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 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.

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
89Russia Emil Sayfutdinov13rd2014
25Denmark Peter Kildemand22nd2014
3Denmark Nicki Pedersen33rd2014
54Slovakia Martin Vaculík43rd2014
27Poland Janusz Kołodziej52nd2014
20Poland Tomasz Gollob93rd2014
84Germany Martin Smolinski162nd2014
85Sweden Antonio Lindbäck1st
222Russia Artem Laguta12nd2013
34Denmark Hans N. Andersen22nd2013
79Poland Tomasz Jędrzejak31st
151Poland Piotr Protasiewicz41st
13Czech Republic Václav Milík51st
7Russia Grigory Laguta1263rd2014
59Poland 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 Hungary Debrecen, Hungary

Speedway Stadium

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

Spīdveja Centrs

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

Speedway Stadium

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

MotoArena

Russia Artem Laguta Denmark Hans N. Andersen Poland Tomasz Jędrzejak Poland 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 Poland Toruń, Poland

MotoArena

Denmark Nicki Pedersen Poland Paweł Przedpełski Russia Emil Sayfutdinov Sweden Antonio Lindbäck results
2 11 July Germany Landshut, Germany

Onesolar Arena

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

ICA Maxi Arena

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

Stadion Miejski

Denmark Nicki Pedersen Poland Janusz Kołodziej Sweden Antonio Lindbäck Poland Przemysław Pawlicki results

Classification

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

See also

References

  1. "Final 2015 SEC Standings". SEC.
  2. "Tomasz Gollob gets wildcard". SEC.
  3. "European Championship Wildcards". World Speedway.
  4. "Kumla completes calendar". SEC.
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