The 2008 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship was the 32nd edition of the World motorcycle speedway Under-21 Championships.
The title was won by Emil Sajfutdinov from Russia and was the first rider to win the title twice.
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 F1 2 3 4 5 1 2 Czech Republic (ACCR) 6 +22 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 +23 2 3 Denmark (DMU) 7 +11 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 +11 2 Russia (MFR) 5 +1 2 2 1 New Zealand (MNZ) 2 +12 Norway (NMF) 1 - 1 Austria (OeAMTC) 2 - 2 Poland (PZM) 8 +12 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 1pzm.pl - 2008-05-07SportoweFakty.pl - 2008-05-19 18 May 2008 (2:30 pm) Motodrom Halbemond, Norden Jury President: Boris Kotnjek Pos. Rider Points Details1 (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 2pzm.pl - 2008-05-09pzm.pl - 2008-05-13SportoweFakty.pl - 2008-05-19 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 Details1 (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 3pzm.pl - 2008-05-13 25 May 2008 (2:30 pm) Speedway Žarnovica, Žarnovica Referee: Chrystian Forschaeuer Jury President: David White Attendance: 2,000 Pos. Rider Points Details1 (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 4SportoweFakty.pl - 2008-05-31SportoweFakty.pl - 2008-06-01 31 May 2008 (4:00 pm) Yyterin speedwaystadion, Pori Jury President: Christer Bergström Pos. Rider Points Details1 (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 5pzm.pl - 2008-05-17SportoweFakty.pl - 2008-05-30SportoweFakty.pl - 2008-06-01 31 May 2008 (8:15 pm) Güstrow Speedway Stadium, Güstrow Jury President: Christian Bouin Pos.RiderPointsDetails1 (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 15 June 2008 (3:00 pm) Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon Referee: Pavel Vana Jury President: Armando Castagna Pos.RiderPointsDetails1 (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 July 2008 (8:30 pm) Stadium Milenium, Goričan Jury President: Armando Castagna Pos.RiderPointsDetails1 (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 (2,0,2,1,29 (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) Svítkov Stadion, Pardubice Referee: Wojciech Grodzki Jury President: Jörgen L. Jensen Change: (7) Adrian Gomólski → Vaculík
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
References pzm.pl - FIM Calendar 2008 pzm.pl - Allocation