Innsbruck is the capital of Tyrol and the fifth-largest city in Austria. On the River Inn, at its junction with the Wipp Valley, which provides access to the Brenner Pass 30 km (19 mi) to the south, it had a population of 132,493 in 2018.
The Austrian Football Bundesliga, also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Austrian football league system. The competition decides the Austrian national football champions, as well the country's entrants for the various European cups run by UEFA. Since Austria stayed in sixteenth place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2015–16 season, the league gained its first spot for the UEFA Champions League for the 2016–17 season.
FC Wacker Innsbruck is an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck. The club was formed in June 2002 as FC Wacker Tirol, and play their home games at Tivoli-Neu. The club regard themselves as the spiritual continuation of the team FC Tirol Innsbruck, which went bankrupt in 2002, and the original FC Wacker Innsbruck, which was founded in 1913. In honour of this heritage, FC Wacker Tirol was renamed FC Wacker Innsbruck in 2007. However, legally, it is a separate club and not entitled to claim honours won by its predecessors.
Patrik Ježek is a former Czech football midfielder who last played for Admira Wacker in the Austrian Bundesliga. He scored the fastest goal in Austrian league history, scoring after 10 seconds in a 4–1 win against Altach in the opening round of the 2007–08 season.
The Austrian Football Second League, commonly known as Admiral 2. Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest professional division in Austrian football. It was formerly called the First League, from 2002 to 2018.
HC Tiroler Wasserkraft Innsbruck is an Austrian professional ice hockey team in the ICE Hockey League (ICEHL). They play their home games at OlympiaWorld Innsbruck complex in Innsbruck.
1. Wiener Neustädter Sportclub is an Austrian association football club based in Wiener Neustadt.
Raimo Pajusalu is a former Estonian volleyball player. He was a member of the Estonian national team from 2000 to 2014 and represented his country at the 2009 and 2011 European Volleyball Championships.
The Austrian Cup, known as UNIQA ÖFB Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB. During the 2008–09 season, Austria Wien won the tournament for 27th time, a record. SK Puntigamer Sturm Graz are the current holders, winning the 2022-2023 tournament, their 6th overall.
The Women's Ice Hockey Bundesliga or DEBL is an Austrian ice hockey league. It was founded in 1998 and is organized by the Austrian Ice Hockey Association (ÖEHV). Originally established as the Austrian Championship league in women's ice hockey, the national championshup has been contested in a separate tournament since the introduction of international teams to the DEBL in the 2008–09 season. Austria had 652 female players in 2013.
Tyrol is a historical region in the Alps of Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary, from its formation in the 12th century until 1919. In 1919, following World War I and the dissolution of Austria-Hungary, it was divided into two modern administrative parts through the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye:
Oliver Venno is an Estonian volleyball player currently playing for Al Rayyan of the Qatari Volleyball League. He mostly plays at the opposite hitter position but has also played at the outside hitter position on numerous occasions.
Russell Kenneth Holmes is an American former professional volleyball player. He was part of the U.S. national team, and a participant at the Olympic Games London 2012. The 2014 World League and the 2015 World Cup winner.
Dávid Szabó is a Hungarian volleyball player. Szabo was the last member of Sisley Volley, the most titled club in Italian volleyball history, where he played from 2010 to 2012. Szabo moved to Austrian club Tirol Innsbruck in 2012 when Sisley Treviso went bankrupt and placed in the fourth level Serie B2. After playing the 2013–14 season for Trentino Volley in Italian Serie A1, Szabo played for Woori Card Hansae in South Korean V-League in 2015.
Erik Thomas Shoji is an American professional volleyball player who plays as a libero for ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle and the U.S. national team. Shoji was a bronze medalist at the Olympic Games Rio 2016 and the 2018 World Championship; the 2014 World League and 2015 World Cup winner, and a two–time Champions League winner with ZAKSA.
Martti Juhkami is an Estonian volleyball player, a member of the Estonia men's national volleyball team and Estonian club Bigbank Tartu.
Renee Teppan is an Estonian volleyball player, a member of the Estonia men's national volleyball team and Emirati club Al Wasl.
Marek Beer is a Czech male volleyball player. He was part of the Czech Republic men's national volleyball team. On club level he plays for SKV Ústí nad Labem. Before his engagement in SKV, he also played for ČEZ Karlovarsko, Alpen Volleys in German Bundesliga, HYPO Tirol Innsbruck in Austrian highest league, Dukla Liberec and SKV Ústí nad Labem in Czech extraliga.
Alexander Berger is an Austrian professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Cuprum Lubin and the Austria national team.
Michal Masný is a Slovak professional volleyball coach and former player, a former member of the Slovakia national team. He currently serves as head coach for BKS Visła Bydgoszcz.
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