2008 Speedway Under-21 World Championship

World Under-21 Championship
World Under-21 Championship
	Emil Saifutdinov successfully defended his title

The 2008 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship was the 32nd edition of the World motorcycle speedway Under-21 Championships.[1][2]

The title was won by Emil Sajfutdinov from Russia and was the first rider to win the title twice.[3][4]

Calendar

Date	Venue	Winner
Qualifying Rounds
18 May	Norden	Robert Kasprzak	result
18 May	Zielona Góra	Chris Holder	result
25 May	Žarnovica	Emil Saifutdinov	result
31 May	Pori	Linus Eklöf	result
31 May	Güstrow	Troy Batchelor	result
Semi-finals
15 June	Hoddesdon	Troy Batchelor	result
19 July	Goričan	Jurica Pavlic	result
Final
4 September	Pardubice	Emil Sajfutdinov	result

Allocation

References:

Riders placed 1st to 6th + 1R in QR 1, QR 2, QR 3 and QR 4 will qualify for the semi-final.
Riders placed 1st to 6th in QR 5 will qualify for the semi-final.
Riders placed 1st to 8th + 1R in semi-finals will qualify for the Final. But, if no Slovenia riders qualify for the Final, then only 7 + 1R riders will qualify from Semi-Final 2.
Riders will be balloted for the semi-finals and the Final.

FMNs	Total	+/-	Qualifying Rounds					Semi-Finals		F
			1	2	3	4	5	1	2	F

Czech Republic (ACCR)	6	+2	2	1	2		1
Great Britain (ACU)	7	+1		2	2		2	1
United States (AMA)	2	-	2
Slovenia (AMZS)	3	-		2			1
Germany (DMSB)	8	+2	3	2			3
Denmark (DMU)	7	+1	1			6
France (FFM)	2	-					2
Italy (FMI)	1	-	1
Ukraine (FMU)	2	-		2
Croatia (HMS)	3	+1			2				1
Netherlands (KNMV)	2	-	2
Latvia (LaMSF)	2	-			2
Australia (MA)	4	+1		2			2
Hungary (MAMS)	3	+1	1		2
Russia (MFR)	5	+1		2	2		1
New Zealand (MNZ)	2	+1	2
Norway (NMF)	1	-				1
Austria (OeAMTC)	2	-					2
Poland (PZM)	8	+1	2	3	2		1
Slovakia (SMF)	2	+1			2
Finland (SML)	3	-				3
Sweden (SVEMO)	7	+1				6	1
TOTAL	82	+14	16	16	16	16	16	1	1

Qualifying rounds

Norden

Qualifying Round 1[5][6]
18 May 2008 (2:30 pm)
Motodrom Halbemond, Norden
Jury President: Boris Kotnjek

Pos.	Rider	Points	Details
1	(2) Robert Kasprzak	14	(3,3 2,3,3)
2	(13) Adam Kajoch	13+3	(3,2,3,2,3)
3	(7) Patrick Hougaard	13+2	(3,3,2,3,2)
4	(12) Hynek Štichauer	13+1	(3,3,3,2,2)
5	(1) Max Dilger	11	(2,3,3,0,3)
6	(14) Ricky Wells	9	(2,1,3,1,2)
7	(4) Richard Speiser	8+3	(X,2,1,2,3)
8	(15) József Tabaka	8+2	(1,2,0,3,2)
9	(6) Jannick De Jong	8+1	(2,2,2,1,1)
10	(5) Adam Vandírek	7	(1,1,1,3,1)
11	(16) Jade Mudeway	4	(0,0,1,2,1)
12	(3) Sönke Petersen	4	(1,1,2,E,0)
13	(8) Grant Tregoning	4	(0,1,1,1,1)
14	(10) Dennis Wienke	3	(2,0,0,1,0)
15	(9) Alex Marcucci	1	(1,0,0,0,0)
16	(11) Henry van der Steen	0	(E,0,0,0,0)

