Individual Speedway Junior World Championship
Reigning U-21 World Champion Darcy Ward .
The individual speedway junior world championships , including the U-21 world championships , are an annual speedway competition . They have been carried out by the FIM since 1977 . From 1977 to 1987 the competition was held as a European championship . Only drivers who are not more than 21 years old but at least 16 years old are allowed to take part in the World Championships.
The reigning junior world champion is the Australian Darcy Ward . Christian Hefenbrock achieved the best placement of a German driver in 2006 with the bronze medal.
winner
Junior European Championships (1977–1987)
| year | place | winner | Second | Third |
| 1977 |
 Vojens
|
Alf Busk
|
 Joe Owen
|
Les Collins
|
| 1978 |
 Lonigo
|
Finn Rune Jensen
|
Kevin Jolly
|
Neil Middleditch
|
| 1979 |
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|
 Ron Preston
|
 Airat Faizulin
|
 Ari Koponen
|
| 1980 |
 Pocking
|
Tommy Knudsen
|
 Tony Briggs
|
Dennis Sigalos
|
| 1981 |
 Slaný
|
Shawn Moran
|
Antonín Kasper
|
Jiri Hrdinak
|
| 1982 |
Pocking
|
Antonín Kasper
|
Mark Courtney
|
Peter Ravn
|
| 1983 |
Lonigo
|
 Steve Baker
|
David Bargh
|
Marvyn Cox
|
| 1984 |
King's Lynn
|
Marvyn Cox
|
Neil Evitts
|
Steve Lucero
|
| 1985 |
Abensberg
|
 Per Jonsson
|
Jimmy Nilsen
|
Ole Hansen
|
| 1986 |
Rivne
|
Igor Marko
|
Tony Olsson
|
Brian Karger
|
| 1987 |
 Zielona Góra
|
Gary Havelock
|
Piotr Swist
|
Sean Wilson
|
