{{Short description|5th edition of the World motorcycle speedway Pairs Championship}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Use British English|date=December 2023}} {{Motorsport season |title = World Pairs Championship |link = Speedway World Pairs Championship |year = 1972 }}
The '''1972 Speedway World Pairs Championship''' was the third official [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] [[Speedway World Pairs Championship]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bott|first=Richard|title=The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4|year=1980|page=99|publisher=Stanley Paul & Co Ltd|isbn=0-09-141751-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-pairs-championship.html|title=World Pairs Championship 1968-1993|website=Edinburgh Speedway|access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Oakes|first=Peter|title=1981 Speedway Yearbook|year=1981|pages=27–28|publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd|isbn=0-86215-017-5}}</ref> The final took place in [[Borås]], Sweden.
The championship was won by [[England national speedway team|England]] (24 points) who beat [[New Zealand national speedway team|New Zealand]] after Run-Off (24 points also) and [[Sweden national speedway team|Sweden B]] (22 points) who beat Sweden A after a run-off.<ref>{{cite web | title = Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 1) | language = Polish | publisher = SportoweFakty.pl | date = 2009-07-09 | url = http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2009/07/09/zapomniane-turnieje-mistrzostwa-swiata-par-czesc-1/ | accessdate = 2009-07-09 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwayplus.com/WorldPairs1972.shtml |title=The World Pairs Final 1972 |website=Speedway Plus |access-date=27 October 2023}}</ref>
==Semifinal 1== * {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Wimbledon Stadium]], London<ref>{{cite news |title=World Pairs reduced to farce |work=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=12 May 1972 |access-date=19 December 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19720512/384/0042 | via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> * 11 May {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=160px|Team ||width=170px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |- align=center {{Speedway color|p1}} |rowspan=2 {{Speedway color|P1}}|[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg|1st]] ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|NZL}} (27 pts) ||align=left|[[Ivan Mauger]] ||15 |- align=center {{Speedway color|p1}} |align=left|[[Ronnie Moore (speedway rider)|Ronnie Moore]] ||12 |- align=center {{Speedway color|p2}} |rowspan=2 {{Speedway color|P2}}|[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg|2nd]] ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|ENG}} (25 pts) ||align=left|[[Ray Wilson (speedway rider)|Ray Wilson]] ||14 |- align=center {{Speedway color|p2}} |align=left|[[Terry Betts]] ||11 |- align=center {{Speedway color|p3}} |rowspan=2 {{Speedway color|P3}}|[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg|3rd]] ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|SWE}} (22 pts) ||align=left|[[Anders Michanek]] ||11 |- align=center {{Speedway color|p3}} |align=left|[[Bengt Jansson]] ||11 |- align=center |rowspan=2|4 ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|SCO}} (15 pts) ||align=left|[[Jim McMillan (speedway rider)|Jim McMillan]] ||9 |- align=center |align=left|[[George Hunter (speedway rider)|George Hunter]] ||6 |- align=center |rowspan=2|5 ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|AUS}} (14 pts) ||align=left|[[Geoff Curtis]] ||7 |- align=center |align=left|[[Garry Middleton]] ||7 |- align=center |rowspan=2|6 ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|DEN}} (9 pts) ||align=left|[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] ||7 |- align=center |align=left|[[Paul Rosenkilde]] ||2 |- align=center |rowspan=2|7 ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|NOR}} (9 pts) ||align=left|[[Øyvind S. Berg]] ||6 |- align=center |align=left|[[Reidar Eide]] ||3 |}
==Semifinal 2== * {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Gázvezeték Street Sports Complex]], [[Debrecen]] * 14 May {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=160px|Team ||width=170px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |- align=center {{Speedway color|p1}} |rowspan=2 {{Speedway color|P1}}|[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg|1st]] ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|POL}} (? pts) ||align=left|[[Zbigniew Marcinkowski]] ||? |- align=center {{Speedway color|p1}} |align=left|[[Wiktor Jastrzębski]] ||? |- align=center {{Speedway color|p2}} |rowspan=2 {{Speedway color|P2}}|[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg|2nd]] ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|HUN}} (? pts) ||align=left|? ||? |- align=center {{Speedway color|p2}} |align=left|? ||? |- align=center {{Speedway color|p3}} |rowspan=2 {{Speedway color|P3}}|[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg|3rd]] ||rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|CSK}} (21 pts) ||align=left|[[Petr Ondrasik]] ||11 |- align=center {{Speedway color|p3}} |align=left|[[Jan Verner]] ||10 |- align=center |rowspan=2|4 ||rowspan=2 align=left|? (? pts) ||align=left|? ||? |- align=center |align=left|? ||? |- align=center |rowspan=2|5 ||rowspan=2 align=left|? (? pts) ||align=left|? ||? |- align=center |align=left|? ||? |- align=center |rowspan=2|6 ||rowspan=2 align=left|? (? pts) ||align=left|? ||? |- align=center |align=left|? ||? |- align=center |rowspan=2|7 ||rowspan=2 align=left|? (? pts) ||align=left|? ||? |- align=center |align=left|? ||? |}
==World final== * {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ryavallen]], [[Borås]] * 1 June 1972
{{speedway event 7p|p1= {{speedway event 7p/p|P1||{{speedway|ENG}} |11|[[Ray Wilson (speedway rider)|Ray Wilson]] |3||1||3||3||2||3||1b=3 |12|[[Terry Betts]] |2||0||1||1||3||2|*|2b= }}|p2= {{speedway event 7p/p|P2||{{speedway|NZL}} |13|[[Ivan Mauger]] |2||2||3||1||3||3||1b=F |14|[[Ronnie Moore (speedway rider)|Ronnie Moore]] |1||3||2||2||0||2||2b= }}|p3= {{speedway event 7p/p|P3||{{speedway|SWE}} B |7|[[Bernt Persson]] |2||3||3||3||2||0||1b=3 |8|[[Hasse Holmqvist]] |1||2||2||0||3||1||2b= }}|p4= {{speedway event 7p/p|4||{{speedway|SWE}} A |5|[[Anders Michanek]] |3||3||3||2||1||3||1b=2 |6|[[Bengt Jansson]] |0||2||1||0||2||2||2b= }}|p5= {{speedway event 7p/p|5||{{speedway|POL}} |1|[[Zbigniew Marcinkowski]] |3||3||2||2||3|||F |2|[[Wiktor Jastrzębski]] |0||0||0|||X|2|||X|2b= }}|p6= {{speedway event 7p/p|6||{{speedway|CSK}} |3|[[Jan Holub I]] |1||0||1||3||0||0| |4|[[Jiri Stancl]] |2||1||0||2||1||1||2b= }}|p7= {{speedway event 7p/p|7||{{speedway|HUN}} |9|[[Ferenc Radacsi]] |1||1||1||1||1||1| |10|[[Pal Perenyi]] |0||0||0||0||0|||X }} }}
==See also== * [[1972 Individual Speedway World Championship]] * [[1972 Speedway World Team Cup]] * [[motorcycle speedway]] * [[1972 in sports]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Speedway World Pairs Championship}} {{International speedway}}
[[Category:Speedway World Pairs Championship|1972]] [[Category:1972 in speedway|World Pairs]]