Individual Speedway European Championship

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Individual Speedway European Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Sports current event.svg 2024 Speedway European Championship
Sport motorcycle speedway
Founded2001
(previously
European Final 1955-75)
No. of teams16 riders
Most recent
champion(s)
Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Michelsen (2023)

The Individual Speedway European Championship is an annual individual speedway event organized by the European Motorcycle Union (UEM) to determine the champion of Europe. The competition was founded in 2001 and was initially staged as a one-off meeting before the single event was replaced by the Speedway European Championship series in 2012.

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History

From 1955 to 1975, the European Final was staged as the final qualifying round for the World Speedway Championship, although this did not include British riders who had a separate qualifying round. [1] [2]

The European Championships were inaugurated in 2001, organised by European Motorcycle Union (UEM). In 2012 this was replaced by a series of four finals. Regardless of that, ISEC was struggling with prestige and promotion and the best European riders were mostly avoiding this contest. [3]

On 20 December 2012, at a press conference in Warsaw, Poland it was announced that the competition would be replaced by a new series similar in format to the Speedway Grand Prix. The Speedway European Championship series is promoted by One Sporta Ltd. from Poland for next three seasons (2013-2015). [4]

As of 2022, the competition is staged over four rounds in a Grand Prix format, with the winner being the rider who accumulates the most points over the four rounds. The minimum age of a rider to compete is 16 years of age (starting on the date of the rider's birthday).

Denmark is the most successful nation having had six champions, Jesper B. Jensen (2005), Nicki Pedersen (2016), Leon Madsen (2018 and 2022) and Mikkel Michelsen (2019 and 2021).

Winners

European Final (1955-1975)

YearVenueWinners2nd place3rd place
1955 Flag of Norway.svg Oslo Flag of Norway.svg Henry Andersen Flag of Sweden.svg Olle Nygren Flag of Sweden.svg Kjell Carlsson
1956 Flag of Norway.svg Oslo Flag of Sweden.svg Ove Fundin Flag of Sweden.svg Per Olof Söderman Flag of Sweden.svg Ole Andersson
1957 Flag of Sweden.svg Växjö Flag of Sweden.svg Rune Sörmander Flag of Sweden.svg Per Olof Söderman Flag of Germany.svg Josef Hofmeister
1958 Flag of Poland.svg Warsaw Flag of Sweden.svg Ove Fundin Flag of Germany.svg Josef Hofmeister Flag of Sweden.svg Rune Sörmander
1959 Flag of Sweden.svg Göteborg Flag of Sweden.svg Ove Fundin Flag of Germany.svg Josef Hofmeister Flag of Poland.svg Mieczysław Połukard
1960 Flag of Poland.svg Wrocław Flag of Poland.svg Marian Kaiser Flag of Sweden.svg Ove Fundin Flag of Poland.svg Stefan Kwoczała
1961 Flag of Austria.svg Wieden Flag of Sweden.svg Ove Fundin Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Knutson Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Igor Plekhanov
1962 Flag of Norway.svg Oslo Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Knutson Flag of Sweden.svg Ove Fundin Flag of Sweden.svg Göte Nordin
1963 Flag of Sweden.svg Göteborg Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Knutson Flag of Sweden.svg Ove Fundin Flag of Sweden.svg Per Olof Söderman
1964 Flag of Poland.svg Wrocław Flag of Poland.svg Zbigniew Podlecki Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Knutson Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Boris Samorodov
1965 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Slaný Flag of Sweden.svg Ove Fundin Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Knutson Flag of Poland.svg Antoni Woryna
1966 Flag of England.svg Wembley Flag of New Zealand.svg Ivan Mauger Flag of New Zealand.svg Barry Briggs Flag of Poland.svg Antoni Woryna
1967 Flag of Poland.svg Wrocław Flag of Poland.svg Andrzej Wyglenda Flag of Poland.svg Andrzej Pogorzelski Flag of Poland.svg Antoni Woryna
1968 Flag of Poland.svg Wrocław Flag of Poland.svg Paweł Waloszek Flag of Poland.svg Antoni Woryna Flag of Poland.svg Jerzy Trzeszkowski
1969 Flag of Germany.svg Olching Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valeri Klementiev Flag of Poland.svg Edward Jancarz Flag of Sweden.svg Torbjörn Harrysson
1970 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Leningrad Flag of New Zealand.svg Ivan Mauger Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Gordeev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Gennady Kurilenko
1971 Flag of England.svg Wembley Flag of New Zealand.svg Ivan Mauger Flag of England.svg Ray Wilson Flag of Denmark.svg Ole Olsen
1972 Flag of Poland.svg Wrocław Flag of Poland.svg Paweł Waloszek Flag of Denmark.svg Ole Olsen Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Michanek
1973 Flag of Germany.svg Abensberg Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Michanek Flag of New Zealand.svg Ivan Mauger Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Paznikov
1974 Flag of England.svg Wembley Flag of England.svg Peter Collins Flag of Denmark.svg Ole Olsen Flag of New Zealand.svg Ivan Mauger
1975 Flag of Poland.svg Bydgoszcz Flag of New Zealand.svg Ivan Mauger Flag of Denmark.svg Ole Olsen Flag of Australia (converted).svg Phil Crump

