1974 Speedway World Team Cup

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 edit

British (& Commonwealth) round edit

11 August
Foxhall Stadium, Ipswich

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
1	England	41	John Louis 12 Terry Betts 10 Dave Jessup 10 Peter Collins 9
2	Australia	31	Phil Crump 10 Billy Sanders 9 John Boulger 7 Bob Valentine 5
3	Scotland	17	George Hunter 8 Bobby Beaton 6 Jim McMillan 2 Bert Harkins 1
4	New Zealand	6	Graeme Stapleton 3 Ronnie Moore 2 Bruce Cribb 1 Dave Gifford 0 Robin Adlington 0

Scandinavian round edit

3 June
Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
1	Sweden	39	Anders Michanek 12 Christer Löfqvist 10 Bengt Jansson 9 Tommy Johansson 8
2	Norway	24	Edgar Stangeland 7 Oyvind S. Berg 6 Ulf Lovaas 6 Reidar Eide 4 Dag Lovaas 1
3	Denmark	20	Ole Olsen 9 Nes Nielsen 4 Preben Rosenkilde 3 Leif Berlin 2 Finn Thomsen 2
4	Finland	13	Matti Olin 7 Pekka Paljakka 3 Reino Santala 2 Veli-Pekka Teromaa 1 Kari Vuoristo 0

Continental round edit

Quarter-Final

9 June
Breitwangbahn, Bopfingen

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
1	West Germany	43	Josef Angermüller 12 Egon Müller 12 Manfred Poschenreider 12 Jan Käter 7
2	Austria	35	Josef Haider 9 Hubert Fischbacher 9 Josef Bössner 9 Helmut Schippl 8
3	Yugoslavia	15	Stefan Kekec 4 Josip Francic 4 Vlado Kocuvan 4 Radovan Toplisek 3
4	Italy	3	Annibale Pretto 2 Francesco Biginato 1 Giuseppe Marzotto 0 Dario Corsarsa 0 Stefano Quacencan 0

Quarter Final

9 June
Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
1	Hungary	41	Janos Szoeke 12 Istvan Sziraczki 11 Janos Berki 9 Sandor Csatho 9
2	Czechoslovakia	37	Karel Vobornik 11 Václav Verner 10 Jan Verner 9 Vaclav Hejl 7
3	Bulgaria	12	Peter Petkov 5 Peter Iliev 3 Alexander Kostov 2 Angel Eftimov 2
4	Hungary II	6	Janos Uveges 2 Gyula Oszko 2 Laszlo Zahoran 2 Janos Jakab 0

Hungary II replaced Romania

Semi-Final

29 June
Altes Stadion, Abensberg

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
1	West Germany	39	Egon Müller 11 Manfred Poschenreider 11 Christoph Betzl 8 Jan Käter 6 Josef Angermüller 3
2	Czechoslovakia	37	Jiří Štancl 0 Milan Špinka 0 Václav Verner 0 Jan Hadek 0
3	Austria	17	Hubert Fischbacher 5 Josef Haider 5 Josef Bössner 4 Helmut Schippl 3
4	Hungary	6	Istvan Sziraczki 3 Janos Szoeke 1 Pal Perenyi 1 Sandor Csatho 1 Laszlo Domokocs 0

Final

6 July
Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
1	Soviet Union	38	Valery Gordeev 12 Vladimir Gordeev 9 Grigori Khlinovsky 9 Vladimir Zaplechny 5 Anatoly Kuzmin 3
2	Poland	31	Zenon Plech 10 Ryszard Fabiszewski 9 Jan Mucha 6 Edward Jancarz 6
3	Czechoslovakia	19	Jan Holub I 5 Jan Hadek 5 Milan Špinka 3 Václav Verner 3 Jan Klokocka 3
4	West Germany	8	Josef Angermüller 4 Egon Müller 3 Jan Käter 1 Manfred Poschenreider 0

World final edit

15 September
Silesian Stadium, Chorzów

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
	England	42	Peter Collins - 12 John Louis - 12 Dave Jessup - 10 Malcolm Simmons - 8 Ray Wilson - dnr
	Sweden	31	Sören Sjösten - 10 Anders Michanek - 9 Tommy Jansson 7 Christer Löfqvist 5 Tommy Johansson dnr
	Poland	13	Jan Mucha - 4 Zenon Plech - 4 Andrzej Jurczyński - 3 Andrzej Tkocz - 2 Jerzy Szczakiel - 0
4th	Soviet Union	10	Mikhail Krasnov - 5 Valery Gordeev - 4 Viktor Kalmykov - 1 Anatoly Kuzmin - 0 Mikhail Starostin - dnr

References edit

^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 98. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "1974 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

[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.

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