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1972		*WORLD TEAM CUP*		1974
		1973

Great Britain seeded to Final

SCANDINAVIAN ROUND (Winner to Final) Ref: Charles Ringblom(Swe)					24.06 : Fredericia, Denmark (Att: 10,000)
	*Sweden*	37	Norway	35	Denmark	23	Finland	1
	9.Bernt Persson	9	1.Dag Løvaas	8	13.Ole Olsen	12	5.Kari Vuoristo	0
	10.Anders Michanek	11	2.Ulf Løvaas	10	14.Kurt Bøgh	4	6.Ari Hiljanen	0
	11.Bengt Jansson	8	3.Edgar Stangeland	10	15.Jens-Erik Krause-Kjaer	4	7.Reino Santala	1
	12.Tommy Jansson	9	4.Øyvind S Berg	7	16.Arne Andreasen	3	8.Ilkka Teromaa	0
	19.Jan Simensen †	-	17.Jan Gravningen †	-	20.Preben Bollerup †	-	18.Veli-Pekka Teromaa †	0
	Team Manager: Jan-Oluf Mortensson		Team Manager: Egil Aardal		Team Manager: Lars Petersen		Team Manager:

CONTINENTAL QUARTER-FINAL (1st & 2nd to Continental Semi-Final) 17.06 : Debrecen, Hungary
	West Germany	45	Hungary	24	Czechoslovakia II *	21	Austria	6
	Josef Angermüller	12	Barnabas Gyepes	7	Miroslav Rosulek		Josef Bössner	3
	Manfred Poschenrieder	12	Janos Berki	7	Jan Klokocka		Heinz Zimmermann	2
	Hans Siegl	10	Pal Perenyi	6	Petr Kucera		Josef Haider	1
	Egon Müller	6	Ferenc Radacsi	3	Jan Holub		Walter Detter	0
	Jan Käter	5	Tibor Danka	1	Karel Vobornik
	* Czechoslovakia II replaced Italy

CONTINENTAL QUARTER-FINAL (1st & 2nd to Continental Semi-Final) 17.06 : Maribor, Yugoslavia
	*Czechoslovakia*	47	Bulgaria	24	Yugoslavia	15	Austria II *	10
	Milan Spinka	12	Peter Petkov	8	Vlado Miler	6	Walter Grubmüller	4
	Jiri Stancl	12	Peter Iliev	6	Stefan Kekec	4	Josef Scharl	3
	Petr Ondrasik	12	Angel Eftimov	6	Alojz Vurzer	3	Michael Lausegger	3
	Miroslav Verner	11	Peter Kostov	4	Milovan Stankovic	2	Alex Taudtmann	0
	* Austria II replaced East Germany


Debrecen	Fredericia	Maribor

CONTINENTAL SEMI-FINAL (1st & 2nd to Continental Final)					30.06 : Prague, Czechoslovakia
	Czechoslovakia	43	Hungary	24	West Germany	17	Bulgaria	11
	Jiri Stancl	12	Pal Perenyi	8	Hans Siegl	8	Angel Eftimov	4
	Petr Ondrasik	9	Janos Berki	7	Egon Müller	7	Peter Petkov	3
	Milan Spinka	9	Istvan Sziraczky	6	Manfred Poschenrieder	2	Peter Iliev	2
	Jan Klokocka	7	Barnabas Gyepes	3	Jan Käter	1	Nedjelko Nedjelkov	2
	Vaclav Verner	6	Janos Jakab	†			Alexander Kostov	†
*Note :* This round now appears to have be held at Prague and not, as reported at the time, Slany.

