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1968 Speedway World Team Cup

9th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition

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
GDR Paul Greifzu Stadium, Stralsund

Pos.		National team		Pts.		Riders
1
2
3
4

Continental Final

28 June
TCH Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný

Pos.		National team		Pts.		Riders
1
2
3
4

Great Britain (which included riders from Australia and New Zealand) and Sweden were seeded to the final.

Pos.				National team		Pts.
1
2
3
4

World final

The recently crowned world individual champion Ivan Mauger from New Zealand helped Great Britain win their first World Cup.

21 September
ENG Wembley Stadium

Pos.				National team		Pts.		Riders
[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg	1st]]
[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg	2nd]]
[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg	3rd]]
4th

References

Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. (1987). "The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results". Guinness Superlatives.
Oakes, Peter. (1981). "1981 Speedway Yearbook". Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd.
Bott, Richard. (1980). "The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4". Stanley Paul & Co Ltd.
"World Team Cup 1960-1990".
"Speedway riders, history and results".
"FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS".

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