The 2009 Team Speedway Junior World Championship was the fifth annual

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Team Under-21 World Championship competition since its introduction in 2005. The final took place on September 5, 2009, in

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. It was the second final held in

, but the first in Gorzów; in

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, the final took place in

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, where Poland beat

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and

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Format

The final consisted of the host team and the defending champions

. The other finalists were determined in two qualifying rounds (semi-finals). In

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on June 1 was

(3rd place in 2008 Final),

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(4th place),

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and host team

. Five days later in

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, will be

(Runner-up in 2008 Final), host team

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and

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. The Russian team withdrew and was replaced by a joint team of Croatian and

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riders, known as "Adria".

Results

Qualifying Round 1 was won by Sweden (45 points) and they beat host team Germany (40 pts), Australia (35 pts) and Great Britain (26 pts). The top scored rider was

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from Australia (maximum 15 points) and British

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(15 points also, but in six heats). Qualifying Round 2 was won by host team Czech Republic (56 pts). To the final was qualify second Denmark (55 pts, more than Germany). Adria (Croatia and Slovenia) beat in run-off Finland (both 16 points). The Final was won be host team and the defending champions Poland (57 points), who they beat Denmark (45 pts), Sweden (32 pts) and Czech Republic (15 pts). The top scored rider was

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from Poland (maximum 15 points). It was fifth title for Poland team and second for

Grzegorz Zengota Grzegorz Zengota (born 29 August 1988 in Zielona Góra) is an international speedway rider from Poland. Career He was a member of Poland U-21 national team. He has won Under-21 Speedway World Cup twice (in 2008 and 2009). In 2022, he helped ...

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and

Artur Mroczka Artur Mroczka (born 2 November 1989 in Poland) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. Career He was a member of the Poland U-21 national team. In 2008, he won the Team U-21 World Championship, Individual U-19 European Championship and ...

Heat details

Semifinal 1

*1 June 2009 (14:00) *

, Speedwaystadion Abensberg (Length: 398 m) *Referee: Mick Bates *Jury President: Jörgen L. Jensen

Semifinal 2

*6 June 2009 (18:00) was canceled and was restarted on 7 June *

, Speedway track AMK Zlatá přilba Pardubice-Svítkov (Length: 391m) *Referee: Christian Froschauer *Jury President: Boris Kotnjek

Final

*5 September 2009 (17:00 UTC+2) *

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(Length: 329 m) *Referee: Craig Ackroyd *Jury President: Janos Nadasdi *As a team squads was declared was changed three riders: : (4) injury in Danish league match on 28 August

Dennis Andersson Dennis Andersson (born 3 June 1991)''Świat Żużla'', No 1 (77) 2009, pages 20-21, is a Swedish motorcycle speedway rider who is riding for the Atlas Wrocław in the Polish Speedway Ekstraliga. Andersson won the 2010 Under-19 European Champ ...

→ Kim Nilsson : (1)

Patryk Dudek Patryk Dudek (; born 20 June 1992) is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who is a member of the Polish national speedway team. Career Dudek's father, Sławomir, was a professional rider and Patryk gained his speedway licence in 2008. Dudek wo ...

→ Dawid Lampart : (1) injury in a track practice

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→ Václav Milík

References

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