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. The first Ice World Championships were held in 1966.
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
| 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
- "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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