Speedway World Championship Competitions
There are annual world championship events in the sport of motorcycle speedway for individual riders - the Speedway Grand Prix - and for national teams - the Speedway World Cup. Each has a counterpart for riders under 21: the Speedway World Under 21 Championship and the Team Speedway Junior World Championship. A pairs event, the Speedway World Pairs Championship, ran until 1993.
| Competing entities | Competition name | First held | Current holder | Next | Held every |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individuals | Unofficial Speedway World Championships (1931–1935)
Official Speedway World Championship (1936–1994) |
1931 |  Tai Woffinden (2015) |
2016 | One year |
| Individual Speedway World Under 21 Championship | 1977 |  Bartosz Zmarzlik (2015) |
2016 | One year | |
| National Pairs | Speedway World Pairs Championship | 1970 |  Sweden (1993) |
Defunct | One year until 1993 |
| National Teams: | Speedway World Team Cup (1960–2000) Speedway World Cup (since 2001) |
1960 | Sweden (2015) |
2016 | One year |
| Team Speedway Junior World Championship | 2005 | Poland (2015) |
2016 | One year |
References
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