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]
Nærbø Idrettslunden, Nærbø| Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 37 | Hasse Holmqvist 10 Christer Löfqvist 10 Jan Simensen 9 Bernt Persson 8 | ||
| 2 | 25 | Ole Olsen 11 Kurt Bøgh 7 Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 5 Nils Schelde 1 Henning Hansen 1 | ||
| 3 | 23 | Reidar Eide 9 Odd Fossengen 4 Dag Løvaas 4 Edgar Stangeland 3 Svein Kaasa 3 | ||
| 4 | 11 | Hannu Känkänen 3 Kari Vuoristo 3 Haki Ahonen 3 Kakio Leppåsalko 1 Pekka Paljakka 1 |
Quarter-Final
| Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 48 | Jiří Štancl 12 Jan Holub I 12 Václav Verner 12 Petr Ondrašík 6 Miloslav Verner 6 | ||
| 2 | 23 | Peter Iliev 8 Nedjelko Nedjelkov 7 Peter Kostov 5 Angel Eftimov 3 | ||
| 3 | 22 | Drasko Orsic 7 Evald Babic 6 Vlado Miler 6 Josip Francic 3 | ||
| 4 | II | 3 | Milija Stojkovic 1 Stefan Kekec 1 Janez Tomazic 1 Jose Lazbaher 0 |
| Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 39 | Manfred Poschenreider 12 Rudi Kastl 11 Josef Angermüller 9 Jan Käter 7 | ||
| 2 | 17 | Gunther Walla 7 Heinz Zimmermann 4 Josef Haider 4 Alex Taudtmann 2 | ||
| 3 | 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 |
Semi-Final
| Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | Milan Špinka 12 Zdeněk Majstr 9 Petr Ondrašík 9 Václav Verner 9 Jiří Štancl 8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Josef Angermüller 9 Jan Käter 8 Manfred Poschenreider 8 Rudolf Kastl 7 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Nedjelko Nedjelkov 4 Peter Iliev 3 Peter Petkov 3 Alexander Kostov 0 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Josef Haider 5 Gunther Walla 1 Alex Taudtmann 1 Michael Laussegger 1 Heinz Zimmermann 0 |
Final
| Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40 | Zenon Plech 12 Henryk Glücklich 10 Paweł Waloszek 7 Edward Jancarz 6 Jerzy Gryt 5 | ||
| 2 | 33 | Anatoli Kuzmin 11 Georgi Ivanov 9 Grigori Khlinovsky 6 Viktor Kalmikov 6 Gennady Kurilenko 1 | ||
| 3 | 13 | |||
| 4 | 9 | Josef Angermüller 3 Jan Käter 3 Manfred Poschenreider 2 Helmut Reiter 1 Rudolf Kastl 0 |
| Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | Ivan Mauger - 11 John Louis - 9 Ray Wilson - 8 Terry Betts - 8 Ronnie Moore - dnr | |||||
| 21 | Anatoly Kuzmin - 6 Viktor Kalmykov - 5 Viktor Trofimov - 5 Grigory Khlinovsky - 5 Valery Gordeev - dnr | |||||
| 21 | Zenon Plech - 7 Henryk Glücklich - 6 Paweł Waloszek - 5 Zdzisław Dobrucki - 3 Marek Cieślak - 0 | |||||
| 4th | 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)