European Under-19 Individual Speedway Championship Explained

The European Under-19 Individual Speedway Championship is an annual speedway event organised by FIM Europe (formerly the European Motorcycle Union (UEM)) since 1998.

Championship history

The European Under-19 Championship was inaugurated in 1998, under the control of the European Motorcycle Union (UEM). Between 2013 and 2020, it was known as the European Under-21 Individual Speedway Championship, when it was expanded to include riders up to the age of 21 years of age.

The European Under-19 Championship returned in 2017 and was staged concurrently until the Under-21 event was discontinued in 2021.^[1]

Past winners

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1998	Krško		Rafał Okoniewski		Aleš Dryml, Jr.		Hans N. Andersen
1999	Gniezno		Rafał Okoniewski		Karol Malecha		Jarosław Hampel
2000	Ljubljana		Lukáš Dryml		Niels Kristian Iversen		Zbigniew Czerwiński
2001	Pardubice		Łukasz Romanek		Rafał Kurmański		Daniel Davidsson
2002	Daugavpils		Matej Žagar		Kenneth Bjerre		Fredrik Lindgren
2003	Pocking		Kenneth Bjerre		Janusz Kołodziej		Antonio Lindbäck
2004	Rybnik		Antonio Lindbäck		Karol Ząbik		Morten Risager
2005	Mšeno		Karol Ząbik		Ķasts Poudžuks		Robert Pettersson
2006	Goričan		Jurica Pavlič		Andriy Karpov		Lars Hansen
2007	Częstochowa		Nicolai Klindt		Jurica Pavlič		Filip Šitera
2008	Stralsund		Artur Mroczka		Maciej Janowski		Artem Vodyakov
2009	Tarnów		Przemysław Pawlicki		Maciej Janowski		Martin Vaculík
2010	Goričan		Dennis Andersson		Przemysław Pawlicki		Patryk Dudek
2011	Ljubljana		Piotr Pawlicki, Jr.		Michael Jepsen Jensen		Vitaly Belousov
2012	Opole		Bartosz Zmarzlik		Tobiasz Musielak		Mikkel Michelsen
2013-2016	Not staged. Replaced by European Under-21 Individual Speedway Championship See main article: European Under-21 Individual Speedway Championship.
2017	Divišov		Robert Lambert[2] [3]		Filip Hjelmland		Bartosz Smektała
2018	Varkaus		Mads Hansen		Szymon Szlauderbach		Oļegs Mihailovs
2019	Žarnovica		Jan Kvěch		Evgeny Saidullin		Mads Hansen
2020	Žarnovica		Jan Kvěch		Marcus Birkemose		Daniel Klíma
2021	Riga		Francis Gusts[4]		Philip Hellström Bängs		Mateusz Cierniak
2022	Nagyhalász[5]		Jesper Knudsen[6] [7]		Mathias Pollestad		Casper Henriksson
2023	Gorzów		Wiktor Przyjemski		Damian Ratajczak		Mathias Pollestad
2024	Herxheim		Nazar Parnitskyi[8]		Bastian Pedersen		Wiktor Przyjemski

Notes and References

1. Web site: FIM Europe has announced the calendar. A lot of prosecution in Poland. The gameplay will be changed. Sportowe Fakty. 17 August 2021.
2. Web site: European U19 cup winners . Speedway Fansite . 23 December 2022.
3. Web site: European Under 19 Individual Speedway Cup . Edinburgh Speedway . 23 December 2022.
4. Web site: European U19 Final (Riga) 07/08/2021 . Speedway Updates . 23 December 2022.
5. Web site: GB MAKE UNDER-19 SELECTIONS . British Speedway . 23 December 2022.
6. Web site: European U19 Individual Speedway Championship: Jesper Knudsen crowned Champion! . FIM . 23 December 2022.
7. . Speedway from around the globe - Hungary . Speedway Star . 36 . 24 September 2022 .
8. Web site: 17-year-old Ukrainian wins stage of World Youth Championship . . 5 October 2024 .