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World Under-21 Championship
Emil Saifutdinov successfully defended his title
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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

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

Heat after heat:

1. Batchelor, Saifutdinov, Zengota, Sitera
2. Hougaard, Vaculík, Lindgren, Bridger
3. Holder, Pavlic, Karpow, Kus
4. Kononow, Risager, Lawson, Gustafsson (Woffinden - T)
5. Pavlic, Hougaard, Risager, Sitera
6. Kus, Woffinden, Bridger, Zengota
7. Saifutdinov, Karpow, Kononow, Vaculík
8. Holder, Batchelor, Lawson, Lindgren
9. Bridger, Sitera, Lawson, Karpow
10. Holder, Zengota, Hougaard, Kononow
11. Saifutdinov, Lindgren, Pavlic, Woffinden
12. Vaculík, Risager, Batchelor, Kus
13. Vaculík, Holder, Woffinden, Sitera
14. Zengota, Lindgren, Risager, Karpow
15. Saifutdinov, Kus, Lawson, Hougaard
16. Pavlic, Batchelor, Kononow, Bridger
17. Kus, Lindgren, Kononow, Sitera (e4)
18. Pavlic, Zengota, Vaculík, Lawson
19. Saifutdinov, Bridger, Holder, Risager
20. Batchelor, Hougaard, Karpow, Woffinden

    Silver medal Run-Off:

21. Holder, Pavlic

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• pzm.pl - Allocation

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