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The 1972 Speedway World Team Cup was the 13th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.

The final took place at the Olching Speedwaybahn in Olching, West Germany. The title was won by Great Britain for the third time.

Qualifying

Scandinavian round

• 25 June
• Nærbø Idrettslunden, Nærbø

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
1	Sweden	37	Hasse Holmqvist 10 Christer Löfqvist 10 Jan Simensen 9 Bernt Persson 8
2	Denmark	25	Ole Olsen 11 Kurt Bøgh 7 Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 5 Nils Schelde 1 Henning Hansen 1
3	Norway	23	Reidar Eide 9 Odd Fossengen 4 Dag Løvaas 4 Edgar Stangeland 3 Svein Kaasa 3
4	Finland	11	Hannu Känkänen 3 Kari Vuoristo 3 Haki Ahonen 3 Kakio Leppåsalko 1 Pekka Paljakka 1

Continental round

Quarter-Final 11 June Mladost Stadum, Prelog Pos. National team Pts. Riders 1  Czechoslovakia 48 Jiří Štancl 12 Jan Holub I 12 Václav Verner 12 Petr Ondrašík 6 Miloslav Verner 6 2  Bulgaria 23 Peter Iliev 8 Nedjelko Nedjelkov 7 Peter Kostov 5 Angel Eftimov 3 3  Yugoslavia 22 Drasko Orsic 7 Evald Babic 6 Vlado Miler 6 Josip Francic 3 4  Yugoslavia II 3 Milija Stojkovic 1 Stefan Kekec 1 Janez Tomazic 1 Jose Lazbaher 0

Quarter Final 18 June Rodenbach Motodrom, Rodenbach Pos. National team Pts. Riders 1  West Germany 39 Manfred Poschenreider 12 Rudi Kastl 11 Josef Angermüller 9 Jan Käter 7 2  Austria 17 Gunther Walla 7 Heinz Zimmermann 4 Josef Haider 4 Alex Taudtmann 2 3  Hungary 17 Ferencs Radacsi 7 Barnabas Gyepes 5 Pal Perenyi 4 Sandor Csatho 1 4 Scandinavian Select 23 Jorn Mogensen 10 Stefan Salomonsson 6 Stefan Johansson 6 Erik Tilgaard 1

• Austria awarded 2nd place because they had more heat winners than Hungary (2 to 0).
• East Germany withdrew and were replaced by Scandinavian Select who were ineligible to qualify for the next round.

Semi-Final 1 July Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný Pos. National team Pts. Riders 1  Czechoslovakia 0 Milan Špinka 12 Zdeněk Majstr 9 Petr Ondrašík 9 Václav Verner 9 Jiří Štancl 8 2  West Germany 0 Josef Angermüller 9 Jan Käter 8 Manfred Poschenreider 8 Rudolf Kastl 7 3  Bulgaria 0 Nedjelko Nedjelkov 4 Peter Iliev 3 Peter Petkov 3 Alexander Kostov 0 4  Austria 0 Josef Haider 5 Gunther Walla 1 Alex Taudtmann 1 Michael Laussegger 1 Heinz Zimmermann 0

Final 23 July Leningrad Speedway Stadium, Leningrad Pos. National team Pts. Riders 1  Poland 40 Zenon Plech 12 Henryk Glücklich 10 Paweł Waloszek 7 Edward Jancarz 6 Jerzy Gryt 5 2  Soviet Union 33 Anatoli Kuzmin 11 Georgi Ivanov 9 Grigori Khlinovsky 6 Viktor Kalmikov 6 Gennady Kurilenko 1 3  Czechoslovakia 13 Jan Holub I 5 Zdeněk Majstr 3 Petr Ondrašík 3 Milan Špinka 1 Jiří Štancl 4  West Germany 9 Josef Angermüller 3 Jan Käter 3 Manfred Poschenreider 2 Helmut Reiter 1 Rudolf Kastl 0

World final

• 24 September
• Olching Speedwaybahn

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
		Great Britain	36	Ivan Mauger - 11 John Louis - 9 Ray Wilson - 8 Terry Betts - 8 Ronnie Moore - dnr
		Soviet Union	21	Anatoly Kuzmin - 6 Viktor Kalmykov - 5 Viktor Trofimov - 5 Grigory Khlinovsky - 5 Valery Gordeev - dnr
		Poland	21	Zenon Plech - 7 Henryk Glücklich - 6 Paweł Waloszek - 5 Zdzisław Dobrucki - 3 Marek Cieślak - 0
4th		Sweden	18	Christer Löfqvist - 6 Anders Michanek - 4 Tommy Jansson 4 Jan Simensen 3 Göte Nordin 1

Run-off for silver
Soviet Union 7 (Kalmykov 3, Kuzmin 2, Khlinovsky 1, Trofimov 1) bt Poland 5 (Waloszek 3, Plech 2, Glücklich 0, Dobrucki 0)

See also

• 1972 Individual Speedway World Championship
• 1972 Speedway World Pairs Championship

References

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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. "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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6. "Britain's retain title". Leicester Daily Mercury. 25 September 1972. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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