1974 Speedway World Team Cup

15th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition

1974 Speedway World Team Cup
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The 1974 Speedway World Team Cup was the 15th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2][3]

The final took place at Stadion Śląski, Chorzów in Poland.[4] 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).[5][6][7]

Qualification

British (& Commonwealth) round

  • 11 August
  • England Foxhall Stadium, Ipswich
Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1  England 41

John Louis 12
Terry Betts 10
Dave Jessup 10
Peter Collins 9

2  Australia 31

Phil Crump 10
Billy Sanders 9
John Boulger 7
Bob Valentine 5

3  Scotland 17

George Hunter 8
Bobby Beaton 6
Jim McMillan 2
Bert Harkins 1

4  New Zealand 6

Graeme Stapleton 3
Ronnie Moore 2
Bruce Cribb 1
Dave Gifford 0
Robin Adlington 0

Scandinavian round

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1  Sweden 39

Anders Michanek 12
Christer Löfqvist 10
Bengt Jansson 9
Tommy Johansson 8

2  Norway 24

Edgar Stangeland 7
Oyvind S. Berg 6
Ulf Lovaas 6
Reidar Eide 4
Dag Lovaas 1

3  Denmark 20

Ole Olsen 9
Nes Nielsen 4
Preben Rosenkilde 3
Leif Berlin 2
Finn Thomsen 2

4  Finland 13

Matti Olin 7
Pekka Paljakka 3
Reino Santala 2
Veli-Pekka Teromaa 1
Kari Vuoristo 0

Continental round

Quarter-Final

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1  West Germany 43

Josef Angermüller 12
Egon Müller 12
Manfred Poschenreider 12
Jan Käter 7

2  Austria 35

Josef Haider 9
Hubert Fischbacher 9
Josef Bössner 9
Helmut Schippl 8

3  Yugoslavia 15

Stefan Kekec 4
Josip Francic 4
Vlado Kocuvan 4
Radovan Toplisek 3

4  Italy 3

Annibale Pretto 2
Francesco Biginato 1
Giuseppe Marzotto 0
Dario Corsarsa 0
Stefano Quacencan 0

Quarter Final

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1  Hungary 41

Janos Szoeke 12
Istvan Sziraczki 11
Janos Berki 9
Sandor Csatho 9

2  Czechoslovakia 37

Karel Vobornik 11
Václav Verner 10
Jan Verner 9
Vaclav Hejl 7

3  Bulgaria 12

Peter Petkov 5
Peter Iliev 3
Alexander Kostov 2
Angel Eftimov 2

4  Hungary II 6

Janos Uveges 2
Gyula Oszko 2
Laszlo Zahoran 2
Janos Jakab 0

Hungary II replaced Romania

Semi-Final

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1  West Germany 39

Egon Müller 11
Manfred Poschenreider 11
Christoph Betzl 8
Jan Käter 6
Josef Angermüller 3

2  Czechoslovakia 37

Jiří Štancl 0
Milan Špinka 0
Václav Verner 0
Jan Hadek 0

3  Austria 17

Hubert Fischbacher 5
Josef Haider 5
Josef Bössner 4
Helmut Schippl 3

4  Hungary 6

Istvan Sziraczki 3
Janos Szoeke 1
Pal Perenyi 1
Sandor Csatho 1
Laszlo Domokocs 0

Final

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1  Soviet Union 38

Valery Gordeev 12
Vladimir Gordeev 9
Grigori Khlinovsky 9
Vladimir Zaplechny 5
Anatoly Kuzmin 3

2  Poland 31

Zenon Plech 10
Ryszard Fabiszewski 9
Jan Mucha 6
Edward Jancarz 6

3  Czechoslovakia 19

Jan Holub I 5
Jan Hadek 5
Milan Špinka 3
Václav Verner 3
Jan Klokocka 3

4  West Germany 8

Josef Angermüller 4
Egon Müller 3
Jan Käter 1
Manfred Poschenreider 0

World final

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  England 42

Peter Collins - 12
John Louis - 12
Dave Jessup - 10
Malcolm Simmons - 8
Ray Wilson - dnr

2nd  Sweden 31

Sören Sjösten - 10
Anders Michanek - 9
Tommy Jansson 7
Christer Löfqvist 5
Tommy Johansson dnr

3rd  Poland 13

Jan Mucha - 4
Zenon Plech - 4
Andrzej Jurczyński - 3
Andrzej Tkocz - 2
Jerzy Szczakiel - 0

4th  Soviet Union 10

Mikhail Krasnov - 5
Valery Gordeev - 4
Viktor Kalmykov - 1
Anatoly Kuzmin - 0
Mikhail Starostin - dnr

See also

References

  1. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  2. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  3. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 98. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  4. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  5. ^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  6. ^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  7. ^ "1974 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 14 July 2021.