1970 Speedway World Team Cup
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The 1970 Speedway World Team Cup was the 11th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2][3][4]
The final took place at Wembley Stadium in London. The title was won by Sweden for the sixth time.[5][6][7]
British Round
Great Britain seeded to World Final (Commonwealth riders eligible for British team)
Scandinavian Round
- June 14
Ljungheden, Västervik- Att: 1,450
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|
 Sweden - 39Ove Fundin - 12 Anders Michanek - 12 Bengt Jansson - 10 Per Olof Söderman - 4 Kjell Haage - 1 |
 Norway - 32Odd Fossengen - 9 Øyvind S. Berg - 8 Reidar Eide - 8 Edgar Stangeland - 7 Dag Lovaas - ns |
 Denmark - 25Ole Olsen - 9 Neils Weiss - 6 Kurt Bøgh - 5 Bent Nørregaard-Jensen - 5 Jörn Mogensen - ns |
 Finland - 0Erkki Hannula - 0 Reima Lohkovuori - 0 Jouko Naskali - 0 Matti Olin - 0 Markku Tarkkanen - 0 |
* Sweden to World Final
Continental Round
Quarterfinal 1
- 21 June
Gradski stadion, Crikvenica
- Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia to Semifinal
Quarterfinal 2
- 21 June
Speedway Stadion, Ruhpolding
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|
 East Germany - 44Hans Jürgen Fritz - 12 Jürgen Hehlert - 11 Dieter Tetzlaff - 11 Peter Liebing - 7 Gerhard Uhlenbrock - 3 |
 Hungary - 26Pal Perenyi - 8 Barnabas Gyepes - 7 Sandor Csatho - 6 Ferenc Radacsi - 5 |
 West Germany - 18Rudolf Kastl - 6 Christoph Betzl - 6 Josef Angermüller - 6 Alois Wiesböck - 0 Dieter Dauderer - 0 |
 Austria - 8Günther Walla - 3 Josef Haider - 3 Alfred Rinzner - 1 Helmut Schippl - 1 |
- East Germany and Hungary to Semifinal
Semifinal
- 5 July
Güstrow Speedway Stadium, Güstrow- Att: 12,000
- Draw 1. → B
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Germany - 45 Hans Jürgen Fritz - 12 Jürgen Hehlert - 12 Dieter Tetzlaff - 12 Peter Liebing - 7 Gerhard Uhlenbrock - 2 |
 Czechoslovakia - 27Jiří Štancl - 8 Zdeněk Majstr - 7 Václav Verner - 7 Jan Klokocka - 5 Jaroslav Volf - ns |
East Germany B - 16 Jochen Dinse - 6 Kurt Martens - 4 Klaus Volker - 4 Horst Kruger - 2 Wilfried Schneider - ns |
Hungary - 8 Pal Perenyi - 3 Sandor Csatho - 2 Barnabas Gyepes - 2 Ferenc Radacsi - 1 |
- East Germany and Czechoslovakia to Continental Final
Continental Final
- 26 July
Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný- Att: 7,000
| 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 | Czechoslovakia |
32 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | |
| (5) Václav Verner | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| (6) Zdeněk Majstr | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| (7) Jiří Štancl | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| (8) Jan Holub I | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| (18) Miloslav Verner | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 |  Poland |
29 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | |
| (1) Paweł Waloszek | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| (2) Andrzej Wyglenda | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| (3) Jan Mucha | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| (4) Zygfryd Friedek | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| (17) Henryk Glücklich | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  Soviet Union |
18 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | |
| (9) Valeri Klementiev | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| (10) Vladimir Gordeev | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| (11) Gennady Kurilenko | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| (12) Yury Dubinin | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| (19) Vladimir Kononovich | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | East Germany |
16 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | |
| (13) Hans Jürgen Fritz | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| (14) Jürgen Hehlert | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| (15) Dieter Tetzlaff | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| (16) Peter Liebing | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| (20) Gerhard Uhlenbrock | 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 |
* Czechoslovakia and Poland to World Final
