1971 Speedway World Team Cup
Introduction The '''1971 Speedway World Team Cup''' was the 12th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.The final took place at Stadion Olimpijski (Wrocław) in Poland. The title was won by Great Britain for the second time.
Qualifying ===British round===*Great Britain (including Commonwealth riders) seeded to World Final.===Scandinavian round===* 20 June*  Fredericia Speedway Stadium, FredericiaPos.National team Pts. Riders1 41 Anders Michanek 11Bernt Persson 11Bengt Jansson 10Sören Sjösten 7Leif Enecrona 22  33 Ole Olsen 12Neils Weiss 8Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 7Kurt Bøgh 6Jorn Mogensen 03 21 Reidar Eide 6Ulf Lovaas 6Odd Fossengen 5Oyvind S. Berg 3Svein Kaasa 14 1 Matti Olin 1Erkki Hannula 0Reima Lohkovuori 0Jouko Naskali 0Tapio Leppasalko 0===Continental round=======Quarter-Final====* 13 June*  Kovinar Stadium, MariborPos.National team Pts. Riders1 46 Viktor Trofimov 9Gennady Kurilenko 9Anatoly Kuzmin 9Aleksandr Pavlov 9Grigori Khlinovsky 82  23 Vlado Kocuvan 7Ivan Molan 6Drasko Orsic 6Vlado Miler 43 15 Nedelko Nedelkov 6Peter Iliev 4Alexander Kostov 4Alexej Antonov 14 12 Annibale Pretto 9Gianni Pizzo 1Giuseppe Pizzo 1Franco Rupil 1====Quarter-final====* 13 June*  Rodenbach Motodrom, RodenbachPos.National team Pts. Riders1 40 Peter Liebing 11Hans Jürgen Fritz 11Dieter Tetzlaff 10Jochen Dinse 02 36Manfred Poschenreider 12Rudolf Kastl 9Josef Angermüller 8Jan Käter 73 11 Josef Haider 5Heinz Zimmermann 4Gunther Walla 1Herbert Prosi 1Alex Taudtmann 04 9 Pal Perenyi 3Barnabas Gyepes 3Sandor Csatho 2Ferenc Radacsi 1Janos Szoeke 0====Semi-Final====* 4 July*  Illerstadion, KemptenPos.National team Pts. Riders1 36 Vladimir Gordeev 12Grigori Khlinovsky 12Aleksandr Pavlov 7Gennady Kurilenko 5Viktor Trofimov 02  30 Dieter Tetzlaff 10Hans Jürgen Fritz 9Peter Liebing 8Jochen Dinse 2Horst Krüger 13 25 Manfred Poschenrieder 9Jan Käter 7Josef Angermüller 5Dieter Dauderer 44 5 Ivan Molan 3Vlado Miler 1Drasko Orsic 0Vlado Kocuvan 0====Final====* 25 August*  Leningrad Speedway Stadium, LeningradPos.National team Pts. Riders1 46 Vladimir Gordeev 12Vladimir Smirnov 11Georgi Ivanov 11Gennady Kurilenko 112 30Edward Jancarz 9Henryk Glücklich 9Andrzej Wyglenda 8Jerzy Szczakiel 43 10.5 Pavel Mareš 3.5Miloslav Verner 3Jiří Štancl 2Jan Holub I 2Václav Verner 04 9.5 Dieter Tetzlaff 5Peter Liebing 2Hans-Jürgen Fritz 1.5Horst Krüger 1Jochen Dinse 0
World final * 26 September*  Olympic StadiumPos. National team Pts. Riders  '''37''' Ray Wilson - '''12'''Ivan Mauger - '''10'''Jim Airey - '''9'''Barry Briggs - '''6'''Ronnie Moore - '''dnr'''  '''22''' Grigory Khlinovsky - '''8'''Vladimir Smirnov - '''7'''Vladimir Gordeev - '''4'''Anatoly Kuzmin - '''3'''Viktor Trofimov - '''dnr'''  '''19''' Paweł Waloszek - '''5'''Henryk Glücklich - '''4'''Antoni Woryna - '''4'''Edward Jancarz - '''4'''Andrzej Wyglenda - '''2'''  '''18''' Anders Michanek - '''9'''Sören Sjösten - '''3'''Bengt Jansson '''3'''Leif Enecrona '''3'''Bernt Persson '''0'''
See also * 1971 Individual Speedway World Championship* 1971 Speedway World Pairs Championship
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