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Team Speedway Junior World Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2018 Team Speedway Junior World Championship
SportMotorcycle speedway
Founded2005
No. of teams4
ContinentWorld
Most recent
champion(s)
 Poland (2018)
Most titles Poland (11 times)
Related
competitions
Individual Championship

The Team Speedway Junior World Championship (more commonly known as the Under-21 Speedway World Cup) is an annual speedway event held in different countries (U-21). The first edition of the competition was in 2005.

The 2018 World Champions are Poland, who won the title in 2018 in Outrup, Denmark. The championship has been dominated by Poland; winning first place a record 11 times.

Rules

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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.

Prize

in Swiss franc

Placing Qualifying
Meeting
Final
1st 3,600 5,000
2nd 2,600 4,000
3rd 2,000 3,000
4th 1,800 2,500
Total 10,000 14,500

Previous winners

Year Venue Winners Runner-up 3rd place
2005 Czech Republic Pardubice  Poland (41 pts)  Sweden (35 pts)  Denmark (24 pts)
2006 Poland Rybnik  Poland (41 pts)  Sweden (27 pts)  Denmark (26 pts)
2007 Germany Abensberg  Poland (40 pts)  Great Britain (36 pts)  Czech Republic (30 pts)
2008 Denmark Holsted  Poland (40 pts)  Denmark (39 pts)  Sweden (38 pts)
2009 Poland Gorzów  Poland (57 pts)  Denmark (45 pts)  Sweden (32 pts)
Year Venue Winners Runner-up 3rd place
2010 United Kingdom Rye House  Denmark (51 pts)  Sweden (37 pts)  Poland (35 pts)
2011 Russia Balakovo  Russia (61 pts)  Denmark (31 pts)  Ukraine (29+3 pts)
2012 Poland Gniezno  Poland (61 pts)  Australia (44 pts)  Sweden (26 pts)
2013 Czech Republic Pardubice  Denmark (42 pts)  Poland (41 pts)  Czech Republic (24 pts)
2014 Denmark Slangerup  Poland (51 pts)  Denmark (35 pts)  Sweden (21 pts)
2015 Australia Mildura  Poland (50 pts)  Denmark (39 pts)  Australia (29 pts)
2016 Sweden Norrköping  Poland (44 pts)  Australia (37 pts)  Denmark (24 pts)
2017 Poland Rybnik  Poland (47 pts)  Australia (37 pts)  Denmark (27 pts)
2018 Denmark Outrup  Poland (46 pts)  Denmark (42 pts)  Great Britain (29 pts)
2019 England Manchester  Poland (41 pts)  Great Britain (33 pts)  Denmark (31 pts)

Classification

Pos National Team Gold Silver Bronze Total
1.  Poland 12 1 1 14
2.  Denmark 2 6 5 13
3.  Russia 1 1
4.  Sweden 3 4 7
5.  Australia 3 1 4
6.  Great Britain 2 1 3
7.  Czech Republic 2 2
8.  Ukraine 1 1
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
3. Paweł Przedpełski  Poland 4 3 1
4. Maciej Janowski  Poland 4 3 1
5. Karol Ząbik  Poland 3 3
6. Piotr Pawlicki Jr.  Poland 3 2 1
Michael J. Jensen  Denmark 3 2 1
8. Artur Mroczka  Poland 3 2 1
Przemysław Pawlicki  Poland 3 2 1

References

See also