2022 Speedway of Nations 2

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2022 Speedway of Nations 2
  2021
(old format called Team U21 World Championship)
2023  

The 2022 Speedway of Nations 2 (SON2) was the 18th FIM Team Under-21 World Championship season. The one-off final took place on 29 July 2022 at the Vojens Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark. [1]

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Despite the change of name to Speedway of Nations 2 (SON2), the format remained the same as 2021 with seven teams - Australia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Great Britain, Latvia, Poland and Sweden competing for the title.

Defending champions Poland won their 15th Team Under-21 World Championship and ninth in succession. They topped the scoring charts during the main meeting, and then won the Grand Final against the Czech Republic. The Czechs were in a winning position until Petr Chlupáč suffered mechanic issues on the third lap. Great Britain finished third. [2]

Final

PosRidersPts
1 Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Cierniak 17, Jakub Miśkowiak 15, Wiktor Przyjemski 436
2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Kvěch 18, Petr Chlupáč 1129
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Brennan 20, Drew Kemp 828
4 Flag of Latvia.svg Francis Gusts 22, Ričards Ansviesulis 6, Ernest Matjuszonok 028
5 Flag of Denmark.svg Benjamin Basso 21, Kevin Juhl Pedersen 5, Jonas Knudsen 026
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Keynan Rew 12, Fraser Bowes 1022
7 Flag of Sweden.svg Philip Hellström Bängs 9, Casper Henriksson 5, Gustav Grahn 418

Grand Final Qualifier

1st2nd
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic - 6
Jan Kvěch - 4
Petr Chlupáč - 2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain - 3
Tom Brennan - 3
Drew Kemp - 0

Grand Final

1st2nd
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland - 6
Jakub Miśkowiak - 4
Mateusz Cierniak - 2
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic - 3
Jan Kvěch - 3
Petr Chlupáč - E/F

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References

  1. "FIM SON2 final". Speedway GP.
  2. "Speedway Of Nations 2 (U21) Final". Speedway updates.