1974 Speedway World Team Cup

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The 1974 Speedway World Team Cup was the 15th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2][3]

The final took place at Stadion Śląski, Chorzów in Poland.[4] The title was won by England for the fourth consecutive year and fifth time in total. However they previously rode as Great Britain when they had the benefit of using Commonwealth riders The fifth win took them ahead of Poland (on four titles) and one behind Sweden (on six titles).[5][6][7]

Qualification

British (& Commonwealth) round

Pos.National teamPts.Riders
1 England41

John Louis 12
Terry Betts 10
Dave Jessup 10
Peter Collins 9

2 Australia31

Phil Crump 10
Billy Sanders 9
John Boulger 7
Bob Valentine 5

3 Scotland17

George Hunter 8
Bobby Beaton 6
Jim McMillan 2
Bert Harkins 1

4 New Zealand6

Graeme Stapleton 3
Ronnie Moore 2
Bruce Cribb 1
Dave Gifford 0
Robin Adlington 0

Scandinavian round

Pos.National teamPts.Riders
1 Sweden39

Anders Michanek 12
Christer Löfqvist 10
Bengt Jansson 9
Tommy Johansson 8

2 Norway24

Edgar Stangeland 7
Oyvind S. Berg 6
Ulf Lovaas 6
Reidar Eide 4
Dag Lovaas 1

3 Denmark20

Ole Olsen 9
Nes Nielsen 4
Preben Rosenkilde 3
Leif Berlin 2
Finn Thomsen 2

4 Finland13

Matti Olin 7
Pekka Paljakka 3
Reino Santala 2
Veli-Pekka Teromaa 1
Kari Vuoristo 0

Continental round

Quarter-Final

Pos.National teamPts.Riders
1 West Germany43

Josef Angermüller 12
Egon Müller 12
Manfred Poschenreider 12
Jan Käter 7

2 Austria35

Josef Haider 9
Hubert Fischbacher 9
Josef Bössner 9
Helmut Schippl 8

3 Yugoslavia15

Stefan Kekec 4
Josip Francic 4
Vlado Kocuvan 4
Radovan Toplisek 3

4 Italy3

Annibale Pretto 2
Francesco Biginato 1
Giuseppe Marzotto 0
Dario Corsarsa 0
Stefano Quacencan 0

Quarter Final

Pos.National teamPts.Riders
1 Hungary41

Janos Szoeke 12
Istvan Sziraczki 11
Janos Berki 9
Sandor Csatho 9

2 Czechoslovakia37

Karel Vobornik 11
Václav Verner 10
Jan Verner 9
Vaclav Hejl 7

3 Bulgaria12

Peter Petkov 5
Peter Iliev 3
Alexander Kostov 2
Angel Eftimov 2

4 Hungary II6

Janos Uveges 2
Gyula Oszko 2
Laszlo Zahoran 2
Janos Jakab 0

Hungary II replaced Romania

Semi-Final

Pos.National teamPts.Riders
1 West Germany39

Egon Müller 11
Manfred Poschenreider 11
Christoph Betzl 8
Jan Käter 6
Josef Angermüller 3

2 Czechoslovakia37

Jiří Štancl 0
Milan Špinka 0
Václav Verner 0
Jan Hadek 0

3 Austria17

Hubert Fischbacher 5
Josef Haider 5
Josef Bössner 4
Helmut Schippl 3

4 Hungary6

Istvan Sziraczki 3
Janos Szoeke 1
Pal Perenyi 1
Sandor Csatho 1
Laszlo Domokocs 0

Final

Pos.National teamPts.Riders
1 Soviet Union38

Valery Gordeev 12
Vladimir Gordeev 9
Grigori Khlinovsky 9
Vladimir Zaplechny 5
Anatoly Kuzmin 3

2 Poland31

Zenon Plech 10
Ryszard Fabiszewski 9
Jan Mucha 6
Edward Jancarz 6

3 Czechoslovakia19

Jan Holub I 5
Jan Hadek 5
Milan Špinka 3
Václav Verner 3
Jan Klokocka 3

4 West Germany8

Josef Angermüller 4
Egon Müller 3
Jan Käter 1
Manfred Poschenreider 0

World final

Pos.National teamPts.Riders
1st England42

Peter Collins - 12
John Louis - 12
Dave Jessup - 10
Malcolm Simmons - 8
Ray Wilson - dnr

2nd Sweden31

Sören Sjösten - 10
Anders Michanek - 9
Tommy Jansson 7
Christer Löfqvist 5
Tommy Johansson dnr

3rd Poland13

Jan Mucha - 4
Zenon Plech - 4
Andrzej Jurczyński - 3
Andrzej Tkocz - 2
Jerzy Szczakiel - 0

4th Soviet Union10

Mikhail Krasnov - 5
Valery Gordeev - 4
Viktor Kalmykov - 1
Anatoly Kuzmin - 0
Mikhail Starostin - dnr

See also

References

  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.
  3. Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 98. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  4. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  5. "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  6. "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  7. "1974 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 14 July 2021.