1975 Speedway World Team Cup
{{Short description|16th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2023}}
{{Motorsport season
|title = Speedway World Team Cup
|link = Speedway World Team Cup
|year = 1975
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The 1975 Speedway World Team Cup was the 16th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.{{cite book|last=Matthews/Morrison|first=Peter/Ian|title=The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results|year=1987|page=290|publisher=Guinness Superlatives|isbn=0-85112-492-5}}{{cite book|last=Oakes|first=Peter|title=1981 Speedway Yearbook|year=1981|pages=25–26|publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd|isbn=0-86215-017-5}}{{cite book|last=Bott|first=Richard|title=The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4|year=1980|page=98|publisher=Stanley Paul & Co Ltd|isbn=0-09-141751-1}}
The final took place at Motodrom Halbemond in Norden, Lower Saxony, West Germany.{{cite web|url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/7460/1975-world-team-cup-final|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=12 July 2021}} The title was won by England for the fifth consecutive year and sixth time in total. The sixth win took brought them level with Sweden for the record of most wins.{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2014/02/world-team-cup-1960-1990.html|title=World Team Cup 1960-1990|website=Edinburgh Speedway|access-date=13 July 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://motorsporttop20.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/11.-Speedway-World-Cup-Nations.pdf|title=FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS|website=Motor Sport Top 20|access-date=13 July 2021}}
Qualification
=British (& Commonwealth) Round=
- 14 July
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Smallmead Stadium, Reading
{{speedway event 4t 4r|team1=
{{speedway event 4t 4r/w|P1|ENG|England
|Ray Wilson |1|3|3|0|
|Peter Collins |2|2|3|3|
|Dave Jessup |2|3|2|3|
|John Louis |2|2|3|3|
}}|team2=
{{speedway event 4t 4r/y|P2|AUS|Australia
|John Boulger |3|3||1.9i=F|3|
|Phil Crump |1|1|2|2|
|Phil Herne |2|0|1|1|
|Billy Sanders |1|2|1|1|
}}|team3=
{{speedway event 4t 4r/b|3|NZL|New Zealand
|Ivan Mauger |3|3|3|2|
|Barry Briggs |1|1|0|1|
|Bruce Cribb |0|1||3.10i=-|2|
|Gary Peterson |0||4.8i=E|2|2|
|Larry Ross |5.10p=0|
}}|team4=
{{speedway event 4t 4r/r|4|SCO|Scotland
|Jim McMillan |3|2|2|1|
|Bobby Beaton |3||2.7i=F|0||2.15i=-|
|George Hunter |0|1|1|0|
|Brian Collins |0|0|1|0|
|Jim Gallacher |5.15p=0|
}}
}}
- England to Final
=Continental Round=
Quarter Final
- 8 June
- {{flagicon|ITA}} San Savino Speedway Park, Civitanova Marche
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!width=20% {{Speedway color|P1}}|1st !width=20% {{Speedway color|P2}}|2nd !width=20% {{Speedway color|P3}}|3rd !width=20%|4th |
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|valign=top {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{speedway|FRG}} - 33 |valign=top {{Speedway color|p2}}|{{speedway|AUT}} - 26 |valign=top {{Speedway color|p3}}|{{speedway|ITA}} - 22 |valign=top|{{speedway|NED}} - 15 |
- West Germany and Austria to Continental Semifinal
Quarter Final
- 8 June
- {{flagicon|HUN}} Gázvezeték Street Sports Complex, Debrecen
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!width=20% {{Speedway color|P1}}|1st !width=20% {{Speedway color|P2}}|2nd !width=20% {{Speedway color|P3}}|3rd !width=20%|4th |
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|valign=top {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{speedway|CSK}} - 32 |valign=top {{Speedway color|p2}}|{{speedway|HUN}} - 31 |valign=top {{Speedway color|p3}}|{{speedway|BUL}} - 24 |valign=top|{{speedway|YUG}} - 8 |
- Czechoslovakia and Hungary to Continental Semifinal
Continental Semifinal
- 29 June
- {{flagicon|FRG}} Hansa Stadium, Bremen
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!width=20% {{Speedway color|P1}}|1st !width=20% {{Speedway color|P2}}|2nd !width=20% {{Speedway color|P3}}|3rd !width=20%|4th |
align=center
|valign=top {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{speedway|CSK}} - 40 |valign=top {{Speedway color|p2}}|{{speedway|FRG}} - 32 |valign=top {{Speedway color|p3}}|{{speedway|AUT}} - 12 |valign=top|{{speedway|HUN}} - 11 |
- Czechoslovakia and West Germany to Continental Final
Continental Final
- 12 July
- {{flagicon|CSK}} Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný
{{speedway event 4t 4r|team1=
{{speedway event 4t 4r/b|P1|USSR|Soviet Union
|Vladimir Gordeev |3|1|3|3|
|Valery Gordeev |2|2|2|3|
|Grigory Khlinovsky ||3.4i=F||3.7i=X|3|3|
|Viktor Trofimov |3|2|1|1|
}}|team2=
{{speedway event 4t 4r/y|P2|POL|Poland
|Marek Cieślak |1|3|2|0|
|Zenon Plech |1|3|2|1|
|Henryk Glücklich |2|3|3|3|
|Jerzy Rembas |3|0|1||4.13i=F|
}}|team3=
{{speedway event 4t 4r/r|3|CSK|Czechoslovakia
|Jiří Štancl |1|2|3|2|
|Jan Hadek |0|1||2.11i=-|2|
|Václav Verner |2|2|0|2|
|Jan Klokocka |3|3|1|2|
|Petr Kucera |5.11p=0|
}}|team4=
{{speedway event 4t 4r/w|4|FRG|West Germany
|Egon Müller |2|1|1|1|
|Christoph Betzl |0|0|2|0|
|Fritz Baur ||3.2i=F|1|0||3.14i=-|
|Hans Wassermann |1|0|0|1|
|Georg Gilgenreiner |5.14i=0|
}}
}}
* Soviet Union and Poland to Final
World Final
- 21 September
- {{flagicon|FRG}} Motodrom Halbemond, Norden{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc75.htm|title=1975 WORLD TEAM CUP|website=International Speedway|access-date=14 July 2021}}
- Att: 20,000
- Referee: {{flagicon|FRG}} Georg Traunspurger
{{speedway event 4t 4r|team1=
{{speedway event 4t 4r/y|P1|ENG|England
|Malcolm Simmons |3|2|3|3|
|John Louis |0|3|2|3|
|Martin Ashby |3|1|3|3|
|Peter Collins |3|3|3|3|
}}|team2=
{{speedway event 4t 4r/r|P2|USSR|Soviet Union
|Vladimir Gordeev ||1.4i=T|2|1|2|
|Valery Gordeev |2|3|1|2|
|Grigory Khlinovsky |1|2|3|2|
|Viktor Trofimov |3|2|2|1|
}}|team3=
{{speedway event 4t 4r/b|3|SWE|Sweden
|Anders Michanek |2|3|2|1|
|Tommy Jansson |2|1|0|1|
|Bernt Persson |2|0|0|0|
|Sören Sjösten |0|1||4.9i=-||1
|Sören Karlsson |5.9p=1|
}}|team4=
{{speedway event 4t 4r/w|4|POL|Poland
|Henryk Glücklich |1|0|1|0|
|Edward Jancarz |1|0|0|0|
|Zenon Plech |0|0||3.11i=-||3.14i=-|
|Marek Cieślak |1|1|2|0|
|Jerzy Rembas |5.11i=0|5.14p=2|
}}
}}