{{Short description|Motorcycle race}} {{Infobox sports league | title =Speedway Youth World Championship | current_season = | logo = | pixels = | caption = | Formerly = | sport = [[motorcycle speedway]] | founded = 2010 | fame = | motto = | inaugural = | teams = | continent = | champion = {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Villads Pedersen]] | most_champs = 2 titles: <br>{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Eduard Krčmář]] <br>{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Matthew Gilmore (speedway rider)|Matthew Gilmore]] | Founder = }} The '''Speedway Youth World Championship''', or Speedway Under-16 World Championship, is an annual [[Motorcycle speedway|speedway]] event held each year and organized by the [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|International Motorcycling Federation]] (FIM) since 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fim-moto.com/en/sports/view/fim-speedway-youth-world-championship-4533|title=FIM Speedway Youth World Championship|publisher=FIM}}</ref>
As of 2022, the title was awarded to the winner of the SGP3 category at the FIM Speedway World Championship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blackbookmotorsport.com/news/fim-discovery-sports-events-speedway-grand-prix-brand-identity|title = FIM and Discovery to combine all Speedway series from 2022}}</ref>
== 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,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fim-moto.com/en/sports/view/fim-speedway-youth-world-championship-sgp3-5316|title=Speedway Youth World Championship news}}</ref> before changing names again in 2022 to SGP3.
The event was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fim-moto.com/en/news/news-detail/article/fim-speedway-youth-world-championship-cancelled|title =2020 Youth World Championship cancelled}}</ref>
== 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)==== {| class="wikitable" |- align=center |width=40px {{Speedway color|4}} |'''Year''' |width=190px {{Speedway color|4}} |'''Venue''' |width=230px {{Speedway color|P1}}|'''Winners''' |width=230px {{Speedway color|P2}}|'''Runner-up''' |width=230px {{Speedway color|P3}}|'''3rd place''' |- |align=center| 2010 |{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Slaný]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Eduard Krčmář]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Valentin Grobauer]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Michell Hofmann]] |- |align=center| 2011 |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Norrköping]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Eduard Krčmář]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Victor Palovaara]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Ondřej Smetana (speedway rider)|Ondřej Smetana]] |- |align=center| 2012 |{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Goričan]]/{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Plzeň]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Michael Härtel]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Eduard Krčmář]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Dimitri Bergé]] |- |align=center| 2013 |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Teterow]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Daniel Spiller]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Arsłan Fajzulin]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Michaela Krupickova]] |- |align=center| 2014 |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Opole]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Sandro Wassermann]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Lukas Fienhage]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Darrell De Vries]] |- |align=center| 2015 |{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Piste de Speedway de Lamothe Landerron|Lamothe-Landerron]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Matthew Gilmore (speedway rider)|Matthew Gilmore]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Mads Hansen (speedway rider)|Mads Hansen]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Lukas Fienhage]] |- |align=center| 2016 |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Güstrow]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Matthew Gilmore (speedway rider)|Matthew Gilmore]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Mads Hansen (speedway rider)|Mads Hansen]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jedd List]] |- |align=center| 2017 |{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Prague]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Jonas Knudsen (speedway rider)|Jonas Knudsen]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Karol Żupiński]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Philip Hellström Bängs]] |}
==== Speedway Youth World Championship (2018–2022) ==== {| class="wikitable" |- align=center |width=40px {{Speedway color|4}} |'''Year''' |width=190px {{Speedway color|4}} |'''Venue''' |width=230px {{Speedway color|P1}}|'''Winners''' |width=230px {{Speedway color|P2}}|'''Runner-up''' |width=230px {{Speedway color|P3}}|'''3rd place''' |- |align=center| 2018 |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Toruń]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Ben Ernst]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Mateusz Bartkowiak]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Philip Hellström Bängs]] |- |align=center| 2019 |{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Holsted]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Jesper Knudsen (speedway rider)|Jesper Knudsen]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Ben Ernst]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Noel Wahlqvist]] |- |align=center| 2020 |colspan=4 align=center| Cancelled due to the outbreak of COVID-19. |- |align=center| 2021 |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Cloppenburg]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Oskar Paluch]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Nicklas Aagaard]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Villads Nagel Christiansen]] |}
==== SGP3 (2022–) ==== {| class="wikitable" |- align=center |width=40px {{Speedway color|4}} |'''Year''' |width=190px {{Speedway color|4}} |'''Venue''' |width=230px {{Speedway color|P1}}|'''Winners''' |width=230px {{Speedway color|P2}}|'''Runner-up''' |width=230px {{Speedway color|P3}}|'''3rd place''' |- |align=center| 2022 |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Wrocław]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Mikkel Andersen (speedway rider, born 2008)|Mikkel Andersen]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Villads Nagel Christiansen]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Antoni Kawczynski]] |- |align=center| 2023 |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Målilla]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Rasmus Karlsson]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Maksymilian Pawełczak]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Mikkel Andersen (speedway rider, born 2008)|Mikkel Andersen]] |- |align=center| 2024 |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Gorzów Wielkopolski|Gorzów]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Maksymilian Pawełczak]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Beau Bailey]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[William Cairns (speedway rider)|William Cairns]] |- |align=center| 2025 |{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Prague]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Villads Pedersen]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|{{flagicon|SVN}} [[Sven Cerjak]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Beau Bailey]] |}
== See also == * [[Individual Speedway Junior World Championship]] (U-21) * [[Team Speedway Junior World Championship]] (U-21) * [[Individual Speedway World Championship]], [[Speedway Grand Prix]] * [[European Under-19 Individual Speedway Championship|Individual Speedway Junior European Championship]] (U-19)
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{International speedway}}
[[Category:World Speedway Championships|Individual U19]] [[Category:Speedway Youth World Championship| ]]