2018 Danish speedway season

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2018 Danish speedway season
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Niels-Kristian Iversen won his seventh consecutive Swedish title, joining Nicki Pedersen in second place behind Ole Olsen in the all time list.
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Individual

Individual Championship

The 2018 Danish Individual Speedway Championship was the 2018 edition of the Danish Individual Speedway Championship. [1] The final was staged over a single round, at the Granly Speedway Arena. Niels Kristian Iversen won his seventh national title, tying Nicki Pedersen for second on the all-time list. It was also only the second time in the history of the competition that a rider won seven successive titles, with Ole Olsen also completing the feat in 1973. Mikkel Michelsen finished second, with Pedersen third and Kenneth Bjerre fourth. [2] [3]

Contents

Each rider competed in five rides, with the four top scorers racing in an additional heat. The points from the additional heat were then added to the previous score from the five riders. The winner was the rider who accumulated the most points in all of their rides, and not the rider who won the additional heat.

Final

  • 4 August 2018, held at the Granly Speedway Arena, Esbjerg [4]
Pos.RiderPointsDetails
1 Niels Kristian Iversen (Esbjerg)16(3,3,3,3,3,1)
2 Mikkel Michelsen (Slangerup)13(2,3,3,2,0,3)
3 Nicki Pedersen (Holsted)12(3,2,0,3,2,2)
4 Kenneth Bjerre (Holstebro)11(3,2,2,2,2,0)
5 Mads Korneliussen (Region Varde)10(2,1,3,1,3)
6 Michael Jepsen Jensen (Slangerup)9(3,3,2,W,1)
7 René Bach (Esbjerg)9(2,3,1,2,1)
8 Thomas Jørgensen (Region Varde)7(1,1,2,0,3)
9 Mads Hansen (Region Varde)6(2,0,0,3,1)
10 Peter Kildemand (Fjelsted)6(0,2,0,3,1)
11 Andreas Lyager (Slangerup)6(0,1,3,2,0)
12 Patrick Hougaard (Grindsted)6(1,0,2,1,2)
13 Mikkel Bech (Region Varde)5(0,0,1,1,3)
14 Hans N. Andersen (Region Varde)5(1,2,1,1,0)
15 Rasmus Jensen (Holsted)4(1,1,0,0,2)
16 Frederik Jakobsen (Fjelsted)1(-,-,1,-,-)
17 Claus Vissing (Grindsted)0(0,0,T,0,U)
Jonas Seifert-Salk (Slangerup)DNR

U21 Championship

Andreas Lyager won the U21 Championship at Outrup on 3 August. [5] [6] [7]

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Andreas Lyager 14+3
2 Jonas Jeppesen 12+2
3 Frederik Jakobsen 13+0
4 Jonas Seifert-Salk 11+1
5 Patrick Hansen 10
6 Jonas Knudsen 10
7 Sam Jensen 9
8 Mads Hansen 8
9 Tim Sørensen 7
10 Christian Thaysen 7
11 Martin Steen Hansen 7
12 Matias Nielsen 5
13 Marius Nielsen 4
14 Kasper Andersen 4
15 Jannik B. Sorensen 4
16 Emil Portner 2
17 Emil Breum (res)1

Team

Danish Speedway League

The Danish Speedway League was won by Region Varde for the fifth time, but the second known by the name of Region Varde. [8] [9] [10]

PosTeamPWDLPtsBPTotal
1 Region Varde 1291219524
2 Fjelsted 1281317522
3 Slangerup 1270514317
4 Holsted Tigers 1250710313
5 Grindsted 1234510313
6 Holstebro 123369211
7 Esbjerg Vikings 12219505

Semi Final

PosTeamPts
1Slangerup42
2Holsted40
3Grindsted26
4Holstebro24

Super Final

PosTeamPtsRiders
1 Region Varde 40 Bech 13, Korneliussen 11, H Andersen 7, Jørgensen 6, M Hansen 3, Thyme dns
2 Slangerup 34 Lyager 12, Michelsen 9, Hansen 10, Wölbert 6, Eklöf 4, Seifert-Salk 1, M Nielsen dns
3 Holsted 33 Klindt 14, N Pedersen 8, R Jensen 6, S Jensen 3, Jeppesen 0, Mortensen dns
4 Fjelsted 29 Thomsen 10, Kildemand 8, Aarnio 6, F Jakobsen 3, Thaysen 2, Basso dns

Teams

Region Varde

Slangerup

Holsted

Fjelsted

Esbjerg

Grindsted

Holstebro

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