Zielona Góra

Qualifying Round 2[7][8][9]
18 May 2008 (7:15 pm)
Zielona Góra Speedway Stadium, Zielona Góra
Referee: Pavel Vana
Jury President: Anthony Noel
Attendance: 1,500

Pos.	Rider	Points	Details
1	(2) Chris Holder	15	(3,3,3,3,3)
2	(3) Adrian Gomólski	12	(1,3,2,3,3)
3	(16) Mateusz Szczepaniak	11	(3,1,3,2,2)
4	(1) Andriy Karpov	10	(2,3,1,1,3)
5	(14) Grzegorz Zengota	9+3	(2,2,1,3,1)
6	(4) William Lawson	9+2	(0,2,3,1,3)
7	(8) Artem Vodyakov	9+E3	(2,3,0,2,2)
8	(10) Tyron Proctor	8	(3,1,2,1,1)
9	(12) Alexander Kosolapkin	8	(2,E4,2,2,2)
10	(9) Frank Facher	7	(1,0,3,2,1)
11	(11) Adam Roynon	7	(0,2,2,1,2)
12	(15) Kevin Wölbert	6	(1,1,1,3,0)
13	(7) Martin Gavenda	3	(3,0,0,0,0)
14	(5) Aleksander Čonda	3	(1,2,0,0,E4)
15	(13) Matija Duh	3	(0,1,1,0,1)
16	(6) Andriy Kobrin	0	(0,0,X/F,0,0)

Žarnovica

Qualifying Round 3[10]
25 May 2008 (2:30 pm)
Speedway Žarnovica, Žarnovica
Referee: Chrystian Forschaeuer
Jury President: David White
Attendance: 2,000

Pos.	Rider	Points	Details
1	(10) Emil Saifutdinov	15	(3,3,3,3,3)
2	(5) Lewis Bridger	12+3	(3,2,2,2,3)
3	(1) Maksims Bogdanovs	12+2	(2,3,3,2,2)
4	(4) Martin Vaculík	11	(3,3,0,3,2)
5	(2) Filip Šitera	11	(1,2,3,3,2)
6	(7) Matěj Kůs	10+3	(2,X,2,3,3)
7	(13) Josh Auty	10+2	(3,1,1,2,3)
8	(12) Patryk Pawlaszczyk	8	(2,2,1,1,2)
9	(11) Jevgēņijs Karavackis	7	(1,3,2,0,1)
10	(8) Michał Mitko	7	(1,1,3,1,1)
11	(3) Nikola Martinec	6	(0,2,2,1,1)
12	(9) Nikola Pigac	4	(0,0,1,2,1)
13	(14) Roland Kovács	3	(2,1,0,0,0)
14	(17) Ján Holub	2	(1,-,0,1,0)
15	(6) Tomás Szilágyi	1	(0,0,1,0,0)
16	(18) Michal Dudek	1	(E,1,0)
17	(16) Rastislav Bandzi	0	(-,0,0,0,0)

Pori

Scandinavian Qualifying Round 4[11][12]
31 May 2008 (4:00 pm)
Yyterin speedwaystadion, Pori
Jury President: Christer Bergström

Pos.	Rider	Points	Details
1	(4) Linus Eklöf	13	(2,3,3,2,3)
2	(6) Ludvig Lindgren	12+3	(2,2,3,3,2)
3	(12) Morten Risager	12+2	(2,1,3,3,3)
4	(14) Simon Gustafsson	12+1	(3,3,3,2,1)
5	(8) Kim Nilsson	12+E	(3,2,3,2,3)
6	(16) Nicolai Klindt	10+3	(2,0,2,3,3)
7	(10) Leon Madsen	10+E1	(3,1,2,2,2)
8	(1) Thomas H. Jonasson	8	(3,3,E,1,1)
9	(5) Jan Graversen	8	(1,2,2,1,2)
10	(2) Peter Juul Larsen	5	(1,F,1,3,E)
11	(11) Robin Törnqvist	5	(1,2,1,1,0)
12	(3) Kalle Katajisto	4	(E,3,1,0,0)
13	(17) Niko Siltaniemi	3	(0,1,2)
14	(7) Tord Solberg	2	(0,0,1,0,1)
15	(15) Teemu Lahti	1	(E,1,0,0,0)
16	(13) Jari Mäkinen	1	(E,0,E,0,1)
17	(9) Kenneth Kruse Hansen	1	(E,1,-,-,-)
18	(18) Aarnii Heikkila	0	(0,T/-)

