2013 Speedway European Championship
Season details
Dates27 July – 29 September
Events4
Cities4
Countries3
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats88 (in 4 events)
Winners
Champion SVK Martin Vaculík
Runner-up DEN Nicki Pedersen
3rd place RUS Grigory Laguta

The 2013 Speedway European Championship season was the premiere season of the Speedway European Championship era, and decided the 13th UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the first series under the promotion of One Sport Lts. of Poland.

The 2013 Speedway European Championship was won by Martin Vaculík from Slovakia

Qualification

For the 2013 season there are 15 permanent riders, joined at each SEC Final by one wild card and two track reserves.

Defending champion, Aleš Dryml, Jr. of Czech Republic, was invited to participate in all finals event, as of top European Grand Prix riders: Tomasz Gollob of Poland, Nicki Pedersen of Denmark, Andreas Jonsson of Sweden and Emil Sayfutdinov of Russia.[1] Three weeks before Final One, Tai Woffinden of Great Britain was invited to the series also.[2] Injured Andreas Jonsson was replaced by another the Swede Fredrik Lindgren.[3]

Nine riders were qualified from the SEC Challenge, qualification final, preceded by three Semifinal event. The SEC Challenge was won by Jurica Pavlic of Croatia.[4]

Qualified riders

#RidersSEC Ch place
1Czech Republic Aleš Dryml, Jr.
2Poland Tomasz Gollob
3Sweden Fredrik Lindgren
4Denmark Nicki Pedersen
5Russia Emil Sayfutdinov
6Croatia Jurica Pavlic1
7Russia Roman Povazhny2
8Russia Grigorij Laguta3
9Slovakia Martin Vaculík4
10Ukraine Andriy Karpov5
11Poland Maciej Janowski6
12Denmark Hans N. Andersen7
13Poland Sebastian Ułamek8
14Latvia Ķasts Puodžuks9
15United Kingdom Tai Woffinden

Wild cards and track reserves

#Final One – Gdańsk, PolandFinal Two – Tolyatti, RussiaFinal Three – Goričan, CroatiaFinal Four – Rzeszów, Poland
16Poland Krystian PieszczekRussia Artem LagutaPoland Krzysztof KasprzakPoland Grzegorz Walasek
17Poland Artur MroczkaRussia Vitaly BelousovPoland Łukasz SówkaPoland Łukasz Sówka
18Russia Renat GafurovRussia Oleg BeschastnovCroatia Renato CvetkoPoland Maciej Kuciapa

BSI—One Sports relationships

The Speedway Grand Prix promoter, BSI of the United Kingdom, effectively prevented the appearance top riders in SEC. British federation, Auto-Cycle Union (ACU) after the withdrawal of Nicholls refused to nominate other British riders.[5]

Because final events date do not coincide with Wolverhampton Wolves matches, ACU and BSPA have to agree of Tai Woffinden' participating in the series.[2]

ACU and British Speedway Promoters' Association refused to appearance in a tournament qualifier British star, Scott Nicholls.[6] On 27 July, Final One date, Nicholls need ride in British Elite League event. Then ACU does not agree that Hans N. Andersen could be replaced in Swindon Robins match. Andersen informed the club and a league that he will take part in the SEC before signing the contract.[7]

Results

The 2013 season consist of 4 events.

RoundDateCity and venueWinnerRunner-up3rd placed4th placedResults
1 27 JulyPoland Gdańsk, Poland
Zbigniew Podlecki Stadium
Russia Emil SayfutdinovDenmark Nicki PedersenRussia Grigory LagutaUnited Kingdom Tai Woffinden [8]
2 10 AugustRussia Tolyatti, Russia
Mega-Lada Stadium
Russia Emil SayfutdinovDenmark Nicki PedersenUnited Kingdom Tai WoffindenPoland Tomasz Gollob [9]
3 14 SeptemberCroatia Goričan, Croatia
Stadium Milenium
Poland Krzysztof KasprzakPoland Sebastian UłamekSlovakia Martin VaculikPoland Tomasz Gollob [10]
4 29 SeptemberPoland Rzeszów, Poland
Municipal Stadium
Slovakia Martin VaculikRussia Grigory LagutaDenmark Hans N. AndersenPoland Grzegorz Zengota [11]

Classification

Pos. Rider Points PolandRussiaCroatiaPoland
1 Slovakia (9) Martin Vaculik 47 9101018
2 Denmark (4) Nicki Pedersen 44 12121010
3 Russia (8) Grigory Laguta 42 415716
4 Denmark (12) Hans N. Andersen 35 89810
5 United Kingdom (15) Tai Woffinden 33 111210
5 Poland (11) Maciej Janowski 33 10788
7 Poland (2) Tomasz Gollob 32 13910
8 Sweden (3) Fredrik Lindgren 28 4978
9 Russia (5) Emil Sayfutdinov 27 1413
10 Poland (13) Sebastian Ułamek 22 6142
10 Ukraine (10) Andriy Karpov 22 51610
12 Croatia (6) Jurica Pavlic 20 4763
13 Poland (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 15 15
13 Poland (22) Grzegorz Zengota 15 411
13 Czech Republic (1) Aleš Dryml, Jr. 15 5127
16 Russia (19) Artem Laguta 12 12
17 Latvia (14) Ķasts Puodžuks 10 100
18 Russia (7) Roman Povazhny 9 63
19 Poland (20) Robert Miśkowiak 11 56
20 Poland (16) Grzegorz Walasek 7 7
21 Denmark (19) Leon Madsen 6 6
22 Poland (16) Krystian Pieszczek 5 5
22 Italy (21) Nicolas Covatti 5 41
24 Russia (16) Vitaly Belousov 3 3
24 Poland (17) Łukasz Sówka 3 ns3
26 Russia (17) Oleg Beschastnov 2 2
27 Russia (18) Daniil Ivanov 1 1
Poland (17) Artur Mroczka ns
Russia (18) Renat Gafurov ns
Croatia (18) Renato Cvetko ns
Poland (18) Maciej Kuciapa ns
2013 Speedway European Champion
Slovakia
Martin Vaculik
First title


Broadcasting

TerritoryRights holderRef
World wide Eurosport and Eurosport 2 [12]

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 "Tai Woffinden with a wild card for SEC!". speedwayeuro.com. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  3. "Fredrik Lindgren will take part in the SEC finals". SportoweFakty.pl. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  4. "Pavlic won Challenge in Zarnovica! We know the finalists of SEC 2013!". speedwayeuro.com. 6 July 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  5. "Speedway European Championships bez Anglików" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 28 April 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  6. "Wojna angielsko-polska o speedway!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  7. "Hans Andersen wystąpi w czwartek w Swindon" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  8. "Emil Sayfutdinov won in Gdansk!". speedwayeuro.com. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  9. "Emil Sayfutdinov won in Gdansk!". speedwayeuro.com. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  10. "Emil Sayfutdinov won in Gdansk!". speedwayeuro.com. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  11. "Martin Vaculik European Champion!". speedwayeuro.com. 29 September 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  12. "Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Europy – czyli nowa jakość speedwaya. "Jest to wielka szansa dla sportu żużlowego"" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
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