Team Speedway Under-21 World Championship
| Current season, competition or edition: Current sports event 2024 Speedway of Nations 2 | |
| Sport | Motorcycle speedway |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2005 |
| Continent | World |
| Most recent champion(s) | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland (2024) |
| Most titles | File:Flag of Poland.svg 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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Team Classification
| Pos | National Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 17 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| 2. | File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark | 2 | 9 | 5 | 15 |
| 3. | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4. | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 5. | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 6. | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 7. | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8. | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Rider classification (top 10)
| Pos | Rider | Team | Total | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bartosz Zmarzlik | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2. | Maksym Drabik | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 4 | 4 | ||
| Bartosz Smektała | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 4 | 4 | |||
| 4. | Paweł Przedpełski | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| 5. | Maciej Janowski | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| 6. | Karol Ząbik | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 3 | 3 | ||
| Wiktor Przyjemski | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 3 | 3 | |||
| 8. | Piotr Pawlicki Jr. | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Michael J. Jensen | File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 10. | Artur Mroczka | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Przemysław Pawlicki | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 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
References
- ↑ "Under 21 Speedway World Cup". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ↑ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ↑ "JUNIOR (U-21) WORLD CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
