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unusual facts about Australia national under-21 speedway team


Australia national under-21 speedway team

Australia has produced three Under-21 World Champions: Leigh Adams (1993), Jason Crump (1995) and Darcy Ward (2009).


Branimir Petrović

He was part of the Serbia and Montenegro team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where they exited in the first round, finishing last in Group C behind gold-medal winners Argentina, Australia and Tunisia.

Brett Studman

He represented Australia at the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Trinidad and Tobago.

Cruze Ah-Nau

Ah-Nau was a member of the Australia Under 20 team that competed in the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship.

Daniel Vasilevski

By this time, Vasilevski had also represented Australia U-20 11 times and played in the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Denmark national under-21 speedway team

Tommy Knudsen was won 1980 Individual U-21 European Championship open for riders from all continents.

Denmark has produced three Under-21 World Champions: Gert Handberg (1989), Brian Andersen (1991) and Jesper B. Jensen (1997).

Dom Shipperley

Shipperley was a member of the Australia under 20 team that competed in the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship.

Kyle Godwin

Godwin was part of the Australia under 20 team that competed in the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship in South Africa.

Liam Gill

Gill was a member of the Australia U20s team that competed in the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship, along with fellow Queenslanders: Joel Faulkner, Tevita Kuridrani, Matt Lucas, Simon Morahan, Eddie Quirk, Siliva Siliva, Dom Shipperley, and Kimami Sitauti.

Gill was named captain of the Australia U20s side that competed in the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship.

Nick Carle

Carle began his international career playing for Australia at under-17 level before representing Australia at the under-20s 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Pascal Gaüzère

He was once again on the IRB panel for the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship refereeing several matches including the final between Australia under-20's and New Zealand under-20's.

Sun Zheng'ao

Although China U-20 qualified into the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship, he was sent off in the last match against Australia with a flagrant foul, which team manager Jan Olde Riekerink considered it as a disgraceful action and said he would never call up Sun for the U-20s squad in the future.


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