Team Speedway Under-21 World Championship Explained

Team Speedway Under-21 World Championship
Current Season:	2024 Speedway of Nations 2
Sport:	Motorcycle speedway
Founded:	2005
Continent:	World
Champion:	(2024)
Most Champs:	(17 times)
Related Comps:	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

width=40px	Year	width=220px	Venue	width=200px	Winners	width=200px	Runner-up	width=200px	3rd place
2005	Svítkov Stadium Pardubice		Janusz Kołodziej Krystian Klecha Marcin Rempała Krzysztof Kasprzak Karol Ząbik		Antonio Lindbäck Eric Andersson Fredrik Lindgren Jonas Davidsson		Morten Risager Patrick Hougaard Kristian Lund Henrik Møller Nicolai Klindt
2006	Municipal Stadium Rybnik		Krzysztof Buczkowski Adrian Miedziński Paweł Hlib Karol Ząbik Paweł Miesiąc		Robert Pettersson Fredrik Lindgren Sebastian Aldén Ricky Kling Thomas H. Jonasson		Klaus Jakobsen Morten Risager Nicolai Klindt Henrik Møller Kenneth Hansen
2007	Altes Stadion Abensberg		Karol Ząbik Paweł Hlib Krzysztof Buczkowski Mateusz Szczepaniak Adrian Gomólski		Edward Kennett Danny King Lewis Bridger James Wright Tai Woffinden		Luboš Tomíček, Jr. Filip Šitera Matěj Kůs Hynek Štichauer Martin Gavenda
2008	Speedway Center Holsted		Michał Mitko Artur Mroczka Grzegorz Zengota Maciej Janowski Daniel Pytel		Nicolai Klindt Patrick Hougaard Peter Kildemand René Bach Morten Risager		Kim Nilsson Ludvig Lindgren Simon Gustafsson Ricky Kling Billy Forsberg
2009	Edward Jancarz Stadium Gorzów		Dawid Lampart Maciej Janowski Grzegorz Zengota Przemysław Pawlicki Artur Mroczka		René Bach Kenni Larsen Leon Madsen Nicolai Klindt Patrick Hougaard		Linus Eklöf Thomas H. Jonasson Simon Gustafsson Kim Nilsson Ludvig Lindgren
2010	Rye House Stadium Rye House		Michael Jepsen Jensen René Bach Patrick Hougaard Lasse Bjerre Peter Kildemand		Simon Gustafsson Dennis Andersson Ludvig Lindgren Kim Nilsson Linus Sundström
2011	Trud Stadium Balakovo		Andrey Kudryashov Artem Laguta Vitaly Belousov Ilya Chalov Vladimir Borodulin		René Bach Mikkel Bech Jonas Andersen Michael Jepsen Jensen Mikkel Michelsen		Kiril Tsukanov Andriy Kobrin Aleksandr Loktaev Volodymyr Teygel Stanislav Melnichuk
2012	Stadion Startu Gniezno Gniezno		Patryk Dudek Maciej Janowski Tobiasz Musielak Przemysław Pawlicki Bartosz Zmarzlik		Darcy Ward Nick Morris Dakota North Alex Davies Sam Masters		Jacob Thorssell Oliver Berntzon Mathias Thoernblom Pontus Aspgren Anton Rosén
2013	Svítkov Stadium Pardubice		Michael Jepsen Jensen Mikkel Michelsen Mikkel Bech Nicklas Porsing
2014	Speedway Center Slangerup				Mikkel Michelsen Lasse Bjerre Mikkel Bech		Oliver Berntzon Jacob Thorssell Victor Palovaara Fredrik Engman
2015	Olympic Park Mildura
2016	Norrköping Motorstadion Norrköping
2017	Municipal Stadium Rybnik		Bartosz Smektała Kacper Woryna Maksym Drabik Dominik Kubera Rafał Karczmarz
2018	Speedway Center Outrup
2019	National Speedway Stadium Manchester						Mads Hansen Frederik Jakobsen Patrick Hansen Jonas Jeppesen
2020	Speedway Center Outrup		Dominik Kubera Wiktor Lampart Jakub Miśkowiak Viktor Trofimov Jr. Norbert Krakowiak		Tim Sørensen Mads Hansen Jonas Seifert-Salk Matias Nielsen Marcus Birkemose
2021	Józef Piłsudski Municipal Stadium Bydgoszcz		Wiktor Lampart Jakub Miśkowiak		Mads Hansen Marcus Birkemose Tim Sørensen		Tom Brennan Drew Kemp Leon Flint
2022	Vojens Speedway Center Vojens		Mateusz Cierniak Jakub Miśkowiak Wiktor Przyjemski		Jan Kvěch Petr Chlupáč		Tom Brennan Drew Kemp
2023	Riga Speedway Stadium Riga		Mateusz Cierniak Wiktor Przyjemski Bartłomiej Kowalski		Esben Hjerrild Jesper Knudsen Emil Breum		Francis Gusts Ričards Ansviesulis Ernest Matjuszonok
2024	National Speedway Stadium Manchester		Bartosz Bańbor Wiktor Przyjemski		Philip Hellström Bängs Casper Henriksson		Keynan Rew James Pearson

Team Classification

width=30px	Pos	width=150px	National Team	width=30px		width=30px		width=30px		width=40px	Total
1.			17		1		1	18
2.			2		9		5	15
3.			1		0		0	1
4.			0		4		4	8
5.			0		3		2	5
6.			0		2		4	6
7.			0		1		2	3
8.			0		0		1	1
			0		0		1	1

Rider classification (top 10)

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1.			5		4		1
2.			4		4
			4		4
4.			4		3		1
5.			4		3				1
6.			3		3
			3		3
8.			3		2		1
			3		2		1
10.			3		2				1
			3		2				1

Rules

Eligibility

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

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

• Motorcycle speedway
• Speedway World Cup

Notes and References

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