2012 Speedway Under-21 World Championship

The 2012 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship was the 36th edition of the FIM World motorcycle speedway Under-21 Championships.^[1]^[2]

The final was run over a series of seven races between 21 July and November 2011. Michael Jepsen Jensen became the new champion.^[3]

Qualification[]

In five Qualifying Round started 80 riders and to Semi-Finals qualified top 6 from each meetings. This 30 riders and 2 riders from Semi-Final' host federations started in two Semi-Finals. The top 7 riders from both SF were automatically qualified for all Final meetings.

Riders[]

There were fourteen permanent riders (riders placed 1st to 7th in both semi finals were automatically qualified for all Final meetings). Two Wild Card riders were nominated to each final meeting (approval and nomination by CCP Bureau). Two Track Reserve riders were nominated by national federation.

In case of the absence of one or more riders in the final meetings, the first available Qualified Substitute rider or riders was/were elevated for that meeting, and took the place(s) of the relevant missing rider(s). The list of Qualified Substitute riders was published by the CCP after the Semi Finals.

A starting position draw for each final meeting was balloted by the FIM.

Final Series[]

#	Date	Venue	Winners	Runner-up	3rd place
1	July 21	Lonigo	Michael Jepsen Jensen	Przemysław Pawlicki	Bartosz Zmarzlik
2	August 4	Lendava	Maciej Janowski	Mikkel Bech Jensen	Patryk Dudek
3	August 17	Coventry	Michael Jepsen Jensen	Przemysław Pawlicki	Mikkel Bech Jensen
4	September 15	Tarnów	Michael Jepsen Jensen	Patryk Dudek	Maciej Janowski
5	October 13	Pardubice	Maciej Janowski	Michael Jepsen Jensen	Aleksandr Loktaev
6	November 3	Bahia Blanca	Michael Jepsen Jensen	Maciej Janowski	Pontus Aspgren
7	November 10	Bahia Blanca	Maciej Janowski	Michael Jepsen Jensen	Mikkel Bech Jensen

Classification[]

The meeting classification was according to the points scored during the meeting (heats 1–20). The total points scored by each rider during each final meeting (heat 1–20) were credited also as World Championship points. The FIM Speedway Under 21 World Champion was the rider having collected most World Championship points at the end of the series. In case of a tie between one or more riders in the final overall classification, a run-off will decide the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. For all other placings, the better-placed rider in the last final meeting will be the better placed rider.

Pos.	Rider	Points
	Michael Jepsen Jensen	90	12	10	15	14	13	13	13
	Maciej Janowski	89	11	13	10	13	14	13	15
	Mikkel Bech Jensen	75	11	12	11	6	11	11	13
4	Mikkel Michelsen	59	9	7	8	10	6	8	11
5	Nicklas Porsing	50	8	–	7	9	8	11	7
6	Przemysław Pawlicki	43	12	9	12	10	–	–	–
7	Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen	41	9	2	5	3	7	7	8
8	Pontus Aspgren	40	8	–	–	1	8	12	11
9	Václav Milík, Jr.	39	4	6	1	2	5	10	11
10	Aleksandr Loktaev	37	6	8	–	10	13	–	–
11	Sam Masters	37	–	6	10	–	5	8	8
12	Patryk Dudek	30	–	11	6	13	–	–	–
13	Bartosz Zmarzlik	29	11	9	9	–	–	–	–
14	Tobiasz Musielak	25	5	8	2	10	–	–	–
15	Dakota North	21	–	–	–	–	5	8	8
16	Piotr Pawlicki Jr.	21	9	8	4	–	–	–	–
17		18	2	8	3	5	–	–	–
18	Kyle Newman	10	–	–	10	–	–	–	–
19		10	–	–	–	–	–	5	5
20	Andzejs Lebedevs	9	–	–	–	–	9	–	–
21	Facundo Albin	8	–	–	–	–	–	4	4
22	Jakub Jamróg	7	–	–	–	7	–	–	–
23	Eduard Krčmář	6	–	–	–	–	6	–	–
23	Kacper Gomólski	6	–	–	–	6	–	–	–
25		5	–	–	–	–	–	2	3
25	Tom Perry	5	–	–	5	–	–	–	–
27		4	–	–	–	–	4	–	–
28		4	–	–	–	–	–	2	2
29	Jan Holub III	3	–	–	–	–	3	–	–
30		3	–	–	–	–	–	2	1
31	Michele Paco Castagna	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–
31		2	–	–	–	–	2	–	–
33		1	–	–	–	–	–	1	0
33		1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
33		1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
36		0	–	0	–	–	–	–	–
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