The Speedway Youth World Championship, or Speedway Under-16 World Championship, is an annual speedway event held each year and organized by the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) since 2010.
As of 2022, the title was awarded to the winner of the SGP3 category at the FIM Speedway World Championship.
History The series was launched as the Speedway 250cc Youth World Cup. At launch it was limited to 250cc speedway bikes and for competitors 16 years of age or under, which has remained ever since. In 2018 it was renamed the Speedway World Youth Championship, before changing names again in 2022 to SGP3.
The event was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Age limits The maximum age is 16 years of age; finishing at the end of the year in which the rider celebrates his or her 16th birthday.
Past winners
World Championship (2010–2022) Speedway 250cc Youth World Cup (2010–2018) YearVenueWinnersRunner-up3rd place 2010 Slaný Eduard Krčmář Valentin Grobauer Michell Hofmann 2011 Norrköping Eduard Krčmář Victor Palovaara Ondřej Smetana 2012 Goričan/ Plzeň Michael Härtel Eduard Krčmář Dimitri Bergé 2013 Teterow Daniel Spiller Arsłan Fajzulin Michaela Krupickova 2014 Opole Sandro Wassermann Lukas Fienhage Darrell De Vries 2015 Lamothe-Landerron Matthew Gilmore Mads Hansen Lukas Fienhage 2016 Güstrow Matthew Gilmore Mads Hansen Jedd List 2017 Prague Jonas Knudsen Karol Żupiński Philip Hellström Bängs
Speedway Youth World Championship (2018–2022) YearVenueWinnersRunner-up3rd place 2018 Toruń Ben Ernst Mateusz Bartkowiak Philip Hellström Bängs 2019 Holsted Jesper Knudsen Ben Ernst Noel Wahlqvist 2020 Cancelled due to the outbreak of COVID-19. 2021 Cloppenburg Oskar Paluch Nicklas Aagaard Villads Nagel Christiansen
SGP3 (2022–) YearVenueWinnersRunner-up3rd place 2022 Wrocław Mikkel Andersen Villads Nagel Christiansen Antoni Kawczynski 2023 Målilla Rasmus Karlsson Maksymilian Pawełczak Mikkel Andersen 2024 Gorzów Maksymilian Pawełczak Beau Bailey William Cairns 2025 Prague Villads Pedersen Sven Cerjak Beau Bailey 2026 Wrocław Franciszek Szczyrba Brady Landon Elias Jamil Jensen
See also Individual Speedway Junior World Championship (U-21) Team Speedway Junior World Championship (U-21) Individual Speedway World Championship, Speedway Grand Prix Individual Speedway Junior European Championship (U-19)
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