1974 Speedway World Team Cup
Introduction The '''1974 Speedway World Team Cup''' was the 15th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.The final took place at Stadion Śląski, Chorzów in Poland. 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).
Qualification ===British (& Commonwealth) round===* 11 August*  Foxhall Stadium, IpswichPos.National team Pts. Riders1 41 John Louis 12Terry Betts 10Dave Jessup 10Peter Collins 92  31 Phil Crump 10Billy Sanders 9John Boulger 7Bob Valentine 53 17 George Hunter 8Bobby Beaton 6Jim McMillan 2Bert Harkins 14 6 Graeme Stapleton 3Ronnie Moore 2Bruce Cribb 1Dave Gifford 0Robin Adlington 0===Scandinavian round===* 3 June*  Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, SkienPos.National team Pts. Riders1 39 Anders Michanek 12Christer Löfqvist 10Bengt Jansson 9Tommy Johansson 82  24 Edgar Stangeland 7Oyvind S. Berg 6Ulf Lovaas 6Reidar Eide 4Dag Lovaas 13 20 Ole Olsen 9Nes Nielsen 4Preben Rosenkilde 3Leif Berlin 2Finn Thomsen 24 13 Matti Olin 7Pekka Paljakka 3Reino Santala 2Veli-Pekka Teromaa 1Kari Vuoristo 0===Continental round==='''Quarter-Final'''* 9 June*  Breitwangbahn, BopfingenPos.National team Pts. Riders1 43 Josef Angermüller 12Egon Müller 12Manfred Poschenreider 12Jan Käter 72  35 Josef Haider 9Hubert Fischbacher 9Josef Bössner 9Helmut Schippl 83 15 Stefan Kekec 4Josip Francic 4Vlado Kocuvan 4Radovan Toplisek 34 3 Annibale Pretto 2Francesco Biginato 1Giuseppe Marzotto 0Dario Corsarsa 0Stefano Quacencan 0'''Quarter Final'''* 9 June*  Borsod Volán Stadion, MiskolcPos.National team Pts. Riders1 41 Janos Szoeke 12Istvan Sziraczki 11Janos Berki 9Sandor Csatho 92 37Karel Vobornik 11Václav Verner 10Jan Verner 9Vaclav Hejl 73 12 Peter Petkov 5Peter Iliev 3Alexander Kostov 2Angel Eftimov 24 II6 Janos Uveges 2Gyula Oszko 2Laszlo Zahoran 2Janos Jakab 0Hungary II replaced Romania'''Semi-Final'''* 29 June*  Altes Stadion, AbensbergPos.National team Pts. Riders1 39 Egon Müller 11Manfred Poschenreider 11Christoph Betzl 8Jan Käter 6Josef Angermüller 32  37 Jiří Štancl 0Milan Špinka 0Václav Verner 0Jan Hadek 03 17 Hubert Fischbacher 5Josef Haider 5Josef Bössner 4Helmut Schippl 34 6 Istvan Sziraczki 3Janos Szoeke 1Pal Perenyi 1Sandor Csatho 1Laszlo Domokocs 0'''Final'''* 6 July*  Slaný Speedway Stadium, SlanýPos.National team Pts. Riders1 38 Valery Gordeev 12Vladimir Gordeev 9Grigori Khlinovsky 9Vladimir Zaplechny 5Anatoly Kuzmin 32 31Zenon Plech 10Ryszard Fabiszewski 9Jan Mucha 6Edward Jancarz 63 19 Jan Holub I 5Jan Hadek 5Milan Špinka 3Václav Verner 3Jan Klokocka 34 8 Josef Angermüller 4Egon Müller 3Jan Käter 1Manfred Poschenreider 0
World final *15 September*Silesian Stadium, ChorzówPos. National team Pts. Riders  '''42''' Peter Collins - '''12'''John Louis - '''12'''Dave Jessup - '''10'''Malcolm Simmons - '''8'''Ray Wilson - '''dnr'''  '''31''' Sören Sjösten - '''10'''Anders Michanek - '''9'''Tommy Jansson '''7'''Christer Löfqvist  '''5'''Tommy Johansson '''dnr'''  '''13''' Jan Mucha - '''4'''Zenon Plech - '''4'''Andrzej Jurczyński - '''3'''Andrzej Tkocz - '''2'''Jerzy Szczakiel - '''0'''  '''10''' Mikhail Krasnov - '''5'''Valery Gordeev - '''4'''Viktor Kalmykov - '''1'''Anatoly Kuzmin - '''0'''Mikhail Starostin - '''dnr'''
See also * 1974 Individual Speedway World Championship* 1974 Speedway World Pairs Championship
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