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Team Speedway Under-21 World Championship

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Team Speedway Under-21 World Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 Speedway of Nations 2
SportMotorcycle speedway
Founded2005
ContinentWorld
Most recent
champion(s)
 Poland (2024)
Most titles Poland (17 times)
Related
competitions
Individual Championship

The Team Speedway Under-21 World Championship is a speedway competition to determine the World Championship for national Under-21 teams (the sport's equivalent of the Under-21 World Cup in football).

As of 2022, the event has been known as the Speedway of Nations 2, the Under-21 division of the Speedway of Nations. The first edition of the competition was in 2005 prior to its incorporation with the Speedway of Nations.[1][2][3]

Poland has dominated the competition winning the title record 17 times.

Previous winners

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Year Venue Winners Runner-up 3rd place
2005 Czech Republic Svítkov Stadium
Pardubice
 Poland
Janusz Kołodziej
Krystian Klecha
Marcin Rempała
Krzysztof Kasprzak
Karol Ząbik
 Sweden
Antonio Lindbäck
Eric Andersson
Fredrik Lindgren
Jonas Davidsson
 Denmark
Morten Risager
Patrick Hougaard
Kristian Lund
Henrik Møller
Nicolai Klindt
2006 Poland Municipal Stadium
Rybnik
 Poland
Krzysztof Buczkowski
Adrian Miedziński
Paweł Hlib
Karol Ząbik
Paweł Miesiąc
 Sweden
Robert Pettersson
Fredrik Lindgren
Sebastian Aldén
Ricky Kling
Thomas H. Jonasson
 Denmark
Klaus Jakobsen
Morten Risager
Nicolai Klindt
Henrik Møller
Kenneth Hansen
2007 Germany Altes Stadion
Abensberg
 Poland
Karol Ząbik
Paweł Hlib
Krzysztof Buczkowski
Mateusz Szczepaniak
Adrian Gomólski
 Great Britain
Edward Kennett
Danny King
Lewis Bridger
James Wright
Tai Woffinden
 Czech Republic
Luboš Tomíček, Jr.
Filip Šitera
Matěj Kůs
Hynek Štichauer
Martin Gavenda
2008 Denmark Speedway Center
Holsted
 Poland
Michał Mitko
Artur Mroczka
Grzegorz Zengota
Maciej Janowski
Daniel Pytel
 Denmark
Nicolai Klindt
Patrick Hougaard
Peter Kildemand
René Bach
Morten Risager
 Sweden
Kim Nilsson
Ludvig Lindgren
Simon Gustafsson
Ricky Kling
Billy Forsberg
2009 Poland Edward Jancarz Stadium
Gorzów
 Poland
Dawid Lampart
Maciej Janowski
Grzegorz Zengota
Przemysław Pawlicki
Artur Mroczka
 Denmark
René Bach
Kenni Larsen
Leon Madsen
Nicolai Klindt
Patrick Hougaard
 Sweden
Linus Eklöf
Thomas H. Jonasson
Simon Gustafsson
Kim Nilsson
Ludvig Lindgren
2010 England Rye House Stadium
Rye House
 Denmark
Michael Jepsen Jensen
René Bach
Patrick Hougaard
Lasse Bjerre
Peter Kildemand
 Sweden
Simon Gustafsson
Dennis Andersson
Ludvig Lindgren
Kim Nilsson
Linus Sundström
 Poland
Maciej Janowski
Patryk Dudek
Artur Mroczka
Przemysław Pawlicki
Szymon Woźniak
2011 Russia Trud Stadium
Balakovo
 Russia
Andrey Kudryashov
Artem Laguta
Vitaly Belousov
Ilya Chalov
Vladimir Borodulin
 Denmark
René Bach
Mikkel Bech
Jonas Andersen
Michael Jepsen Jensen
Mikkel Michelsen
 Ukraine
Kiril Tsukanov
Andriy Kobrin
Aleksandr Loktaev
Volodymyr Teygel
Stanislav Melnichuk
2012 Poland Stadion Startu Gniezno
Gniezno
 Poland
Patryk Dudek
Maciej Janowski
Tobiasz Musielak
Przemysław Pawlicki
Bartosz Zmarzlik
 Australia
Darcy Ward
Nick Morris
Dakota North
Alex Davies
Sam Masters
 Sweden
Jacob Thorssell
Oliver Berntzon
Mathias Thoernblom
Pontus Aspgren
Anton Rosén
2013 Czech Republic Svítkov Stadium
Pardubice
 Denmark
Michael Jepsen Jensen
Mikkel Michelsen
Mikkel Bech
Nicklas Porsing
 Poland
Patryk Dudek
Paweł Przedpełski
Piotr Pawlicki Jr.
Bartosz Zmarzlik
 Czech Republic
Václav Milík Jr.
Zdeněk Holub
Roman Čejka
Eduard Krčmář
2014 Denmark Speedway Center
Slangerup
 Poland
Paweł Przedpełski
Piotr Pawlicki Jr.
Bartosz Zmarzlik
Kacper Gomólski
 Denmark
Mikkel Michelsen
Lasse Bjerre
Mikkel Bech
 Sweden
Oliver Berntzon
Jacob Thorssell
Victor Palovaara
Fredrik Engman
2015 Australia Olympic Park
Mildura
 Poland
Maksym Drabik
Piotr Pawlicki Jr.
Bartosz Zmarzlik
Paweł Przedpełski
 Denmark
Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen
Anders Thomsen
Mikkel Bech
Mikkel Michelsen
 Australia
Nick Morris
Max Fricke
Jack Holder
Brady Kurtz
2016 Sweden Norrköping Motorstadion
Norrköping
 Poland
Krystian Pieszczek
Bartosz Zmarzlik
Paweł Przedpełski
Bartosz Smektała
 Australia
Brady Kurtz
Jake Allen
Max Fricke
Jack Holder
 Denmark
Frederik Jakobsen
Mikkel B. Andersen
Patrick Hansen
Andreas Lyager
2017 Poland Municipal Stadium
Rybnik
 Poland
Bartosz Smektała
Kacper Woryna
Maksym Drabik
Dominik Kubera
Rafał Karczmarz
 Australia
Jack Holder
Max Fricke
Josh Pickering
Brady Kurtz
Jaimon Lidsey
 Denmark
Jonas Jeppesen
Andreas Lyager
Mikkel B. Andersen
Patrick Hansen
Frederik Jakobsen
2018 Denmark Speedway Center
Outrup
 Poland
Rafał Karczmarz
Daniel Kaczmarek
Maksym Drabik
Bartosz Smektała
Wiktor Lampart
 Denmark
Christian Thaysen
Patrick Hansen
Andreas Lyager
Frederik Jakobsen
Jonas Seifert-Salk
 Great Britain
Dan Bewley
Ellis Perks
Zach Wajtknecht
Nathan Greaves
Connor Mountain
2019 England National Speedway Stadium
Manchester
 Poland
Bartosz Smektała
Dominik Kubera
Maksym Drabik
Wiktor Lampart
Michał Gruchalski
 Great Britain
Robert Lambert
Dan Bewley
Drew Kemp
Kyle Bickley
Leon Flint
 Denmark
Mads Hansen
Frederik Jakobsen
Patrick Hansen
Jonas Jeppesen
2020 Denmark Speedway Center
Outrup
 Poland
Dominik Kubera
Wiktor Lampart
Jakub Miśkowiak
Viktor Trofimov Jr.
Norbert Krakowiak
 Denmark
Tim Sørensen
Mads Hansen
Jonas Seifert-Salk
Matias Nielsen
Marcus Birkemose
 Great Britain
Dan Bewley
Tom Brennan
Drew Kemp
Jordan Palin
Leon Flint
2021 Poland Józef Piłsudski Municipal Stadium
Bydgoszcz
 Poland
Wiktor Lampart
Jakub Miśkowiak
 Denmark
Mads Hansen
Marcus Birkemose
Tim Sørensen
 Great Britain
Tom Brennan
Drew Kemp
Leon Flint
2022 Denmark Vojens Speedway Center
Vojens
 Poland
Mateusz Cierniak
Jakub Miśkowiak
Wiktor Przyjemski
 Czech Republic
Jan Kvěch
Petr Chlupáč
 Great Britain
Tom Brennan
Drew Kemp
2023 Latvia Riga Speedway Stadium
Riga
 Poland
Mateusz Cierniak
Wiktor Przyjemski
Bartłomiej Kowalski
 Denmark
Esben Hjerrild
Jesper Knudsen
Emil Breum
 Latvia
Francis Gusts
Ričards Ansviesulis
Ernest Matjuszonok
2024 England National Speedway Stadium
Manchester
 Poland
Bartosz Bańbor
Wiktor Przyjemski
 Sweden
Philip Hellström Bängs
Casper Henriksson
 Australia
Keynan Rew
James Pearson

