1968_Speedway_World_Team_Cup

1968 Speedway World Team Cup

1968 Speedway World Team Cup

9th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition

The 1968 Speedway World Team Cup was the ninth edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2][3]

The final took place at Wembley Stadium in London. The title was won by for the first time by the Great Britain national speedway team. The previous eight editions had all been won by Sweden (five wins) or Poland (three wins).[4][5][6]

Qualification

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  • Great Britain (which included riders from Australia and New Zealand) and Sweden were seeded to the final.
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World final

The recently crowned world individual champion Ivan Mauger from New Zealand helped Great Britain win their first World Cup.
  • 21 September
  • England Wembley Stadium
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See also

References

  1. [1]
    Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  2. [2]
    Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  3. [3]
    Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 98. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  4. [4]
    "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  5. [5]
    "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  6. [6]
    "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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