2011 Team Speedway Junior World Championship

The 2011 Team Speedway Junior World Championship will be the 7th Team Under-21 World Championship season. The Final will take place on September 3, 2011 at Balakovo in Russia. It will be the first Final in Russia. The defending Champion is Denmark team.

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, Sweden, who qualified for the Final by winning Semi-final 1, and Australia who qualified by winning Semi-final 2, both withdrew from the Final due to travel cost and visa problems. After both Poland and Finland declined to replace them, their places in the Final was taken by the Ukraine and Czech Republic. Anticipating cost and visa problems, Great Britain 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 Denmark. The Ukraine and Czech Republic finished tied on 29 points each with the Ukraine's Aleksandr Loktaev defeating Václav Milík, Jr. in a runoff to decide third place.

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