1972 Speedway World Pairs Championship
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The 1972 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the third official FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship.[1][2][3] The final took place in Borås, Sweden.
The championship was won by England (24 points) who beat New Zealand after Run-Off (24 points also) and Sweden B (22 points) who beat Sweden A after a run-off.[4][5]
Wimbledon Stadium, London[6]- 11 May
| Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
 |  New Zealand (27 pts) | Ivan Mauger | 15 |
| Ronnie Moore | 12 | ||
 |  England (25 pts) | Ray Wilson | 14 |
| Terry Betts | 11 | ||
 |  Sweden (22 pts) | Anders Michanek | 11 |
| Bengt Jansson | 11 | ||
| 4 |  Scotland (15 pts) | Jim McMillan | 9 |
| George Hunter | 6 | ||
| 5 |  Australia (14 pts) | Geoff Curtis | 7 |
| Garry Middleton | 7 | ||
| 6 |  Denmark (9 pts) | Ole Olsen | 7 |
| Paul Rosenkilde | 2 | ||
| 7 |  Norway (9 pts) | Øyvind S. Berg | 6 |
| Reidar Eide | 3 |
Semifinal 2
| Pos. | Team | Rider | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
|  Poland (? pts) | Zbigniew Marcinkowski | ? |
| Wiktor Jastrzębski | ? | ||
|  Hungary (? pts) | ? | ? |
| ? | ? | ||
|  Czechoslovakia (21 pts) | Petr Ondrasik | 11 |
| Jan Verner | 10 | ||
| 4 | ? (? pts) | ? | ? |
| ? | ? | ||
| 5 | ? (? pts) | ? | ? |
| ? | ? | ||
| 6 | ? (? pts) | ? | ? |
| ? | ? | ||
| 7 | ? (? pts) | ? | ? |
| ? | ? |
