1970 Individual Speedway World Championship

The format of the Championship changed again for the 1970 event. This time the Polish riders were allowed six places in the World Final to be held in Poland. All other nations had to go through the European Final route to provide the remaining 10 riders for the World Final.

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• Top 8 in each heat to Swedish semi-finals

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• Top 32 to British semi-finals

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• 15 October 1969
• {{flagicon|NOR}} Krohnsminde Stadion, Bergen
• Top 2 (+2 seeded) to Nordic final 1970

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• (2 rounds) 1 Aug & ?? 1969
• {{flagicon|FIN}} Eteläpuisto, Tampere & Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti
• First to Nordic final 1970

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• 28 May, Ullevi, Gothenburg
• Top 4 to Nordic final

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• Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

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• 21 May
• {{flagicon|ENG}} Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
• Top 8 to British Commonwealth final

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• 7 June
• {{flagicon|POL}} Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz
• Top 8 to Continental final

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• 9 June 1970
• {{flagicon|ENG}} West Ham Stadium, London
• First 8 to British-Nordic Final

{{Speedway event 20heats| RIDERS=

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|1|13|NZL|Ivan Mauger| |2|3|3|3|3| pts=14 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|2|4|NZL|Ronnie Moore| |3|3|2|2|3| pts=13 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|3|3|NZL|Roy Trigg| |1|3|3|3|2| pts=12+3 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|2|ENG|Arnold Haley| |2|3|3|2|2| pts=12+2 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|6|NZL|Barry Briggs| |3|0|3|3|1| pts=10 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|16|ENG|Trevor Hedge| |3|1|2|2|1| pts=9 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|7|AUS|Jim Airey| |0|1|1|3|3| pts=8 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|14|AUS|John Boulger| |1|2|1|2|2| pts=8 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|11|ENG|Nigel Boocock| |3|2|0|1|1| pts=7 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|12|ENG|Chris Pusey| |2|2|2|0|0| pts=6 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|1|AUS|Charlie Monk| |0|2|1|1|1| pts=5 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|8|ENG|Martin Ashby| |1|0|2|0|2| pts=5 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|10|ENG|Ray Wilson| |0|1|0|1|3| pts=5 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|5|WAL|Howard Cole| |2|0|0|0|0| pts=2 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|9|ENG|Terry Betts| |1|1|0|0||18i=X | pts=2 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|15|SCO|Jim McMillan| |0|0|1|1|0| pts=2 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||17|ENG|Bob Kilby | pts=0 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||18|ENG|Tommy Roper | pts=0 }}

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• 4 June 1970
• {{flagicon|SWE}} Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna
• First 8 to British-Nordic Final

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{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|7|SWE|Göte Nordin| |3|3|3|3|3| |x| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|2|SWE|Sören Sjösten| |3|3|3|1|2| |x| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|12|SWE|Anders Michanek| |3|1|2|2|3| |x| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|13|SWE|Bengt Larsson| |1|3|2|3|1| |x| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|3|NOR|Reidar Eide| |2|2|3|1|2| |x| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|5|SWE|Ove Fundin| |2||1|3|3| |x| |5i=E }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|16|DEN|Ole Olsen| |3||3|2|1| |x| |8i=T }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|11|SWE|Bengt Jansson| |2|1|2|2|2| |x| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|8|NOR|Øyvind Berg| |1|2|2|0|3| |x| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|4|NOR|Odd Fossengen| |1|3|1|1|1| |x| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|6|SWE|Bengt Brannefors| |0|2|1|3|0| |x| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|15|DEN|Bent Nørregaard-Jensen| |2|0|0|2|2| |x| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|1|DEN|Niels Weis Sorensen| ||2|0|1|0| |x| |1i=F }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|9|NOR|Dag Lovaas| |1|1|1|0|0| |x| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|14|SWE|Olle Nygren| |0|1|0|0|0| |x| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|10|FIN|Matti Olin| |0|0|0|0|1| |x| }}

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• 1 July 1970
• {{flagicon|ENG}} Brandon Stadium, Coventry
• First 8 to European Final

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{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|2|SWE|Sören Sjösten| |3|3|2|3|3| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|13|DEN|Ole Olsen| |2|3|3|2|3| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|14|NZL|Barry Briggs| |3|2|1|3|3| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|11|NZL|Ronnie Moore| |3|3|3|0|2| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|3|NZL|Ivan Mauger| |0|2|3|3|2 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|5|AUS|Jim Airey| |3|1|3|2|1 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|1|SWE|Bengt Jansson| |2|2|2|1|3 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|4|SWE|Anders Michanek| |1|3|2|3|0 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|9|SWE|Ove Fundin| |1|0|2|2|2 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|7|ENG|Trevor Hedge| |1|1|1|2|1 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|12|AUS|John Boulger| |2|0|1|0|1 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|16|ENG|Arnold Haley| |0|2|1|1|0 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|8|SWE|Göte Nordin| |2|1|0|1||17i=E }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|10|NOR|Reidar Eide| ||1|0|0|2 |3i=F }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|15|ENG|Roy Trigg| |1|0|0|0|1 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|6|SWE|Bengt Larsson| |0|0|0|1|0| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|ENG|Nigel Boocock| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|NOR|Øyvind Berg| }}