Team Classification

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Pos National Team Gold Silver Bronze Total
1.  Poland 17 1 1 18
2.  Denmark 2 9 5 15
3.  Russia 1 0 0 1
4.  Sweden 0 4 4 8
5.  Australia 0 3 2 5
6.  Great Britain 0 2 4 6
7.  Czech Republic 0 1 2 3
8.  Ukraine 0 0 1 1
 Latvia 0 0 1 1

Rider classification (top 10)

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Pos Rider Team Total Gold Silver Bronze
1. Bartosz Zmarzlik  Poland 5 4 1
2. Maksym Drabik  Poland 4 4
Bartosz Smektała  Poland 4 4
4. Paweł Przedpełski  Poland 4 3 1
5. Maciej Janowski  Poland 4 3 1
6. Karol Ząbik  Poland 3 3
Wiktor Przyjemski  Poland 3 3
8. Piotr Pawlicki Jr.  Poland 3 2 1
Michael J. Jensen  Denmark 3 2 1
10. Artur Mroczka  Poland 3 2 1
Przemysław Pawlicki  Poland 3 2 1

Rules

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Eligibility

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The minimum age limit (16 years) starts on the date of the rider's birthday and the maximum age limit (21 years) finishes at the end of the year in which they reach 21 years old.

Team composition

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The 4 competing teams shall each consist of 5 riders; there shall be no substitute rider:

  • Team A (Helmet colour Red): No 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • Team B (Blue): No 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • Team C (White): No 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • Team D (Yellow/Black): No 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

When a team is 6 or more points in arrears of the leading team, the team manager may substitute a rider in the next or succeeding heats with another rider in his team, However, each rider may be used as a substitute once only. Substitutions must stop when the team is less than 6 points in arrears.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Under 21 Speedway World Cup". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  3. ^ "JUNIOR (U-21) WORLD CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 16 July 2021.