1973 Speedway World Pairs Championship

{{Short description|4th official 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 = 1973 }}

The '''1973 Speedway World Pairs Championship''' was the fourth official 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><ref>{{cite book|last=Rogers|first=Martin|title=The Illustrated History of Speedway|year=1978|page=134|publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd|isbn=0-904584-45-3}}</ref> The final took place in Borås, Sweden. The championship was won by the host country Sweden (24 points). The silver medal was won by Denmark who beat Poland after a run-off (both 21 points).<ref>{{cite web | title = Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par(część 2) | language = Polish | publisher = SportoweFakty.pl | date = 2009-07-16 | url = http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2009/07/16/zapomniane-turnieje-mistrzostwa-swiata-parczesc-2/ | accessdate = 2009-07-16 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001916/19730609/012/0001 |title=Sweden's title |website=Star Green 'un |date=14 September 1958 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 September 2024}}</ref>

==Semifinal 1== * {{flagicon|POL}} Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz * 13 May

{{speedway event 7p|1|p1= {{speedway event 7p/p|P1|POL|Poland |1|Zenon Plech |3||2||2||2||2||2||1b= |2|Henryk Glücklich |2||3||3||3||3||3| |h=22}}|p2= {{speedway event 7p/p|P2|USSR|USSR |3|Vladimir Gordeev |1||3||3||0||2||3| |1.22h=x|1.22p=3 |4|Anatoly Kuzmin |0||2||2||2||3||1| |h=22}}|p3= {{speedway event 7p/p|P3|CSK|CSK |9|Jiří Štancl |3||2||2||1||1||3||1b= |1.22h=x|1.22p=2 |10|Petr Ondrašík |2||3|||X|3|||E|2||2b= |h=22}}|p4= {{speedway event 7p/p|4|HUN|Hungary |7|Tibor Danka |2||1||1||0||0||0||1b= |8|Sandor Domokos |3||0|||E|1||1||2| |h=22}}|p5= {{speedway event 7p/p|5|YUG|Yugoslavia |5|Drasko Orsic |0||0|||E|0||0|||E|1b= |6|Stefan Kekec |1||1||1||1||1||1||2b= |h=22}}|p6= {{speedway event 7p/p|6|AUT|Austria |11|Gunther Walla |1||1||0|||-||-||- |12|Josef Haider |0||0||0||2||0||1||2b= |h=22}}|p7= {{speedway event 7p/p|-|POL|Poland B |13|Stanislaw Kasa |0||2||1||3||3||2||1b= |14|Marian Zaranek |1||3||3||2||2||0| |h=22}}

{{speedway event 7p/p|-|POL|track reserve |15|Andrzej Koselski ||*||*||*|3||1||3||1b= |16|- |||||||||||||2b= |h=22}} }}

==Semifinal 2== * {{flagicon|ENG}} Poole Stadium, Poole * 23 May

{{speedway event 7p|1|p1= {{speedway event 7p/p|P1|DEN|Denmark |1|Ole Olsen |3||3||3||3||3||3||1b= |1.22h=x|1.22p=3 |2|Kurt Bøgh |0||0||2||0||2||1| |h=22}}|p2= {{speedway event 7p/p|P2|NZL|New Zealand |3|Ivan Mauger |2||3||3||3||3||3| |1.22h=x|1.22p=2 |4|Graeme Stapleton |1||1||1||1||2||0| |h=22}}|p3= {{speedway event 7p/p|P3|NOR|Norway |13|Reidar Eide |2||3||0||3||3||1||1b= |14|Dag Lövaas |1||1||3||2||1||2||2b= |h=22}}|p4= {{speedway event 7p/p|4|ENG|England |11|Terry Betts |3|||E|2||3||0||1||1b= |12|Ray Wilson |2||2||1||2||1||2| |h=22}}|p5= {{speedway event 7p/p|5|SWE|Sweden |7|Christer Löfqvist |2||2||0|||E|2||0||1b= |8|Bernt Persson |3||3||2||1|||X|3||2b= |h=22}}|p6= {{speedway event 7p/p|6|SCO|Scotland |9|George Hunter |1||1||2|||E|0||2| |10|Bobby Beaton |0||0||1||2||1||1||2b= |h=22}}|p7= {{speedway event 7p/p|7|AUS|Australia |5|John Boulger |1|||X|1||0||2||3||1b= |6|John Titman |0||2||0||1||0|||X |h=22}} {{speedway event 7p/p|-|ENG|track reserve |15|Bobby Collins |||||||||||0||1b= |16|- |||||||||||||2b= |h=22}} }}

==World final== * {{flagicon|SWE}} Ryavallen, Borås * 8 June 1973

{{speedway event 7p|p1= {{speedway event 7p/p|P1||{{speedway|SWE}} |13|Anders Michanek |2||3||3||2||3||2||1b= |14|Tommy Jansson |3||2||2||1||0||1||2b= }}|p2= {{speedway event 7p/p|P2||{{speedway|DEN}} |3|Ole Olsen |3||3||3||3||3||3||1b=3 |4|Kurt Bøgh |0||0||0||1||2||0||2b= }}|p3= {{speedway event 7p/p|P3||{{speedway|POL}} |7|Zenon Plech |3||3||2||3|||X|3||1b=2 |8|Zbigniew Marcinkowski |1||2||1|||E|2||1||2b= }}|p4= {{speedway event 7p/p|4||{{speedway|USSR}} |5|Vladimir Gordeev |2||2||0||2||1||3||1b= |6|Anatoly Kuzmin |0||1||2||3||2||2||2b= }}|p5= {{speedway event 7p/p|5||{{speedway|NOR}} |1|Reidar Eide |1||1||1||3||3|||E |2|Dag Lövaas |2||0||3||0||0||3||2b= }}|p6= {{speedway event 7p/p|6||{{speedway|CSK}} |9|Jiří Štancl |2||1||1||2||2||1| |10|Petr Ondrašík |1||0||0||0||1||0||2b= }}|p7= {{speedway event 7p/p|7||{{speedway|NZL}} |11|Ivan Mauger |3||1||2|||X||X|2| |12|Graeme Stapleton |0||0||1|||X|1||0| }} }}

==References== {{Reflist}}

1973 World Pairs