Individual Speedway Junior World Championship
The Individual Speedway Junior World Championship is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the International Motorcycling Federation since 1977. The current world champion is Maksym Drabik from Poland.
Drabik, along with Emil Sayfutdinov from Russia and Darcy Ward from Australia are the only double U-21 World Champions.
Per Jonsson from Sweden, Gary Havelock from Great Britain and Jason Crump from Australia are the only Under-21 World Champions who have gone on to win the Individual Speedway World Championship. Jonsson won the World Championship in 1990, Havelock won in 1992 while Crump won the championship in 2004, 2006 and 2009.History
Between 1977 and 1987 the Championship was the called Individual Speedway Junior European Championship, open only to European riders. In 1979, the Championship allowed riders from other continents to compete, but was renamed to the Speedway World Under 21 Championship in 1988.
A new competition was named Individual Speedway Junior European Championship was founded by the European Motorcycle Union in 1998, only open to European competitors.The minimum age of a rider to compete is 16 years of age. The maximum age is 21 years of age.Past winners
European Championship (1977-1987)
One-day final (1988-2009)
Final series (since 2010)
Medals classification
| Pos | National Team | Total | | | |
| 1. | | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 |
| 2. | | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
| 3. | | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| 4. | | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| 5. | | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| 6. |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | |
| 7. |
| 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 8. | | 4 | 2 | | 2 |
| 9. | | 2 | | 2 | |
| 10. | | 2 | | 1 | 1 |
| | 2 | | 1 | 1 |
| 12. | | 2 | | | 2 |
| 14. | | 1 | | | 1 |
| | 1 | | | 1 |
| | 1 | | | 1 |
