1973 Speedway World Team Cup

14th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition December 2023 December 2023 1973 Speedway World Team Cup 1972 1974 The 1973 Speedway World Team Cup was the 14th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.Matthews/Morrison Peter/Ian The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results 1987 290 Guinness Superlatives 0-85112-492-5Oakes Peter 1981 Speedway Yearbook 1981 25–26 Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd 0-86215-017-5Bott Richard The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4 1980 98 Stanley Paul & Co Ltd 0-09-141751-1 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.http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2014/02/world-team-cup-1960-1990.html World Team Cup 1960-1990 Edinburgh Speedway 13 July 2021http://motorsporttop20.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/11.-Speedway-World-Cup-Nations.pdf FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS Motor Sport Top 20 13 July 2021http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc73.htm 1973 WORLD TEAM CUP International Speedway 14 July 2021 Qualification Scandninavian round 24 June DEN Fredericia Speedway Stadium, Fredericia Pos.National team Pts. Riders1SWE 37 Anders Michanek 11 Tommy Jansson 9 Bernt Persson 9 Bengt Jansson 82 NOR 35 Ulf Løvaas 10 Edgar Stangeland 10 Dag Løvaas 8 Øyvind S. Berg 73DEN 23 Ole Olsen 12 Kurt Bøgh 4 Jens-Erik Krause-Kjaer 4 Arne Andrease 34FIN 1 Reino Santala 1 Ari Hiljanen 0 Kari Vuoristo 0 Ilkka Teromaa 0 Veli-Pekka Teromaa 0 Continental round Quarter-Final 17 June HUN Gázvezeték Street Sports Complex, Debrecen Pos.National team Pts. Riders1FRG 45 Josef Angermüller 12 Manfred Poschenreider 12 Hans Siegl 10 Egon Müller 6 Jan Käter 52 HUN 24 Barnabas Gyepes 7 Janos Berki 7 Pal Perenyi 6 Ferenc Radacsi 3 Tibor Danka 13TCH II 21 Miroslav Rosulek Jan Klokocka Petr Kucera Jan Holub Karel Vobornik4AUT 6 Josef Bössner 3 Heinz Zimmermann 2 Josef Haider 1 Walter Detter 0 Czechoslovakia II replaced Italy Quarter-Final 17 June YUG Kovinar Stadium, Maribor Pos.National team Pts. Riders1TCH 47 Milan Špinka 12 Jiří Štancl 12 Petr Ondrašík 12 Miloslav Verner 112BUL 24Peter Petkov 8 Peter Iliev 6 Angel Eftimov 6 Peter Kostov 43YUG 15 Vlado Miler 6 Stefan Kekec 4 Alojz Vurzer 3 Milovan Stankovic 24AUT II 10 Walter Grubmüller 4 Josef Scharl 3 Michael Lausegger 3 Alex Taudtmann 0 Austria II replaced East Germany Semi-Final 30 June CSK Markéta Stadium, Prague Pos.National team Pts. Riders1TCH 43 Jiří Štancl 12 Milan Špinka 9 Petr Ondrašík 9 Jan Klokocka 6 Václav Verner 62 HUN 24 Pal Perenyi 8 Janos Berki 7 Istvan Sziraczky 6 Barnabas Gyepes 33FRG 17 Hans Siegl 8 Egon Müller 7 Manfred Poschenreider 2 Jan Käter 14BUL 11 Angel Eftimov 4 Peter Petkov 3 Peter Iliev 2 Nedjelko Nedjelkov 2 Final 5 August USSR Trud Stadium, Balakovo Pos.National team Pts. Riders1URS 35 Valery Gordeev 11 Grigory Khlinovsky 9 Viktor Kalmikov 7 Yury Dubinin 6 Vladimir Paznikov 22POL 31Edward Jancarz 9 Zenon Plech 9 Jan Mucha 8 Ryszard Fabiszewski 4 Paweł Waloszek 13TCH 23 Jiří Štancl 7 Petr Ondrašík 7 Milan Špinka 5 Zdeněk Majstr 44HUN 6 Janos Berki 4 Ferenc Radacsi 1 Laszlo Zahoran 1 Jozsef Szabo 0 Istvan Sziraczki 0 World final 15 September ENG Wembley Stadium, London Pos. National team Pts. Riders1st GBR 37 Peter Collins - 12 John Louis - 9 Ray Wilson - 8 Terry Betts - 8 Dave Jessup - dnr2nd SWE 31 Anders Michanek - 11 Bernt Persson - 9 Bengt Jansson 6 Tommy Jansson 5 Sören Sjösten dnr3rd USSR 20 Valery Gordeev - 7 Vladimir Paznikov - 5 Grigory Khlinovsky - 4 Aleksandr Pavlov - 2 Viktor Trofimov - 24th POL 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 World Team Category:Speedway World Team Cup