2023 Speedway European Championship

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2023 Speedway European Championship
Season details
Dates17 June – 22 September
Events4
Cities4
Countries3
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats(in 4 events)
Winners
ChampionFlag of Denmark.svg  DEN Mikkel Michelsen
Runner-upFlag of Denmark.svg  DEN Leon Madsen
3rd placeFlag of Poland.svg  POL Janusz Kołodziej

The 2023 Speedway European Championship season was the 11th season of the Speedway European Championship (SEC) era, and the 23rd UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the 10th series under the promotion of Polish company One Sport Lts. Danish rider Mikkel Michelsen won the Championship for the third time. [1]

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Qualification

For the 2023 season, 15 permanent riders were joined at each SEC Final by one wildcard and two track reserves.

Defending champion, Leon Madsen from Denmark was automatically invited to participate in all final events, while Janusz Kołodziej, Mikkel Michelsen, Patryk Dudek and Dominik Kubera secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2022 season.

Five riders qualified through the SEC Challenge, [2] while the final five riders were handed wildcards by the SEC Commission. [3]

Calendar

Qualification

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

RoundDateVenueWinner
114 May Flag of Hungary.svg Nagyhalász Speedway Ring, Nagyhalász Flag of France.svg Dimitri Bergé
Nagyhalász
PosRiderPts
1 Flag of France.svg Dimitri Bergé 13
2 Flag of Poland.svg Kacper Woryna 10
3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Kvěch 10
4 Flag of Poland.svg Grzegorz Zengota 10
5 Flag of Denmark.svg Andreas Lyager 9
6 Flag of Sweden.svg Antonio Lindbäck 9
7 Flag of Poland.svg Szymon Woźniak 9
8 Flag of Denmark.svg Niels-Kristian Iversen 9
9 Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Hansen 9
10 Flag of Latvia.svg Andžejs Ļebedevs 8
11 Flag of Finland.svg Timo Lahti 8
12 Flag of Finland.svg Antti Vuolas 6
13 Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Jakobsen 5
14 Flag of Sweden.svg Jacob Thorssell 4
15 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Magosi1
16 Flag of Hungary.svg Márk Bárány 0
17 Flag of Hungary.svg Roland Kovacs 0

Qualified riders

#Riders 2022 placeSEC Ch placeAppearance
30 Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen 18th
333 Flag of Poland.svg Janusz Kołodziej 25th
155 Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Michelsen 36th
692 Flag of Poland.svg Patryk Dudek 44rd
415 Flag of Poland.svg Dominik Kubera 52nd
96 Flag of France.svg Dimitri Bergé 1312nd
223 Flag of Poland.svg Kacper Woryna 1424th
201 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Kvěch 1831st
29 Flag of Poland.svg Grzegorz Zengota 41st
114 Flag of Denmark.svg Andreas Lyager 51st
85 Flag of Sweden.svg Antonio Lindbäck 65th
129 Flag of Latvia.svg Andžejs Ļebedevs 11107th
225 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Milík 159th
744 Flag of Germany.svg Kai Huckenbeck 166th
299 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Adam Ellis 172nd

Championship Series

The 2023 series will be staged over four rounds. [5]

RoundDateVenueWinner
117 June Flag of Poland.svg Arena Częstochowa, Częstochowa Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen
25 August Flag of Germany.svg Stadion Güstrow, Güstrow Flag of Poland.svg Janusz Kołodziej
39 September Flag of Poland.svg Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen
422 September Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Svítkov Stadium, Pardubice Flag of Poland.svg Janusz Kołodziej

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 (155) Mikkel Michelsen 521514149
2 Flag of Denmark.svg (30) Leon Madsen 44164159
3 Flag of Poland.svg (333) Janusz Kołodziej 42171411
4 Flag of Poland.svg (692) Patryk Dudek 3381096
5 Flag of Latvia.svg (129) Andžejs Ļebedevs 3381195
6 Flag of Poland.svg (415) Dominik Kubera 30101010
7 Flag of Germany.svg (744) Kai Huckenbeck 3067107
8 Flag of Poland.svg (223) Kacper Woryna 2711862
9 Flag of France.svg (96) Dimitri Bergé 2410554
10 Flag of Sweden.svg (85) Antonio Lindbäck 252995
11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (299) Adam Ellis 225764
12 Flag of Denmark.svg (114) Andreas Lyager 20587
13 Flag of Poland.svg (48) Szymon Woźniak 18126
14 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (201) Jan Kvěch 137312
15 Flag of Denmark.svg (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 99
16 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Maksym Drabik 99
17 Flag of Poland.svg (29) Grzegorz Zengota 972
18 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (225) Václav Milík 9351
19 Flag of Finland.svg (98) Timo Lahti 55
20 Flag of Germany.svg (16) Norick Blödorn 33
21 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (16) Petr Chlupáč 11
22 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Kacper Pludra 11
23 Flag of Poland.svg (17) Kacper Halkiewicz 00

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  3. "Speedway Euro Championship: wild cards announced". FIM Europe.
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