1970 Speedway World Team Cup

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The 1970 Speedway World Team Cup was the 11th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2][3][4]

The final took place at Wembley Stadium in London. The title was won by Sweden for the sixth time.[5][6][7]

Qualification[edit]

British Round[edit]

Great Britain seeded to World Final (Commonwealth riders eligible for British team)

Scandinavian Round[edit]

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Sweden - 39
Ove Fundin - 12
Anders Michanek - 12
Bengt Jansson - 10
Per Olof Söderman - 4
Kjell Haage - 1 		 Norway - 32
Odd Fossengen - 9
Øyvind S. Berg - 8
Reidar Eide - 8
Edgar Stangeland - 7
Dag Lovaas - ns 		 Denmark - 25
Ole Olsen - 9
Neils Weiss - 6
Kurt Bøgh - 5
Bent Nørregaard-Jensen - 5
Jörn Mogensen - ns 		 Finland - 0
Erkki Hannula - 0
Reima Lohkovuori - 0
Jouko Naskali - 0
Matti Olin - 0
Markku Tarkkanen - 0

* Sweden to World Final

Continental Round[edit]

Quarterfinal 1[edit]

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Czechoslovakia - 48
Miloslav Verner - 12
Zdeněk Majstr - 12
Jiří Štancl - 12
Václav Verner - 12
Jan Klokocka - ns 		 Yugoslavia - 28
Drago Regvart
Drago Perko
Ivan Molan
Drasko Orsic
Jose Visocnik 		 Bulgaria - 20
Alexander Kostov
Peter Petkov
Petr Iliev
Georgi Macev 		 Italy - 4
Gianni Pizzo
Giovanni Pizzo
Annibale Pretto
Gilberto Roncolato
  • Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia to Semifinal

Quarterfinal 2[edit]

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 East Germany - 44
Hans Jürgen Fritz - 12
Jürgen Hehlert - 11
Dieter Tetzlaff - 11
Peter Liebing - 7
Gerhard Uhlenbrock - 3 		 Hungary - 26
Pal Perenyi - 8
Barnabas Gyepes - 7
Sandor Csatho - 6
Ferenc Radacsi - 5 		 West Germany - 18
Rudolf Kastl - 6
Christoph Betzl - 6
Josef Angermüller - 6
Alois Wiesböck - 0
Dieter Dauderer - 0 		 Austria - 8
Günther Walla - 3
Josef Haider - 3
Alfred Rinzner - 1
Helmut Schippl - 1
  • East Germany and Hungary to Semifinal

Semifinal[edit]

Draw 1. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia → East Germany B
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 East Germany - 45
Hans Jürgen Fritz - 12
Jürgen Hehlert - 12
Dieter Tetzlaff - 12
Peter Liebing - 7
Gerhard Uhlenbrock - 2 		 Czechoslovakia - 27
Jiří Štancl - 8
Zdeněk Majstr - 7
Václav Verner - 7
Jan Klokocka - 5
Jaroslav Volf - ns 		 East Germany B - 16
Jochen Dinse - 6
Kurt Martens - 4
Klaus Volker - 4
Horst Kruger - 2
Wilfried Schneider - ns 		 Hungary - 8
Pal Perenyi - 3
Sandor Csatho - 2
Barnabas Gyepes - 2
Ferenc Radacsi - 1
  • East Germany and Czechoslovakia to Continental Final

Continental Final[edit]

Placing Team / Rider name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 17 18 19 20
1 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 32 1 4 4 6 8 11 12 15 17 19 21 23 26 28 29 32 32 32 32 32
(5) Václav Verner 9 1 3 2 3 9
(6) Zdeněk Majstr 8 3 2 2 1 8
(7) Jiří Štancl 7 2 1 2 2 7
(8) Jan Holub I 8 0 3 2 3 8
(18) Miloslav Verner 0 0
2 Poland Poland 29 0 2 4 7 7 7 10 11 14 15 18 21 23 26 27 29 29 29 29 29
(1) Paweł Waloszek 9 3 1 3 2 9
(2) Andrzej Wyglenda 9 2 3 3 1 9
(3) Jan Mucha 5 2 0 1 2 5
(4) Zygfryd Friedek 6 0 0 3 3 6
(17) Henryk Glücklich 0 0
3 Soviet Union Soviet Union 18 3 4 4 7 8 11 11 12 15 16 16 16 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18
(9) Valeri Klementiev 2 0 1 1 0 2
(10) Vladimir Gordeev 9 3 3 3 0 9
(11) Gennady Kurilenko 3 1 1 0 1 3
(12) Yury Dubinin 4 3 0 0 1 4
(19) Vladimir Kononovich 0 0
4 East Germany East Germany 16 0 2 3 3 5 5 7 9 10 11 11 11 11 11 13 16 16 16 16 16
(13) Hans Jürgen Fritz 8 2 2 1 3 8
(14) Jürgen Hehlert 5 0 2 1 2 5
(15) Dieter Tetzlaff 1 1 0 0 0 1
(16) Peter Liebing 2 0 2 0 0 2
(20) Gerhard Uhlenbrock 0 0
Placing Team / Rider name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 17 18 19 20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

* Czechoslovakia and Poland to World Final

World Final[edit]

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Sweden - 42
13.Bengt Jansson (3,3,2,3) - 11
14.Ove Fundin (2,3,3,3) - 11
15.Anders Michanek (3,2,3,2) - 10
16.Sören Sjösten (2,3,2,3) - 10
20.Bernt Persson - ns 		 Great Britain - 31
1.Ivan Mauger (3,3,2,1) - 9
2.Barry Briggs (3,2,3,3) - 11
3.Nigel Boocock (1,-,1,-) - 2
4.Eric Boocock (2,2,1,-) - 5
17.Ray Wilson (-,-,2,-,2/f) - 4 		 Poland - 20
5.Antoni Woryna (1,0,3,1) - 5
6.Jan Mucha (1,1,2,2) - 6
7.Paweł Waloszek (1,1,0,-) - 2
8.Edmund Migoś (2,1,t,1) - 4
18.Henryk Glücklich (-,1,-,2) - 3 		 Czechoslovakia - 3
9.Zdeněk Majstr (0,0,0,-) - 0
10.Václav Verner (0,1,1,1) - 3
11.Miloslav Verner (0,f,-,0) - 0
12.Jiří Štancl (0,0,0,0) - 0
19.Jan Holub I - (-,-,0,0) - 0

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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 World Cup". International Speedway. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  5. ^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  7. ^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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