2016 Speedway European Championship

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2016 Speedway European Championship
Season details
Dates16 July – 17 September
Events4
Cities4
Countries4
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats(in 4 events)
Winners
ChampionFlag of Denmark.svg  DEN Nicki Pedersen
Runner-upFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Václav Milík
3rd placeFlag of Poland.svg  POL Krzysztof Kasprzak

The 2016 Speedway European Championship season was the fourth season of the Speedway European Championship (SEC) era, and the 16th UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the fourth series under the promotion of One Sport Lts. of Poland.

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The championship was won by Nicki Pedersen, who claimed the title for the first time. [1] He won by two points from Václav Milík, who beat Krzysztof Kasprzak in a run-off for second place. Grigory Laguta and Leon Madsen finished fourth and fifth to ensure qualification for the 2017 competition. Two-time defending champion Emil Sayfutdinov finished seventh.


Qualification

For the 2016 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. Nicki Pedersen, Antonio Lindbäck, Janusz Kołodziej and Martin Vaculík secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2015 season.

Seven riders qualified through the SEC Challenge and the line-up was then completed when Grigory Laguta, Václav Milík and Andžejs Ļebedevs received and accepted wild cards to compete. [2]

Qualified riders

#Riders 2015 placeSEC Ch placeAppearance
89 Flag of Russia.svg Emil Sayfutdinov 14th
3 Flag of Denmark.svg Nicki Pedersen 24th
85 Flag of Sweden.svg Antonio Lindbäck 32nd
27 Flag of Poland.svg Janusz Kołodziej 43rd
54 Flag of Slovakia.svg Martin Vaculík 54th
507 Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Kasprzak -12nd
66 Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen 21st
610 Flag of Finland.svg Joonas Kylmäkorpi 31st
59 Flag of Poland.svg Przemysław Pawlicki 742nd
34 Flag of Denmark.svg Hans N. Andersen 953rd
36 Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Ljung 61st
5 Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Thomsen 71st
7 Flag of Russia.svg Grigory Laguta 64th
13 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Milík 122nd
29 Flag of Latvia.svg Andžejs Ļebedevs 2nd

Calendar

Qualification

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

RoundDateCity and venueWinnerRunner-up3rd placed4th placedResults
Semifinal 130 April Flag of Hungary.svg Debrecen, Hungary

Speedway Stadium

Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Eduard Krčmář Flag of Germany.svg Martin Smolinski Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Ljung Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen results
Semifinal 27 May Flag of Austria.svg Mureck, Austria

Speedway Stadium

Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Jepsen Jensen Flag of Denmark.svg Hans N. Andersen Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Kasprzak Flag of Italy.svg Nicolas Covatti results
Semifinal 315 May Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Liberec, Czech Republic

Speedway Stadium

Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Szczepaniak Flag of Russia.svg Artem Laguta Flag of Finland.svg Joonas Kylmäkorpi Flag of Poland.svg Tomasz Jędrzejak results
Semifinal 415 May Flag of Slovakia.svg Zarnovica, Slovakia

Speedway Stadium

Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Lindgren Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Thomsen Flag of Poland.svg Przemysław Pawlicki Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas H. Jonasson results
SEC Challenge27 May Flag of Germany.svg Olching, Germany

Stadion Olching

Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Kasprzak Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen Flag of Finland.svg Joonas Kylmäkorpi Flag of Poland.svg Przemysław Pawlicki results

Championship Series

A four-event calendar was scheduled for the final series, [3] with events in Germany, Latvia, Russia and Poland.

RoundDateCity and venueWinnerRunner-up3rd placed4th placedResults
116 July Flag of Germany.svg Güstrow, Germany

Speedway Stadion

Flag of Slovakia.svg Martin Vaculík Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Kasprzak Flag of Germany.svg Kai Huckenbeck Flag of Poland.svg Janusz Kołodziej results
26 August Flag of Latvia.svg Daugavpils, Latvia

Spīdveja centrs

Flag of Russia.svg Grigory Laguta Flag of Finland.svg Joonas Kylmäkorpi Flag of Russia.svg Emil Sayfutdinov Flag of Latvia.svg Maksims Bogdanovs results
320 August Flag of Russia.svg Tolyatti, Russia

IMega-Lada Stadium

Flag of Russia.svg Grigory Laguta Flag of Sweden.svg Antonio Lindbäck Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen Flag of Denmark.svg Hans N. Andersen results
417 September Flag of Poland.svg Rybnik, Poland

Stadion Miejski

Flag of Denmark.svg Nicki Pedersen Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Milík Jr. Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Kasprzak Flag of Russia.svg Emil Sayfutdinov results

Classification

Pos.RiderPoints Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Latvia.svg Flag of Russia.svg Flag of Poland.svg
1 Flag of Denmark.svg (3) Nicki Pedersen 40761017
2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (13) Václav Milík 38891011
3 Flag of Poland.svg (507) Krzysztof Kasprzak 38115814
4 Flag of Russia.svg (7) Grigory Laguta 37131410
5 Flag of Denmark.svg (66) Leon Madsen 37781111
6 Flag of Sweden.svg (85) Antonio Lindbäck 3787148
7 Flag of Russia.svg (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 35810512
8 Flag of Poland.svg (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 339987
9 Flag of Latvia.svg (29) Andžejs Ļebedevs 268765
10 Flag of Finland.svg (610) Joonas Kylmäkorpi 251456
11 Flag of Slovakia.svg (54) Martin Vaculík 2412480
12 Flag of Poland.svg (27) Janusz Kołodziej 249465
13 Flag of Denmark.svg (34) Hans N. Andersen 24789
14 Flag of Denmark.svg (5) Anders Thomsen 206950
15 Flag of Sweden.svg (36) Peter Ljung 165236
16 Flag of Latvia.svg (16) Maksims Bogdanovs 1111
17 Flag of Germany.svg (15) Kai Huckenbeck 99
18 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Kacper Woryna 66
19 Flag of Italy.svg (78) Nicolás Covatti 514
20 Flag of Germany.svg (16) Tobias Busch 44
21 Flag of Russia.svg (16) Andrey Kudryashov 33
22 Flag of Poland.svg (17) Robert Chmiel 33
23 Flag of Germany.svg (17) Tobias Kroner 11
24 Flag of Poland.svg (18) Dominik Kubera 11
25 Flag of Russia.svg (17) Mikhail Litvinov 00
26 Flag of Russia.svg (18) Gleb Chugunov 00

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  2. "Participants announced". SEC.
  3. "2016 SEC Events". SEC.