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INTERNATIONALS - CZECHOSLOVAKIA
4-Team & 5-Team Matches
1947 | Sun 06.07 : Pardubice | England | 1st | Sweden | 2nd | Czechoslovakia | 3rd | Austria | 4th |
This match was staged at the 492-yard cinder speedway track at Pardubice, rather than the 2,626-yard track at the Pardubice Racecourse which was used for the Golden Helmet at the time. | Wilf Plant | Rune Larsson | Jan Lucak | 4 of the following 6
riders formed the Austria team : Hermann Deimel, Franz Hodlmaier, Ernest
Karner, Karl Killmeyer, Leopold Killmeyer and Rudolf Orlik. |
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George Wilks | Charles Aronsson | ||||||||
1959 | Sat 09.05 : Prague (Strahov Stadium) (Att: 200,000!) | 600 metre track ; 8 riders per race ; 9 heats | |||||||
Czecholsovakia | 65 | Sweden | 54 | Austria | 38 | Finland | 28 | ||
Richard Janicek 6 6 4 | 16 | Bjorn Knutsson ret 6 5 | 11 | Josef Kamper 6 6 6 | 18 | Leo Frantila | ? | ||
Jaroslav Machac 5 4 0 | 9 | Bert Lindarw ret 4 2 | 6 | Josef Bossner 0 2 1 | 3 | Esko Koponen | ? | ||
Lubos Tomicek 6 1 6 | 13 | Curt Eldh 5 5 5 | 15 | Franz Schenk 2 2 2 | 6 | Timo Laine | ? | ||
Jaroslav Volf 4 3 0 | 7 | Sven Wiklund 0 ret ret | 0 | Johann Hartl 0 1 1 | 2 | Olavi Turunen | ? | ||
Jaroslav Richter 6 5 4 | 15 | Stig Pramberg 4 1 5 | 10 | Otto Holoubek 3 1 2 | 6 | Pertti Mikkola | ? | ||
Miroslav Spinka 3 2 0 | 5 | Joel Jansson 5 4 3 | 12 | Josef Unterkoffler 0 0 3 | 3 | Lasse Myllari | ? | ||
This meeting was previously listed as being held on Fri 01.05 | |||||||||
1959 | Note : This appears to be the 1st-ever international match for a Soviet Union team. And note that it does NOT include Igor Plechanov | |||||||||
Wed 03.06 : Brno | ||||||||||
Czechoslovakia | 1st | Austria | 2nd | Sweden | 3rd | Finland | 4th | Soviet Union | 5th | |
Lubos Tomicek | 15 | Josef Kamper | 14 | Sven Wiklund | 10 | Esko Kopenen | 14 | Georgi Plesakov | 8 | |
Libor Dusanek | 14 | Boris Samorodov | ||||||||
Richard Janicek | 14 | Kuznicov | ||||||||
Jaroslav Mahic | 11 | Gernov | ||||||||
Miroslav Spinka | 11 | Koprivnic | ||||||||
Andrej Desinov |
1960 | Sun 02.10 : Prague (Att: 120,000 !) | Czechoslovakia | 20 | Soviet Union | 12 | Sweden | 9 | Poland | 7 |
Soren Sjosten | |||||||||
Leif Larsson | |||||||||
Berndt Nilsson | |||||||||
Curt Eldh | |||||||||
Per Tage Svensson |
1961 | Tue 09.05 : Prague (Att: 200,000 !) | Czechoslovakia | 23 | Sweden | 37 | Soviet Union | 29 | Austria | 6 |
Lubos Tomicek | 9 | Rune Sormander | 10 | Igor Plechanov | 11 | Erhard Koffler | 3 | ||
Bohumil Bartonek | 5 | Ove Fundin | 10 | Boris Samorodov | 7 | Josef Bossner | 1 | ||
Antonin Kasper | 5 | Leif Larsson | 10 | Leonid Drobiasko | 7 | Johan Hartl | 1 | ||
Frantisek Richter | 4 | Soren Sjosten | 4 | Farid Szajnurov | 4 | Helmut Happer | 1 | ||
Arne Carlsson | 3 | Vsevolod Nerytov | 0 |
1974 | This match was probably part of the Neighbours' Cup tournament | ||||||||
Sat 20.04 : Ostrava | Czechoslovakia | v. | Austria | v. | Yugoslavia | v. | Hungary | ||
Miroslav Verner | Hubert Fischbacher | Evald Babic | Janos Jakab | ||||||
Petr Kucera | Erich Zandl | Stefan Kekec | Sandor Csatho | ||||||
Jan Holub | Josef Haider | Rado Toplisek | Istvan Sziraczki | ||||||
Milos Duda | Heinz Zimmermann | Franc Vene | Janos Berki | ||||||
Contributors : Duncan Luke, David Austin, Andy Reid |
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