1971 Speedway World Team Cup

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The 1971 Speedway World Team Cup was the 12th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2][3]

The final took place at Stadion Olimpijski (Wrocław) in Poland. The title was won by Great Britain for the second time.[4][5][6]

Qualifying

British round

  • Great Britain (including Commonwealth riders) seeded to World Final.

Scandinavian round

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1  Sweden 41

Anders Michanek 11
Bernt Persson 11
Bengt Jansson 10
Sören Sjösten 7
Leif Enecrona 2

2  Denmark 33

Ole Olsen 12
Neils Weiss 8
Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 7
Kurt Bøgh 6
Jorn Mogensen 0

3  Norway 21

Reidar Eide 6

Ulf Lovaas
6
Odd Fossengen 5
Oyvind S. Berg
3
Svein Kaasa 1

4  Finland 1

Matti Olin 1
Erkki Hannula 0
Reima Lohkovuori 0
Jouko Naskali 0
Tapio Leppasalko 0

Continental round

World final

  • 26 September
  • Olympic Stadium
Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  Great Britain 37

Ray Wilson - 12
Ivan Mauger - 10
Jim Airey - 9
Barry Briggs - 6
Ronnie Moore - dnr

2nd  Soviet Union 22

Grigory Khlinovsky - 8
Vladimir Smirnov - 7
Vladimir Gordeev - 4
Anatoly Kuzmin - 3
Viktor Trofimov - dnr

3rd  Poland 19

Paweł Waloszek - 5
Henryk Glücklich - 4
Antoni Woryna - 4
Edward Jancarz - 4
Andrzej Wyglenda - 2

4th  Sweden 18

Anders Michanek - 9
Sören Sjösten - 3
Bengt Jansson 3
Leif Enecrona 3
Bernt Persson 0

See also

References

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