1975 Speedway World Team Cup

{{Short description|16th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition}}

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{{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=

{{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|

|Malcolm Simmons

}}|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|

|Bob Humphreys

}}|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

=Scandinavian Round=

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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|SWE}} - 38
Tommy Johansson - 12
Bernt Persson - 10
Tommy Jansson - 9
Sören Sjösten - 4
Jan Simensen - 3

|valign=top {{Speedway color|p2}}|{{speedway|DEN}} - 25
Ole Olsen - 10
Jan Rene Henningsen - 6
Kurt Bøgh- 5
Leif Berlin - 4
Finn Thomsen - 0

|valign=top {{Speedway color|p3}}|{{speedway|NOR}} - 17
Øyvind S. Berg - 7
Dag Lovaas - 7
Reidar Eide - 3
Jan Terje Gravningen - 0
Helge Langli - 0

|valign=top|{{speedway|FIN}} - 16
Ila Teromaa - 6
Kai Niemi - 4
Markku Helminen - 3
Pekka Paljakka - 2
Kari Vuoristo - 1

  • Sweden to Final

=Continental Round=

Quarter Final

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!width=20% {{Speedway color|P2}}|2nd

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|valign=top {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{speedway|FRG}} - 33
Hans Wassermann - 11
Christoph Betzl - 7
Fritz Baur - 6
Georg Gilgenreiner - 5
Jan Käter - 4

|valign=top {{Speedway color|p2}}|{{speedway|AUT}} - 26
Josef Haider - 8
Herbert Szerecs - 8
Hubert Fischbacher- 5
Adi Funk - 5

|valign=top {{Speedway color|p3}}|{{speedway|ITA}} - 22
Giuseppe Marzotto - 11
Francesco Biginato - 6
Luigi Bazan - 2
Dario Casarsa - 2
Armando Terenzani - 1

|valign=top|{{speedway|NED}} - 15
Henny Kroeze - 9
Henk Steman - 3
Frits Koppe - 2
Piet Seur - 1
Tonny Egges - 0

  • West Germany and Austria to Continental Semifinal

Quarter Final

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!width=20% {{Speedway color|P3}}|3rd

!width=20%|4th

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|valign=top {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{speedway|CSK}} - 32
Jan Klokocka - 12
Josef Minarik - 7
Jan Verner - 6
Vaclav Hejl - 4
Jan Hadek - 3

|valign=top {{Speedway color|p2}}|{{speedway|HUN}} - 31
Istvan Sziraczky - 10
Janos Berki - 9
Pal Perenyi- 7
Janos Szoeke - 5

|valign=top {{Speedway color|p3}}|{{speedway|BUL}} - 24
Peter Petkov - 8
Angel Eftimov - 6
Orlin Janakiev - 6
Christo Simeonov - 4
Nikolai Manev - 0

|valign=top|{{speedway|YUG}} - 8
Stefan Kekec - 4
Djuro Fleten - 2
Josip Francic - 1
Joze Milov - 1

  • Czechoslovakia and Hungary to Continental Semifinal

Continental Semifinal

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|valign=top {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{speedway|CSK}} - 40
Václav Verner - 12
Jan Klokocka - 11
Jiří Štancl - 9
Josef Minarik - 5
Petr Kucera - 3

|valign=top {{Speedway color|p2}}|{{speedway|FRG}} - 32
Egon Müller - 10
Christoph Betzl - 8
Hans Wassermann- 8
Fritz Baur - 4
Georg Gilgenreiner - 2

|valign=top {{Speedway color|p3}}|{{speedway|AUT}} - 12
Walter Grubmuler - 6
Adi Funk - 4
Josef Haider - 2
Alex Taudtmann - 0
Herbert Szerecs - 0

|valign=top|{{speedway|HUN}} - 11
Janos Jakab - 4
Istvan Sziraczky - 4
Pal Perenyi - 2
Janos Berki - 1
Janos Szoeke - 0

  • Czechoslovakia and West Germany to Continental Final

Continental Final

{{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|

|Mikhail Starostin

}}|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|

|Edward Jancarz

}}|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|

|Dave Jessup

}}|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|

|Mikhail Starostin

}}|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|

}}

}}

See also

References

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{{Speedway World Cup seasons}}

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