# 2009 Speedway Under-21 World Championship

The 2009 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship was the 33rd edition of the FIM World motorcycle speedway Under-21 Championships.
The final took place on 4 October 2009, at the Matija Gubec Stadium, in Goričan, Croatia. It was first final to be held in the Balkans and the Championship was won by Australian rider Darcy Ward.

## Calendar

| Date | Venue | Winner | |
| Domestic Qualifications ||||
| 21 April | Gorzów Wlkp. | Michał Mitko | result |
| Qualifying Rounds ||||
| 26 April | Neustadt/Donau | Martin Vaculík | result |
| 16 May | Krško | Jurica Pavlic | result |
| 17 May | Hoddesdon | Robert Mear | result |
| 16 May | Mšeno | Kevin Wölbert | result |
| 24 May | Elgane | Thomas H. Jonasson | result |
| Semi-Finals ||||
| 20 June | Miskolc | Tai Woffinden | result |
| 27 June | Kumla | Thomas H. Jonasson | result |
| Final ||||
| 3 October | Goričan | Darcy Ward | result |

## Domestic Qualifications
### Finland

* 18 April 2009
* Hallstavik Speedway Stadium, Hallstavik
| Pos.RiderPointsDetails 1Appe Mustonen13(3,3,2,2,3) 2Tomi Reima13(1,3,3,3,3) 3Kalle Katajisto12(3,3,3,u,3) 4Niko Siltaniemi11(3,3,1,3,1) 5Teemu Lahti10+3(2,1,3,2,2) 6Timo Lahti10+2(3,2,0,3,2) 7 Peter Wall10(1,1,2,3,3) 8 Robin Burestad8(2,2,X,2,X) 9 Niklas Larsson6(0,1,2,2,1) 10Jari Makinen6(2,2,1,1,X) 11 David Hillborg6(1,1,1,1,2) 12Joni Keskinen5(0,2,3,X,0) 13 Jens Oscarsson4(0,X,2,0,2) 14Aarni Heikkila4(2,0,0,1,1) 15Joni Kitala4(1,0,1,1,1) 16Jarkko Palmi0(X,0,0,X,X) | Top two riders from Domestic Final: Appe Mustonen Kalle Katajisto Last one rider was nominated: Niko Siltaniemi (third in the Final) Reserves: Teemu Lahti Timo Lahti Jari Makinen |

