European Under-23 Team Speedway Championship

European Under 23 Team Speedway Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 European Under 23 Team Speedway Championship
FormerlyU19 & U21 Team Championships
Sportmotorcycle speedway
Founded2008

The European Under-23 Team Speedway Championship, formerly known as the Team Speedway Junior European Championship is an annual motorcycle speedway event. Inaugurated as a European Under-19 competition, the competition age limits have twice been amended. Since 2021, the event has been staged as the European Under-23 Team Championship.[1]

The inaugural 2008 edition was staged at the Florian Kapała Stadium in Rawicz, Poland, and won by the Swedish team. The next two editions were won by the Poland national under-19 speedway team.

The event is organised by FIM Europe, formerly known as the European Motorcycle Union (UEM) from 2008 until December 2012.[2]

Age Limits

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  • From 2008 to 2011 the age limit was under 19.[3]
  • From 2012 to 2020, the age limit was under 21.[4]
  • From 2021, the age limit was under 23.[1]

Previous winners

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Year Venue Winners Runner-up 3rd place ref
Team Speedway Junior European Championship (U-19)
2008 Poland Rawicz  Sweden (36 pts)
Linus Eklöf
Ludvig Lindgren
Simon Gustafsson
Linus Sundström
Niklas Larsson
 Germany (29 pts)
Frank Facher
Erik Pudel
Max Dilger
Sönke Petersen
Kevin Wölbert
 Denmark (28 pts)
Patrick Hougaard
Klaus Jakobsen
Peter Juul Larsen
Patrick Norgaard
Simon Nielsen
2009 Denmark Grindsted  Poland (40 pts)
Przemysław Pawlicki
Patryk Dudek
Maciej Janowski
Dawid Lampart
Sławomir Musielak
 Sweden (38 pts)
Simon Gustafsson
Ludvig Lindgren
Dennis Andersson
Anton Rosén
Linus Sundström
 Denmark (26 pts)
Michael Jepsen Jensen
René Bach
Michael Palm Toft
Patrick Bjerregaard
Simon Nielsen
2010 Czech Republic Divišov  Poland (56 pts)
Przemysław Pawlicki
Patryk Dudek
Maciej Janowski
Kacper Gomólski
Łukasz Cyran
 Sweden (25 pts)
Anton Rosén
Alexander Edberg
Andre Hertzberg
Sebastian Carlsson
Victor Palovaara
 Czech Republic (23 pts)
Roman Čejka
Václav Milík, Jr.
Pavol Pucko
Jan Holub III
Jakub Fencl
2011 Slovenia Lendava  Russia (42 pts)
Vitaliy Belousov
Vladimir Borodulin
Ilija Czałow
Maxim Lobzenko
Vadim Tarasenko
 Denmark (36 pts)
Mikkel Michelsen
Mikkel B. Jensen
Jonas B. Andersen
Michael Jepsen Jensen
Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen
 Sweden (26 pts)
Joel Larsson
Oliver Berntzon
Jacob Thorssell
Victor Palovaara
Mathias Thoernblom
European Under-21 Team Speedway Championship.
2012[5] Germany Landshut  Poland (48 pts)
Przemysław Pawlicki
Piotr Pawlicki Jr.
Kacper Gomólski
Tobiasz Musielak
Łukasz Sówka
 Denmark (41 pts)
Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen
Mikkel Bech Jensen
Mikkel Michelsen
Nicklas Porsing
Emil Grondal
 Ukraine (19 pts)
Andriy Kobrin
Kirill Tsukanov
Stanislav Melnychuk
Volodymyr Teygel
Oleksandr Loktaev
2013[6] Poland Opole  Poland (50 pts)
Piotr Pawlicki Jr.
Krystian Pieszczek
Bartosz Zmarzlik
Paweł Przedpełski
Artur Czaja
 Denmark (30 pts)
Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen
Anders Thomsen
Kenni Nissen
Rasmus Jensen
Emil Grondal
 Czech Republic (27 pts)
Václav Milík Jr.
Eduard Krčmář
Michal Skurla
Roman Cejka
Zdeněk Holub
2014 Germany Herxheim  Poland (49 pts)
Piotr Pawlicki Jr.
Krystian Pieszczek
Bartosz Zmarzlik
Paweł Przedpełski
Adrian Cyfer
 Denmark (28 pts)
Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen
Anders Thomsen
Mikkel Breum Andersen
Kasper Lykke Nielsen
Jonas Andersen
 Czech Republic (25 pts)
Václav Milík Jr.
Eduard Krčmář
Zdeněk Holub
Ondřej Smetana
Roman Cejka
[7]
2015 Czech Republic Plzeň  Poland (35 pts)
Krystian Pieszczek
Kacper Woryna
Bartosz Smektała
Adrian Cyfer
Krystian Rempała
 Sweden (34 pts)
Joel Andersson
Victor Palovaara
Kenny Wennerstam
Fredrik Engman
John Lindman
 Denmark (30 pts)
Emil Grondal
Patrick Hansen
Andreas Lyager
Mikkel B. Andersen
Frederik Jakobsen
[8]
2016 Germany Stralsund  Poland (46 pts)
Kacper Woryna
Bartosz Smektała
Dominik Kubera
Rafał Karczmarz
Daniel Kaczmarek
 Denmark (35 pts)
Andreas Lyager
Kasper Andersen
Frederik Jakobsen
Jonas Jeppesen
Mikkel B. Andersen
 Germany (25 pts)
Dominik Moeser
Michael Härtel
Lukas Fienhage
Daniel Spiller
Erik Riss
[9]
2017 Poland Krosno  Poland (45 pts)
Kacper Woryna
Bartosz Smektała
Dominik Kubera
Rafał Karczmarz
Jakub Miśkowiak
 Denmark (35 pts)
Frederik Jakobsen
Mikkel B. Andersen
Tim Sørensen
Kasper Andersen
Mads Hansen
 Latvia (33 pts)
Davis Kurmis
Jevgeņijs Kostigovs
Oļegs Mihailovs
Artem Trofimov
[10]
2018 Latvia Daugavpils  Denmark (45 pts)
Mads Hansen
Patrick Hansen
Andreas Lyager
Frederik Jakobsen

