1972 Speedway World Team Cup
Introduction The '''1972 Speedway World Team Cup''' was the 13th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.The final took place at the Olching Speedwaybahn in Olching, West Germany. The title was won by Great Britain for the third time.
Qualifying ===Scandinavian round===* 25 June*  Nærbø Idrettslunden, NærbøPos.National team Pts. Riders1 37 Hasse Holmqvist 10Christer Löfqvist 10Jan Simensen 9Bernt Persson 82  25 Ole Olsen 11Kurt Bøgh 7Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 5Nils Schelde 1Henning Hansen 13 23 Reidar Eide 9Odd Fossengen 4Dag Løvaas 4Edgar Stangeland 3Svein Kaasa 34 11 Hannu Känkänen 3Kari Vuoristo 3Haki Ahonen 3Kakio Leppåsalko 1Pekka Paljakka 1===Continental round==='''Quarter-Final'''* 11 June*  Mladost Stadum, PrelogPos.National team Pts. Riders1 48 Jiří Štancl 12Jan Holub I 12Václav Verner 12Petr Ondrašík 6Miloslav Verner 62  23 Peter Iliev 8Nedjelko Nedjelkov 7Peter Kostov 5Angel Eftimov 33 22 Drasko Orsic 7Evald Babic 6Vlado Miler 6Josip Francic 34 II 3 Milija Stojkovic 1Stefan Kekec 1Janez Tomazic 1Jose Lazbaher 0'''Quarter Final'''* 18 June*  Rodenbach Motodrom, RodenbachPos.National team Pts. Riders1 39 Manfred Poschenreider 12Rudi Kastl 11Josef Angermüller 9Jan Käter 72 17Gunther Walla 7Heinz Zimmermann 4Josef Haider 4Alex Taudtmann 23 17 Ferencs Radacsi 7Barnabas Gyepes 5Pal Perenyi 4Sandor Csatho 14Scandinavian Select 23 Jorn Mogensen 10Stefan Salomonsson 6Stefan Johansson 6Erik Tilgaard 1*Austria awarded 2nd place because they had more heat winners than Hungary (2 to 0). *East Germany withdrew and were replaced by Scandinavian Select who were ineligible to qualify for the next round. '''Semi-Final'''* 1 July*  Slaný Speedway Stadium, SlanýPos.National team Pts. Riders1 0 Milan Špinka 12Zdeněk Majstr 9Petr Ondrašík 9Václav Verner 9Jiří Štancl 82  0 Josef Angermüller 9Jan Käter 8Manfred Poschenreider 8Rudolf Kastl 73 0 Nedjelko Nedjelkov 4Peter Iliev 3Peter Petkov 3Alexander Kostov 04 0 Josef Haider 5Gunther Walla 1Alex Taudtmann 1Michael Laussegger 1Heinz Zimmermann 0'''Final'''* 23 July*  Leningrad Speedway Stadium, LeningradPos.National team Pts. Riders1 40 Zenon Plech 12Henryk Glücklich 10Paweł Waloszek 7Edward Jancarz 6 Jerzy Gryt 52 33Anatoli Kuzmin 11Georgi Ivanov 9Grigori Khlinovsky 6Viktor Kalmikov 6Gennady Kurilenko 13 13 Jan Holub I 5Zdeněk Majstr 3Petr Ondrašík 3Milan Špinka 1Jiří Štancl 4 9 Josef Angermüller 3Jan Käter 3Manfred Poschenreider 2Helmut Reiter 1Rudolf Kastl 0
World final * 24 September*  Olching SpeedwaybahnPos. National team Pts. Riders  '''36''' Ivan Mauger - '''11'''John Louis - '''9'''Ray Wilson - '''8'''Terry Betts - '''8'''Ronnie Moore - '''dnr'''  '''21''' Anatoly Kuzmin - '''6'''Viktor Kalmykov - '''5'''Viktor Trofimov - '''5'''Grigory Khlinovsky - '''5'''Valery Gordeev - '''dnr'''  '''21''' Zenon Plech - '''7'''Henryk Glücklich - '''6'''Paweł Waloszek - '''5'''Zdzisław Dobrucki - '''3'''Marek Cieślak - '''0'''  '''18''' Christer Löfqvist - '''6'''Anders Michanek - '''4'''Tommy Jansson '''4'''Jan Simensen '''3'''Göte Nordin '''1''''''Run-off for silver'''Soviet Union 7 (Kalmykov 3, Kuzmin 2, Khlinovsky 1, Trofimov 1) bt Poland 5 (Waloszek 3, Plech 2, Glücklich 0, Dobrucki 0)
See also * 1972 Individual Speedway World Championship* 1972 Speedway World Pairs Championship
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