### Poland

32 riders to Domestic Semi-Finals was nominated by Main Commission of Speedway Sport. Semi-Finals took place on 17 April in Poznań and Rzeszów. The top eight riders from each Domestic Semi-Finals will qualify for the Domestic Final.
| Pos. | Rider | Points | Details |
| 1 | (2) Sławomir Musielak, LES | 14 | (3,3,3,2,3) |
| 2 | (5) Adrian Szewczykowski, GOR | 13 | (3,3,2,2,3) |
| 3 | (10) Patryk Pawlaszczyk, OST | 11 | (3,Fx,3,3,2) |
| 4 | (14) Paweł Zmarzlik, GOR | 11 | (3,2,3,1,2) |
| 5 | (11) Adam Kajoch, POZ | 10 | (2,2,3,3,0) |
| 6 | (3) Mateusz Lampkowski, TOR | 9 | (2,3,2,0,2) |
| 7 | (6) Damian Sperz, GDA | 9 | (1,1,2,2,3) |
| 8 | (1) Przemysław Pawlicki, LES | 8+3 | (1,1,0,3,3) |
| 9 | (13) Maciej Piaszczyński, ŁÓD | 8+2 | (2,2,2,1,1) |
| 10 | (8) Mateusz Kowalczyk, KRO | 6 | (2,3,1,0,0) |
| 11 | (4) Kamil Pulczyński, TOR | 5 | (0,0,1,3,1) |
| 12 | (7) Bartosz Szymura, RYB | 5 | (E4,1,T,2,2) |
| 13 | (16) Łukasz Cyran, GOR | 5 | (1,1,1,1,1) |
| 14 | (12) Kacper Gomólski, GNI | 4 | (1,2,1,Fx,Fx) |
| 15 | (15) Janusz Baniak, ZIE | 2 | (F3,F4,0,1,1) |
| 16 | (9) Emil Idziorek, OST | 0 | (0,E4,-,-,-) |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | Details |
| 1 | (8) Rafał Fleger, RYB | 12 | (3,3,2,2,2) |
| 2 | (2) Patryk Dudek, ZIE | 11 | (1,3,3,3,1) |
| 3 | (1) Grzegorz Zengota, ZIE | 10 | (3,3,1,3,E/start) |
| 4 | (3) Sławomir Pyszny, RYB | 10 | (2,3,1,2,2) |
| 5 | (5) Dawid Lampart, RZE | 9 | (1,F1,2,3,3) |
| 6 | (16) Szymon Kiełbasa, TAR | 9 | (E1,2,3,1,3) |
| 7 | (12) Michał Mitko, RYB | 9 | (2,1,1,2,3) |
| 8 | (7) Grzegorz Stróżyk, POZ | 9 | (2,2,2,1,2) |
| 9 | (9) Damian Celmer, TOR | 8 | (3,2,3,Fx,Fx) |
| 10 | (13) Mateusz Łukaszewski, LES | 7 | (3,1,3,F2,0) |
| 11 | (10) Borys Miturski, CZE | 7 | (1,2,1,Fx,3) |
| 12 | (6) Mateusz Szostek, RZE | 7 | (0,1,2,3,1) |
| 13 | (15) Kamil Cieślar, CZE | 5 | (2,1,0,2,M) |
| 14 | (14) Marcin Piekarski, CZE | 3 | (1,0,0,E4,2) |
| 15 | (4) Kamil Fleger, RYB | 2 | (0,0,E4,1,1) |
| 16 | (17) Piotr Machnik, KRO | 1 | (E4,1,E) |
| 17 | (11) Marcel Kajzer, GNI | 0 | (E4,0,0,-,-) |
Domestic Final
* 21 April 2009 (17:00)
* Edward Jancarz Stadium, Gorzów Wielkopolski
| Pos. | Rider | Points | Details |
| 1 | (15) Michał Mitko, RYB | 14 | (3,2,3,3,3) |
| 2 | (11) Grzegorz Zengota, ZIE | 13 | (3,3,3,3,1) |
| 3 | (16) Przemysław Pawlicki, LES | 12 | (2,3,2,2,3) |
| 4 | (8) Szymon Kiełbasa, TAR | 10+3 | (3,2,3,2,0) |
| 5 | (1) Paweł Zmarzlik, GOR | 10+2 | (1,3,1,3,2) |
| 6 | (10) Mateusz Lampkowski, TOR | 10+1 | (2,1,3,3,1) |
| 7 | (4) Adam Kajoch, POZ | 9+3 | (2,0,2,2,3) |
| 8 | (3) Patryk Pawlaszczyk, OST | 9+2 | (3,1,2,1,2) |
| 9 | (2) Sławomir Pyszny, RYB | 8 | (0,3,2,1,2) |
| 10 | (14) Sławomir Musielak, LES | 8 | (1,2,1,2,2) |
| 11 | (12) Adrian Szewczykowski, GOR | 5 | (1,1,1,1,1) |
| 12 | (6) Dawid Lampart, RZE | 4 | (M/-,0,F3,1,3) |
| 13 | (5) Rafał Fleger, RYB | 4 | (2,2,0,F4x,-) |
| 14 | (9) Patryk Dudek, ZIE | 1 | (0,0,0,0,1) |
| 15 | (13) Grzegorz Stróżyk, POZ | 1 | (0,1,F1x,M/-,-) |
| 16 | (17) Maciej Piaszczyński, ŁÓD | 1 | (1,0,E) |
| 17 | (18) Damian Celmer, TOR | 0 | (0,0,0) |
| 18 | (7) Damian Sperz, GDA | 0 | (0,0,Fx,-,-) |

