The 1968 Speedway World Team Cup was the ninth 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 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).
Qualification
Continental Semi-Final 16 June Paul Greifzu Stadium, Stralsund
Pos.National team Pts. Riders1 47 Jochen Dinse 12 Jürgen Hehlert 12 Gerhard Uhlenbrock 12 Hans Jürgen Fritz 112 18 Barnabas Gyepes 8 Istvan Radoczi 5 Janos Bernath 4 Ferenc Radacsi 13 18Manfred Poschenreider 6 Heinrich Sprenger 5 Rudolf Kastl 5 Dieter Dauderer 24 13 Ivan Molan 5 Franc Babic 4 Valentin Medved 2 Drago Perko 2
Continental Final 28 June Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný
Pos.National team Pts. Riders1 43 Andrzej Wyglenda 12 Paweł Waloszek 12 Antoni Woryna 12 Henryk Glucklich 6 Jerzy Padewski 12 26Jan Holub I 9 Jaroslav Volf 8 Frantisek Ledecky 6 Miloslav Verner 3 Antonín Šváb Sr. 03 19 Viktor Trofimov 7 Vladimir Smirnov 6 Yuri Chekranov 4 Igor Plechanov 1 Gennady Kurilenko 14 8 Hans Jürgen Fritz 3 Jochen Dinse 2 Gerhard Uhlenbrock 2 Jürgen Hehlert 1
Great Britain (which included riders from Australia and New Zealand) and Sweden were seeded to the final.
WORLD FINAL 21 September London, Wembley StadiumPos. National team Pts.1 402 303 194 7
World final
21 September Wembley Stadium
Pos. National team Pts. Riders 40 Ivan Mauger - 12 Nigel Boocock - 10 Martin Ashby - 8 Barry Briggs - 7 Norman Hunter - 3 30 Ove Fundin - 11 Bengt Jansson - 7 Anders Michanek - 7 Olle Nygren - 3 Torbjörn Harrysson - 2 19 Edmund Migoś - 8 Edward Jancarz - 6 Andrzej Wyglenda - 2 Henryk Glücklich - 2 Paweł Waloszek - 14th 7 Antonín Kasper Sr. - 3 Luboš Tomíček Sr. - 2 Jan Holub I 1 Jaroslav Volf 1
See also 1968 Individual Speedway World Championship 1968 Speedway World Pairs Championship
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