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Central European Tournaments 1972 - 1988

Various tournaments, involving countries such as Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Yugoslavia, were held during the 1970's and 1980's. I have little information on most of these, so if you can help, please contact me here

1972 DANUBE CUP (Donau Pokal)
Ljubljana, Yugoslavia Austria ? Hungary ? Yugoslavia ?
Miskolc, Hungary Austria ? Hungary ? Yugoslavia ?
? , Austria Austria 38 Hungary 31 Yugoslavia 21
Final Aggregate Totals: Austria 112 Hungary 97 Yugoslavia 62
Austria Total Hungary Total Yugoslavia Total
Josef Haider ? ? 14 ? Barnabas Gyepes ? ? 14 ? Vlado Miler ? ? 8 ?
Gunther Walla 13 Sandor Csato 8 Nuncic 6
Michael Laussegger 7 Josef Scharl * 5 Stefan Kekec 4
Erich Zandl 3 Josef Szabo 4 Janez Tomazic 3
Heinz Zimmermann 1 * guest rider

1973 NEIGHBOURS' CUP
??.?? : Wiener Neustadt, Austria Austria 24 Czechoslovakia 42 Hungary 26 Yugoslavia 4
26.08 : Czechoslovakia Austria ? Czechoslovakia ? Hungary ? Yugoslavia ?
16.09 : Miskolc, Hungary Austria ? Czechoslovakia ? Hungary ? Yugoslavia ?
06.10 : Ljubljana, Yugoslavia Austria ? Czechoslovakia ? Hungary ? Yugoslavia ?
Final Aggregate Totals: Austria ? Czechoslovakia ? Hungary ? Yugoslavia ?
Austria Total Czechoslovakia Total
Hubert Fischbacher 8 ? ? ? ? Jan Verner 12 ? ? ? ?
Josef Haider 7 Miroslav Rosulek 12
Michael Laussegger 5 Jan Holub 10
Adi Funk 3 Miroslav Verner 8
Walter Grubmuller 1
Hungary Yugoslavia
Janos Szoke 10 ? ? ? ? Stefan Kekec 3 ? ? ? ?
Barnabas Gyepes 7 Vene 1
Sandor Csato 5 Alojz Vurzer 0
Pal Perenyi 4 Drago Orsic 0

1975 NEIGHBOURS' CUP
??.?? : Bruckneudorf, Austria Austria 37 Czechoslovakia 41 Hungary 12 Yugoslavia 7
??.?? : Wiener Neustadt, Austria Austria 32 Czechoslovakia 41 Hungary 19 Yugoslavia 4
08.06 : Debrecen, Hungary Austria 19 Czechoslovakia 43 Hungary 26 Yugoslavia 7
??.?? : Miskolc, Hungary Austria ? Czechoslovakia ? Hungary ? Yugoslavia ?
??.?? : Czechoslovakia Austria ? Czechoslovakia ? Hungary ? Yugoslavia ?
??.?? : Czechoslovakia Austria ? Czechoslovakia ? Hungary ? Yugoslavia ?
??.?? : Yugoslavia Austria ? Czechoslovakia ? Hungary ? Yugoslavia ?
??.?? : Yugoslavia Austria ? Czechoslovakia ? Hungary ? Yugoslavia ?
Final Aggregate Totals: Austria ? Czechoslovakia ? Hungary ? Yugoslavia ?
Note: The order in which these matches took place is not known
Austria Total Czechoslovakia Total
Adi Funk 22† 6 ? ? ? Karel Vobornik ? ? 11 ? ? ?
Herbert Szerecs 19† 6 Josef Minarik 9
Josef Haider 16† 5 Petr Ondrasik 9
Walter Grubmuller 12† - Jan Holub 8
Heinz Zimmermann - - 2 Emil Sova 6
Jan Verner 15† -
Hungary Yugoslavia
Istvan Sziraczky ? ? 9 ? ? ? Stefan Kekec 4† 2 ? ? ?
Pal Perenyi 8 Djuro Fleten 1† 2
Ferenc Radacsi 5 Josip Francic 0† 2
Janos Jakab 4 Vlado Kocuvan 5† 1
Janos Berki 9† 0 Pribovsek Franc 0
† combined score for 1st & 2nd matches

