# Team Speedway Under-21 World 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.
Poland has dominated the competition winning the title record 17 times.

## Previous winners

| Year | Venue | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place |
| 2005 | Svítkov Stadium Pardubice | Poland Janusz Kołodziej Krystian Klecha Marcin Rempała Krzysztof Kasprzak Karol Ząbik | Sweden Antonio Lindbäck Eric Andersson Fredrik Lindgren Jonas Davidsson | Denmark Morten Risager Patrick Hougaard Kristian Lund Henrik Møller Nicolai Klindt |
| 2006 | Municipal Stadium Rybnik | Poland Krzysztof Buczkowski Adrian Miedziński Paweł Hlib Karol Ząbik Paweł Miesiąc | Sweden Robert Pettersson Fredrik Lindgren Sebastian Aldén Ricky Kling Thomas H. Jonasson | Denmark Klaus Jakobsen Morten Risager Nicolai Klindt Henrik Møller Kenneth Hansen |
| 2007 | Altes Stadion Abensberg | Poland Karol Ząbik Paweł Hlib Krzysztof Buczkowski Mateusz Szczepaniak Adrian Gomólski | Great Britain Edward Kennett Danny King Lewis Bridger James Wright Tai Woffinden | Czech Republic Luboš Tomíček, Jr. Filip Šitera Matěj Kůs Hynek Štichauer Martin Gavenda |
| 2008 | Speedway Center Holsted | Poland Michał Mitko Artur Mroczka Grzegorz Zengota Maciej Janowski Daniel Pytel | Denmark Nicolai Klindt Patrick Hougaard Peter Kildemand René Bach Morten Risager | Sweden Kim Nilsson Ludvig Lindgren Simon Gustafsson Ricky Kling Billy Forsberg |
| 2009 | Edward Jancarz Stadium Gorzów | Poland Dawid Lampart Maciej Janowski Grzegorz Zengota Przemysław Pawlicki Artur Mroczka | Denmark René Bach Kenni Larsen Leon Madsen Nicolai Klindt Patrick Hougaard | Sweden Linus Eklöf Thomas H. Jonasson Simon Gustafsson Kim Nilsson Ludvig Lindgren |
| 2010 | Rye House Stadium Rye House | Denmark Michael Jepsen Jensen René Bach Patrick Hougaard Lasse Bjerre Peter Kildemand | Sweden Simon Gustafsson Dennis Andersson Ludvig Lindgren Kim Nilsson Linus Sundström | Poland Maciej Janowski Patryk Dudek Artur Mroczka Przemysław Pawlicki Szymon Woźniak |
| 2011 | Trud Stadium Balakovo | Russia Andrey Kudryashov Artem Laguta Vitaly Belousov Ilya Chalov Vladimir Borodulin | Denmark René Bach Mikkel Bech Jonas Andersen Michael Jepsen Jensen Mikkel Michelsen | Ukraine Kiril Tsukanov Andriy Kobrin Aleksandr Loktaev Volodymyr Teygel Stanislav Melnichuk |
| 2012 | Stadion Startu Gniezno Gniezno | Poland Patryk Dudek Maciej Janowski Tobiasz Musielak Przemysław Pawlicki Bartosz Zmarzlik | Australia Darcy Ward Nick Morris Dakota North Alex Davies Sam Masters | Sweden Jacob Thorssell Oliver Berntzon Mathias Thoernblom Pontus Aspgren Anton Rosén |
| 2013 | Svítkov Stadium Pardubice | Denmark Michael Jepsen Jensen Mikkel Michelsen Mikkel Bech Nicklas Porsing | Poland Patryk Dudek Paweł Przedpełski Piotr Pawlicki Jr. Bartosz Zmarzlik | Czech Republic Václav Milík Jr. Zdeněk Holub Roman Čejka Eduard Krčmář |
| 2014 | Speedway Center Slangerup | Poland Paweł Przedpełski Piotr Pawlicki Jr. Bartosz Zmarzlik Kacper Gomólski | Denmark Mikkel Michelsen Lasse Bjerre Mikkel Bech | Sweden Oliver Berntzon Jacob Thorssell Victor Palovaara Fredrik Engman |
| 2015 | Olympic Park Mildura | Poland Maksym Drabik Piotr Pawlicki Jr. Bartosz Zmarzlik Paweł Przedpełski | Denmark Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen Anders Thomsen Mikkel Bech Mikkel Michelsen | Australia Nick Morris Max Fricke Jack Holder Brady Kurtz |
