The 1966 Speedway World Team Cup was the seventh edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.
The final took place in Wrocław, Poland. The title was won by Poland for the third time.
Qualification
Continental Semi-Final 31 July Glück-Auf Stadion, Senftenberg
Pos.National team Pts. Riders1 32Jochen Dinse 10 Bruno Bülau 9 Hans Jürgen Fritz 7 Gerhard Uhlenbrock 62 31Barnabas Gyepes 11 Ferenc Radasci 10 Janos Bernath 5 Istvan Pasztor 53 26 Milovan Stankovic 12 Valentin Medved 5 Franc Babic 5 Drago Perko 44 6 Alfred Sitzwoh 2 Helmut Walch 2 Gunther Walla 2 Kurt Schwingenschlogl 0
Continental Final 14 August Army Sports Club Stadium, Lviv
Pos.National team Pts. Riders1 38 Marian Rose 12 Antoni Woryna 10 Paweł Waloszek 9 Andrzej Wyglenda 72 31Boris Samorodov 11 Farid Szajnurov 8 Viktor Trofimov 8 Gennady Kurilenko 2 Vladimir Sokolov 23 25 Antonín Kasper Sr. 7 Antonín Šváb Sr. 7 Luboš Tomíček Sr. 6 Pavel Mares 54 1 Bruno Bülau 1 Jochen Dinse 0 Hans Jürgen Fritz 0 Gerhard Uhlenbrock 0
Great Britain and Sweden seeded to final.
World final September 11 Wrocław, General Karol Świerczewski Stadium
Pos. National team Pts. Riders 40 Andrzej Wyglenda - 11 (3,2,3,3) Antoni Woryna - 11 (3,2,3,3) Marian Rose - 10 (1,3,3,3) Andrzej Pogorzelski - 8 (3,3,2,ef) Edmund Migoś - NS 26 Boris Samorodov - 10 (2,3,2,3) Igor Plekhanov - 6 (2,1,1,2) Viktor Trofimov - 6 (2,2,1,1) Farid Szajnurov - 4 (2,1,0,1) Yuri Chekranov - NS 22 Bjorn Knutson - 11 (3,3,3,2) Leif Enecrona - 4 (1,2,1,-) Göte Nordin - 3 (1,1,1,0) Ove Fundin - 2 (ef,-,0,2) Leif Larsson - 2 (-,0,-,2) 4 8 Nigel Boocock - 4 (F,1,2,1) Ivan Mauger - 3 (0,ef,2,1) Barry Briggs - 1 (1,0,0,ef) Terry Betts - 0 (0,0,-,0) Colin Pratt - 0 (-,-,0,-)
See also 1966 Individual Speedway World Championship
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