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TOURNAMENTS

The following international speedway tournaments are included on this site:

1953-56 Nordic Team Championship (in Scandinavia) 4-team tournament between Denmark, Finland,

Norway, and Sweden. Over 4 rounds, one in each country.

1968 World League This F.I.M competition was between Great Britain, Poland, Russia, and Sweden. Each

team was to race each other twice at home and twice away, in 13-heat internationals. Sadly, the

competition was never completed.

1972-88 Central European Tournaments features countries such as Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and

Yugoslavia in the Danube Cup, Neighbours' Cups, and Europa Cup.

1972 Internations Championship (in United Kingdom) A 10-match league format for internationals between

teams from Australia, England, New Zealand, Sweden, and a combined Norway-Denmark team.

1973 Daily Mirror International Tournament (in United Kingdom) The biggest tournament ever staged,

with Australia, England, New Zealand, Poland, Sweden, U.S.S.R, and a combined Norway-Denmark team

competing in 24 matches over a 19-day period.

1975 Daily Mirror International Tournament (in United Kingdom) A mere shadow of its 1973 predecessor,

Australia, England, Sweden, and a Rest of the World team competed in a 6-match league format.

1980-81 Tri-Nations Test Series (in Australia) 3-team tournaments between Australia, England, and USA

at 7 tracks in 4 states.

1982 International Fours (in United Kingdom) A 4-team tournament between Australasia, England,

Denmark, and USA over 4 matches.

1983 Inter Nations Tournament (in United Kingdom) A 3-team tournament between Denmark, England,

and Rest of the World over 3 matches.

1985-date Nordic Under-21 Team Championship (in Scandinavia) The Under-21 teams of Denmark,

Finland, Norway, and Sweden meet in a single 4-team tournament.

1988 Diamond Jubilee Series (in United Kingdom) 7-match tournament between Denmark, England,

Sweden, and USA to mark 60 years of speedway racing in the UK.

1991 Inter Nations Championship (in United Kingdom) A 3-team tournament between Australia, England,

and Sweden over 3 matches.

1992-2004 Mitropa Cup (in Central Europe) A competition for the "lesser" speedway nations such as

Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia etc. The format varies, with anything from 2-team to

7-team events having been staged at various times. Results for some seasons are incomplete. In recent

years, club teams have represented countries.

2005-date 3 or 4 Nations Team Championship featured teams from Austria, Croatia, and Slovenia. In 2007,

Croatia and Slovenia each tracked two club teams, but the competition reverted to international teams, with the addition of Hungary, in

2008.

2008-date European Junior (Under-19) Team Championship, a new competition organised by the U.E.M

and, of course ... the longest running tournament of them all, the World Team Cup (now World Cup), and

World Junior (U-21) Cup, for which details of preliminary rounds and finals are here