Individual Speedway Junior European Championship

The Individual Speedway Junior European Championship (also referred to as the Speedway European Under 19 Championship and now the Speedway European Under 21 Championship) is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the European Motorcycle Union (UEM) since 1998.

Championship History

Between 1977 and 1988 the FIM) held the Speedway European Under 21 Championship. After deciding to allow non-European competitors, the competition was renamed the World Under 21 Championship. The European Under 21 Championship was then inaugurated under the control of the European Motorcycle Union (UEM).

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).

The current European Champion is Anders Thomsen from Denmark.

Previous winners

Year	Venue	Winners	2nd place	3rd place
1998	Krško	Rafał Okoniewski	Aleš Dryml, Jr.	Hans N. Andersen
1999	Gniezno	Rafał Okoniewski	Karol Malecha	Jarosław Hampel
2000	Ljubljana	Lukáš Dryml	Niels Kristian Iversen	Zbigniew Czerwiński
2001	Pardubice	Łukasz Romanek	Rafał Kurmański	Daniel Davidsson
2002	Daugavpils	Matej Žagar	Kenneth Bjerre	Fredrik Lindgren
2003	Pocking	Kenneth Bjerre	Janusz Kołodziej	Antonio Lindbäck
2004	Rybnik	Antonio Lindbäck	Karol Ząbik	Morten Risager
2005	Mšeno	Karol Ząbik	Kasts Poudzuks	Robert Pettersson
2006	Goričan	Jurica Pavlič	Andriej Karpov	Lars Hansen
2007	Częstochowa	Nicolai Klindt	Jurica Pavlič	Filip Šitera
2008	Stralsund	Artur Mroczka	Maciej Janowski	Artem Vodyakov
2009	Tarnów	Przemysław Pawlicki	Maciej Janowski	Martin Vaculík
2010	Goričan	Dennis Andersson	Przemysław Pawlicki	Patryk Dudek
2011	Ljubljana	Piotr Pawlicki, Jr.	Michael Jepsen Jensen	Vitaly Belousov
2012	Opole	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Tobiasz Musielak	Mikkel Michelsen
2013	Güstrow	Mikkel Michelsen	Andžejs Ļebedevs	David Bellego
2014	Rybnik	Václav Milík, Jr.	Kacper Woryna	Andžejs Ļebedevs
2015	Silkeborg	Anders Thomsen	Nicolaj Busk Jakobsen	Bartosz Smektała
Year	Venue	Winners	2nd place	3rd place

Medals classification

Rafał Okoniewski - only double Speedway European Under 19 Champion (photo 2007).

Pos	National Team	Total
1.	Poland	21	8	9	4
2.	Denmark	12	4	4	4
3.	Czech Republic	4	2	1	1
4.	Sweden	6	2		4
5.	Croatia	2	1	1
6.	Slovenia	1	1
7.	Latvia	3		2	1
	Ukraine	1		1
9.	Russia	2			2
10.	Slovakia	1			1
	France	1			1

See also

• motorcycle speedway