1968 Speedway World Team Cup
Introduction The '''1968 Speedway World Team Cup''' was the ninth 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 for the first time by the Great Britain national speedway team. The previous eight editions had all been won by Sweden (five wins) or Poland (three wins).
Qualification ===Continental Semi-Final===* 16 June*  Paul Greifzu Stadium, StralsundPos.National team Pts. Riders1 47 Jochen Dinse 12Jürgen Hehlert 12Gerhard Uhlenbrock 12Hans Jürgen Fritz 112  18 Barnabas Gyepes 8Istvan Radoczi 5Janos Bernath 4Ferenc Radacsi 13 18Manfred Poschenreider 6Heinrich Sprenger 5Rudolf Kastl 5Dieter Dauderer 24 13 Ivan Molan 5Franc Babic 4Valentin Medved 2Drago Perko 2===Continental Final===* 28 June*  Slaný Speedway Stadium, SlanýPos.National team Pts. Riders1 43 Andrzej Wyglenda 12Paweł Waloszek 12Antoni Woryna 12Henryk Glucklich 6Jerzy Padewski 12 26Jan Holub I 9Jaroslav Volf 8Frantisek Ledecky 6Miloslav Verner 3Antonín Šváb Sr. 03 19 Viktor Trofimov 7Vladimir Smirnov 6Yuri Chekranov 4Igor Plechanov 1Gennady Kurilenko 14 8 Hans Jürgen Fritz 3Jochen Dinse 2Gerhard Uhlenbrock 2Jürgen Hehlert 1*Great Britain (which included riders from Australia and New Zealand) and Sweden were seeded to the final. * '''WORLD FINAL'''* 21 September*  London, Wembley StadiumPos. National team Pts. 40  30  19  7
World final The recently crowned world individual champion Ivan Mauger from New Zealand helped Great Britain win their first World Cup. * 21 September*  Wembley StadiumPos. National team Pts. Riders  '''40''' Ivan Mauger - '''12'''Nigel Boocock - '''10'''Martin Ashby - '''8'''Barry Briggs - '''7'''Norman Hunter - '''3'''  '''30''' Ove Fundin - '''11'''Bengt Jansson - '''7'''Anders Michanek - '''7'''Olle Nygren - '''3'''Torbjörn Harrysson - '''2'''  '''19''' Edmund Migoś - '''8'''Edward Jancarz - '''6'''Andrzej Wyglenda - '''2'''Henryk Glücklich - '''2'''Paweł Waloszek - '''1'''  '''7''' Antonín Kasper Sr. - '''3'''Luboš Tomíček Sr. - '''2'''Jan Holub I '''1'''Jaroslav Volf '''1'''
See also * 1968 Individual Speedway World Championship* 1968 Speedway World Pairs Championship
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