2023 Speedway European Championship
| 2023 Speedway European Championship | |
|---|---|
| Season details | |
| Dates | 17 June – 22 September |
| Events | 4 |
| Cities | 4 |
| Countries | 3 |
| Riders | 15 permanents 1 wild card(s) 2 track reserves |
| Heats | (in 4 events) |
| Winners | |
| Champion |  DEN Mikkel Michelsen |
| Runner-up | DEN Leon Madsen |
| 3rd place |  POL Janusz Kołodziej |
The 2023 Speedway European Championship season was the 11th season of the Speedway European Championship (SEC) era, and the 23rd UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the 10th series under the promotion of Polish company One Sport Lts. Danish rider Mikkel Michelsen won the Championship for the third time.[1]
Qualification
[edit | edit source]For the 2023 season, 15 permanent riders were joined at each SEC Final by one wildcard and two track reserves.
Defending champion, Leon Madsen from Denmark was automatically invited to participate in all final events, while Janusz Kołodziej, Mikkel Michelsen, Patryk Dudek and Dominik Kubera secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2022 season.
Five riders qualified through the SEC Challenge,[2] while the final five riders were handed wildcards by the SEC Commission.[3]
Calendar
[edit | edit source]Qualification
[edit | edit source]The top five riders from the SEC Challenge qualified for the championship series.[4]
| Round | Date | Venue | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 May | Error creating thumbnail: Nagyhalász Speedway Ring, Nagyhalász | France Dimitri Bergé |
| Nagyhalász | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | Rider | Pts |
| 1 | France Dimitri Bergé | 13 |
| 2 | Kacper Woryna |
10 |
| 3 | Czech Republic Jan Kvěch | 10 |
| 4 | Grzegorz Zengota |
10 |
| 5 | Andreas Lyager |
9 |
| 6 | Sweden Antonio Lindbäck | 9 |
| 7 | Szymon Woźniak |
9 |
| 8 | Niels-Kristian Iversen |
9 |
| 9 | Mads Hansen |
9 |
| 10 | Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs | 8 |
| 11 | Finland Timo Lahti | 8 |
| 12 | Finland Antti Vuolas | 6 |
| 13 | Frederik Jakobsen |
5 |
| 14 | Sweden Jacob Thorssell | 4 |
| 15 | Error creating thumbnail: Norbert Magosi | 1 |
| 16 | Error creating thumbnail: Márk Bárány | 0 |
| 17 | Error creating thumbnail: Roland Kovacs | 0 |
Qualified riders
[edit | edit source]| # | Riders | 2022 place | SEC Ch place | Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Leon Madsen |
1 | 8th | |
| 333 | Janusz Kołodziej |
2 | 5th | |
| 155 | Mikkel Michelsen |
3 | 6th | |
| 692 | Patryk Dudek |
4 | 4rd | |
| 415 | Dominik Kubera |
5 | 2nd | |
| 96 | France Dimitri Bergé | 13 | 1 | 2nd |
| 223 | Kacper Woryna |
14 | 2 | 4th |
| 201 | Czech Republic Jan Kvěch | 18 | 3 | 1st |
| 29 | Grzegorz Zengota |
4 | 1st | |
| 114 | Andreas Lyager |
5 | 1st | |
| 85 | Sweden Antonio Lindbäck | 6 | 5th | |
| 129 | Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs | 11 | 10 | 7th |
| 225 | Czech Republic Václav Milík | 15 | 9th | |
| 744 | Germany Kai Huckenbeck | 16 | 6th | |
| 299 | United Kingdom Adam Ellis | 17 | 2nd |
Championship Series
[edit | edit source]The 2023 series will be staged over four rounds.[5]
| Round | Date | Venue | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 June | Arena Częstochowa, Częstochowa |
Leon Madsen
|
| 2 | 5 August | Germany Stadion Güstrow, Güstrow | Janusz Kołodziej
|
| 3 | 9 September | Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz |
Leon Madsen
|
| 4 | 22 September | Czech Republic Svítkov Stadium, Pardubice | Janusz Kołodziej
|
Final Classification
[edit | edit source]| Pos. | Rider | Points | |
Germany | |
Czech Republic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (155) Mikkel Michelsen
|
52 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 9 |
| 2 | (30) Leon Madsen
|
44 | 16 | 4 | 15 | 9 |
| 3 | (333) Janusz Kołodziej
|
42 | – | 17 | 14 | 11 |
| 4 | (692) Patryk Dudek
|
33 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 6 |
| 5 | Latvia (129) Andžejs Ļebedevs | 33 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 5 |
| 6 | (415) Dominik Kubera
|
30 | – | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | Germany (744) Kai Huckenbeck | 30 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 7 |
| 8 | (223) Kacper Woryna
|
27 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 9 | France (96) Dimitri Bergé | 24 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| 10 | Sweden (85) Antonio Lindbäck | 25 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 |
| 11 | United Kingdom (299) Adam Ellis | 22 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| 12 | (114) Andreas Lyager
|
20 | – | 5 | 8 | 7 |
| 13 | (48) Szymon Woźniak
|
18 | 12 | – | 6 | – |
| 14 | Czech Republic (201) Jan Kvěch | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen
|
9 | 9 | – | – | – |
| 16 | (16) Maksym Drabik
|
9 | 9 | – | – | – |
| 17 | (29) Grzegorz Zengota
|
9 | – | 7 | 2 | – |
| 18 | Czech Republic (225) Václav Milík | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | – |
| 19 | Finland (98) Timo Lahti | 5 | 5 | – | – | – |
| 20 | Germany (16) Norick Blödorn | 3 | – | 3 | – | – |
| 21 | Czech Republic (16) Petr Chlupáč | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| 22 | (16) Kacper Pludra
|
1 | – | – | 1 | – |
| 23 | (17) Kacper Halkiewicz
|
0 | 0 | – | – | – |
See also
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