11
Bernt Persson - 9
Bengt Jansson 6
Tommy Jansson 5
Sören Sjösten dnr

3rd  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

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.