Speedway Under-21 World 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]

Speedway Under-21 World Championship
Sportmotorcycle speedway
Founded1977
No. of teams14 riders
Most recent
champion(s)		Jakub Miśkowiak
Most titles2 titles:
 AUS Darcy Ward
 RUS Emil Sayfutdinov
 POL Maksym Drabik
Related
competitions		Team Championship

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.

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) Airat Faizulin (12 pts) Ari Koponen (11+3 pts)
1980 Pocking Tommy Knudsen (14 pts) Tony Briggs (12 pts) Dennis Sigalos (11+3 pts)
1981 Slaný Shawn Moran (15 pts) Antonín Kasper Jr. (14 pts) Jiří Hnidak (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) Ole Hansen (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)

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) Niklas Karlsson (12 pts)
1990 Lviv Chris Louis (14 pts) Rene Aas (13 pts) Tony Rickardsson (10+3 pts)
1991 Coventry Brian Andersen (14+3 pts) Morten Andersen (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 Elgane 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) Nigel Sadler (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
2022 three events

Medal winners per nation
2007 and 2008 Under-21 World Champion Emil Sayfutdinov (photo 2008).
PosNational TeamTotal
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. Soviet Union
 Russia		 3 2 0 5
7. Czechoslovakia
 Czech Republic		 2 4 1 7
8. United States 2 0 2 4
9. New Zealand 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

See also

References
  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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