Speedway Under-21 World Championship
| Sport | motorcycle speedway |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1977 |
| Most recent champion | Nazar Parnitskyi |
| Most titles | 2 titles: Darcy Ward Emil Sayfutdinov Maksym Drabik Mateusz Cierniak |
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][5]
As of 2022, the title was awarded to the winner of the SGP2 category at the FIM Speedway World Championship.[6]
History
[edit | edit source]Between 1977 and 1987 the Championship was called the Individual Speedway Junior European Championship (European Speedway Under 21 Championship), open only to European riders. In 1979, the Championship began allowing riders from other continents to compete, but was renamed to the Speedway World Under 21 Championship in 1988.[7] In 1998, European Motorcycle Union (UEM) established the Individual Speedway Junior European Championship, a new competition open only 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.[8][9] 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.
Emil Sayfutdinov (2007, 2008) became the first rider to win the championship twice. Other double champions include Darcy Ward (2009, 2010), Maksym Drabik (2017, 2019), and Mateusz Cierniak (2022, 2023).
Age limits
[edit | edit source]Riders must be at least 16 years old to compete, starting from their 16th birthday. The maximum age limit is 21, with eligibility ending at the conclusion of the year in which the rider turns 21.
Past winners
[edit | edit source]European Championship (1977-1987)
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World Championship (since 1988)
[edit | edit source]One-day final (1988–2009)
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Final series (since 2010–2021)
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SGP2 (2022–)
[edit | edit source]| Year | Venue | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place |
| 2022 | three events |  Mateusz Cierniak (56 pts)
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| 2023 | three events | Mateusz Cierniak (49 pts)
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Damian Ratajczak (45 pts)
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Bartłomiej Kowalski (42 pts)
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| 2024 | three events | Wiktor Przyjemski (56 pts)
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 Nazar Parnitskyi (46 pts)
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Norway Mathias Pollestad (43 pts) |
| 2025 | three events | Nazar Parnitskyi (52 pts)
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Wiktor Przyjemski (42 pts)
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 Mikkel Andersen (36 pts)
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Statistics
[edit | edit source]Medal winners per nation
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| Pos | National Team |  |
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Bronze | Total |
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| 1. | Poland
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18 | 16 | 10 | 44 |
| 2. | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 3. | Denmark
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7 | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 4. |  Great Britain
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5 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
| 5. | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 6. | File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union  Russia
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3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 7. | Error creating thumbnail: Czechoslovakia Error creating thumbnail: Czech Republic |
2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 8. |  United States
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2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9. | Ukraine
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1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10. | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11. | File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12. | File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13. | File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 15. | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
World champions
[edit | edit source]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, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024
See also
[edit | edit source]- Team Speedway Junior World Championship (U-21)
- Individual Speedway World Championship, Speedway Grand Prix
- Individual Speedway Junior European Championship (U-19)
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