Speedway Under-21 World Championship

Speedway Under-21 World Championship
Sport	motorcycle speedway
Founded	1977
No. of teams	14 riders
Most recent; champion(s)	Jakub Miśkowiak
Most titles	2 titles: ; AUS Darcy Ward ; RUS Emil Sayfutdinov ; POL Maksym Drabik
Related; competitions	Team Championship

The Speedway Under-21 World Championship is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) since 1977.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

As of 2022, the title will be awarded to the winner of the SGP2 category at the FIM Speedway World Championship.^[5]

History[]

Between 1977 and 1987 the Championship was the called Individual Speedway Junior European Championship (European Speedway Under 21 Championship), open only to European riders. In 1979, the Championship allowed riders from other continents to compete, but was renamed to the Speedway World Under 21 Championship in 1988. A new competition was named Individual Speedway Junior European Championship was founded by the European Motorcycle Union (UEM) in 1998, only open to European competitors.

Originally it was called the European Under-21 Championship (from 1977-1987) but changed its name in 1988 when it was made open to all nations.^[6]^[7] To confuse matters a new European Individual Speedway Junior Championship was created in 1998 by the European Motorcycle Union (UEM) but this is not linked to former European Under-21 Championship.

Maksym Drabik (2017 and 2019), along with Emil Sayfutdinov from Russia (2007 and 2008) and Darcy Ward from Australia (2009 and 2010) are the only double U-21 World Champions.

Age limits[]

The minimum age of a rider to compete is 16 years of age (starting on the date of the rider's birthday). The maximum age is 21 years of age (finishing at the end of the year in which the rider celebrates his 21st birthday).

World Champions[]

The following World Junior champions went on to win the Speedway World Championship.

Per Jonsson in 1990
Gary Havelock in 1992
Jason Crump in 2004, 2006 and 2009
Bartosz Zmarzlik in 2019 and 2020

Past winners[]

European Championship (1977-1987)[]

Year	Venue	Winners	Runner-up	3rd place
1977	Vojens	Alf Busk (9 pts)	Joe Owen (8 pts)	Les Collins (7 pts)
1978	Lonigo	Finn Rune Jensen (13 pts)	Kevin Jolly (12+3 pts)	Neil Middleditch (12+2 pts)
1979	Leningrad	Ron Preston (13 pts)	(12 pts)	(11+3 pts)
1980	Pocking	Tommy Knudsen (14 pts)	(12 pts)	Dennis Sigalos (11+3 pts)
1981	Slaný	Shawn Moran (15 pts)	Antonín Kasper Jr. (14 pts)	(13 pts)
1982	Pocking	Antonín Kasper Jr. (14 pts)	Mark Courtney (12+3 pts)	Peter Ravn (12+2 pts)
1983	Lonigo	Steve Baker (13 pts)	David Bargh (12 pts)	Marvyn Cox (11 pts)
1984	King's Lynn	Marvyn Cox (12 pts)	Neil Evitts (11+3 pts)	Steve Lucero (11+2 pts)
1985	Abensberg	Per Jonsson (15 pts)	Jimmy Nilsen (13 pts)	(11+3pts)
1986	Rivne	Igor Marko (13 pts)	Tony Olsson (12 pts)	Brian Karger (11 pts)
1987	Zielona Góra	Gary Havelock (13 pts)	Piotr Świst (12+3 pts)	Sean Wilson (12+2 pts)

World Championship (since 1988)[]

One-day final (1988–2009)[]

