There are annual world championship events in the sport of motorcycle speedway for individual riders - the Speedway Grand Prix - and for national teams - the Speedway World Cup. Each has a counterpart for riders under 21: the Speedway World Under 21 Championship and the Team Speedway Junior World Championship. A pairs event, the Speedway World Pairs Championship, ran until 1993.
In addition there are two Ice Speedway World Championships for individuals and teams. The first Ice World Championships were held in 1966.
Another form of speedway on larger tracks takes place called Longtrack and there is a World Championship called the Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship. Since 1998 it has been a combination of grasstrack and longtrack
Competingentities Competition name Firstheld Current holder Next Held every Individuals Unofficial Speedway World Championships (1931–1935) Official Speedway World Championship (1936–1994) Speedway Grand Prix (since 1995) 1931 Jason Doyle (2017) 2018 One year Individual Speedway World Under 21 Championship 1977 Maksym Drabik (2017) 2018 One year National Pairs Speedway World Pairs Championship 1970 (1993) Defunct One year until 1993 National Teams: Speedway World Team Cup (1960–2000) Speedway World Cup (since 2001) 1960 (2017) 2018 One year Team Speedway Junior World Championship 2005 (2017) 2018 One year Individuals: Individual Ice Speedway World Championship 1966 Dmitry Koltakov (2017) 2018 One year Team Ice Racing World Championship 1979 Igor Kononov, Dmitry Khomitsevich, Dmitry Koltakov (2017) 2018 One year Individuals: Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship 1971 Mathieu Trésarrieu (2017) 2018 One year
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Speedway Champions