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, Fredericia
Pos.National team Pts. Riders1 41 Anders Michanek 11 Bernt Persson 11 Bengt Jansson 10 Sören Sjösten 7 Leif Enecrona 22 33 Ole Olsen 12 Neils Weiss 8 Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 7 Kurt Bøgh 6 Jorn Mogensen 03 21 Reidar Eide 6 Ulf Lovaas 6 Odd Fossengen 5 Oyvind S. Berg 3 Svein Kaasa 14 1 Matti Olin 1 Erkki Hannula 0 Reima Lohkovuori 0 Jouko Naskali 0 Tapio Leppasalko 0
Continental round
Quarter-Final 13 June Kovinar Stadium, Maribor
Pos.National team Pts. Riders1 46 Viktor Trofimov 9 Gennady Kurilenko 9 Anatoly Kuzmin 9 Aleksandr Pavlov 9 Grigori Khlinovsky 82 23 Vlado Kocuvan 7 Ivan Molan 6 Drasko Orsic 6 Vlado Miler 43 15 Nedelko Nedelkov 6 Peter Iliev 4 Alexander Kostov 4 Alexej Antonov 14 12 Annibale Pretto 9 Gianni Pizzo 1 Giuseppe Pizzo 1 Franco Rupil 1
Quarter-final 13 June Rodenbach Motodrom, Rodenbach
Pos.National team Pts. Riders1 40 Peter Liebing 11 Hans Jürgen Fritz 11 Dieter Tetzlaff 10 Jochen Dinse 02 36Manfred Poschenreider 12 Rudolf Kastl 9 Josef Angermüller 8 Jan Käter 73 11 Josef Haider 5 Heinz Zimmermann 4 Gunther Walla 1 Herbert Prosi 1 Alex Taudtmann 04 9 Pal Perenyi 3 Barnabas Gyepes 3 Sandor Csatho 2 Ferenc Radacsi 1 Janos Szoeke 0
Semi-Final 4 July Illerstadion, Kempten
Pos.National team Pts. Riders1 36 Vladimir Gordeev 12 Grigori Khlinovsky 12 Aleksandr Pavlov 7 Gennady Kurilenko 5 Viktor Trofimov 02 30 Dieter Tetzlaff 10 Hans Jürgen Fritz 9 Peter Liebing 8 Jochen Dinse 2 Horst Krüger 13 25 Manfred Poschenreider 9 Jan Käter 7 Josef Angermüller 5 Dieter Dauderer 44 5 Ivan Molan 3 Vlado Miler 1 Drasko Orsic 0 Vlado Kocuvan 0
Final 25 August Leningrad Speedway Stadium, Leningrad
Pos.National team Pts. Riders1 46 Vladimir Gordeev 12 Vladimir Smirnov 11 Georgi Ivanov 11 Gennady Kurilenko 112 30Edward Jancarz 9 Henryk Glücklich 9 Andrzej Wyglenda 8 Jerzy Szczakiel 43 10.5 Pavel Mareš 3.5 Miloslav Verner 3 Jiří Štancl 2 Jan Holub I 2 Václav Verner 04 9.5 Dieter Tetzlaff 5 Peter Liebing 2 Hans-Jürgen Fritz 1.5 Horst Krüger 1 Jochen Dinse 0
World final 26 September Olympic Stadium
Pos. 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 - 24th 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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