Güstrow

Qualifying Round 5[13][14][15]
31 May 2008 (8:15 pm)
Güstrow Speedway Stadium, Güstrow
Jury President: Christian Bouin

Pos.	Rider	Points	Details
1	(13) Troy Batchelor	15	(3,3,3,3,3)
2	(2) Tobias Busch	14	(3,3,3,2,3)
3	(8) Robert Ksiezak	12+3	(3,2,3,1,3)
4	(4) Kamil Brzozowski	12+E	(1,3,2,3,3)
5	(11) Igor Kononov	10	(3,3,2,F,2)
6	(6) Robert Baumann	10	(1,2,3,2,2)
7	(10) Erik Pudel	7	(2,1,0,3,1)
8	(16) Niklas Larsson	7	(2,1,1,2,1)
9	(3) Michael Hádek	7	(2,2,1,1,1)
10	(14) Ben Barker	6	(X,X,2,3,1)
11	(7) Andrew Tully	6	(2,1,1,E,2)
12	(1) Manuel Novotny	4	(0,2,0,2,E)
13	(15) Matic Voldrih	4	(1,0,-,1,2)
14	(12) Théo Di Palma	3	(1,0,1,1,0)
15	(5) Maxime Mazeau	2	(0,0,2,0,0)
16	(9) Hans Peter Kulterer	1	(X,1,0,0,0)
17	(17) Sergej Malyschew	0	(0)
-	(18) Arne Ledwig	-	-

Semi-finals

Rye House

Semi-Final 1[16][17][18]
15 June 2008 (3:00 pm)
Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon
Referee: Pavel Vana
Jury President: Armando Castagna

Pos.	Rider	Points	Details
1	(13) Troy Batchelor	15	(3,3,3,3,3)
2	(12) Tai Woffinden	13	(3,3,3,2,2)
3	(3) Chris Holder	12+3	(2,3,3,3,1)
4	(15) Morten Risager	12+2	(2,2,2,3,3)
5	(14) Grzegorz Zengota	9	(1,3,2,1,2)
6	(7) Lewis Bridger	8	(2,0,0,3,3)
7	(6) William Lawson	8	(3,1,3,1,0)
8	(16) Ludvig Lindgren	8	(0,2,2,2,2)
9	(11) Simon Gustafsson	7+3	(1,1,0,2,3)
10	(10) Mateusz Szczepaniak	7+2	(2,2,2,0,1)
11	(1) Linus Eklöf	7+1	(3,1,1,0,2)
12	(9) Ricky Wells	6	(0,2,1,2,1)
13	(8) Tobias Busch	3	(1,1,0,1,0)
14	(18) Tyron Proctor	2	(1,1)
15	(2) Max Dilger	1	(1,0,0,0,F)
16	(4) Robert Kasprzak	1	(0,0,1,E,0)
17	(17) Josh Auty	1	(0,1)
18	(5) Kim Nilsson	0	(X/F,-,-,-,-)

Goričan

Semi-Final 2[19][20][21]
19 July 2008 (8:30 pm)
Stadium Milenium, Goričan
Jury President: Armando Castagna