Individual European Championship (2001-2011)

YearVenueWinners2nd place3rd place
2001 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Heusden Zolder Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Bohumil Brhel (14 pts) Flag of Poland.svg Mariusz Staszewski (13 pts) Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Cegielski (12+3 pts)
2002 Flag of Poland.svg Rybnik Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Zetterström (12+3 pts) Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Kasprzak (12+2 pts) Flag of Poland.svg Rafał Szombierski (11+3 pts)
2003 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Slaný Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Kasprzak (12+3 pts) Flag of Poland.svg Sławomir Drabik (12+2 pts) Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Zetterström (11 pts)
2004 Flag of Denmark.svg Holsted Flag of Slovenia.svg Matej Žagar (14+3 pts) Flag of Slovenia.svg Matej Ferjan (14+2 pts) Flag of Denmark.svg Hans N. Andersen (12 pts)
2005 Flag of Italy.svg Lonigo Flag of Denmark.svg Jesper B. Jensen (14+3 pts) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Aleš Dryml, Jr. (14+2 pts) Flag of Finland.svg Kai Laukkanen (12 pts)
2006 Flag of Hungary.svg Miskolc Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Jabłoński (13+3 pts) Flag of Poland.svg Grzegorz Walasek (13+2 pts) Flag of Germany.svg Christian Hefenbrock (12 pts)
2007 Flag of Austria.svg Wiener Neustadt Flag of Croatia.svg Jurica Pavlic (14 pts) Flag of Poland.svg Sebastian Ułamek (13 pts) Flag of Denmark.svg Patrick Hougaard (11 pts)
2008 Flag of Slovenia.svg Lendava Flag of Slovenia.svg Matej Žagar (14 pts) Flag of Poland.svg Sebastian Ułamek (10+3+3 pts) Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Korneliussen (10+2+2+2)
2009 Flag of Russia.svg Tolyatti Flag of Russia.svg Renat Gafurov (13+3 pts) Flag of Ukraine.svg Andriy Karpov (13+2 pts) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Aleš Dryml, Jr. (13+1 pts)
2010 Flag of Poland.svg Tarnów Flag of Poland.svg Sebastian Ułamek (15 pts) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Aleš Dryml, Jr. (12 pts) Flag of Ukraine.svg Andriy Karpov (11+3 pts)
2011 Flag of Ukraine.svg Rivne Flag of Russia.svg Grigory Laguta (14+3 pts) Flag of Poland.svg Tomasz Gapinski (14+2 pts) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Aleš Dryml, Jr. (12 pts)

European Championship series (since 2012)

YearVenueWinnersRunner-up3rd place
2012 Four events Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Aleš Dryml, Jr. (48 pts) Flag of Poland.svg Robert Miśkowiak (44 pts) Flag of Ukraine.svg Andriy Karpov (43 pts)
2013 Four events Flag of Slovakia.svg Martin Vaculik (47 pts) Flag of Denmark.svg Nicki Pedersen (44 pts) Flag of Russia.svg Grigory Laguta (42 pts)
2014 Four events Flag of Russia.svg Emil Sayfutdinov (54 pts) Flag of Denmark.svg Peter Kildemand (48 pts) Flag of Denmark.svg Nicki Pedersen (44 pts)
2015 Four events Flag of Russia.svg Emil Sayfutdinov (58 pts) Flag of Denmark.svg Nicki Pedersen (55 pts) Flag of Sweden.svg Antonio Lindbäck (51 pts)
2016 Four events Flag of Denmark.svg Nicki Pedersen (40 pts) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Milík (38 pts) Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Kasprzak (38 pts)
2017 Four events Flag of Latvia.svg Andžejs Ļebedevs (52 pts) Flag of Russia.svg Artem Laguta (45 pts) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Milík (44 pts)
2018 Four events Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen (56 pts) Flag of Poland.svg Jarosław Hampel (45 pts) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Lambert (41 pts)
2019 Four events Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Michelsen (45 pts) Flag of Russia.svg Grigory Laguta (45 pts) Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen (39 pts)
2020 Five events Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Lambert (67 pts) Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen (64 pts) Flag of Russia.svg Grigory Laguta (52 pts)
2021 Four events Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Michelsen (53 pts) Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen (51 pts) Flag of Poland.svg Patryk Dudek (46 pts)
2022 Four events Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen (53 pts) Flag of Poland.svg Janusz Kołodziej (52 pts) Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Michelsen (45 pts)
2023 Four events Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Michelsen (52 pts) Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen (44 pts) Flag of Poland.svg Janusz Kołodziej (42 pts)

Medals classification

PosNational TeamTotal Gold medal icon.svg Silver medal icon.svg Bronze medal icon.svg
1.Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 19766
2.Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 8422
3.Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 183105
4.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 7232
5.Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 321
6.Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 312
7.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 211
8.Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 11
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 11
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 11
11.Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 312
12.Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 11
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 11

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