1998 European Speedway Club Champions' Cup

European Speedway Club Champions' Cup
European Speedway Club Champions' Cup
	The Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium hosted the inaugural final
Start date	17 May
End date	1 October
	← none 1999 →

Last updated August 17, 2024

The 1998 European Speedway Club Champions' Cup was the inaugural motorcycle speedway championship for clubs competing in Europe. It was organised by the European Motorcycle Union (UEM) and featured 14 countries, although it only featured Poland from three of the 'Big four' leagues, with the British, Swedish and Danish leagues choosing not to compete.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Qualifying

Round 1

Due to lack of an organiser for the scheduled Group C event, Bulgaria and France dropped out and Ukraine moved to round 2.

Round 2

SC Rivne qualified for round 3

17 May 1998
Rivne Speedway Stadium, Rivne

Pos.	Team	Pts.	Scorers
1	SC Rivne	46	Igor Marko 12, Aleksandr Lyatosinsky 12, Vladimir Trofimov 11, Vladimir Kolody 11
2	Motoclub Olimpia	36	Stefano Alfonso 14, Armando Castagna 12, Alessandro Dalla Valle 5, Stefano Tadiello 5
3	Hajdu Volan SC	22	Laszlo Bodi 8, Norbert Magosi 5, Zsolt Bencze 5, Laszlo Szatmari 4
4	SC Remus Potzneusiedl	15	Andreas Bossner 11, Sandor Tihanyi 3, Ivan Nagar 1, Tomas Stadler 0

Round 3

Lukoil Oktyabrsky qualified for final

21 June 1998
Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana

Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20
1	Lukoil Oktyabrsky	49	3	6	7	7	10	13	16	19	21	24	27	30	32	34	37	39		42	44	46	49
	(5) Rinat Mardanshin	13	3					3					3					2	11			2
	(6) Eduard Shaihullin	0		-			-							-			-		0				-
	(7) Mikhail Starostin	10				X			3			3				2			8		2
	(8) Talgat Galeev	11			1					3	2				2				8	3
	(18) Roman Povazhny	15		3			3							3			3		12				3

2	AMTK Ljubljana	38	2	4	7	8	9	11	11	13	16	18	20	22	25	28	29	32		32	33	36	38
	(13) Matej Ferjan	11		2					X		3							3	8			3
	(14) Jernej Kolenko	7	2							2		2					1		7	0
	(15) Izak Šantej	12			3			2						2		3			10				2
	(16) Ales Dolinar	8				1	1						2		3				7		1
	(20) -	0																	0

3	SC Rivne	19	1	1	1	3	5	5	7	7	8	9	10	10	11	11	13	13		15	18	19	19
	(9) Igor Marko	6			0		2					1						0	3		3
	(10) Aleksandr Lyatosinsky	5				2		0			1						2		5				T
	(11) Vladimir Trofimov	3		0						0			1			0			1	2
	(12) Vladimir Kolody	5	1						2					E	1				4			1
	(19) -	0																	0

4	Lokomotiv Daugavpils	13	0	1	3	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	11		12	12	12	13
	(1) Nikolay Kokin	7				3				1				1				1	6				1
	(2) Vladimir Voronkov	2			2				F				-				-		2
	(3) Aleksandr Biznya	2		1				1				E			0				2		0
	(4) Maksim Andreev	2	0				0				0					1			1	1
	(17) -	0																	0
Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside	gate B	gate C	gate D – outside

Final

23 August 1998
Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz

Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20
1	Polonia Bydgoszcz	46	3	6	6	9	12	15	16	18	21	24	25	28	28	31	34	37		38	40	43	46
	(1) Tomasz Gollob	14				3				2				3				3	11			3
	(2) Jacek Gollob	6			E				1				1				3		5	1
	(3) Piotr Protasiewicz	11		3				3				3			-				9		2
	(4) Henrik Gustafsson	15	3				3				3					3			12				3
	(17) Michał Robacki	0													0				0

2	Olymp Prague	36	0	2	5	7	8	9	12	15	17	19	22	24	25	26	28	30		32	32	34	36
	(13) Antonín Šváb Jr.	11		2					3		2							2	9				2
	(14) Bohumil Brhel	9	0							3		2					2		7			2
	(15) Zdeněk Schneiderwind	7			3			1						2		1			7	-
	(16) Adrian Rymel	7				2	1						3		1				7		-
	(20) Pavel Ondrašík	2																	0	2	0

3	Lukoil Oktyabrsky	29	2	2	4	4	6	8	10	11	12	13	15	16	19	21	22	23		26	27	28	29
	(9) Rinat Mardanshin	7			2		2					1						1	6				1
	(10) Mikhail Starostin	5				0		2			1						1		4		1
	(11) Talgat Galeev	6		E						1			2			2			5			1
	(12) Flyur Kalimullin	0																	0
	(19) Sebastian Ułamek	11	2						2					1	3				8	3

4	MSC Brokstedt	9	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	6		6	9	9	9
	(5) Matthias Kröger	1	1					E					0					0	1	E
	(6) Frede Schött	4		1			0							0			-		1		3
	(7) Hartmud Balfanz	1				1			0			0				0			1			0
	(8) Aksel Jepsen	3			1					0	-				2				3				0
	(18) Stephan Katt	0									0						0		0
Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside	gate B	gate C	gate D – outside

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References

↑ "Historical statement of results 1998-2012". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
↑ "Klubowy Puchar Europy". Speedway.hg. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
↑ "Before the KPE final in Toruń: the history of the competition". Sporto We Fakty. 16 September 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
↑ "Z kartek kalendarza - 1 październik: Historyczna wygrana Polonii Bydgoszcz. Pytko IMP. Jabłoński IME". Sporto We Fakty. October 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

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[1] "Historical statement of results 1998-2012". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

[2] "Klubowy Puchar Europy". Speedway.hg. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

[3] "Before the KPE final in Toruń: the history of the competition". Sporto We Fakty. 16 September 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

[4] "Z kartek kalendarza - 1 październik: Historyczna wygrana Polonii Bydgoszcz. Pytko IMP. Jabłoński IME". Sporto We Fakty. October 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

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