1972 Speedway World Team Cup

The 1972 Speedway World Team Cup was the 13th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.

The final took place at the Olching Speedwaybahn in Olching, West Germany. The title was won by Great Britain for the third time.

Qualifying

Scandinavian round

• 25 June
• Nærbø Idrettslunden, Nærbø

Continental round

Quarter-Final

• 11 June
• Mladost Stadum, Prelog

Quarter Final

• 18 June
• Rodenbach Motodrom, Rodenbach

• 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

Final

• 23 July
• Leningrad Speedway Stadium, Leningrad

World final

• 24 September
• Olching Speedwaybahn

Run-off for silver<br> Soviet Union 7 (Kalmykov 3, Kuzmin 2, Khlinovsky 1, Trofimov 1) bt Poland 5 (Waloszek 3, Plech 2, Glücklich 0, Dobrucki 0)

See also

• 1972 Individual Speedway World Championship
• 1972 Speedway World Pairs Championship

References