The 2011 Team Speedway Junior World Championship was the seventh

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Team Under-21 World Championship season. The final took place on 3 September,

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in Russia. It was the first final in

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. The defending Champions were

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Results

As the 2011 Under-21 World Cup Final was staged in Russia, the Russian team was seeded directly into the Final. The other three finalists were to be determined in two Semi-Finals on May 28. However,

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, who qualified for the Final by winning Semi-final 1, and

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who qualified by winning Semi-final 2, both withdrew from the Final due to travel cost and visa problems. After both

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and

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declined to replace them, their places in the Final was taken by

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and

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. Anticipating cost and visa problems,

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declined to enter a team in the 2011 Junior World Cup. On home soil, the Russians easily won their first Under-21 World Cup, scoring 61 points to claim a massive 30 point victory over reigning champions

. Ukraine and Czech Republic finished tied on 29 points each with Ukraine's Aleksandr Loktaev defeating

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in a runoff to decide third place.

Heat details

Qualifying round

* 2 May 2011 *

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* Referee: Jim Lawrence * Jury President: Andrzej Grodzki *''References''

Semifinal 1

* 28 May 2011 * Rawicz * Referee: Craig Ackroyd * Jury President: David Joiner * Attendance: 1,200 * ''References''

Semifinal 2

* 28 May 2011 *

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* Referee: Marek Wojaczek * Jury President: Anthony Steele * ''References''

Final

* 3 September 2011 *

* Stadion Trud (Length: 380 m) * Referee: Istvan Darago

References

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