1985 EUROPA CUP
Genk, Belgium Austria 25 Belgium 15 Holland 24 Italy 32 Yugoslavia 24
Amsterdam, Holland Austria 34 Belgium 14 Holland 32 Italy 30 Yugoslavia 10
Natschbach-Loipersbach, Austria Austria 31 Belgium 9 Holland 25 Italy 34 Yugoslavia 21
27.10 : Badia Polesine, Italy Austria ? Belgium ? Holland ? Italy ? Yugoslavia ?
??.10 : Prelog, Yugoslavia Austria ? Belgium ? Holland ? Italy ? Yugoslavia ?
Final Aggregate Totals: Austria ? Belgium ? Holland ? Italy ? Yugoslavia ?
Austria Total Belgium Total
Toni Pilotto 15 14 12 ? ? ? Gert Cools 5 9 5 ? ? ?
Heinrich Schatzer 9 15 12 Vital Cardeynaels 5 4 1
W Kennis 1 - - Frans Cools 5 1 3
Leo Bathoorn - 5 -
Siegfried Eder - - 7 Holland
Henny Kroeze 14 14 16 ? ? ?
Italy Frits Koppe 6 11 4
Paolo Salvatelli 15 11 9 ? ? ? Wil Stroes 4 - 5
G Verdinelli 11 9 - H Dijkema - 7 -
Giorgio Zaramella 6 10 -
Armando Castagna - - 13 Yugoslavia
Valentino Furlanetto - - 12 Kreso Omerzel 14 3 13 ? ? ?
Zvone Gerjevic 5 7 8
Zvonko Pavlic 5 - -
Anne Elzinga* - 0 -
Joze Zibert - - 0
* guest rider
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1986 EUROPA CUP
Belgium Austria ? Belgium ? Holland ? Italy ? Yugoslavia ?
Holland Austria ? Belgium ? Holland ? Italy ? Yugoslavia ?
Yugoslavia Austria ? Belgium ? Holland ? Italy ? Yugoslavia ?
Italy Austria ? Belgium ? Holland ? Italy ? Yugoslavia ?
??.10 : Felixdorf, Austria Austria 36 Belgium 12 Holland 20 Italy 34 Yugoslavia 18
Final Aggregate Totals: Austria ? Belgium ? Holland ? Italy ? Yugoslavia ?
Austria Total Belgium Total
Heinrich Schatzer ? ? ? ? 16 ? Vital Cardeynaels ? ? ? ? 7 ?
Adi Funk 12 Gert Cools 4
Walter Nebel 8 Frans Cools 1
Holland Italy
Henny Kroeze ? ? ? ? 12 ? Valentino Furlanetto ? ? ? ? 14 ?
Rob Steman 5 Armando Castagna 13
Robert Jan Munnecom 3 Armando dal Chiele 7
Yugoslavia
Kreso Omerzel ? ? ? ? 13 ?
Franc Kalin 5
Gregor Pintar 0

1986 FOUR NEIGHBOURS' CUP
??.04 : Natschbach-Loipersbach, Austria Austria 30 Czechoslovakia 25 Hungary 38 Yugoslavia 3
??.04 : Mureck, Austria Austria 30 Czechoslovakia 31 Hungary 32 Yugoslavia 3
??.?? : Svitavy, Czechoslovakia Austria 22 Czechoslovakia 33 Hungary 40 Yugoslavia 1
??.?? : Hungary
 Austria ? Czechoslovakia ? Hungary ? Yugoslavia ?
??.?? : Yugoslavia Austria ? Czechoslovakia ? Hungary ? Yugoslavia ?
Final Aggregate Totals: Austria ? Czechoslovakia ? Hungary ? Yugoslavia ?
Note : The UK Speedway Mail said "The four team series between Austria and its' neighbouring countries, the former Donau Cup and Neighbours' Cup, was reintroduced this year after a break of nearly a decade."
Austria Total Czechoslovakia Total
Heinrich Schatzer 10 9 8 ? ? ? Roman Matousek 11 10 10 ? ? ?
Siegfried Eder 5 9 1 Petr Kucera 5 9 -
Adi Funk 7 6 3 Stanislav Urban 5 7 9
Walter Nebel 8 1 5 Jan Schinagl 4 5 -
Robert Funk - 5 - Pavel Karnas 0 - 8
Toni Pilotto - - 5 Jan Holub - - 6
Borivoj Hadek - - 0
Hungary Yugoslavia
Zoltan Adorjan 9 9 12 ? ? ? Zvonko Pavlic 2 2 - ? ? ?
Laszlo Bodi 8 10 6 Zvone Gerjevic 0 1 1
Josef Petrikovics 10 2 12 Artur Horvat 1 0 -
Sandor Tihanyi 10 1 - Kreso Omerzel 0 0 -
Janos Balogh 1 10 8 Albert Kocmut 0 0 -
Antal Kocso - - 2 Franc Kalin - - 0
Gregor Pintar - - 0
Joze Zibert - - 0

