1975 Speedway World Team Cup

The 1975 Speedway World Team Cup was the 16th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The final took place at in Norden, Lower Saxony, West Germany.^[4] 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.^[5]^[6]

Qualification[]

British Round[]

July 14
Reading, Reading Stadium

Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20
1	England	37	2	4	5	7	10	12	14	17	20	23	25	28	31	34	37	37		37	37	37	37
	(9) Ray Wilson	7			1		3					3						0	7
	(10) Peter Collins	10				2		2			3						3		10
	(11) Dave Jessup	10		2						3			2			3			10
	(12) John Louis	10	2						2					3	3				10
	(19) Malcolm Simmons	0																	0

2	Australia	24	1	4	6	7	9	9	12	13	13	15	16	17	18	19	21	24		24	24	24	24
	(13) John Boulger	9		3					3		F							3	9
	(14) Phil Crump	6	1							1		2					2		6
	(15) Phil Herne	4			2			0						1		1			4
	(16) Billy Sanders	5				1	2						1		1				5
	(20)	0																	0

3	New Zealand	21	3	4	4	4	5	8	9	9	11	11	14	14	16	18	19	21		21	21	21	21
	(5) Ivan Mauger	11	3					3					3					2	11
	(6) Barry Briggs	3		1			1							0			1		3
	(7) Bruce Cribb	3				0			1			-				2			3
	(8) Gary Peterson	4			0					E	2				2				4
	(18) Larry Ross	0										0							0

4	Scotland	14	0	0	3	6	6	7	7	9	10	11	11	13	13	13	13	14		14	14	14	14
	(1) Jim McMillan	8				3				2				2				1	8
	(2) Bobby Beaton	3			3				F				0				-		3
	(3) George Hunter	2		0				1				1			0				2
	(4) Brian Collins	1	0				0				1					0			1
	(17)	0															0		0
Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside	gate B	gate C	gate D – outside

* England to Final

Scandinavian Round[]

June 8
Målilla,
Att: 2,200

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Sweden - 38 Tommy Johansson - 12 Bernt Persson - 10 Tommy Jansson - 9 Sören Sjösten - 4 Jan Simensen - 3	Denmark - 25 Ole Olsen - 10 - 6 Kurt Bøgh- 5 - 4 Finn Thomsen - 0	Norway - 17 Øyvind S. Berg - 7 Dag Lovaas - 7 Reidar Eide - 3 Jan Terje Gravningen - 0 - 0	Finland - 16 Ila Teromaa - 6 Kai Niemi - 4 Markku Helminen - 3 - 2 - 1

* Sweden to Final

Continental Qualifying Round[]

June 8
Civitanova Marche

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
West Germany - 33 Hans Wassermann - 11 Christoph Betzl - 7 - 6 Georg Gilgenreiner - 5 - 4	Austria - 26 Josef Haider - 8 - 8 - 5 Adi Funk - 5	Italy - 22 Giuseppe Marzotto - 11 - 6 - 2 - 2 - 1	- 15 Henny Kroeze - 9 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 0

* West Germany and Austria to Continental Semifinal

Continental Qualifying Round[]

June 8
Debrecen

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Czechoslovakia - 32 - 12 - 7 Jan Verner - 6 - 4 Jan Hadek - 3	Hungary - 31 - 10 - 9 - 7 - 5	- 24 - 8 - 6 - 6 - 4 - 0	- 8 - 4 - 2 - 1 - 1

* Czechoslovakia and Hungary to Continental Semifinal

Tournament[]

Continental Semifinal[]

June 29
Bremen

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Czechoslovakia - 40 Václav Verner - 12 - 11 Jiří Štancl - 9 - 5 - 3	West Germany - 32 Egon Müller - 10 Christoph Betzl - 8 Hans Wassermann- 8 - 4 Georg Gilgenreiner - 2	Austria - 12 - 6 Adi Funk - 4 Josef Haider - 2 - 0 - 0	Hungary - 11 - 4 - 4 - 2 - 1 - 0

