The 2023 SGP2 series was the 47th edition of the FIM Individual Under-21 World Championship. It was staged as the SGP2 class of the FIM Speedway Grand Prix series after rights holders Discovery Sports Events took over promotional rights of the competition in 2022.
The three qualifying rounds were staged at Krško, Pardubice and Vojens on 20 May. Four qualifiers from each qualifying heat progressed to the main event. Three wildcards were chosen for the main event, in addition to the 12 qualifiers; they were Mathias Pollestad, Anže Grmek and Petr Chlupáč.
Poland's Mateusz Cierniak won the title for the second season running, becoming only the fourth rider to win multiple Under-21 World Championship titles after Emil Sayfutdinov, Darcy Ward and Maksym Drabik. Damian Ratajczak took second with Bartłomiej Kowalski completing an all-Polish podium.
Qualifying The 2023 season consisted of three qualifying events. Emil Breum, Keynan Rew and Esben Hjerrild won the qualifying rounds.
QR2 KrškoPosRiderPts1 Emil Breum 152 Norick Blödorn 143 Mateusz Cierniak 134 Gustav Grahn 115 Bastian Borke 106 Anže Grmek 107 Petr Chlupáč 98 Mathias Trésarrieu 79 Leon Flint 710 Maurice Brown 611 Jacob Hook 512 Richárd Füzesi 313 Matteo Boncinelli 314 Mykhailo Tymoshchuk 315 Julian Kuny 216 Roman Kapustin 117 Patricia Erhart 1
QR1 PardubicePosRiderPts1 Keynan Rew 132 Bartłomiej Kowalski 123 Casper Henriksson 11+34 Nicolai Heiselberg 11+25 Nazar Parnitskyi 106 Ernest Matjuszonok 107 Drew Kemp 98 Dan Gilkes 89 Daniel Klíma 710 Sebastian Kossler 611 Ričards Ansviesulis 612 Erik Bachhuber 513 Jan Jenicek 414 Tino Bouin 315 Matouš Kameník 316 Bruno Belan 117 Matěj Frýza 1
QR3 VojensPosRiderPts1 Esben Hjerrild 13+32 Philip Hellström Bängs 13+23 Francis Gusts 114 Damian Ratajczak 115 Mathias Pollestad 116 Kacper Pludra 117 Anders Rowe 118 Jaroslav Vaníček 99 Jesper Knudsen 810 Ludvig Selvin 711 Espen Sola 512 James Pearson 413 Alex Martin 214 Marlon Hegener 215 Artjams Juhno 216 Jonny Wynant 0
In addition to the 12 qualifiers, Anže Grmek, Mathias Pollestad and Petr Chlupáč were named as series wildcards.
Main event The 2023 season consisted of three rounds.
Round Date VenueWinner1 2 June Markéta Stadium, Prague Mateusz Cierniak 2 23 June Edward Jancarz Stadium, Gorzów Mateusz Cierniak 3 15 September Vojens Speedway Center, Vojens Damian Ratajczak
Final Classification
Pos. Rider Points
See also 2023 Speedway Grand Prix 2023 Team Junior World Championship
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