2015 Speedway European Championship

The 2015 Speedway European Championship season was the third season of the Speedway European Championship (SEC) era, and the 15th UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the third series under the promotion of One Sport Lts. of Poland.

2015 Speedway European Championship
Season details
Dates20 June – 19 September
Events4
Cities4
Countries3
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats(in 4 events)
Winners
Champion RUS Emil Sayfutdinov
Runner-up DEN Nicki Pedersen
3rd place SWE Antonio Lindbäck

The championship was won by Russia's Emil Sayfutdinov for the second season in succession.[1] The Russian finished three points ahead of Danish rider Nicki Pedersen. Third place went to Antonio Lindbäck, who was another four points behind Pedersen. Janusz Kołodziej and Martin Vaculík secured the final two qualifying spots for the 2016 season by finishing fourth and fifth respectively.

Qualification

For the 2015 season, 15 permanent riders were joined at each SEC Final by one wild card and two track reserves.

Defending champion, Emil Sayfutdinov from Russia was automatically invited to participate in all final events. Peter Kildemand, Nicki Pedersen, Martin Vaculík and Janusz Kołodziej secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2014 season.

Tomasz Gollob, [2] Antonio Lindbäck and Martin Smolinski received and accepted a wild card to compete in the 2015 Speedway European Championships. [3]

Qualified riders

#Riders2014 placeSEC Ch placeAppearancePrevious appearances in series
89 Emil Sayfutdinov13rd2014
25 Peter Kildemand22nd2014
3 Nicki Pedersen33rd2014
54 Martin Vaculík43rd2014
27 Janusz Kołodziej52nd2014
20 Tomasz Gollob93rd2014
84 Martin Smolinski162nd2014
85 Antonio Lindbäck1st
222 Artem Laguta12nd2013
34 Hans N. Andersen22nd2013
79 Tomasz Jędrzejak31st
151 Piotr Protasiewicz41st
13 Václav Milík51st
7 Grigory Laguta1263rd2014
59 Przemysław Pawlicki71st

Calendar

Qualification

The calendar for qualification consisted of 3 Semifinal events and one SEC Challenge event.

RoundDateCity and venueWinnerRunner-up3rd placed4th placedResults
Semifinal 1 1 May Debrecen, Hungary

Speedway Stadium

Piotr Protasiewicz Tomasz Jędrzejak Leon Madsen Václav Milík results
Semifinal 2 16 May Daugavpils, Latvia

Spīdveja Centrs

Piotr Pawlicki Jr. Hans N. Andersen Grigory Laguta Andžejs Ļebedevs results
Semifinal 3 16 May Lamothe-Landerron, [[]]

Speedway Stadium

Artem Laguta Jesper B. Monberg Linus Sundström Krzysztof Jabłoński results
SEC Challenge 5 June Toruń, Poland

MotoArena

Artem Laguta Hans N. Andersen Tomasz Jędrzejak Piotr Protasiewicz results

Championship Series

A four-event calendar was scheduled for the final series,[4] with events in Poland, Germany and Sweden.

RoundDateCity and venueWinnerRunner-up3rd placed4th placedResults
1 20 June Toruń, Poland

MotoArena

Nicki Pedersen Paweł Przedpełski Emil Sayfutdinov Antonio Lindbäck results
2 11 July Landshut, Germany

Onesolar Arena

Emil Sayfutdinov Nicki Pedersen Antonio Lindbäck Tomasz Gollob results
3 15 August Kumla, Sweden

ICA Maxi Arena

Emil Sayfutdinov Grigory Laguta Nicki Pedersen Antonio Lindbäck results
4 19 September Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland

Stadion Miejski

Nicki Pedersen Janusz Kołodziej Antonio Lindbäck Przemysław Pawlicki results

Classification

Pos. Rider Points
1 (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 58 1615189
2 (3) Nicki Pedersen 55 15141115
3 (85) Antonio Lindbäck 51 12111216
4 (27) Janusz Kołodziej 33 410712
5 (54) Martin Vaculík 33 51189
6 (7) Grigory Laguta 30 95106
7 (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 28 58510
8 (222) Artem Laguta 28 8587
9 (34) Hans N. Andersen 25 2968
10 (25) Peter Kildemand 22 1057
11 (151) Piotr Protasiewicz 20 875
12 (13) Václav Milík 20 7652
13 (20) Tomasz Gollob 18 6120
14 (84) Martin Smolinski 17 1592
15 (79) Tomasz Jędrzejak 16 6172
16 (16) Paweł Przedpełski 12 12
17 (16) Fredrik Lindgren 9 9
18 (16) Mateusz Szczepaniak 9 9
19 (15) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 7 7
20 (17) Fredrik Engman 6 6
21 (16) Joel Andersson 4 4
22 (16) Michael Härtel 1 1
23 (17) Kai Huckenbeck 1 1
24 (15) Vitaly Belousov 1 1
25 (18) Tobias Busch 0 0
26 (17) Rune Holta 0 0
2015 Speedway European Champion

Emil Sayfutdinov
Second title

See also

References

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