There are annual world championship events in the sport of motorcycle speedway for individual riders - the Speedway Grand Prix - and for national teams - the Speedway World Cup. Each has a counterpart for riders under 21: the Speedway World Under 21 Championship and the Team Speedway Junior World Championship. A pairs event, the Speedway World Pairs Championship, ran until 1993.
In addition there are two Ice Speedway World Championships for individuals and teams.[1] [2] The first Ice World Championships were held in 1966.[3]
Another form of speedway on larger tracks takes place called Longtrack and there is a World Championship called the Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship. Since 1998 it has been a combination of grasstrack and longtrack[4]
| Competing entities |
Competition name | First held |
Current holder | Next | Held every |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individuals | Unofficial Speedway World Championships (1931–1935)
Official Speedway World Championship (1936–1994) |
1931 |  Jason Doyle (2017)
|
2018 | One year |
| Individual Speedway World Under 21 Championship | 1977 |  Maksym Drabik (2017)
|
2018 | One year | |
| National Pairs | Speedway World Pairs Championship | 1970 |  Sweden (1993)
|
Defunct | One year until 1993 |
| National Teams: | Speedway World Team Cup (1960–2000) Speedway World Cup (since 2001) |
1960 | Poland (2017)
|
2018 | One year |
| Team Speedway Junior World Championship | 2005 | Poland (2017)
|
2018 | One year | |
| Individuals: | Individual Ice Speedway World Championship | 1966 |  Dmitry Koltakov (2017)
|
2018 | One year |
| Team Ice Racing World Championship | 1979 | Igor Kononov, Dmitry Khomitsevich, Dmitry Koltakov (2017)
|
2018 | One year | |
| Individuals: | Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship | 1971 |  Mathieu Trésarrieu (2017)
|
2018 | One year |
References
edit- ^ "Ice Speedway World Championship Past Winners". Ice Speedway.co.uk.
- ^ "World Ice Racing Championships". Edinburgh Speedway.
- ^ "HISTORY OF ICE RACING". FIM.
- ^ "World Longtrack 2016 Overall Standings". GrasstrackGB.
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