1970 Speedway World Team Cup
Introduction The '''1970 Speedway World Team Cup''' was the 11th 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 Sweden for the sixth time.
Qualification ===British Round==='''Great Britain''' seeded to World Final (Commonwealth riders eligible for British team)===Scandinavian Round===* June 14*  Ljungheden, Västervik* Att: 1,4501st2nd3rd4th''' - 39'''Ove Fundin - 12Anders Michanek - 12Bengt Jansson - 10Per Olof Söderman - 4Kjell Haage - 1''' - 32'''Odd Fossengen - 9Øyvind S. Berg - 8Reidar Eide - 8Edgar Stangeland - 7Dag Lovaas - ns''' - 25'''Ole Olsen - 9Neils Weiss - 6Kurt Bøgh - 5Bent Nørregaard-Jensen - 5Jörn Mogensen - ns''' - 0'''Erkki Hannula - 0Reima Lohkovuori - 0Jouko Naskali - 0Matti Olin - 0Markku Tarkkanen - 0'''* Sweden to World Final'''===Continental Round=======Quarterfinal 1====* 21 June*  Gradski stadion, Crikvenica1st2nd3rd4th''' - 48'''Miloslav Verner - 12Zdeněk Majstr - 12Jiří Štancl - 12Václav Verner - 12Jan Klokocka - ns''' - 28'''Drago RegvartDrago PerkoIvan MolanDrasko OrsicJose Visocnik''' - 20'''Alexander KostovPeter PetkovPetr IlievGeorgi Macev''' - 4'''Gianni PizzoGiovanni PizzoAnnibale PrettoGilberto Roncolato	* Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia to Semifinal====Quarterfinal 2====* 21 June*  Speedway Stadion, Ruhpolding1st2nd3rd4th''' - 44'''Hans Jürgen Fritz - 12Jürgen Hehlert - 11Dieter Tetzlaff - 11Peter Liebing - 7Gerhard Uhlenbrock - 3''' - 26'''Pal Perenyi - 8Barnabas Gyepes - 7Sandor Csatho - 6Ferenc Radacsi - 5''' - 18'''Rudolf Kastl - 6Christoph Betzl - 6Josef Angermüller - 6Alois Wiesböck - 0Dieter Dauderer - 0''' - 8'''Günther Walla - 3Josef Haider - 3Alfred Rinzner - 1Helmut Schippl	- 1* East Germany and Hungary to Semifinal====Semifinal====* 5 July*  Güstrow Speedway Stadium, Güstrow* Att: 12,000:Draw 1.→  B1st2nd3rd4th''' - 45'''Hans Jürgen Fritz - 12Jürgen Hehlert - 12Dieter Tetzlaff - 12Peter Liebing - 7Gerhard Uhlenbrock - 2''' - 27'''Jiří Štancl - 8Zdeněk Majstr - 7Václav Verner - 7Jan Klokocka - 5Jaroslav Volf - ns''' B - 16'''Jochen Dinse - 6Kurt Martens - 4Klaus Volker - 4Horst Kruger - 2Wilfried Schneider - ns''' - 8'''Pal Perenyi - 3Sandor Csatho - 2Barnabas Gyepes - 2Ferenc Radacsi	- 1* East Germany and Czechoslovakia to Continental Final====Continental Final====* 26 July*  Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný* Att: 7,000'''* Czechoslovakia and Poland to World Final'''
World Final * 19 September*  Wembley Stadium, London* Att: 35,0001st2nd3rd4th''' - 42'''13.Bengt Jansson (3,3,2,3) - 1114.Ove Fundin (2,3,3,3) - 1115.Anders Michanek (3,2,3,2) - 1016.Sören Sjösten (2,3,2,3) - 1020.Bernt Persson - ns''' - 31'''1.Ivan Mauger (3,3,2,1) - 92.Barry Briggs (3,2,3,3) - 113.Nigel Boocock (1,-,1,-) - 24.Eric Boocock (2,2,1,-) - 517.Ray Wilson (-,-,2,-,2/f) - 4''' - 20'''5.Antoni Woryna (1,0,3,1) - 56.Jan Mucha (1,1,2,2) - 67.Paweł Waloszek (1,1,0,-) - 28.Edmund Migoś (2,1,t,1) - 418.Henryk Glücklich (-,1,-,2) - 3''' - 3'''9.Zdeněk Majstr (0,0,0,-) - 010.Václav Verner (0,1,1,1) - 311.Miloslav Verner (0,f,-,0) - 012.Jiří Štancl (0,0,0,0) - 019.Jan Holub I - (-,-,0,0) - 0
See also * 1970 Individual Speedway World Championship* 1970 Speedway World Pairs Championship
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