## Qualifying rounds

| Neustadt/Donau Qualifying Round 1 26 April 2009 (14:00 CEST) Anton-Treffer-Stadion, Neustadt an der Donau Referee: Jim Lawrence Jury President: Janos Nadasdi Pos.RiderPointsDetails 1 (11) Martin Vaculík14+3(3,3,3,3,2) 2 (4) Maciej Janowski14+2(2,3,3,3,3) 3 (12) Grzegorz Zengota13(2,2,3,3,3) 4 (1) Maksims Bogdanovs12(3,3,1,2,3) 5 (10) Max Dilger10(1,2,2,3,2) 6 (13) Vjačeslavs Giruckis9(3,1,1,2,2) 7 (6) Ben Barker8(3,3,2,F/-,-) 8 (16) Jan Holub III7(1,1,E,2,3) 9 (14) Frank Facher7(2,1,2,1,1) 10 (3) Manfred Betz5(1,2,1,1,0) 11 (5) René Deddens4(2,0,2,X,0) 12 (9) Mattia Tadiello4(0,2,F,1,1) 13 (8) Michael Hádek3(F,0,3,X,E) 14 (7) Theo di Palma3(1,0,0,0,2) 15 (18) Sebastian Eckerle3(2,1) 16 (15) Lukas Simon3(0,1,1,0,1) 17 (2) Gabriel Dubernard0(0,0,0,F,0) - (17) Marcel Helfer-- | Krško Qualifying Round 2 16 May 2009 (19:15) Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško Referee: Andrey Savin Jury President: Janos Nadasdi Pos.RiderPointsDetails 1 (5) Jurica Pavlic15(3,3,3,3,3) 2 (10) Przemysław Pawlicki13(3,2,3,2,3) 3 (8) Szymon Kiełbasa12(2,3,3,2,2) 4 (4) Tobias Busch11(2,2,2,3,2) 5 (7) Patryk Pawlaszczyk10(1,3,0,3,3) 6 (2) Matic Voldrih10(3,3,2,X,2) 7 (13) Aleksander Čonda9(1,1,1,3,3) 8 (16) Eric Pudel8(2,1,3,1,1) 9 (9) Matija Duh7(2,2,1,2,0) 10 (14) Kiril Tcukanov6(3,1,2,X,0) 11 (11) Aljosa Remih6(1,2,2,F,1) 12 (12) Nikola Pigac4(0,0,1,2,1) 13 (3) Mihailo Oneshko3(1,0,0,0,2) 14 (15) Paul Starke2(0,1,0,e,1) 15 (6) Tamás Szilágyi1(0,0,0,1,0) 16 (1) Brendan Johnson1(0,0,1,F,-) 17 (17) Samo Kukovica0(X) |
| Rye House Qualifying Round 3 17 May 2009 (14:15) Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon Referee: Krister Gardell Jury President: Boris Kotnjek Pos.RiderPointsDetails 1 (13) Robert Mear13+3(3,3,2,2,3) 2 (3) Darcy Ward13+2(3,3,2,3,2) 3 (8) Tai Woffinden12(3,3,3,3,e2) 4 (4) Lewis Bridger11(1,1,3,3,3) 