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, Nærbø
Pos.National team Pts. Riders1 37 Hasse Holmqvist 10 Christer Löfqvist 10 Jan Simensen 9 Bernt Persson 82 25 Ole Olsen 11 Kurt Bøgh 7 Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 5 Nils Schelde 1 Henning Hansen 13 23 Reidar Eide 9 Odd Fossengen 4 Dag Løvaas 4 Edgar Stangeland 3 Svein Kaasa 34 11 Hannu Känkänen 3 Kari Vuoristo 3 Haki Ahonen 3 Kakio Leppåsalko 1 Pekka Paljakka 1
Continental round
Quarter-Final
11 June Mladost Stadum, Prelog Pos.National team Pts. Riders1 48 Jiří Štancl 12 Jan Holub I 12 Václav Verner 12 Petr Ondrašík 6 Miloslav Verner 62 23 Peter Iliev 8 Nedjelko Nedjelkov 7 Peter Kostov 5 Angel Eftimov 33 22 Drasko Orsic 7 Evald Babic 6 Vlado Miler 6 Josip Francic 34 II 3 Milija Stojkovic 1 Stefan Kekec 1 Janez Tomazic 1 Jose Lazbaher 0
Quarter Final
18 June Rodenbach Motodrom, Rodenbach Pos.National team Pts. Riders1 39 Manfred Poschenreider 12 Rudi Kastl 11 Josef Angermüller 9 Jan Käter 72 17Gunther Walla 7 Heinz Zimmermann 4 Josef Haider 4 Alex Taudtmann 23 17 Ferencs Radacsi 7 Barnabas Gyepes 5 Pal Perenyi 4 Sandor Csatho 14Scandinavian Select 23 Jorn Mogensen 10 Stefan Salomonsson 6 Stefan Johansson 6 Erik 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, Slaný Pos.National team Pts. Riders1 0 Milan Špinka 12 Zdeněk Majstr 9 Petr Ondrašík 9 Václav Verner 9 Jiří Štancl 82 0 Josef Angermüller 9 Jan Käter 8 Manfred Poschenreider 8 Rudolf Kastl 73 0 Nedjelko Nedjelkov 4 Peter Iliev 3 Peter Petkov 3 Alexander Kostov 04 0 Josef Haider 5 Gunther Walla 1 Alex Taudtmann 1 Michael Laussegger 1 Heinz Zimmermann 0
Final
23 July Leningrad Speedway Stadium, Leningrad Pos.National team Pts. Riders1 40 Zenon Plech 12 Henryk Glücklich 10 Paweł Waloszek 7 Edward Jancarz 6 Jerzy Gryt 52 33Anatoli Kuzmin 11 Georgi Ivanov 9 Grigori Khlinovsky 6 Viktor Kalmikov 6 Gennady Kurilenko 13 13 Jan Holub I 5 Zdeněk Majstr 3 Petr Ondrašík 3 Milan Špinka 1 Jiří Štancl 4 9 Josef Angermüller 3 Jan Käter 3 Manfred Poschenreider 2 Helmut Reiter 1 Rudolf Kastl 0
World final 24 September Olching Speedwaybahn
Pos. 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 - 04th 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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