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Association | Motorcycling Australia | ||||
code | MA | ||||
Team manager | Mark Lemon | ||||
Team captain | Brady Kurtz | ||||
SWC Wins | 0 | ||||
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Best result | 2nd (2012, 2016) | ||||
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Best result | 1st - last one in 2016 (Max Fricke) |
The Australia national under-21 speedway team is the national under-21 motorcycle speedway team of Australia and is controlled by the Motorcycling Australia. Like the senior Australian team, the Under-21's are managed by former rider Mark Lemon.
The team has qualified to the Under-21 World Cup Final on four occasions, though they only raced in the Final three of those times. These came in 2008 when they finished fourth, 2011 when they won their Semi-final but were forced to withdraw due to travel cost and visa problems, 2012 when the team finished in second place, and again in 2013 when they finished fourth.
The Australian team was guaranteed a place in the 2015 World Championship Final due to it being held at the Olympic Park Speedway in Mildura on 31 October. It was the first time that the Under-21 Team Championship Final was held outside of Europe or the UK and was held just one week after the 2015 Speedway Grand Prix of Australia was run in the Victorian state capital Melbourne. The Aussie's finished third on the night behind winners Poland and runner-up Denmark.