The 1970 Speedway World Team Cup was the 11th 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 Sweden for the sixth time.
Qualification British Round Great Britain seeded to World Final (Commonwealth riders eligible for British team)
Scandinavian Round June 14 Ljungheden, Västervik Att: 1,450
1st2nd3rd4th - 39Ove Fundin - 12Anders Michanek - 12Bengt Jansson - 10Per Olof Söderman - 4Kjell Haage - 1 - 32Odd Fossengen - 9Øyvind S. Berg - 8Reidar Eide - 8Edgar Stangeland - 7Dag Lovaas - ns - 25Ole Olsen - 9Neils Weiss - 6Kurt Bøgh - 5Bent Nørregaard-Jensen - 5Jörn Mogensen - ns - 0Erkki Hannula - 0Reima Lohkovuori - 0Jouko Naskali - 0Matti Olin - 0Markku Tarkkanen - 0
* Sweden to World Final
Continental Round Quarterfinal 1 21 June Gradski stadion, Crikvenica
1st2nd3rd4th - 48Miloslav Verner - 12Zdeněk Majstr - 12Jiří Štancl - 12Václav Verner - 12Jan Klokocka - ns - 28Drago RegvartDrago PerkoIvan MolanDrasko OrsicJose Visocnik - 20Alexander KostovPeter PetkovPetr IlievGeorgi Macev - 4Gianni PizzoGiovanni PizzoAnnibale PrettoGilberto Roncolato
Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia to Semifinal
Quarterfinal 2 21 June Speedway Stadion, Ruhpolding
1st2nd3rd4th - 44Hans Jürgen Fritz - 12Jürgen Hehlert - 11Dieter Tetzlaff - 11Peter Liebing - 7Gerhard Uhlenbrock - 3 - 26Pal Perenyi - 8Barnabas Gyepes - 7Sandor Csatho - 6Ferenc Radacsi - 5 - 18Rudolf Kastl - 6Christoph Betzl - 6Josef Angermüller - 6Alois Wiesböck - 0Dieter Dauderer - 0 - 8Günther Walla - 3Josef Haider - 3Alfred Rinzner - 1Helmut Schippl - 1
East Germany and Hungary to Semifinal
Semifinal 5 July Güstrow Speedway Stadium, Güstrow Att: 12,000 Draw 1. → B
1st2nd3rd4th - 45Hans Jürgen Fritz - 12Jürgen Hehlert - 12Dieter Tetzlaff - 12Peter Liebing - 7Gerhard Uhlenbrock - 2 - 27Jiří Štancl - 8Zdeněk Majstr - 7Václav Verner - 7Jan Klokocka - 5Jaroslav Volf - ns B - 16Jochen Dinse - 6Kurt Martens - 4Klaus Volker - 4Horst Kruger - 2Wilfried Schneider - ns - 8Pal Perenyi - 3Sandor Csatho - 2Barnabas Gyepes - 2Ferenc Radacsi - 1
East Germany and Czechoslovakia to Continental Final
Continental Final 26 July Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný Att: 7,000
* Czechoslovakia and Poland to World Final
World Final 19 September Wembley Stadium, London Att: 35,000
1st2nd3rd4th - 4213.Bengt Jansson (3,3,2,3) - 1114.Ove Fundin (2,3,3,3) - 1115.Anders Michanek (3,2,3,2) - 1016.Sören Sjösten (2,3,2,3) - 1020.Bernt Persson - ns - 311.Ivan Mauger (3,3,2,1) - 92.Barry Briggs (3,2,3,3) - 113.Nigel Boocock (1,-,1,-) - 24.Eric Boocock (2,2,1,-) - 517.Ray Wilson (-,-,2,-,2/f) - 4 - 205.Antoni Woryna (1,0,3,1) - 56.Jan Mucha (1,1,2,2) - 67.Paweł Waloszek (1,1,0,-) - 28.Edmund Migoś (2,1,t,1) - 418.Henryk Glücklich (-,1,-,2) - 3 - 39.Zdeněk Majstr (0,0,0,-) - 010.Václav Verner (0,1,1,1) - 311.Miloslav Verner (0,f,-,0) - 012.Jiří Štancl (0,0,0,0) - 019.Jan Holub I - (-,-,0,0) - 0
See also 1970 Individual Speedway World Championship 1970 Speedway World Pairs Championship
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