CONTINENTAL FINAL		(1st & 2nd to Final)		05.08 : Balakovo, Soviet Union
*Soviet Union*	35	*Poland*	31	Czechoslovakia	23	Hungary	6

Balakovo	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Total
5. Valeri Gordeev		3			2							3			3		11
6. Viktor Kalmikov	2					0					3					2	7
7. Vladimir Paznikov				1			1			-				-			2
8. Grigori Khlinovsky			1					3	3				2				9
18. Yuri Dubinin †										3				3			6
SOVIET UNION	2	5	6	7	9	9	10	13	16	19	22	25	27	30	33	35	35
13. Edward Jancarz			3			3						2		1			9
14. Jan Mucha		ex					3		2							3	8
15. Zenon Plech				3	3						ex		3				9
16. Pawel Waloszek	1							ex		-					-		1
20. Ryszard Fabiszewski †										2					2		4
POLAND	1	1	4	7	10	13	16	16	18	20	20	22	25	26	28	31	31
1. Jiri Stancl	3				1				1					2			7
2. Milan Spinka		2				2				1			ex				5
3. Petr Ondrasik			2				2				2				1		7
4. Zdenek Majstr				2				ex				1				1	4
17. Jan Klokocka †																	-
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	3	5	7	9	10	12	14	14	15	16	18	19	19	21	22	23	23
9. Janos Berki		1						2			1			0			4
10. Istvan Sziraczki			0		0					0						-	0
11. Jozsef Szabo	0						0		0				-				0
12. Ferenc Radacsi				0		1						-			0		1
19. Laszlo Zahoran †												0	1			0	1
HUNGARY	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6

FINAL			Ref: J M Whitaker (GB)		15.09 : Wembley, London, England (Att: 30,000)
	*Great Britain*	37	Sweden	31	Soviet Union	20	Poland	8
	Team Manager: Len Silver		Team Manager: Arne Bergstrom		Team Manager: Gennady Fomin		Team Manager: Roscislaw Slowiecki

Wembley	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Total
9.Ray Wilson ©			2		3					2						1	8
10.Malcolm Simmons				2		1			3						2		8
11.Peter Collins		3						3			3			3			12
12.Terry Betts	3						2					2	2				9
19.Dave Jessup †																	-
GREAT BRITAIN	3	6	8	10	13	14	16	19	22	24	27	29	31	34	36	37	37
1.Bernt Persson				1				2				3				3	9
2.Bengt Jansson			3				f				2				1		6
3.Anders Michanek ©		2				3				3			3				11
4.Tommy Jansson	1				2				2					0			5
17.Soren Sjosten †																	-
SWEDEN	1	3	6	7	9	12	12	14	16	19	21	24	27	27	28	31	31
13.Alexander Pavlov		ex-t					1		1							-	2
14.Vladimir Gordeev	2							1		1					3		7
15.Vladimir Paznikov			1			2						1		1			5
16.Grigori Khlinovsky				3	0						f		1				4
20.Viktor Trofimov †																2	2
SOVIET UNION	2	2	3	6	6	8	9	10	11	12	12	13	14	15	18	20	20
5.Pawel Waloszek ©	f					0					1					0	1
6.Edward Jancarz		1			1							0			0		2
7.Zenon Plech				0			3			ret				2			5
8.Jerzy Szczakiel			0					ret	ret				ex-t				0
18.Jan Mucha †																	-
POLAND	0	1	1	1	2	2	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	8	8	8	8
Time	70.2	67.7*	70.0	68.2	69.6	69.6	70.0	71.2	71.4	71.0	70.8	72.4	70.6	71.6	71.6	72.0

Victor Ludorum
Ht 1: Michanek, Persson, T Jansson, B Jansson (ret) 72.6 Ht 2: Plech, Jancarz, Waloszek, Szcakiel (ret) 72.4
Ht 3: Collins, Wilson, Betts, Simmons 71.8 Ht 4: Paznikov, Gordeev, Trofimov, Chlinovski (ret) 72.4
Final: Michanek, Plech, Collins, Paznikov (exc. tapes) 70.6


Prague	Wembley, London	Balakovo

† reserve. * track record
Contributors : Christian Weber, Vladimir Kovar, FiveOne, Jonas Holmqvist, David Austin, Robert Rudiak, Harry Susemihl

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