The 2011 Team Speedway Junior World Championship was the seventh FIM Team Under-21 World Championship season. The final took place on 3 September, 2011 at Balakovo in Russia. It was the first final in Russia. The defending Champions were Denmark.
Results As the 2011 Under-21 World Cup Final was staged in Russia, the Russian team was seeded directly into the Final. The other three finalists were to be determined in two Semi-Finals on May 28.
However, Sweden, who qualified for the Final by winning Semi-final 1, and Australia who qualified by winning Semi-final 2, both withdrew from the Final due to travel cost and visa problems. After both Poland and Finland declined to replace them, their places in the Final was taken by Ukraine and Czech Republic. Anticipating cost and visa problems, Great Britain declined to enter a team in the 2011 Junior World Cup.
On home soil, the Russians easily won their first Under-21 World Cup, scoring 61 points to claim a massive 30 point victory over reigning champions Denmark. Ukraine and Czech Republic finished tied on 29 points each with Ukraine's Aleksandr Loktaev defeating Václav Milík, Jr. in a runoff to decide third place.
Qualifying Round Rivne 1 May 2011
National team Pts. 56 43 27 20 Semifinal 1 Rawicz 28 May 2011
National team Pts. 58 54 23 14 Semifinal 2 Diedenbergen 28 May 2011
National team Pts. 63 58 19 9 Final Trud Stadium, Balakovo 3 September 2011
National team Pts. 61 31 29+3 29+2
Heat details
Qualifying round 2 May 2011 Rivne Referee: Jim Lawrence Jury President: Andrzej Grodzki References
Semifinal 1
28 May 2011 Rawicz Referee: Craig Ackroyd Jury President: David Joiner Attendance: 1,200 References
Semifinal 2
28 May 2011 Diedenbergen Referee: Marek Wojaczek Jury President: Anthony Steele References
Final
3 September 2011 Balakovo Stadion Trud (Length: 380 m) Referee: Istvan Darago
See also 2011 Speedway World Cup 2011 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship
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