5 (5) Artur Mroczka10(2,2,2,2,2) 6 (9) Ricky Wells9+3(3,1,1,2,2) 7 (1) Paweł Zmarzlik9+2(2,Fx,1,3,3) 8 (16) Kozza Smith9+1(2,2,2,F3,3) 9 (6) Lee Smart7(0,3,3,1,0) 10 (17) Jamie Courtney7(2,0,3,1,1) 11 (14) Jade Mudgeway6(1,2,0,2,1) 12 (7) Adam Kajoch4(1,2,0,0,1) 13 (10) Pavol Pucko4(1,0,1,1,1) 14 (2) Grant Tregoning3(0,1,1,1,0) 15 (15) Tim Gomez2(0,0,0,0,2) 16 (11) Kai Huckenbeck1(X,1,0,0,0) 17 (12) Joe Haines-(F/-,-,-,-,-) | Mšeno Qualifying Round 4 16 May 2009 (14:30) Mšeno Speedway Stadium, Mšeno Referee: Jim Lawrence Jury President: Armando Castagna Pos.RiderPointsDetails 1 (13) Kevin Wölbert14(3,3,3,2,3) 2 (16) Artem Laguta13+3(2,3,2,3,3) 3 (11) Nicolai Klindt13+2(3,3,3,1,3) 4 (6) Michał Mitko11(3,3,1,3,1) 5 (3) Sönke Petersen11(3,1,3,2,2) 6 (2) Matěj Kůs11(2,2,3,3,1) 7 (15) Justin Sedgmen8(1,2,2,1,2) 8 (8) Filip Šitera7(2,2,E,0,3) 9 (9) Mateusz Lampkowski7(1,2,2,F,2) 10 (14) Martin Gavenda6(0,1,1,3,1) 11 (4) Vyacheslav Kazachuk6(1,1,0,2,2) 12 (10) Simon Lambert5(2,0,2,1,0) 13 (7) Nicki Barrett4(1,0,1,2,0) 14 (1) Renato Cvetko2(0,0,0,1,1) 15 (12) Michal Dudek1(0,0,1,0,0) 16 (5) Aaron Summers1(0,1,e,e,0) |
| Elgane Scandinavian Qualifying Round 5 24 May 2009 (13:00) Elgane, Varhaug Referee: Pavel Vana Jury President: Andrzej Grodzki Pos.RiderPointsDetails 1 (7) Thomas H. Jonasson15(3,3,3,3,3) 2 (13) Linus Eklöf12(3,3,2,1,3) 3 (14) Kenni Larsen11+3(0,3,3,2,3) 4 (3) Patrick Hougaard11+e(2,2,2,3,2) 5 (4) Ludvig Lindgren10(3,3,1,3,X) 6 (5) Peter Kildemand10(2,2,3,1,2) 7 (10) Kim Nilsson9(2,2,0,2,3) 8 (15) Anders Mellgren8(2,1,2,1,2) 9 (11) Leon Madsen7(3,0,2,2,X) 10 (16) Patrick Nørgaard7(1,1,3,0,2) 11 (8) René Bach7(1,2,1,3,Fx) 12 (9) Kalle Katajisto5(1,1,0,2,1) 13 (1) Niko Siltaniemi2(1,0,1,N,N) 14 (2) Lars Daniel Gunnestad2(0,1,1,0,E) 15 (17) Lars Filip1(0,T,T,0,1 16 (12) Teemu Lahti0(0,0,X,X,N) 17 (6) Anton Rosén0(F/-,-,-,-,-) |

