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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.
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
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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
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