Individual Speedway Junior World Championship

The Individual Speedway Junior World Championship (usually referred to as the Speedway World Under 21 Championship) is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) since 1977. The current (2019) world champion is Maksym Drabik from Poland.

Individual Speedway Junior World Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
2019 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship
Sportmotorcycle speedway
Founded1977
No. of teams14 riders
ContinentWorld
Most recent
champion(s)
 POL Maksym Drabik (2019)
Most titlesIndividual - 2 titles:
 AUS Darcy Ward
 RUS Emil Sayfutdinov
 POL Maksym Drabik
Team - 8 titles:
 Poland
Related
competitions
Team Championship

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.

Per Jonsson from Sweden (1985), Gary Havelock from Great Britain (1987) and Jason Crump from Australia (1995) are (as of 2018) the only Under-21 World Champions who have gone on to win the Individual Speedway World Championship. Jonsson won the World Championship in 1990, Havelock won in 1992 while Crump won the championship in 2004, 2006 and 2009.

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.

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).

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) Jiri Hrdinak (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)
Year Venue Winners Runner-up 3rd place

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)
Year Venue Winners Runner-up 3rd place
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)
Year Venue Winners Runner-up 3rd place

Final series (since 2010)

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) Oleg Mikhailov (14 pts)

Medals classification

2007 and 2008 Under-21 World Champion Emil Sayfutdinov (photo 2008).
PosNational TeamTotal
1. Poland 14 14 7 35
2. Australia 7 4 5 16
3. Denmark 7 3 9 19
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

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