1973 Speedway World Team Cup
Introduction The '''1973 Speedway World Team Cup''' was the 14th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.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.
Qualification ===Scandninavian round===* 24 June*  Fredericia Speedway Stadium, FredericiaPos.National team Pts. Riders1 37 Anders Michanek 11Tommy Jansson 9Bernt Persson 9Bengt Jansson 82  35 Ulf Løvaas 10Edgar Stangeland 10Dag Løvaas 8Øyvind S Berg 73 23 Ole Olsen 12Kurt Bøgh 4Jens-Erik Krause-Kjaer 4Arne Andrease 34 1 Reino Santala 1 Ari Hiljanen 0Kari Vuoristo 0Ilkka Teromaa 0Veli-Pekka Teromaa 0===Continental round==='''Quarter-Final'''*17 June*  Gázvezeték Street Sports Complex, DebrecenPos.National team Pts. Riders1 45 Josef Angermüller 12Manfred Poschenreider 12Hans Siegl 10Egon Müller 6Jan Käter 52  24 Barnabas Gyepes 7Janos Berki 7Pal Perenyi 6Ferenc Radacsi 3Tibor Danka 13 II 21 Miroslav RosulekJan KlokockaPetr KuceraJan HolubKarel Vobornik4 6 Josef Bössner 3Heinz Zimmermann 2Josef Haider 1Walter Detter 0* Czechoslovakia II replaced Italy'''Quarter-Final'''* 17 June*  Kovinar Stadium, MariborPos.National team Pts. Riders1 47 Milan Špinka 12Jiří Štancl 12Petr Ondrašík 12Miloslav Verner 112 24Peter Petkov 8Peter Iliev 6Angel Eftimov 6Peter Kostov 43 15 Vlado Miler 6Stefan Kekec 4Alojz Vurzer 3Milovan Stankovic 24 II 10 Walter Grubmüller 4Josef Scharl 3Michael Lausegger 3Alex Taudtmann 0Austria II replaced East Germany'''Semi-Final'''* 30 June*  Markéta Stadium, PraguePos.National team Pts. Riders1 43 Jiří Štancl 12Milan Špinka 9Petr Ondrašík 9Jan Klokocka 6Václav Verner 62  24 Pal Perenyi 8Janos Berki 7Istvan Sziraczky 6Barnabas Gyepes 33 17 Hans Siegl 8Egon Müller 7Manfred Poschenreider 2Jan Käter 14 11 Angel Eftimov 4Peter Petkov 3Peter Iliev 2Nedjelko Nedjelkov 2'''Final'''* 5 August*  Trud Stadium, BalakovoPos.National team Pts. Riders1 35 Valery Gordeev 11Grigory Khlinovsky 9Viktor Kalmikov 7Yury Dubinin 6Vladimir Paznikov 22 31Edward Jancarz 9Zenon Plech 9Jan Mucha 8Ryszard Fabiszewski 4Paweł Waloszek 13 23 Jiří Štancl 7Petr Ondrašík 7Milan Špinka 5Zdeněk Majstr 44 6 Janos Berki 4Ferenc Radacsi 1Laszlo Zahoran 1Jozsef Szabo 0Istvan Sziraczki 0
World final * 15 September*  Wembley Stadium, LondonPos. 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'''  '''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
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