The 1970 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the first FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Malmö, Sweden. The championship was won by New Zealand (28 points) who beat Sweden (25 points) and England (19 points).
Semifinal 1 Hyde Road, Manchester 6 May Pos. Team Rider Points (27 pts) Ivan Mauger 14Barry Briggs 13 (26 pts) Bert Harkins 13Jim McMillan 13 (23 pts) Nigel Boocock 16Eric Boocock 74 (16 pts) Jim Airey 11Charlie Monk 55 (13 pts) Ole Olsen 12Niels Weiss-Schelde 16 (13 pts) Reidar Eide 7Øyvind S. Berg 67 (7 pts) Rudolf Kastl 7Dieter Dauderer 0
Semifinal 2 Kovinar Stadium, Maribor 17 May Pos. Team Rider Points (? pts) Jiří Štancl ?Václav Verner ? (? pts) Marian Spychała ?Paweł Mirowski ? (? pts) Drago Perko ?Ivan Kos ?4 (? pts) ? ?? ?5 (? pts) ? ?? ?6 (? pts) ? ?? ?7 (? pts) ? ?? ?
World final Malmö Stadion, Malmö 2 June
Notes: a. The Danish team weren't classified, because they were track reserve team who replaced Poland.
See also 1970 Individual Speedway World Championship 1970 Speedway World Team Cup motorcycle speedway 1970 in sports
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