Speedway Youth World Championship

Speedway Youth World Championship
Sport	motorcycle speedway
Founded	2010
Most recent; champion(s)	Rasmus Karlsson
Most titles	2 titles: ; Eduard Krčmář ; Matthew Gilmore

The Speedway Youth World Championship, or Speedway Under-16 World Championship, is an annual speedway event held each year and organized by the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) since 2010.^[1]

As of 2022, the title was awarded to the winner of the SGP3 category at the FIM Speedway World Championship.^[2]

History

The series was launched as the Speedway 250cc Youth World Cup. At launch it was limited to 250cc speedway bikes and for competitors 16 years of age or under, which has remained ever since. In 2018 it was renamed the Speedway World Youth Championship,^[3] before changing names again in 2022 to SGP3.

The event was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4]

Age limits

The maximum age is 16 years of age; finishing at the end of the year in which the rider celebrates his or her 16th birthday.

Past winners

World Championship (2010–2022)

Speedway 250cc Youth World Cup (2010–2018)

Year	Venue	Winners	Runner-up	3rd place
2010	Slaný	Eduard Krčmář	Valentin Grobauer	Michell Hofmann
2011	Norrköping	Eduard Krčmář	Victor Palovaara	Ondřej Smetana
2012	Goričan/ Plzeň	Michael Härtel	Eduard Krčmář	Dimitri Bergé
2013	Teterow	Daniel Spiller	Arsłan Fajzulin	Michaela Krupickova
2014	Opole	Sandro Wassermann	Lukas Fienhage	Darrell De Vries
2015	Lamothe-Landerron	Matthew Gilmore	Mads Hansen	Lukas Fienhage
2016	Güstrow	Matthew Gilmore	Mads Hansen	Jedd List
2017	Prague	Jonas Knudsen	Karol Żupiński	Philip Hellström Bängs

Speedway Youth World Championship (2018–2022)

Year	Venue	Winners	Runner-up	3rd place
2018	Toruń	Ben Ernst	Mateusz Bartkowiak	Philip Hellström Bängs
2019	Holsted	Jesper Knudsen	Ben Ernst	Noel Wahlqvist
2020	Cancelled due to the outbreak of COVID-19.
2021	Cloppenburg	Oskar Paluch	Nicklas Aagaard	Villads Nagel Christiansen

SGP3 (2022–)

Year	Venue	Winners	Runner-up	3rd place
2022	Wrocław	Mikkel Andersen	Villads Nagel Christiansen	Antoni Kawczynski
2023	Målilla	Rasmus Karlsson	Maksymilian Pawełczak	Mikkel Andersen
2024	Gorzów	Maksymilian Pawełczak	Beau Bailey	William Cairns

References

[1] "FIM Speedway Youth World Championship". FIM.

[2] "FIM and Discovery to combine all Speedway series from 2022".

[3] "Speedway Youth World Championship news".

[4] "2020 Youth World Championship cancelled".

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