 Poland (37 pts)
Wiktor Lampart
Rafal Karczmarz
Dominik Kubera
Igor Kopec-Sobczynski
Daniel Kaczmarek
 Latvia (21 pts)
Oļegs Mihailovs
Artem Trofimov
Davis Kurmis
Ernest Matjuszonok
Elvis Avgucevics
[11]
2019 France Lamothe-Landerron  Poland (50+3 pts)
Dominik Kubera
Jakub Miśkowiak
Wiktor Lampart
Mateusz Cierniak
Viktor Trofimov Jr.
 Denmark (50+2 pts)
Mads Hansen
Jonas Seifert-Salk
Tim Sørensen
Jason Jorgensen
Jonas Jeppesen
 Sweden (16 pts)
Christoffer Selvin
Emil Millberg
William Bjorling
Filip Hjelmland
[12]
2020 Poland Łódź  Poland (27 pts)
Jakub Miśkowiak
Dominik Kubera
Norbert Krakowiak
Mateusz Cierniak
 Denmark (21+3 pts)
Mads Hansen
Jonas Seifert-Salk
Marcus Birkemose
Matias Nielsen
 Latvia (21+2 pts)
Oļegs Mihailovs
Ričards Ansviesulis
Francis Gusts
Ernest Matjuszonok
[13]
European Under-23 Team Speedway Championship
2021 Latvia Daugavpils  Poland (47 pts)
Jakub Miśkowiak
Bartosz Smektała
Wiktor Lampart
Dominik Kubera
Gleb Chugunov
 Denmark (35 pts)
Frederik Jakobsen
Jonas Jeppesen
Mads Hansen
Patrick Hansen

 Latvia (27 pts)
Francis Gusts
Oļegs Mihailovs
Ričards Ansviesulis
Daniil Kolodinski
Ernest Matjuszonok
[14]
2022 Poland Tarnów  Poland (46 pts)
Bartłomiej Kowalski
Jakub Miśkowiak
Wiktor Lampart
Mateusz Cierniak
Dominik Kubera
 Denmark (38 pts)
Matias Nielsen
Jonas Seifert-Salk
Mads Hansen
Tim Sørensen
Kevin Juhl Pedersen
 Great Britain (23 pts)
Dan Bewley
Leon Flint
Tom Brennan
Drew Kemp
Jason Edwards
[15]
2023 France Mâcon  Poland (45 pts)
Bartłomiej Kowalski
Wiktor Przyjemski
Jakub Miśkowiak
Mateusz Cierniak
Damian Ratajczak
 Denmark (37 pts)
Mads Hansen
Tim Sørensen
Kevin Juhl Pedersen
Jonas Seifert-Salk
Emil Breum
 Sweden (27 pts)
Casper Henriksson
Anton Karlsson
Jonatan Grahn
Noel Wahlquist
[16]
2024 Poland Kraków  Poland (43 pts)
Bartłomiej Kowalski
Wiktor Przyjemski
Bartosz Bańbor
Mateusz Cierniak
Jakub Krawczyk
 Czech Republic (31 pts)
Daniel Klíma
Adam Bednář
Jan Kvěch
Jan Macek
Matous Kamenik
 Denmark (25 pts)
Benjamin Basso
Vilads Nagel
Kevin Juhl Pedersen
Mikkel Andersen
Bastian Pedersen
[17]

Classification

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Pos National Team Gold Silver Bronze
1.  Poland 14 1
2.  Denmark 1 11 4
3.  Sweden 1 3 3
4.  Russia 1
5.  Czech Republic 1 3
6.  Germany 1 1
7.  Latvia 4
8.  Ukraine 1
 Great Britain 1

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Great Spring". Vojens Speedway Centre. 30 January 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  2. ^ "UEM Extraordinary General Assembly in Monaco". 4 December 2012.
  3. ^ "European Junior (Under-19) Team Championship 2008 to 2011". International Speedway. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  4. ^ "European Junior (Under-21) Team Championship". International Speedway. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  5. ^ "2012 European Under 21 Team Cup Final". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Poland wins the final of Team Speedway Junior EC in Opole (Poland)" (PDF). FIM. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  7. ^ "2014 European Under 21 Team Cup Final". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  8. ^ "U21 European Team Final (Plzen) 12/9/2015". Speedway Updates. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  9. ^ "2016 Team Speedway U-21 European Championship - Final". FIM. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  10. ^ "2017 Team Speedway U-21 European Championship - Final". FIM. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  11. ^ "European U21 Team Speedway at Daugavpils (Latvia)". FIM. September 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  12. ^ "2019 European Under 21 Team Speedway Championship - Final". FIM. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  13. ^ "2020 European Under 21 Team Speedway Championship - Final". FIM. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  14. ^ "European U23 Team Final (Daugavpils) 29/08/2021". Speedway Updates. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  15. ^ "European Under 23 Team Speedway Championship: Poland wins on home soil". FIM. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  16. ^ "European Under 23 Team Speedway Championship - Final". FIM. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  17. ^ "Medals for the young from Stal and Falubaz. Champions title for the Poles". Gazeta Lubuska. 25 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.