The 2009 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship was the 33rd edition of the

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World motorcycle speedway Under-21 Championships. The final took place on 4 October, 2009, in

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. It was first final to be held in the

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and the Championship was won by Australian rider

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Calendar

Domestic Qualifications

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nominated eight riders and two track reserve in February 2009.

Czech Republic

Autoklub of the Czech Republic nominated five riders in October 2008:

Filip Šitera Filip Šitera (born 18 April 1988 in Mladá Boleslav, Czechoslovakia) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider. He represented Czech Republic at Under-21 level. Career Despite showing an interest to ride in the United Kingdom, and ...

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Michael Hádek Michael Hádek (born 8 May 1990) is a Czech motorcycle speedway rider who is a member of the Czech junior national team. Speedway career details World championships * Individual U-21 World Championship ** ''2008 – 9th place in the qua ...

and

Jan Holub III Jan Holub (born August 7, 1991) is a Czech speedway rider who ride for Kolejarz Opole in the Polish Second League. Personal life Jan comes from a 3-generation speedway family; his grandfather ( Jan I) and father ( Jan II) also were speedway ...

. A sixth rider will be nominated in 2009.

Finland

* Final * 18 April 2009 * Hallstavik *Referee: ? *Best time: *Attendance: ?

Poland

32 riders to Domestic Semi-Finals was nominated by

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. Semi-Finals took place on 17 April in

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and

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. The top eight riders from each Domestic Semi-Finals will qualify for the Domestic Final.

Qualifying rounds

Semi-finals

Final

*Final * 3 October 2009 (15:30) *

, Stadium Milenium (Length: 305 m) *Referee: Marek Wojaczek *Jury President: Armando Castagna *Changes: :No 11.

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→ No 18. Wells :No 17.

Linus Eklöf Linus Eklöf (born 3 March 1989) is a Swedish motorcycle speedway rider who won the Team U-19 European Champion title in 2008. In 2009 he rode in the Premier League in the UK, averaging over six points per match for treble-winning King's Lynn S ...

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References

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