# 1972 Speedway World Team Cup

The 1972 Speedway World Team Cup was the 13th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.
The final took place at the Olching Speedwaybahn in Olching, West Germany. The title was won by Great Britain for the third time.

## Qualifying
### Scandinavian round

* 25 June
* Nærbø Idrettslunden, Nærbø
| Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders |
| 1 | Sweden | 37 | Hasse Holmqvist 10 Christer Löfqvist 10 Jan Simensen 9 Bernt Persson 8 |
| 2 | Denmark | 25 | Ole Olsen 11 Kurt Bøgh 7 Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 5 Nils Schelde 1 Henning Hansen 1 |
| 3 | Norway | 23 | Reidar Eide 9 Odd Fossengen 4 Dag Løvaas 4 Edgar Stangeland 3 Svein Kaasa 3 |
| 4 | Finland | 11 | Hannu Känkänen 3 Kari Vuoristo 3 Haki Ahonen 3 Kakio Leppåsalko 1 Pekka Paljakka 1 |

### Continental round

| Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders |
| 1 | Czechoslovakia | 48 | Jiří Štancl 12 Jan Holub I 12 Václav Verner 12 Petr Ondrašík 6 Miloslav Verner 6 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 23 | Peter Iliev 8 Nedjelko Nedjelkov 7 Peter Kostov 5 Angel Eftimov 3 |
| 3 | Yugoslavia | 22 | Drasko Orsic 7 Evald Babic 6 Vlado Miler 6 Josip Francic 3 |
| 4 | Yugoslavia II | 3 | Milija Stojkovic 1 Stefan Kekec 1 Janez Tomazic 1 Jose Lazbaher 0 |
| Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders |
| 1 | West Germany | 39 | Manfred Poschenreider 12 Rudi Kastl 11 Josef Angermüller 9 Jan Käter 7 |
| 2 | Austria | 17 | Gunther Walla 7 Heinz Zimmermann 4 Josef Haider 4 Alex Taudtmann 2 |
| 3 | Hungary | 17 | Ferencs Radacsi 7 Barnabas Gyepes 5 Pal Perenyi 4 Sandor Csatho 1 |
| 4 | Scandinavian Select | 23 | Jorn Mogensen 10 Stefan Salomonsson 6 Stefan Johansson 6 Erik Tilgaard 1 |
* Austria awarded 2nd place because they had more heat winners than Hungary (2 to 0).
* East Germany withdrew and were replaced by Scandinavian Select who were ineligible to qualify for the next round.
| Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders |
| 1 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | Milan Špinka 12 Zdeněk Majstr 9 Petr Ondrašík 9 Václav Verner 9 Jiří Štancl 8 |
| 2 | West Germany | 0 | Josef Angermüller 9 Jan Käter 8 Manfred Poschenreider 8 Rudolf Kastl 7 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 0 | Nedjelko Nedjelkov 4 Peter Iliev 3 Peter Petkov 3 Alexander Kostov 0 |
| 4 | Austria | 0 | Josef Haider 5 Gunther Walla 1 Alex Taudtmann 1 Michael Laussegger 1 Heinz Zimmermann 0 |
| Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders |
| 1 | Poland | 40 | Zenon Plech 12 Henryk Glücklich 10 Paweł Waloszek 7 Edward Jancarz 6 Jerzy Gryt 5 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 33 | Anatoli Kuzmin 11 Georgi Ivanov 9 Grigori Khlinovsky 6 Viktor Kalmikov 6 Gennady Kurilenko 1 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 13 | Jan Holub I 5 Zdeněk Majstr 3 Petr Ondrašík 3 Milan Špinka 1 Jiří Štancl |
| 4 | West Germany | 9 | Josef Angermüller 3 Jan Käter 3 Manfred Poschenreider 2 Helmut Reiter 1 Rudolf Kastl 0 |

## World final

* 24 September
* Olching Speedwaybahn
| Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders |
| | Great Britain | 36 | Ivan Mauger - 11 John Louis - 9 Ray Wilson - 8 Terry Betts - 8 Ronnie Moore - dnr |
| | Soviet Union | 21 | Anatoly Kuzmin - 6 Viktor Kalmykov - 5 Viktor Trofimov - 5 Grigory Khlinovsky - 5 Valery Gordeev - dnr |
| | Poland | 21 | Zenon Plech - 7 Henryk Glücklich - 6 Paweł Waloszek - 5 Zdzisław Dobrucki - 3 Marek Cieślak - 0 |
| 4th | Sweden | 18 | Christer Löfqvist - 6 Anders Michanek - 4 Tommy Jansson 4 Jan Simensen 3 Göte Nordin 1 |
Run-off for silver Soviet Union 7 (Kalmykov 3, Kuzmin 2, Khlinovsky 1, Trofimov 1) bt Poland 5 (Waloszek 3, Plech 2, Glücklich 0, Dobrucki 0)