## Semi-finals

| Miskolc Semi-Final 1 20 June 2009 (16:30) Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc Referee: Pavel Vana Jury President: Andrzej Grodzki Pos.RiderPointsDetails 1 (9) Tai Woffinden14(3,2,3,3,3) 2 (1) Patrick Hougaard13(3,3,2,2,3) 3 (14) Artem Laguta11+3(2,3,2,1,3) 4 (16) Lewis Bridger11+2(1,2,3,3,2) 5 (5) Darcy Ward11+1(3,1,3,2,2) 6 (11) Jurica Pavlic10(2,3,1,3,1) 7 (12) Vjačeslavs Giruckis9(0,1,2,3,3) 8 (13) Michał Mitko7+3(e,0,3,2,2) 9 (15) Linus Eklöf7+2(3,2,0,2,0) 10 (4) József Tabaka6(2,3,e,1,0) 11 (10) Matěj Kůs6(1,2,1,1,1) 12 (8) Szymon Kiełbasa4(2,e,0,0,2) 13 (3) Matic Voldrih4(1,1,1,0,1) 14 (7) Aleksander Čonda3(1,0,2,0,0) 15 (2) Maksims Bogdanovs3(0,0,1,1,1) 16 (6) Martin Vaculík1(e,1,-,-,-) 17 (17) Jan Holub III0(e,0) 18 (18) Matija Duh0(0) | Kumla Semi-Final 2 27 June 2009 (14:00) Sannaheds Motorstadion, Kumla Referee: Craig Ackroyd Jury President: Boris Kotnjek Pos.RiderPointsDetails 1 (14) Thomas H. Jonasson13+3(3,3,3,1,3) 2 (12) Grzegorz Zengota13+2(2,3,3,2,3) 3 (1) Przemysław Pawlicki12(3,3,3,0,3) 4 (15) Kenni Larsen11(2,3,2,2,2) 5 (2) Ludvig Lindgren10(2,2,0,3,3) 6 (7) Maciej Janowski9(e,2,3,3,1) 7 (5) Nicolai Klindt9(1,2,1,3,2) 8 (9) Simon Gustafsson9(1,1,2,3,2) 9 (4) Ricky Wells5+3(1,2,1,0,1) 10 (13) Justin Sedgmen5+2(1,0,0,2,2) 11 (10) Patryk Pawlaszczyk5+1(0,1,2,2,0) 12 (6) Paweł Zmarlik4(3,e,0,1,e) 13 (8) Max Dilger4(2,0,1,0,1) 14 (17) Kozza Smith3(3) 15 (11) Kevin Wölbert3(t/-,0,2,1,0) 16 (16) Artur Mroczka3(0,1,1,1,e) 17 (3) Peter Kildemand2(0,1,0,0,1) |

## Final

* Final
* 3 October 2009 (15:30)
* Stadium Milenium, Goričan
* Referee: Marek Wojaczek
* Jury President: Armando Castagna
| Placing | Rider | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pts | Pos | 21 |
| | (9) Darcy Ward | 13 | | | 3 | | 3 | | | | | | 3 | | | | | 2 | | 2 | | | 13 | 1 | |
| | (3) Jurica Pavlic | 12 | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | | | 3 | | 12 | 3 | 3 |
| | (5) Patrick Hougaard | 12 | | 3 | | | 2 | | | | | 2 | | | | | 2 | | | | | 3 | 12 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | (7) Tai Woffinden | 12 | | T/- | | | | | 3 | | | | | 3 | 3 | | | | | 3 | | | 12 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | (8) Maciej Janowski | 11 | | 2 | | | | | | 3 | | | Fx | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | | 11 | 5 | |
| 6 | (2) Nicolai Klindt | 10 | 3 | | | | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | | 2 | | | | 1 | | | 10 | 6 | |
| 7 | (10) Grzegorz Zengota | 8 | | | F1 | | | 3 | | | | | | 2 | | | 1 | | 2 | | | | 8 | 7 | |
| 8 | (6) Simon Gustafsson | 7 | | 0 | | | | Fx | | | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | | | 1 | | 7 | 8 | |
| 9 | (12) Lewis Bridger | 7 | | | 2 | | | | | 2 | | 1 | | | 2 | | | | | | 0 | | 7 | 9 | |
| 10 | (13) Kenni Larsen | 7 | | | | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | 2 | | 7 | 10 | |
| 11 | (14) Thomas H. Jonasson | 6 | | | | 3 | | 2 | | | | | 1 | | F3 | | | | | | | - | 6 | 11 | |
| 12 | (15) Artem Laguta | 4 | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 0 | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | 4 | 12 | |
| 13 | (17) József Tabaka | 3 | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 3 | 13 | |
| 14 | (1) Michał Mitko | 3 | 1 | | | | 0 | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | F | | | | 3 | 14 | |
| 15 | (16) Vjačeslavs Giruckis | 2 | | | | F | | | | 0 | 2 | | | | | | 0 | | | 0 | | | 2 | 15 | |
| 16 | (11) Ricky Wells | 2 | | | 1 | | | | 0 | | 0 | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 1 | 2 | 16 | |
| 17 | (4) Ludvig Lindgren | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | 1 | 17 | |
| Placing | Rider | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pts | Pos | 21 |
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify
| gate A - inside | gate B | gate C | gate D - outside |