Pos.	Rider	Points	Details
1	(6) Jurica Pavlic	15	(3,3,3,3,3)
2	(12) Patrick Hougaard	13	(3,2,3,3,2)
3	(11) Matěj Kůs	12	(2,2,2,3,3)
4	(4) Emil Saifutdinov	11	(3,3,3,2,Fx)
5	(8) Andriy Karpov	9	(1,1,3,1,3)
6	(3) Adrian Gomólski	8	(2,3,E/start,3,Fx)
7	(2) Igor Kononov	7+3	(Fx,1,1,2,3)
8	(7) Filip Šitera	7+2	(2,0,2,1,2
9	(10) Martin Vaculík	7+1	(1,2,1,2,1)
10	(15) Kamil Brzozowski	7+Fx	(2,1,2,Fx,2)
11	(13) Adam Kajoch	5	(1,3,X,0,1)
12	(9) Robert Baumann	5	(0,2,1,1,1)
13	(16) Robert Ksiezak	4	(3,F2,E3,1,0)
14	(1) Nicolai Klindt	4	(1,E4,1,2,E2)
15	(5) Hynek Štichauer	3	(0,1,0,F4,2)
16	(14) Maksims Bogdanovs	2	(Fx,0,2,0,E/start)

Final

4 October 2008 (14:00 UTC+2)[22][23][24]
Svítkov Stadion, Pardubice
Referee: Wojciech Grodzki
Jury President: Jörgen L. Jensen
Change:
- (7) Adrian Gomólski → Vaculík

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(3) Emil Saifutdinov	14	2						3				3				3				3		14	1
	(12) Chris Holder	12			3					3		3			2						1		12	2	3
	(9) Jurica Pavlic	12			2		3						1					3		3			12	3	2
4	(4) Troy Batchelor	11	3							2				1				2				3	11	4
5	(7) Martin Vaculík	9		2					0					3	3					1			9	5
6	(10) Matěj Kůs	8			0			3						0			2		3				8	6
7	(2) Grzegorz Zengota	8	1					0				2				3				2			8	7
8	(5) Patrick Hougaard	8		3			2					1					0					2	8	8
9	(8) Ludvig Lindgren	7		1						0			2			2			2				7	9
10	(6) Lewis Bridger	6		0				1			3							0			2		6	10
11	(15) Igor Kononov	6				3			1			0						1	1				6	11
12	(13) Morten Risager	6				2	1							2		1					0		6	12
13	(11) Andriy Karpov	4			1				2		0					0						1	4	13
14	(16) William Lawson	4				1				1	1						1			0			4	14
15	(14) Tai Woffinden	3				T		2					0		1							0	3	15
16	(1) Filip Šitera	2	0				0				2				0				E4				2	16
17	(17) Simon Gustafsson	0				0																	0	17
	(18) Kamil Brzozowski	0																					0
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside	gate B	gate C	gate D - outside

Heat after heat:

Batchelor, Saifutdinov, Zengota, Sitera
Hougaard, Vaculík, Lindgren, Bridger
Holder, Pavlic, Karpow, Kus
Kononow, Risager, Lawson, Gustafsson (Woffinden - T)
Pavlic, Hougaard, Risager, Sitera
Kus, Woffinden, Bridger, Zengota
Saifutdinov, Karpow, Kononow, Vaculík
Holder, Batchelor, Lawson, Lindgren
Bridger, Sitera, Lawson, Karpow
Holder, Zengota, Hougaard, Kononow
Saifutdinov, Lindgren, Pavlic, Woffinden
Vaculík, Risager, Batchelor, Kus
Vaculík, Holder, Woffinden, Sitera
Zengota, Lindgren, Risager, Karpow
Saifutdinov, Kus, Lawson, Hougaard
Pavlic, Batchelor, Kononow, Bridger
Kus, Lindgren, Kononow, Sitera (e4)
Pavlic, Zengota, Vaculík, Lawson
Saifutdinov, Bridger, Holder, Risager
Batchelor, Hougaard, Karpow, Woffinden
Silver medal Run-Off:
Holder, Pavlic

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pzm.pl - Allocation

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