# 1973 Speedway World Team Cup

The 1973 Speedway World Team Cup was the 14th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.
The final took place at Wembley Stadium in London. The title was won by Great Britain for the third consecutive year and fourth time in total. The fourth win drew Britain level with Poland on four titles won but Sweden remained ahead on the number of titles won with six.

## Qualification
### Scandninavian round

* 24 June
* Fredericia Speedway Stadium, Fredericia
| Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders |
| 1 | Sweden | 37 | Anders Michanek 11 Tommy Jansson 9 Bernt Persson 9 Bengt Jansson 8 |
| 2 | Norway | 35 | Ulf Løvaas 10 Edgar Stangeland 10 Dag Løvaas 8 Øyvind S. Berg 7 |
| 3 | Denmark | 23 | Ole Olsen 12 Kurt Bøgh 4 Jens-Erik Krause-Kjaer 4 Arne Andrease 3 |
| 4 | Finland | 1 | Reino Santala 1 Ari Hiljanen 0 Kari Vuoristo 0 Ilkka Teromaa 0 Veli-Pekka Teromaa 0 |

### Continental round

| Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders |
| 1 | West Germany | 45 | Josef Angermüller 12 Manfred Poschenreider 12 Hans Siegl 10 Egon Müller 6 Jan Käter 5 |
| 2 | Hungary | 24 | Barnabas Gyepes 7 Janos Berki 7 Pal Perenyi 6 Ferenc Radacsi 3 Tibor Danka 1 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia II | 21 | Miroslav Rosulek Jan Klokocka Petr Kucera Jan Holub Karel Vobornik |
| 4 | Austria | 6 | Josef Bössner 3 Heinz Zimmermann 2 Josef Haider 1 Walter Detter 0 |
| Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders |
| 1 | Czechoslovakia | 47 | Milan Špinka 12 Jiří Štancl 12 Petr Ondrašík 12 Miloslav Verner 11 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 24 | Peter Petkov 8 Peter Iliev 6 Angel Eftimov 6 Peter Kostov 4 |
| 3 | Yugoslavia | 15 | Vlado Miler 6 Stefan Kekec 4 Alojz Vurzer 3 Milovan Stankovic 2 |
| 4 | Austria II | 10 | Walter Grubmüller 4 Josef Scharl 3 Michael Lausegger 3 Alex Taudtmann 0 |
| Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders |
| 1 | Czechoslovakia | 43 | Jiří Štancl 12 Milan Špinka 9 Petr Ondrašík 9 Jan Klokocka 6 Václav Verner 6 |
| 2 | Hungary | 24 | Pal Perenyi 8 Janos Berki 7 Istvan Sziraczky 6 Barnabas Gyepes 3 |
| 3 | West Germany | 17 | Hans Siegl 8 Egon Müller 7 Manfred Poschenreider 2 Jan Käter 1 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 11 | Angel Eftimov 4 Peter Petkov 3 Peter Iliev 2 Nedjelko Nedjelkov 2 |
| Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 35 | Valery Gordeev 11 Grigory Khlinovsky 9 Viktor Kalmikov 7 Yury Dubinin 6 Vladimir Paznikov 2 |
| 2 | Poland | 31 | Edward Jancarz 9 Zenon Plech 9 Jan Mucha 8 Ryszard Fabiszewski 4 Paweł Waloszek 1 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 23 | Jiří Štancl 7 Petr Ondrašík 7 Milan Špinka 5 Zdeněk Majstr 4 |
| 4 | Hungary | 6 | Janos Berki 4 Ferenc Radacsi 1 Laszlo Zahoran 1 Jozsef Szabo 0 Istvan Sziraczki 0 |

## World final

* 15 September
* Wembley Stadium, London
| Pos. | National team | Pts. | Riders |
| | Great Britain | 37 | Peter Collins - 12 John Louis - 9 Ray Wilson - 8 Terry Betts - 8 Dave Jessup - dnr |
| | Sweden | 31 | Anders Michanek - 11 Bernt Persson - 9 Bengt Jansson 6 Tommy Jansson 5 Sören Sjösten dnr |
| | Soviet Union | 20 | Valery Gordeev - 7 Vladimir Paznikov - 5 Grigory Khlinovsky - 4 Aleksandr Pavlov - 2 Viktor Trofimov - 2 |
| 4th | Poland | 8 | Zenon Plech - 5 Edward Jancarz - 2 Paweł Waloszek - 1 Jerzy Szczakiel - 0 Jan Mucha - dnr |