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• 2 June 1970
• {{flagicon|FRG}} Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg
• First 8 to European Final

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{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|9|DDR|Hans Jürgen Fritz| |2|3|3|2|| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|10|USSR|Valeri Klementiev| |3|2|1|3|| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|7|CSK|Zdenek Majstr| |2|3|3|0|| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|15|USSR|Yury Dubinin| |3|0|2|3|| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|1|USSR|Gennady Kurilenko| |2|1|3|2| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|2|USSR|Vladimir Kononovich| |3|1|0|3| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|12|USSR|Vladimir Gordeev| |0|0|3|3| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|16|USSR|Viktor Kalmykov| |0|3|1|2| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|5|CSK|Jiri Stancl| |3|2|1|0| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|11|USSR|Grigory Khlinovsky| |1|2|2|1| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|14|DDR|Dieter Tetzlaff| |2|3|0|1| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|8|DDR|Jürgen Hehlert| |0|1|2|2| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|13|USSR|Boris Cehanovich| |1|0|2|1| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|6|USSR|Nikolay Aksenov| |1|0|0|0| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|4|USSR|Nikolay Smirnov| |||| |1i=F | 8i=-| 12i=-| 16i=- }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|3|USSR|Viktor Trofimov| |||| |1i=F |7i=- |11i=-| 15i=- }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|CSK|Antonín Šváb Sr.| |1h=w |1p=1 |7h=y |7p=1 |11h=w |11p=1 |15h=b |15p=1 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|USSR|Gabdrakhman Kadyrov| |1h=y |1p=0 |8h=r |8p=2 |12h=b |12p=0 |16h=w |16p=1 }}

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• 20 July 1970
• {{flagicon|USSR}} Leningrad Speedway Stadium, Leningrad
• First 10 to World Final

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{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|4|NZL|Ivan Mauger| |2|3|3|3|3| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|1|USSR|Vladimir Gordeev| |3|0|3|2|3| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|10|USSR|Gennady Kurilenko| |1|3|2|3|2| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|12|SWE|Sören Sjösten| |2|2|3|3|1| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|5|DEN|Ole Olsen| |2|3|2|2|2| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|11|NZL|Barry Briggs| |3|3|1|3|0| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|3|SWE|Anders Michanek| |0|2|3|1|3| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|2|USSR|Valeri Klementiev| |1|2|1|1|3| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|15|ENG|Trevor Hedge| |3|0|0|2|1| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|13|USSR|Yury Dubinin| |2|2|0|2|0| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|7|NZL|Ronnie Moore| |3|1|1|| |13i=F |18i=- }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|6|DDR|Hans Jürgen Fritz| |0|1|2|0|2| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|14|USSR|Vladimir Kononovich| |1|0|2|1|1| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|9|USSR|Viktor Kalmykov| |0|1|1|1|2| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|8|AUS|Jim Airey| |1|1|0|0|0| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|16|CSK|Zdenek Majstr| |0|0|0|0|1| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|SWE|Bengt Jansson| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|USSR|Yury Lombockiy| |18h=w |18p=0 }}

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• 6 seeded to World Final
• 1 Alfred Smoczyk Stadium, Leszno, 14 Jun; 2 Hasiok, Świętochłowice, 16 June; 3 Rybnik Municipal Stadium, 26 Jun; 4 Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, 3 Jul,; 5 Stadion żużlowy Gorzów, 10 Jul; 6 Stadion Kolejarz, Opole, 31 Jul; 7 Olympic Stadium, Wrocław, 7 Aug; 8 Stadion Wybrzeże, Gdańsk, 9 Aug

• 6 September 1970
• {{flagicon|POL}} Olympic Stadium, WrocławBamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. {{ISBN|0-7524-2402-5}}

{{Speedway event 20heats|RIDERS=

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|10|NZL|Ivan Mauger| |3|3|3|3|3| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|16|POL|Paweł Waloszek| |3|3|3|2|3| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|1|POL|Antoni Woryna| |3|3|2|3|2| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|15|SWE|Sören Sjösten| |2|3|1|3|0| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|2|POL|Henryk Glücklich| |2|2|3|2|0 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|13|USSR|Valeri Klementiev| |0|1|1|3|3 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|11|NZL|Barry Briggs| |2|1|0|1|3 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|14|POL|Andrzej Wyglenda| |1|0|3|2|1 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|4|SWE|Anders Michanek| |0|1|2|2|2 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|7|DEN|Ole Olsen| |3|2|0||1 |13i=E }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|9|POL|Jan Mucha| |1|2|0|1|2 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|3|GDR|Hans Jürgen Fritz| |1|0|1|1|2 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|6|USSR|Vladimir Gordeev| |2|1|1|0|1| }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|12|USSR|Gennady Kurilenko| ||2||| |3i=F |10i=F |13i=- |19i=- }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|8|POL|Zygfryd Friedek| ||0|2|| |2i=F |14i=F |17i=- }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|5|ENG|Trevor Hedge| |||||| |2i=E |5i=E |10i=F |15i=R |20i=- }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|POL|Edmund Migoś| |10h=r |10p=2 |13h=b |13p=1 |17h=b |17p=1 |19h=b |19i=F |20h=r |20p=0 }}

{{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|POL|Jerzy Szczakiel| }}

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