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Individual Speedway Junior World Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2018 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship
Sport	motorcycle speedway
Founded	1977
No. of teams	14 riders
Continent	World
Most recent champion(s)	POL Bartosz Smektała (2018)
Most titles	Individual - 2 titles:  AUS Darcy Ward  RUS Emil Sayfutdinov Team - 8 titles:  Poland
Related competitions	Team 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 (2018) world champion is Bartosz Smektała from Poland.

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.

Championship 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).

Previous Winner

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

World Championship (since 1988)

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 Smektala (42 pts)	Max Fricke (41 pts)
2018	three events	Bartosz Smektala (56 pts)	Maksym Drabik (54 pts)	Robert Lambert (46 pts)

Medals classification

2007 and 2008 Under-21 World Champion Emil Sayfutdinov (photo 2008).

Pos	National Team	Total
1.	Poland	31	13	12	6
2.	Denmark	19	7	3	9
3.	Great Britain	21	5	7	9
4.	Australia	15	6	4	5
5.	Sweden	13	4	6	3
6.	Soviet Union  Russia	5	3	2
7.	Czechoslovakia  Czech Republic	7	2	4	1
8.	United States	4	2		2
9.	New Zealand	2		2
10.	Croatia	2		1	1
	Norway	2		1	1
12.	Slovenia	2			2
14.	Finland	1			1
	Germany	1			1
	Latvia	1			1

See also

• 
  Team Speedway Junior World Championship (U-21)


• 
  Individual Speedway World Championship, Speedway Grand Prix
  


• 
  Individual Speedway Junior European Championship (U-19)

External links

• Individual Speedway Junior World Championship Regulation