WORLD UNDER 21 FINAL
 
Petr Marko became World Under 21 Champion with a consistent display that saw him take the title by a single point.  The 19 year old Czech started with a win and kept himself in the running ahead of a showdown with pre-meeting favourite Ray France, of England, and Brazilian Marco Bellini, who all had 9 points going into heat 18.  He could still have been forced into a run-off but when Craig Leonard came third in heat 20 he was confirmed as the champion.  Ray France was fast as expected but a surprise last place in his second heat, in a race he would have expected at least a point or two from, cost him in the final analysis, although he recovered to take 2nd place.  The rostrum was completed by France's countryman Craig Leonard who started with a pointless race before battling back to reach double figures before beating Poland's Jerzy Wieczorek in a run-off.
 
Bellini ended the meeting in 5th and the Brazilian looks a genuine prospect as he moves permanently to the senior stage next season.  19 year old Frankie Young, of England, ended in 6th, as the second highest scoring teenager behind the champion Marko.  He improved as the meeting progressed and it's not hard to imagine the pair back and battling it out for the title next year.  American Eddie Mendoza and Louis Joossens, of Belgium, completed the top half of the final scorers.  Joossens was expected to compete for the title and he started and ended with a win but surprisingly added just a single point in between.  Of the rest the majority saw their last chance of a title at the junior level pass them by without looking like troubling the top of the scorechart.  Leo Olsson and Keijo Pahlman both scored 7 and looked good and they will be back for one final shot at the title next season.  The other rider who will still be eligible is Latvia's Henrijs Birkerts, the youngest rider in the field at just 18 years of age and surely capable of becoming a future champion.
 
  1. Petr Marko................ 3  2  3  1  3  12
  2. Ray France................ 3  0  3  3  2  11
  3. Craig Leonard............. 0  3  3  3  1  10
  4. Jerzy Wieczorek........... 3  1  1  2  3  10
  5. Marco Bellini............. 2  3  2  2  0   9
  6. Frankie Young............. 1  1  2  2  3   9
  7. Eddie Mendoza............. 2  3  1  2  0   8
  8. Louis Joossens............ 3  0  0  1  3   7
  9. Archie Sanders............ 2  2  0  3  0   7
 10. Leo Olsson................ 1  3  0  1  2   7
 11. Keijo Pahlman............. 0  1  3  1  2   7
 12. Sitiveni Chand............ 2  2  2  0  1   7
 13. Tommy Davey............... 0  0  1  3  1   5
 14. Emil Westerberg........... 1  0  2  0  2   5
 15. Henrijs Birkerts.......... 1  2  1  0  Fx  4
 16. Gennady Baranov........... 0  1  0  X  1   2
 17. Leonhard Riisik........... Did not ride
 18. Alex Golden............... Did not ride
 
 No. Results
  1: Jerzy Wieczorek, Marco Bellini, Leo Olsson, Gennady Baranov 
  2: Ray France, Sitiveni Chand, Emil Westerberg, Keijo Pahlman 
  3: Petr Marko, Eddie Mendoza, Frankie Young, Craig Leonard 
  4: Louis Joossens, Archie Sanders, Henrijs Birkerts, Tommy Davey 
  5: Leo Olsson, Petr Marko, Keijo Pahlman, Louis Joossens 
  6: Marco Bellini, Henrijs Birkerts, Frankie Young, Emil Westerberg 
  7: Craig Leonard, Archie Sanders, Gennady Baranov, Ray France 
  8: Eddie Mendoza, Sitiveni Chand, Jerzy Wieczorek, Tommy Davey 
  9: Craig Leonard, Emil Westerberg, Tommy Davey, Leo Olsson 
 10: Keijo Pahlman, Marco Bellini, Eddie Mendoza, Archie Sanders 
 11: Petr Marko, Sitiveni Chand, Henrijs Birkerts, Gennady Baranov 
 12: Ray France, Frankie Young, Jerzy Wieczorek, Louis Joossens 
 13: Ray France, Eddie Mendoza, Leo Olsson, Henrijs Birkerts 
 14: Craig Leonard, Marco Bellini, Louis Joossens, Sitiveni Chand 
 15: Tommy Davey, Frankie Young, Keijo Pahlman, Gennady Baranov (X) 
 16: Archie Sanders, Jerzy Wieczorek, Petr Marko, Emil Westerberg 
 17: Frankie Young, Leo Olsson, Sitiveni Chand, Archie Sanders 
 18: Petr Marko, Ray France, Tommy Davey, Marco Bellini 
 19: Louis Joossens, Emil Westerberg, Gennady Baranov, Eddie Mendoza 
 20: Jerzy Wieczorek, Keijo Pahlman, Craig Leonard, Henrijs Birkerts (Fx) 
 21: Craig Leonard, Jerzy Wieczorek