2015 Speedway European Championship

2015 Speedway European Championship
Season details
Dates 20 June – 19 September
Events 4 in 4 cities in 3 countries
Riders 15 permanents,
1 wild card(s),
2 track reserves
Champion  RUS Emil Sayfutdinov
Runner-up  DEN Nicki Pedersen
3rd place  SWE Antonio Lindbäck
Previous: 2014 Next: 2016

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

# Riders 2014 place SEC Ch place Appearance Previous appearances in series
89 Russia Emil Sayfutdinov 1 3rd 2014
25 Denmark Peter Kildemand 2 2nd 2014
3 Denmark Nicki Pedersen 3 3rd 2014
54 Slovakia Martin Vaculík 4 3rd 2014
27 Poland Janusz Kołodziej 5 2nd 2014
20 Poland Tomasz Gollob 9 3rd 2014
84 Germany Martin Smolinski 16 2nd 2014
85 Sweden Antonio Lindbäck – 1st
222 Russia Artem Laguta – 1 2nd 2013
34 Denmark Hans N. Andersen – 2 2nd 2013
79 Poland Tomasz Jędrzejak – 3 1st
151 Poland Piotr Protasiewicz – 4 1st
13 Czech Republic Václav Milík – 5 1st
7 Russia Grigory Laguta 12 6 3rd 2014
59 Poland Przemysław Pawlicki – 7 1st

Calendar

Qualification

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

Round Date City and venue Winner Runner-up 3rd placed 4th placed Results
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.

Round Date City and venue Winner Runner-up 3rd placed 4th placed Results
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 Poland Germany Sweden Poland
1 Russia (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 58 16 15 18 9
2 Denmark (3) Nicki Pedersen 55 15 14 11 15
3 Sweden (85) Antonio Lindbäck 51 12 11 12 16
4 Poland (27) Janusz Kołodziej 33 4 10 7 12
5 Slovakia (54) Martin Vaculík 33 5 11 8 9
6 Russia (7) Grigory Laguta 30 9 5 10 6
7 Poland (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 28 5 8 5 10
8 Russia (222) Artem Laguta 28 8 5 8 7
9 Denmark (34) Hans N. Andersen 25 2 9 6 8
10 Denmark (25) Peter Kildemand 22 10 5 – 7
11 Poland (151) Piotr Protasiewicz 20 8 7 – 5
12 Czech Republic (13) Václav Milík 20 7 6 5 2
13 Poland (20) Tomasz Gollob 18 6 12 0 –
14 Germany (84) Martin Smolinski 17 1 5 9 2
15 Poland (79) Tomasz Jędrzejak 16 6 1 7 2
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 Härtel 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

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