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Team Speedway Junior World Championship

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Sport
  
Motorcycle speedway

No. of teams
  
4

Most recent champion(s)
  
Poland (2016)

Number of teams
  
4

Founded
  
2005

Continent
  
World

Most titles
  
Poland (8 times)

Related competition
  
Individual Speedway Junior World Championship

2013 team speedway junior world championship pardubice


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

Contents

The current World Champions are Poland, who won in 2016 Final in Norrköping, Sweden. The championship has been dominated by Poland with them winning first place a record nine times.

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

    Champions

    This is a complete list of speedway riders who have won Under-21 Speedway World Cup. In total, 36 different riders from 3 national team have a Team U-21 World Champion title. List in alphabetical order is here.

    Note: riders in bold type are current World Champions.

    References

    Team Speedway Junior World Championship Wikipedia