The 1969 Speedway World Team Cup was the tenth edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2][3]

The final took place at the Rybnik Municipal Stadium in Rybnik, Poland. The host nation won the title for the fourth time.[4][5][6]

Qualification

British Round

Great Britain seeded to Final (Commonwealth riders eligible for the British team)

Scandinavian Round

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Sweden –
Bernt Persson
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?
?		  Norway –
Øyvind S. Berg
Reidar Eide
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?
  Denmark –
?
?
?
?		  Finland –
?
?
?
?

* Sweden to Final

Contmnental Round

Continental Semifinal

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 East Germany – 41
Gerhard Uhlenbrock – 12
Jochen Dinse – 10
Hans Jürgen Fritz – 10
Peter Liebing – 9		  West Germany – 23
Manfred Poschenreider – 10
Rudolf Kastl – 7
Dieter Dauderer – 4
Rainer Jüngling – 2		  Hungary – 16
Ferenc Radacsi – 6
Janos Szoeke – 5
Sandor Csatho – 4
Istvan Redoczi – 1		  Yugoslavia – 15
Drago Perko – 8
Milovan Stankovic – 4
Joze Visocnik – 2
Milija Stojkovic – 1

* East Germany to Continental Final

Continental Final

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 Soviet Union 41 0 3 6 8 11 14 17 20 22 24 27 30 32 35 38 41 41 41 41 41
(9) Gennady Kurilenko 11 3 3 2 3 11
(10) Vladimir Smirnov 10 2 3 2 3 10
(11) Valeri Klementiev 12 3 3 3 3 12
(12) Yury Dubinin 8 E 3 3 2 8
(19) Viktor Trofimov 0 0
2 Poland Poland 35 3 5 7 10 12 14 14 16 19 22 24 26 29 31 33 35 35 35 35 35
(1) Zbigniew Podlecki 9 3 2 2 2 9
(2) Antoni Woryna 4 2 F 2 - 4
(3) Edward Jancarz 10 2 2 3 3 10
(4) Andrzej Wyglenda 10 3 2 3 2 10
(17) Henryk Glücklich 2 2 2
3 East Germany East Germany 10 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 6 7 7 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
(13) Peter Liebing 2 0 1 1 0 2
(14) Jochen Dinse 3 2 1 0 F 3
(15) Gerhard Uhlenbrock 2 1 0 1 0 2
(16) Hans Jürgen Fritz 3 0 1 1 1 3
(20) Dieter Tetzlaff 0 0
4 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 9 0 1 1 2 2 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 9
(5) Karel Prusa 2 F 1 0 1 2
(6) Jan Holub I 2 1 0 0 1 2
(7) Miloslav Verner 5 1 2 1 1 5
(8) Frantisek Ledecky 0 0 E 0 E 0
(18) Jiří Štancl 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

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 Poland Poland 31 3 5 5 6 9 11 14 16 16 16 19 22 25 25 28 31 31 31 31 31
(5) Edward Jancarz 11 3 2 3 3 11
(6) Andrzej Wyglenda 11 2 3 3 3 11
(7) Stanisław Tkocz 4 1 3 0 F 4
(8) Henryk Glücklich 3 F - - 3 3
(18) Andrzej Pogorzelski 2 2 0 2
2 United Kingdom Great Britain 27 2 5 7 7 7 8 10 11 14 17 17 19 21 24 25 27 27 27 27 27
(1) Martin Ashby 5 0 1 2 2 5
(2) Nigel Boocock 5 2 2 F 1 5
(3) Ivan Mauger 9 3 1 3 2 9
(4) Barry Briggs 8 2 F 3 3 8
(17) Pete Smith 0 0
3 Soviet Union Soviet Union 23 0 1 4 6 8 11 12 15 17 19 20 20 20 20 22 23 23 23 23 23
(9) Gennady Kurilenko 8 3 2 2 1 8
(10) Vladimir Smirnov 9 2 3 2 2 9
(11) Valeri Klementiev 5 1 3 1 F 5
(12) Yury Dubinin 1 F 1 0 - 1
(19) Viktor Trofimov 0 0 0
4 Sweden Sweden 12 1 1 2 5 6 6 6 6 7 8 10 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
(13) Bengt Jansson 1 0 0 1 0 1
(14) Sören Sjösten 2 1 0 1 0 2
(15) Ove Fundin 2 1 0 1 - 2
(16) Anders Michanek 7 3 1 2 1 7
(20) Torbjörn Harrysson 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

See also

References

  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. ↑ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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