The 1974 Speedway World Team Cup was the 15th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.
The final took place at Stadion Śląski, Chorzów in Poland. The title was won by England for the fourth consecutive year and fifth time in total. However they previously rode as Great Britain when they had the benefit of using Commonwealth riders The fifth win took them ahead of Poland (on four titles) and one behind Sweden (on six titles).
Qualification British (& Commonwealth) round
11 August Foxhall Stadium, Ipswich Pos.National team Pts. Riders1 41 John Louis 12 Terry Betts 10 Dave Jessup 10 Peter Collins 92 31 Phil Crump 10 Billy Sanders 9 John Boulger 7 Bob Valentine 53 17 George Hunter 8 Bobby Beaton 6 Jim McMillan 2 Bert Harkins 14 6 Graeme Stapleton 3 Ronnie Moore 2 Bruce Cribb 1 Dave Gifford 0 Robin Adlington 0
Scandinavian round
3 June Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien Pos.National team Pts. Riders1 39 Anders Michanek 12 Christer Löfqvist 10 Bengt Jansson 9 Tommy Johansson 82 24 Edgar Stangeland 7 Oyvind S. Berg 6 Ulf Lovaas 6 Reidar Eide 4 Dag Lovaas 13 20 Ole Olsen 9 Nes Nielsen 4 Preben Rosenkilde 3 Leif Berlin 2 Finn Thomsen 24 13 Matti Olin 7 Pekka Paljakka 3 Reino Santala 2 Veli-Pekka Teromaa 1 Kari Vuoristo 0
Continental round
Quarter-Final
9 June Breitwangbahn, Bopfingen Pos.National team Pts. Riders1 43 Josef Angermüller 12 Egon Müller 12 Manfred Poschenreider 12 Jan Käter 72 35 Josef Haider 9 Hubert Fischbacher 9 Josef Bössner 9 Helmut Schippl 83 15 Stefan Kekec 4 Josip Francic 4 Vlado Kocuvan 4 Radovan Toplisek 34 3 Annibale Pretto 2 Francesco Biginato 1 Giuseppe Marzotto 0 Dario Corsarsa 0 Stefano Quacencan 0
Quarter Final
9 June Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc Pos.National team Pts. Riders1 41 Janos Szoeke 12 Istvan Sziraczki 11 Janos Berki 9 Sandor Csatho 92 37Karel Vobornik 11 Václav Verner 10 Jan Verner 9 Vaclav Hejl 73 12 Peter Petkov 5 Peter Iliev 3 Alexander Kostov 2 Angel Eftimov 24 II6 Janos Uveges 2 Gyula Oszko 2 Laszlo Zahoran 2 Janos Jakab 0 Hungary II replaced Romania
Semi-Final
29 June Altes Stadion, Abensberg Pos.National team Pts. Riders1 39 Egon Müller 11 Manfred Poschenreider 11 Christoph Betzl 8 Jan Käter 6 Josef Angermüller 32 37 Jiří Štancl 0 Milan Špinka 0 Václav Verner 0 Jan Hadek 03 17 Hubert Fischbacher 5 Josef Haider 5 Josef Bössner 4 Helmut Schippl 34 6 Istvan Sziraczki 3 Janos Szoeke 1 Pal Perenyi 1 Sandor Csatho 1 Laszlo Domokocs 0
Final
6 July Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný Pos.National team Pts. Riders1 38 Valery Gordeev 12 Vladimir Gordeev 9 Grigori Khlinovsky 9 Vladimir Zaplechny 5 Anatoly Kuzmin 32 31Zenon Plech 10 Ryszard Fabiszewski 9 Jan Mucha 6 Edward Jancarz 63 19 Jan Holub I 5 Jan Hadek 5 Milan Špinka 3 Václav Verner 3 Jan Klokocka 34 8 Josef Angermüller 4 Egon Müller 3 Jan Käter 1 Manfred Poschenreider 0
World final 15 September Silesian Stadium, Chorzów
Pos. National team Pts. Riders 42 Peter Collins - 12 John Louis - 12 Dave Jessup - 10 Malcolm Simmons - 8 Ray Wilson - dnr 31 Sören Sjösten - 10 Anders Michanek - 9 Tommy Jansson 7 Christer Löfqvist 5 Tommy Johansson dnr 13 Jan Mucha - 4 Zenon Plech - 4 Andrzej Jurczyński - 3 Andrzej Tkocz - 2 Jerzy Szczakiel - 04th 10 Mikhail Krasnov - 5 Valery Gordeev - 4 Viktor Kalmykov - 1 Anatoly Kuzmin - 0 Mikhail Starostin - dnr
See also 1974 Individual Speedway World Championship 1974 Speedway World Pairs Championship
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