The 1973 Speedway World Team Cup was the 14th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.
The final took place at Wembley Stadium in London. The title was won by Great Britain for the third consecutive year and fourth time in total. The fourth win drew Britain level with Poland on four titles won but Sweden remained ahead on the number of titles won with six.
Qualification Scandninavian round 24 June Fredericia Speedway Stadium, Fredericia
Pos.National team Pts. Riders1 37 Anders Michanek 11 Tommy Jansson 9 Bernt Persson 9 Bengt Jansson 82 35 Ulf Løvaas 10 Edgar Stangeland 10 Dag Løvaas 8 Øyvind S. Berg 73 23 Ole Olsen 12 Kurt Bøgh 4 Jens-Erik Krause-Kjaer 4 Arne Andrease 34 1 Reino Santala 1 Ari Hiljanen 0 Kari Vuoristo 0 Ilkka Teromaa 0 Veli-Pekka Teromaa 0
Continental round
Quarter-Final
17 June Gázvezeték Street Sports Complex, Debrecen
Pos.National team Pts. Riders1 45 Josef Angermüller 12 Manfred Poschenreider 12 Hans Siegl 10 Egon Müller 6 Jan Käter 52 24 Barnabas Gyepes 7 Janos Berki 7 Pal Perenyi 6 Ferenc Radacsi 3 Tibor Danka 13 II 21 Miroslav Rosulek Jan Klokocka Petr Kucera Jan Holub Karel Vobornik4 6 Josef Bössner 3 Heinz Zimmermann 2 Josef Haider 1 Walter Detter 0 Czechoslovakia II replaced Italy
Quarter-Final
17 June Kovinar Stadium, Maribor Pos.National team Pts. Riders1 47 Milan Špinka 12 Jiří Štancl 12 Petr Ondrašík 12 Miloslav Verner 112 24Peter Petkov 8 Peter Iliev 6 Angel Eftimov 6 Peter Kostov 43 15 Vlado Miler 6 Stefan Kekec 4 Alojz Vurzer 3 Milovan Stankovic 24 II 10 Walter Grubmüller 4 Josef Scharl 3 Michael Lausegger 3 Alex Taudtmann 0 Austria II replaced East Germany
Semi-Final
30 June Markéta Stadium, Prague Pos.National team Pts. Riders1 43 Jiří Štancl 12 Milan Špinka 9 Petr Ondrašík 9 Jan Klokocka 6 Václav Verner 62 24 Pal Perenyi 8 Janos Berki 7 Istvan Sziraczky 6 Barnabas Gyepes 33 17 Hans Siegl 8 Egon Müller 7 Manfred Poschenreider 2 Jan Käter 14 11 Angel Eftimov 4 Peter Petkov 3 Peter Iliev 2 Nedjelko Nedjelkov 2
Final
5 August Trud Stadium, Balakovo Pos.National team Pts. Riders1 35 Valery Gordeev 11 Grigory Khlinovsky 9 Viktor Kalmikov 7 Yury Dubinin 6 Vladimir Paznikov 22 31Edward Jancarz 9 Zenon Plech 9 Jan Mucha 8 Ryszard Fabiszewski 4 Paweł Waloszek 13 23 Jiří Štancl 7 Petr Ondrašík 7 Milan Špinka 5 Zdeněk Majstr 44 6 Janos Berki 4 Ferenc Radacsi 1 Laszlo Zahoran 1 Jozsef Szabo 0 Istvan Sziraczki 0
World final 15 September Wembley Stadium, London
Pos. National team Pts. Riders 37 Peter Collins - 12 John Louis - 9 Ray Wilson - 8 Terry Betts - 8 Dave Jessup - dnr 31 Anders Michanek - 11 Bernt Persson - 9 Bengt Jansson 6 Tommy Jansson 5 Sören Sjösten dnr 20 Valery Gordeev - 7 Vladimir Paznikov - 5 Grigory Khlinovsky - 4 Aleksandr Pavlov - 2 Viktor Trofimov - 24th 8 Zenon Plech - 5 Edward Jancarz - 2 Paweł Waloszek - 1 Jerzy Szczakiel - 0 Jan Mucha - dnr
See also 1973 Individual Speedway World Championship 1973 Speedway World Pairs Championship
References