| 2016 | Norrköping Motorstadion Norrköping | Poland Krystian Pieszczek Bartosz Zmarzlik Paweł Przedpełski Bartosz Smektała | Australia Brady Kurtz Jake Allen Max Fricke Jack Holder | Denmark Frederik Jakobsen Mikkel B. Andersen Patrick Hansen Andreas Lyager |
| 2017 | Municipal Stadium Rybnik | Poland Bartosz Smektała Kacper Woryna Maksym Drabik Dominik Kubera Rafał Karczmarz | Australia Jack Holder Max Fricke Josh Pickering Brady Kurtz Jaimon Lidsey | Denmark Jonas Jeppesen Andreas Lyager Mikkel B. Andersen Patrick Hansen Frederik Jakobsen |
| 2018 | Speedway Center Outrup | Poland Rafał Karczmarz Daniel Kaczmarek Maksym Drabik Bartosz Smektała Wiktor Lampart | Denmark Christian Thaysen Patrick Hansen Andreas Lyager Frederik Jakobsen Jonas Seifert-Salk | Great Britain Dan Bewley Ellis Perks Zach Wajtknecht Nathan Greaves Connor Mountain |
| 2019 | National Speedway Stadium Manchester | Poland Bartosz Smektała Dominik Kubera Maksym Drabik Wiktor Lampart Michał Gruchalski | Great Britain Robert Lambert Dan Bewley Drew Kemp Kyle Bickley Leon Flint | Denmark Mads Hansen Frederik Jakobsen Patrick Hansen Jonas Jeppesen |
| 2020 | Speedway Center Outrup | Poland Dominik Kubera Wiktor Lampart Jakub Miśkowiak Viktor Trofimov Jr. Norbert Krakowiak | Denmark Tim Sørensen Mads Hansen Jonas Seifert-Salk Matias Nielsen Marcus Birkemose | Great Britain Dan Bewley Tom Brennan Drew Kemp Jordan Palin Leon Flint |
| 2021 | Józef Piłsudski Municipal Stadium Bydgoszcz | Poland Wiktor Lampart Jakub Miśkowiak | Denmark Mads Hansen Marcus Birkemose Tim Sørensen | Great Britain Tom Brennan Drew Kemp Leon Flint |
| 2022 | Vojens Speedway Center Vojens | Poland Mateusz Cierniak Jakub Miśkowiak Wiktor Przyjemski | Czech Republic Jan Kvěch Petr Chlupáč | Great Britain Tom Brennan Drew Kemp |
| 2023 | Riga Speedway Stadium Riga | Poland Mateusz Cierniak Wiktor Przyjemski Bartłomiej Kowalski | Denmark Esben Hjerrild Jesper Knudsen Emil Breum | Latvia Francis Gusts Ričards Ansviesulis Ernest Matjuszonok |
| 2024 | National Speedway Stadium Manchester | Poland Bartosz Bańbor Wiktor Przyjemski | Sweden Philip Hellström Bängs Casper Henriksson | Australia Keynan Rew James Pearson |

## Team Classification

| Pos | National Team | | | | Total |
| 1. | Poland | 17 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| 2. | Denmark | 2 | 9 | 5 | 15 |
| 3. | Russia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4. | Sweden | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 5. | Australia | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 6. | Great Britain | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 7. | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8. | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Rider classification (top 10)

| Pos | Rider | Team | Total | | | |
| 1. | Bartosz Zmarzlik | Poland | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2. | Maksym Drabik | Poland | 4 | 4 | | |
| | Bartosz Smektała | Poland | 4 | 4 | | |
| 4. | Paweł Przedpełski | Poland | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| 5. | Maciej Janowski | Poland | 4 | 3 | | 1 |
| 6. | Karol Ząbik | Poland | 3 | 3 | | |
| | Wiktor Przyjemski | Poland | 3 | 3 | | |
| 8. | Piotr Pawlicki Jr. | Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| | Michael J. Jensen | Denmark | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| 10. | Artur Mroczka | Poland | 3 | 2 | | 1 |
| | Przemysław Pawlicki | 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.