International SPEEDWAY

AUSTRIA

1935	Poland v Overseas
1947	Czechoslovakia v Austria v England v Sweden			See also International SPEEDWAY EXTRA !!! Page 6
1948	Austria v Hungary
1949	England (2nd.Div.) v Australia (2nd.Div.)
1951	Austria v Germany	Germany v Austria
1952	Austria v Holland	Austria v Germany
1953	Austria v Norway	Austria v Denmark
1954	England v Continent		Yugoslavia v Austria	Austria v Germany
1955	Austria v England v Denmark		Poland v Austria	Austria v Germany
	Austria v Germany v Sweden		Yugoslavia v Austria
1956	Austria v Germany v Sweden		Yugoslavia v Austria
	Austria & Germany v Sweden		Austria & Germany v Poland
	Austria v Czechoslovakia v Germany v Sweden
1957	Australasia v Europe (in Austria)		Yugoslavia v Austria	Austria & Germany v Sweden
1958	Continent v Australia (in Austria)		Austria v Yugoslavia	Austria & Germany v Poland
1959	Czechoslovakia v Austria v Finland v Sweden		Poland v Austria	Austrian MRC matches
	Austria v Poland		Czechoslovakia v Austria v Finland v Sweden v Soviet Union
1960	Yugoslavia v Austria v Germany		World Team Cup	Austrian MRC matches
	Holland - 4-team Match			Yugoslavia v Austria
1960-61	South Africa v Combined Europe
1961	Czecholsovakia v Austria v Sweden v Soviet Union		World Team Cup	Austrian MRC matches
1962	Sweden v Soviet Union (in Austria)		World Team Cup	Austrian MRC matches
1963	World Team Cup			Austrian MRC matches
1964	World Team Cup
1965	World Team Cup		Yugoslavia v Austria v Germany
1966	World Team Cup
1970	World Team Cup
	Austria v Czechoslovakia
1971	World Team Cup
1972	Danube Cup
1973	World Team Cup
	Danube Cup
	Austria v Czechoslovakia v Hungary v Yugoslavia
1974	Austria v Denmark
	Danube Cup
	World Team Cup
1975	World Team Cup
	Danube Cup
1976	World Team Cup
	Danube Cup
1977	World Team Cup
	Italy Sel v Speedway Centre Austria
	Austria Sel v Norway Sel
	Danube Cup
1978	West Germany v Austria v Denmark v Poland
	World Team Cup		In action ... Heinrich Schatzer, an
1979	World Team Cup		Austrian international rider
1980	World Team Cup	Danube Cup	between 1984 and 2006
1981	World Team Cup
1982	World Team Cup	Italy v Austria	Austria v Denmark v Hungary v West Germany
1983	World Team Cup
1984	Austria v Hungary	Austria v Poland B
	West Germany v Austria v Hungary v Sweden		World Team Cup
1985	Austria v Denmark v Hungary v Italy		World Team Cup	Europa Cup
	Austria v Hungary v Sweden
1986	Austria v Soviet Union	Europa Cup	World Team Cup	Austria v Finland
	Danube Cup
1987	Danube Cup		World Team Cup
1988	Danube Cup	Austria v Australia	World Team Cup	USA v The World
1989	Austria v Hungary	World Team Cup
1990	Austria v Poland	Hungary v Austria v Soviet Union v Hungary B		World Team Cup
1991	World Team Cup
1992	Austria v C.I.S	Austria : 5-Team Match	World Team Cup	Mitropa Cup
		Holland v Austria
1993	Austria v Hungary	World Team Cup	Mitropa Cup	Austria v Young England
	Austria v Italy
1994	World Team Cup	Mitropa Cup
1995	World Team Cup	Mitropa Cup
1996	World Team Cup	Mitropa Cup
1997	World Team Cup	Mitropa Cup
1998	Austria v Italy	Mitropa Cup
1999	Austria v Germany	Mitropa Cup	World Team Cup
2000	Mitropa Cup
2001	Mitropa Cup
2002	Austria v Italy	Mitropa Cup	World Cup
2003	World Cup	Mitropa Cup
2004	World Cup	Mitropa Cup
2005	Tri-Nations Team Championship
2006	Tri-Nations Team Championship
2007	Tri-Nations Team Championship
2008	European Under-19 Team Championship
	Four-Nations Team Championship
	Austria Select v Czech Republic Select
2010	Austria v Czech Rep v Poland v Slovenia
2011	Germany v European Select
	Austria v Czech Republic
Probably Austria's greatest rider, three times national champion
Fritz Dirtl dominated mid-European speedway in the early 1950's
but was sadly killed in a track crash in 1956

Photo by Brian Collins

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