1972 Speedway World Team Cup

13th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition

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

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### Scandinavian round

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* 25 June
* Nærbø Idrettslunden, Nærbø

Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders

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1 |  Sweden | 37 |

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

2 |  Denmark | 25 |

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

3 |  Norway | 23 |

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

4 |  Finland | 11 |

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

### Continental round

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Quarter-Final

* 11 June
* Mladost Stadum, Prelog

| Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders

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1 |  Czechoslovakia | 48 |

Jiří Štancl 12
Jan Holub I 12
Václav Verner 12
Petr Ondrašík 6
Miloslav Verner 6

2 |  Bulgaria | 23 |

Peter Iliev 8
Nedjelko Nedjelkov 7
Peter Kostov 5
Angel Eftimov 3

3 |  Yugoslavia | 22 |

Drasko Orsic 7
Evald Babic 6
Vlado Miler 6
Josip Francic 3

4 |  Yugoslavia II | 3 |

Milija Stojkovic 1
Stefan Kekec 1
Janez Tomazic 1
Jose Lazbaher 0

Quarter Final

* 18 June
* Rodenbach Motodrom, Rodenbach

| Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders

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1 |  West Germany | 39 |

Manfred Poschenreider 12
Rudi Kastl 11
Josef Angermüller 9
Jan Käter 7

2 |  Austria | 17 |

Gunther Walla 7
Heinz Zimmermann 4
Josef Haider 4
Alex Taudtmann 2

3 |  Hungary | 17 |

Ferencs Radacsi 7
Barnabas Gyepes 5
Pal Perenyi 4
Sandor Csatho 1

4 | Scandinavian Select | 23 |

Jorn Mogensen 10
Stefan Salomonsson 6
Stefan Johansson 6
Erik Tilgaard 1

* Austria awarded 2nd place because they had more heat winners than Hungary (2 to 0).
* East Germany withdrew and were replaced by Scandinavian Select who were ineligible to qualify for the next round.

Semi-Final

* 1 July
* Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný

| Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders

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1 |  Czechoslovakia | 0 |

Milan Špinka 12
Zdeněk Majstr 9
Petr Ondrašík 9
Václav Verner 9
Jiří Štancl 8

2 |  West Germany | 0 |

Josef Angermüller 9
Jan Käter 8
Manfred Poschenreider 8
Rudolf Kastl 7

3 |  Bulgaria | 0 |

Nedjelko Nedjelkov 4
Peter Iliev 3
Peter Petkov 3
Alexander Kostov 0

4 |  Austria | 0 |

Josef Haider 5
Gunther Walla 1
Alex Taudtmann 1
Michael Laussegger 1
Heinz Zimmermann 0

Final

* 23 July
* Leningrad Speedway Stadium, Leningrad

| Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders

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1 |  Poland | 40 |

Zenon Plech 12
Henryk Glücklich 10
Paweł Waloszek 7
Edward Jancarz 6
Jerzy Gryt 5

2 |  Soviet Union | 33 |

Anatoli Kuzmin 11
Georgi Ivanov 9
Grigori Khlinovsky 6
Viktor Kalmikov 6
Gennady Kurilenko 1

3 |  Czechoslovakia | 13 |

Jan Holub I 5
Zdeněk Majstr 3
Petr Ondrašík 3
Milan Špinka 1
Jiří Štancl

4 |  West Germany | 9 |

Josef Angermüller 3
Jan Käter 3
Manfred Poschenreider 2
Helmut Reiter 1
Rudolf Kastl 0

## World final

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* 24 September
* Olching Speedwaybahn

Pos. |  | National team | Pts. | Riders

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|  |  Great Britain | 36 |

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

|  |  Soviet Union | 21 |

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

|  |  Poland | 21 |

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

4th |  |  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)

## See also

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* 1972 Individual Speedway World Championship
* 1972 Speedway World Pairs Championship

## References

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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 0-86215-017-5.25-26&rft.pub=Studio+Publications+(Ipswich)+Ltd&rft.date=1981&rft.isbn=0-86215-017-5&rft.aulast=Oakes&rft.aufirst=Peter&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:1972+Speedway+World+Team+Cup" class="Z3988">
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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