Year	Venue	Winners	Runner-up	3rd place
1988	Slaný	Peter Nahlin (14 pts)	Henrik Gustafsson (11+3 pts)	Brian Karger (11+2 pts)
1989	Lonigo	Gert Handberg (13+3 pts)	Chris Louis (13+2 pts)	(12 pts)
1990	Lviv	Chris Louis (14 pts)	Rene Aas (13 pts)	Tony Rickardsson (10+3 pts)
1991	Coventry	Brian Andersen (14+3 pts)	(14+2 pts)	Jason Lyons (11 pts)
1992	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	Leigh Adams (14+3 pts)	Mark Loram (14+2 pts)	Joe Screen (13 pts)
1993	Pardubice	Joe Screen (14+3 pts)	Mikael Karlsson (14+2 pts)	Rune Holta (10+3 pts)
1994		Mikael Karlsson (14+3 pts)	Rune Holta (14+2 pts)	Jason Crump (12+3 pts)
1995	Tampere	Jason Crump (13+3 pts)	Daniel Andersson (13+F pts)	Ryan Sullivan (12+3 pts)
1996	Olching	Piotr Protasiewicz (15 pts)	Ryan Sullivan (11+3 pts)	Jesper B. Jensen (11+2 pts)
1997	Mšeno	Jesper B. Jensen (14 pts)	Rafał Dobrucki (11+3 pts)	Scott Nicholls (11+2 pts)
1998	Piła	Robert Dados (14+3 pts)	Krzysztof Jabłoński (14+2 pts)	Matej Ferjan (12 pts)
1999	Vojens	Lee Richardson (13 pts)	Aleš Dryml, Jr. (11 pts)	(10+3+2 pts)
2000	Gorzów Wlkp.	Andreas Jonsson (14 pts)	Krzysztof Cegielski (11+3 pts)	Jarosław Hampel (11+2 pts)
2001	Peterborough	Dawid Kujawa (12 pts)	Lukáš Dryml (11 pts)	Rafał Okoniewski (10+3 pts)
2002	Slaný	Lukáš Dryml (14+3 pts)	Krzysztof Kasprzak (14+2 pts)	David Howe (12 pts)
2003	Kumla	Jarosław Hampel (14 pts)	Chris Harris (13 pts)	Rafał Szombierski (11+3 pts)
2004	Wrocław	Robert Miśkowiak (12 pts +2 +2)	Kenneth Bjerre (8 pts +3 +2)	Matej Žagar (8 pts +2 +1)
2005	Wiener Neustadt	Krzysztof Kasprzak (8 pts)	Tomáš Suchánek (8 pts)	Fredrik Lindgren (7 pts)
2006	Terenzano	Karol Ząbik (13 pts +3)	Antonio Lindbäck (12 pts +2)	Christian Hefenbrock (12 pts +1)
2007	Ostrów Wlkp.	Emil Sayfutdinov (15 pts)	Chris Holder (14 pts)	Paweł Hlib (12 pts)
2008	Pardubice	Emil Sayfutdinov (14 pts)	Chris Holder (12+3 pts)	Jurica Pavlic (12+2 pts)
2009	Goričan	Darcy Ward (13 pts)	Jurica Pavlic (12+3 pts)	Patrick Hougaard (12+2 pts)

Final series (since 2010–2021)[]

Year	Venue	Winners	Runner-up	3rd place
2010	three events	Darcy Ward (30+3 pts)	Maciej Janowski (30+2 pts)	Maksims Bogdanovs (30+1 pts)
2011	four events	Maciej Janowski (50 pts)	Darcy Ward (46+3 pts)	Przemysław Pawlicki (46+2 pts)
2012	seven events	Michael Jepsen Jensen (90 pts)	Maciej Janowski (89 pts)	Mikkel Bech Jensen (75 pts)
2013	three events	Patryk Dudek (35 pts)	Piotr Pawlicki Jr. (34 pts)	Kacper Gomólski (29 pts)
2014	three events	Piotr Pawlicki Jr. (42 pts)	Kacper Gomolski (36 pts)	Mikkel Michelsen (33 pts)
2015	three events	Bartosz Zmarzlik (39 pts)	Anders Thomsen (34 pts)	Mikkel Michelsen (34 pts)
2016	three events	Max Fricke (46 pts)	Krystian Pieszczek (40 pts)	Robert Lambert (37+3 pts)
2017	three events	Maksym Drabik (49 pts)	Bartosz Smektała (42 pts)	Max Fricke (41 pts)
2018	three events	Bartosz Smektała (56 pts)	Maksym Drabik (54 pts)	Robert Lambert (46 pts)
2019	three events	Maksym Drabik (49 pts)	Bartosz Smektała (45+3 pts)	Dominik Kubera (45+2 pts)
2020	one event	Jaimon Lidsey (20 pts)	Dominik Kubera (16 pts)	Oļegs Mihailovs (14 pts)
2021	three events	Jakub Miśkowiak (58 pts)	Mads Hansen (54 pts)	Wiktor Lampart (40 pts)

SGP2 (2022–)[]

Year	Venue	Winners	Runner-up	3rd place
	three events

Medal winners per nation[]

2007 and 2008 Under-21 World Champion Emil Sayfutdinov (photo 2008).

Pos	National Team				Total
1.	Poland	15	14	8	37
2.	Australia	7	4	5	16
3.	Denmark	7	4	9	20
4.	Great Britain	5	7	9	21
5.	Sweden	4	6	3	13
6.	Russia	3	2	0	5
7.	Czech Republic	2	4	1	7
8.		2	0	2	4
9.		0	2	0	2
10.	Croatia	0	1	1	2
	Norway	0	1	1	2
12.	Slovenia	0	0	2	2
	Latvia	0	0	2	2
14.	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1

References[]

^ "European Under 21 Championship 1977-1987". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 31. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 102. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
^ "U21 history". speedwayu21. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
^ "FIM and Discovery to combine all Speedway series from 2022".
^ "World Under 21 Championship". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

[1] "European Under 21 Championship 1977-1987". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

[2] Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 31. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.

[3] Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 102. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.

[4] "U21 history". speedwayu21. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

[5] "FIM and Discovery to combine all Speedway series from 2022".

[6] "World Under 21 Championship". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

[7] "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

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