* Czechoslovakia and West Germany to Continental Final

Continental Final[]

July 12
Slaný

Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20
1	Soviet Union	32	3	5	8	8	10	11	11	13	14	17	20	22	23	26	29	32		32	32	32	32
	(5) Vladimir Gordeev	10	3					1					3					3	10
	(6) Valery Gordeev	9		2			2							2			3		9
	(7) Grigory Khlinovsky	6				F			X			3				3			6
	(8) Viktor Trofimov	7			3					2	1				1				7
	(18) Mikhail Starostin	0																	0

2	Poland	28	1	2	4	7	7	10	13	16	18	20	21	24	24	27	28	28		28	28	28	28
	(13) Marek Cieślak	6		1					3		2							0	6
	(14) Zenon Plech	7	1							3		2					1		7
	(15) Henryk Glücklich	11			2			3						3		3			11
	(16) Jerzy Rembas	4				3	0						1		F				4
	(20) Edward Jancarz	0																	0

3	Czechoslovakia	26	3	5	5	6	9	11	12	14	15	15	15	18	20	22	24	26		26	26	26	26
	(1) Jiří Štancl	8				1				2				3				2	8
	(2) Jan Hadek	3			0				1				-				2		3
	(3) Václav Verner	6		2				2				0			2				6
	(4)	9	3				3				1					2			9
	(17)	0											0						0

4	West Germany	10	1	1	3	3	4	4	4	5	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	10		10	10	10	10
	(9) Egon Müller	5			2		1					1						1	5
	(10) Christoph Betzl	2				0		0			2						0		2
	(11)	1		F						1			0			-			1
	(12) Hans Wassermann	2	1						0					0	1				2
	(19) Georg Gilgenreiner	0														0			0
Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside	gate B	gate C	gate D – outside

* Soviet Union and Poland to Final

World Final[]

September 21
Norden, ^[7]
Att: 20,000
Referee: Georg Traunspurger

Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20
1	England	41	0	3	6	9	12	13	15	18	21	23	26	29	32	35	38	41		41	41	41	41
	(13) Malcolm Simmons	11		3					2		3							3	11
	(14) John Louis	8	0							3		2					3		8
	(15) Martin Ashby	10			3			1						3		3			10
	(16) Peter Collins	12				3	3						3		3				12
	(20) Dave Jessup	0																	0

2	Soviet Union	29	3	4	6	6	8	10	13	15	17	20	21	22	24	25	27	29		29	29	29	29
	(1) Vladimir Gordeev	5				T				2				1				2	5
	(2) Valery Gordeev	8			2				3				1				2		8
	(3) Grigory Khlinovsky	8		1				2				3			2				8
	(4) Viktor Trofimov	8	3				2				2					1			8
	(17) Mikhail Starostin	0																	0

3	Sweden	16	2	4	4	6	7	10	10	11	12	12	14	14	14	14	15	16		16	16	16	16
	(5) Anders Michanek	8	2					3					2					1	8
	(6) Tommy Jansson	4		2			1							0			1		4
	(7) Bernt Persson	2				2			0			0				0			2
	(8) Sören Sjösten	1			0					1	-								1
	(18) Sören Karlsson	1									1								1

4	Poland	9	1	1	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	7	7	9	9	9		9	9	9	9
	(9) Henryk Glücklich	2			1		0					1						0	2
	(10) Edward Jancarz	1				1		0			0						0		1
	(11) Zenon Plech	0		0						0			-			-			0
	(12) Marek Cieślak	4	1						1					2	0				4
	(19) Jerzy Rembas	2											0			2			2
Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside	gate B	gate C	gate D – outside

References[]

^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 98. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "1975 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

[1] Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.

[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] "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

[5] "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[6] "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[7] "1975 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

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1975 Speedway World Team Cup

Contents

Qualification[]

British Round[]

Scandinavian Round[]

Continental Qualifying Round[]

Continental Qualifying Round[]

Tournament[]

Continental Semifinal[]

Continental Final[]

World Final[]

See also[]

References[]