1974 Speedway World Team Cup

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

+Hungary II replaced Romania

Tournament

World final
Pos.National teamPts.Riders
1st England42

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

2nd Sweden31

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

3rd Poland13

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

4th Soviet Union10

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.
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