European Junior Cup

European Junior Cup
SportMotorcycle sport
Founded2011
Ceased2016
CountryEurope
Last
champion(s)		Mika Pérez

The European Junior Cup was a motorcycling series held as a support series for the European rounds of the Superbike World Championship, hence the title. It was open to riders aged between 14–19; for 2015 the upper limit was increased to 21 for males and 23 for females, who also competed for a Women's European Cup;[1] for 2016 the age limit for female riders was 24.[2]

The first season was run with Kawasaki Ninja 250R bikes,[3] before they switched to KTM 690 Duke for 2012[4] and to Honda CBR500R from 2013[5] to 2014; the 2015 and 2016 bike was the Honda CBR650F.[6]

The series was closed after the 2016 season, as the Supersport 300 World Championship was announced as the new entry class to be introduced in World Superbike events for 2017.[7]

  1. ^ "FIM Europe 'Women's European Cup' to debut in 2015 as part of the Pata EJC". worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Sporting rules for FIM Europe WIL Sport European Junior Cup powered by Honda – FIM European Women's Cup – 2016" (PDF). fim-europe.com. FIM Europe. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  3. ^ "European Junior Cup launched in 2011". worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 8 December 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  4. ^ "KTM power for 2012 European Junior Cup". worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 20 January 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  5. ^ "2013 EJC starts in great fashion at Milan's Honda launch". worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 13 November 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Pata European Junior Cup powers up for 2015 with new Honda CBR650F". worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  7. ^ "WIL Sport European Junior Cup, powered by Honda will celebrate 46th and final race at Jerez in October". europeanjuniorcup.com. Honda Motor Europe. 29 September 2016. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.