1987 FOUR NEIGHBOURS' CUP
??.?? : Mattersburg, Austria Austria 15 Czechoslovakia 24 Hungary 33 Yugoslavia *
??.?? : Mureck, Austria Austria 11 Czechoslovakia 32 Hungary 29 Yugoslavia *
??.?? : Czechoslovakia Austria ? Czechoslovakia ? Hungary ? Yugoslavia ?
??.?? : Hungary
 Austria ? Czechoslovakia ? Hungary ? Yugoslavia ?
??.?? : Yugoslavia Austria ? Czechoslovakia ? Hungary ? Yugoslavia ?
Final Aggregate Totals: Austria ? Czechoslovakia ? Hungary ? Yugoslavia ?
* The Yugoslavia team failed to arrive
Austria Total Czechoslovakia Total
Adi Funk 5 5 ? ? ? ? Antonin Kasper 12 12 ? ? ? ?
Heinrich Schatzer 8 0 Pavel Karnas 6 9
Siegfried Eder 0 5 Lubomir Jedek 3 5
Walter Nebel 1 1 Petr Vandirek 1 6
Andy Bossner 1 0 Bohumil Brhel 2 -
Hungary Yugoslavia
Zoltan Adorjan 8 7 ? ? ? ? - - ? ? ? ?
Janos Balogh 9 6
Sandor Tihanyi 9 5
Antal Kocso 5 8
Zoltan Hajdu 2 3

1988 FOUR NEIGHBOURS' CUP
03.04 : Mureck, Austria Austria 38 Czechoslovakia 28 Hungary 50 Yugoslavia 4
04.04 : Felixdorf, Austria Austria 32 Czechoslovakia 40 Hungary 45 Yugoslavia 3
Czechoslovakia Austria ? Czechoslovakia ? Hungary ? Yugoslavia ?
Czechoslovakia Austria ? Czechoslovakia ? Hungary ? Yugoslavia ?
Debrecen, Hungary Austria 24 Czechoslovakia 36 Hungary 57 Yugoslavia 3
Nyiregyhaza, Hungary Austria 38 Czechoslovakia 21 Hungary 57 Yugoslavia 4
09.07 : Lendava, Yugoslavia Austria 20 Czechoslovakia 43 Hungary 38 Yugoslavia 19
10.07 : Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
 Austria 28 Czechoslovakia 53 Hungary 22 Yugoslavia 17
Svitavy, Czechoslovakia Austria 23 Czechoslovakia 53 Hungary 37 Yugoslavia 7
Final Aggregate Totals: Austria ? Czechoslovakia ? Hungary ? Yugoslavia ?
1988 FINAL STANDINGS Match Points
1. Hungary 19
2. Czechoslovakia 18
3. Austria 11
4. Yugoslavia 0
Austria Total Czechoslovakia Total
Siegfried Eder 10 8 ? ? - - 5 - ? ? Jan Schinagl 7 9 ? ? - - - - ? ?
Andy Bossner 10 7 6 10 4 3 Jan Holub 6 10 - - - -
Heinrich Schatzer 14 0 4 9 7 10 Stanislav Urban 5 10 9 5 - -
Robert Funk 2 10 9 9 4 9 Gaspar Forgac 6 5 - - - -
Walter Nebel 2 7 5 10 0 6 Vladimir Kalina - 6 - - - -
Thomas Stadler - - - - - 0 Borivoj Hadek 4 - - - - -
Pavel Karnas - - 11 8 8 6
Hungary Karel Prusa - - 10 4 - -
Zoltan Adorjan 14 15 ? ? 15 15 - - ? ? Czerwenka - - 6 - - -
Josef Petrikovics 7 15 11 12 - - Lang - - - 4 - -
Antal Kocso 9 12 7 - - - Zdenek Tesar - - - - 13 11
Laszlo Bodi 14 0 - - - - Petr Vandirek - - - - 12 12
Janos Balogh 6 3 12 11 - - Bohumil Brhel - - - - 7 13
Sandor Tihanyi - - 12 11 9 5 Vaclav Milik - - - - 3 11
Zoltan Hajdu - - - 8 11 8
Robert Csillik - - - - 9 5 Yugoslavia
Sandor Ujhelyi - - - - 9 4 Matjasek 1 1 ? ? 0 0 1 0 ? ?
Janos Oresko - - - - - 0 Lazar Caba 2 - - - - -
Franc Kalin 1 0 2 1 1 4
Martin Peterca 0 1 1 1 2 0
Artur Horvat 0 1 0 2 0 -
Zvonko Pavlic - - - - 15 10
Kreso Omerzel - - - - - 3

From 1992 to 2004, many European countries took part in the Mitropa Cup, results of which are here
From 2005, Austria, Croatia, and Slovenia took part in the Tri-Nations Championship, results here
Contributors : Duncan Luke, Christian Weber, Charles McKay

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