2022 Speedway European Championship

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2022 Speedway European Championship
Season details
Dates2 July – 23 September
Events4
Cities4
Countries3
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats(in 4 events)
Winners
ChampionFlag of Denmark.svg  DEN Leon Madsen
Runner-upFlag of Poland.svg  POL Janusz Kołodziej
3rd placeFlag of Denmark.svg  DEN Mikkel Michelsen

The 2022 Speedway European Championship season was the 10th season of the Speedway European Championship (SEC) era, and the 22nd UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the ninth series under the promotion of One Sport Lts. of Poland. Mikkel Michelsen was the defending champion having won the title in 2021.

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The title was won by Denmark's Leon Madsen after he overtook former series leader Janusz Kołodziej in the final round to win by just one point. [1] It was the second time Madsen won the title after claiming the championship in 2018.

Qualification

For the 2022 season, 15 permanent riders were joined at each SEC Final by one wildcard and two track reserves.

Defending champion, Mikkel Michelsen from Denmark was automatically invited to participate in all final events, while Leon Madsen, Patryk Dudek, Piotr Pawlicki Jr. and Dan Bewley secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2021 season.

Five riders qualified through the SEC Challenge, [2] while David Bellego, Kai Huckenbeck, Václav Milík, Oliver Berntzon and Janusz Kołodziej were named as series wildcards. [3]

Qualified riders

#Riders 2021 placeSEC Ch placeAppearance
155 Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Michelsen 15th
30 Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen 27th
692 Flag of Poland.svg Patryk Dudek 33rd
777 Flag of Poland.svg Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 43rd
99 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan Bewley 52nd
29 Flag of Latvia.svg Andžejs Ļebedevs 1116th
96 Flag of France.svg Dimitri Bergé 21st
67 Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Jensen 31st
115 Flag of Poland.svg Bartosz Smektała 644th
299 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Adam Ellis 51st
415 Flag of France.svg David Bellego 1774th
744 Flag of Germany.svg Kai Huckenbeck 985th
225 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Milík 1098th
93 Flag of Sweden.svg Oliver Berntzon 151st
333 Flag of Poland.svg Janusz Kołodziej 4th

Calendar

Qualification

The top five riders from the SEC Challenge qualified for the championship series. [4]

RoundDateVenueWinner
118 June Flag of Slovenia.svg Matija Gubec Stadium, Krsko Flag of Latvia.svg Andžejs Ļebedevs

Championship Series

The 2022 series was staged over four rounds. [5]

RoundDateVenueWinner
12 July Flag of Poland.svg Rybnik Municipal Stadium, Rybnik Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen
26 August Flag of Germany.svg Stadion Güstrow, Güstrow Flag of Poland.svg Janusz Kołodziej
33 September Flag of Poland.svg Moto Arena Łódź, Łódź Flag of Poland.svg Janusz Kołodziej
423 September Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Svítkov Stadium, Pardubice Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Michelsen

Final Classification

[6]

Pos.RiderPoints Flag of Poland.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Poland.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
1 Flag of Denmark.svg (30) Leon Madsen 5313121513
2 Flag of Poland.svg (333) Janusz Kołodziej 5214151211
3 Flag of Denmark.svg (155) Mikkel Michelsen 451411614
4 Flag of Poland.svg (692) Patryk Dudek 42121497
5 Flag of Poland.svg (19) Dominik Kubera 3361512
6 Flag of Denmark.svg (67) Rasmus Jensen 3158810
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (99) Dan Bewley 3012810
8 Flag of Poland.svg (115) Bartosz Smektała 2911783
9 Flag of Poland.svg (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 2810657
10 Flag of Sweden.svg (93) Oliver Berntzon 2810378
11 Flag of Latvia.svg (29) Andžejs Ļebedevs 2316115
12 Flag of France.svg (415) David Bellego 2031025
13 Flag of France.svg (96) Dimitri Bergé 209155
14 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Kacper Woryna 18810
15 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (225) Václav Milík 151824
16 Flag of Germany.svg (744) Kai Huckenbeck 1275
17 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (299) Adam Ellis 122325
18 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (16) Jan Kvěch 77
19 Flag of Germany.svg (16) Michael Hartel 55
20 Flag of Poland.svg (17) Marcin Nowak 11
21 Flag of Poland.svg (18) Jakub Krawczyk 00
22 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (17) Petr Chlupáč 00

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