1973 Speedway World Team Cup Explained

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
• Fredericia Speedway Stadium, Fredericia

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
1		37	Anders Michanek 11 Tommy Jansson 9 Bernt Persson 9 Bengt Jansson 8
2		35	Ulf Løvaas 10 Edgar Stangeland 10 Dag Løvaas 8 Øyvind S. Berg 7
3		23	Ole Olsen 12 Kurt Bøgh 4 Jens-Erik Krause-Kjaer 4 Arne Andrease 3
4		1	Reino Santala 1 Ari Hiljanen 0 Kari Vuoristo 0 Ilkka Teromaa 0 Veli-Pekka Teromaa 0

Continental round

Quarter-Final

• 17 June
• Gázvezeték Street Sports Complex, Debrecen

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
1		45	Josef Angermüller 12 Manfred Poschenreider 12 Hans Siegl 10 Egon Müller 6 Jan Käter 5
2		24	Barnabas Gyepes 7 Janos Berki 7 Pal Perenyi 6 Ferenc Radacsi 3 Tibor Danka 1
3	II	21	Miroslav Rosulek Jan Klokocka Petr Kucera Jan Holub Karel Vobornik
4		6	Josef Bössner 3 Heinz Zimmermann 2 Josef Haider 1 Walter Detter 0

• Czechoslovakia II replaced Italy

Quarter-Final

• 17 June
• Kovinar Stadium, Maribor

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
1		47	Milan Špinka 12 Jiří Štancl 12 Petr Ondrašík 12 Miloslav Verner 11
2		24	Peter Petkov 8 Peter Iliev 6 Angel Eftimov 6 Peter Kostov 4
3		15	Vlado Miler 6 Stefan Kekec 4 Alojz Vurzer 3 Milovan Stankovic 2
4	II	10	Walter Grubmüller 4 Josef Scharl 3 Michael Lausegger 3 Alex Taudtmann 0

Austria II replaced East Germany

Semi-Final

• 30 June
• Markéta Stadium, Prague

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
1		43	Jiří Štancl 12 Milan Špinka 9 Petr Ondrašík 9 Jan Klokocka 6 Václav Verner 6
2		24	Pal Perenyi 8 Janos Berki 7 Istvan Sziraczky 6 Barnabas Gyepes 3
3		17	Hans Siegl 8 Egon Müller 7 Manfred Poschenreider 2 Jan Käter 1
4		11	Angel Eftimov 4 Peter Petkov 3 Peter Iliev 2 Nedjelko Nedjelkov 2

Final

• 5 August
• Trud Stadium, Balakovo

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
1		35	Valery Gordeev 11 Grigory Khlinovsky 9 Viktor Kalmikov 7 Yury Dubinin 6 Vladimir Paznikov 2
2		31	Edward Jancarz 9 Zenon Plech 9 Jan Mucha 8 Ryszard Fabiszewski 4 Paweł Waloszek 1
3		23	Jiří Štancl 7 Petr Ondrašík 7 Milan Špinka 5 Zdeněk Majstr 4
4		6	Janos Berki 4 Ferenc Radacsi 1 Laszlo Zahoran 1 Jozsef Szabo 0 Istvan Sziraczki 0

World final

• 15 September
• Wembley Stadium, London

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
				37	Peter Collins - 12 John Louis - 9 Ray Wilson - 8 Terry Betts - 8 Dave Jessup - dnr
				31	Anders Michanek - 11 Bernt Persson - 9 Bengt Jansson 6 Tommy Jansson 5 Sören Sjösten dnr
				20	Valery Gordeev - 7 Vladimir Paznikov - 5 Grigory Khlinovsky - 4 Aleksandr Pavlov - 2 Viktor Trofimov - 2
4th				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

Notes and References

1. Book: Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. 1987. 290. Guinness Superlatives. 0-85112-492-5.
2. Book: Oakes, Peter. 1981 Speedway Yearbook. 1981. 25-26. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. 0-86215-017-5.
3. Book: Bott, Richard. The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. 1980. 98. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. 0-09-141751-1.
4. Web site: World Team Cup 1960-1990. Edinburgh Speedway. 13 July 2021.
5. Web site: FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS. Motor Sport Top 20. 13 July 2021.
6. Web site: 1973 WORLD TEAM CUP. International Speedway. 14 July 2021.