2017 Speedway European Championship

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2017 Speedway European Championship
Season details
Dates30 June – 14 October
Events4
Cities4
Countries3
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats(in 4 events)
Winners
ChampionFlag of Latvia.svg  LVA Andžejs Ļebedevs
Runner-upFlag of Russia.svg  RUS Artem Laguta
3rd placeFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Václav Milík

The 2017 Speedway European Championship season was the fifth season of the Speedway European Championship (SEC) era, and the 17th UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the fifth series under the promotion of One Sport Lts. of Poland.

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The championship was won by Andžejs Ļebedevs, who claimed the title for the first time. [1] Despite not winning a round, he finished in second place three times, leaving him seven points clear of Russia's Artem Laguta in the final standings. Last year's runner-up Václav Milík finished third, while Krzysztof Kasprzak and Andreas Jonsson secured the final spots in the 2018 line-up by finishing forth and fifth respectively.


Qualification

For the 2017 season, 15 permanent riders were joined at each SEC Final by one wild card and two track reserves.

Defending champion, Nicki Pedersen from Denmark was automatically invited to participate in all final events. Václav Milík, Krzysztof Kasprzak, Grigory Laguta and Leon Madsen secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2016 season.

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

Qualified riders

#Riders 2016 placeSEC Ch placeAppearance
Flag of Denmark.svg Nicki Pedersen 15th
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Milík 23rd
Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Kasprzak 33rd
Flag of Russia.svg Grigory Laguta 45th
Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen 52nd
Flag of Poland.svg Przemysław Pawlicki 813rd
Flag of Denmark.svg Kenneth Bjerre 21st
Flag of Denmark.svg Nicolai Klindt 31st
Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Szczepaniak 42nd
Flag of Germany.svg Martin Smolinski 53rd
Flag of Poland.svg Kacper Gomólski 61st
Flag of Poland.svg Adrian Miedziński 71st
Flag of Russia.svg Artem Laguta 2nd
Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Jonsson 2nd
Flag of Latvia.svg Andžejs Ļebedevs 133rd

Calendar

Qualification

The calendar for qualification consisted of 3 Semi-final events and one SEC Challenge event.

RoundDateCity and venueWinnerRunner-up3rd placed4th placedResults
Semifinal 129 April Flag of Hungary.svg Nagyhalász, Hungary

Nagyhalász Speedway Ring

Flag of Poland.svg Przemysław Pawlicki Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Bech Flag of Ukraine.svg Andriy Karpov Flag of Poland.svg Janusz Kołodziej results
Semifinal 229 April Flag of Austria.svg Mureck, Austria

Speedway Stadium

 Flag of Latvia.svg Andžejs Ļebedevs Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Jepsen Jensen Flag of Poland.svg Adrian Miedziński Flag of Poland.svg Kacper Gomólski results
Semifinal 329 April Flag of Italy.svg Terenzano, Italy

Moto Club Olimpia

 Flag of Finland.svg Timo Lahti Flag of Germany.svg Martin Smolinski Flag of Denmark.svg Kenneth Bjerre Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Kudryashov results
Semifinal 46 May Flag of France.svg Lamothe-Landerron, [[]]

Speedway Stadium

 Flag of Sweden.svg Kim Nilsson Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Szczepaniak Flag of Denmark.svg Nicolai Klindt Flag of France.svg David Bellego results
SEC Challenge20 May Flag of Croatia.svg Goričan, Croatia

Stadium Millenium

 Flag of Poland.svg Przemysław Pawlicki Flag of Denmark.svg Kenneth Bjerre Flag of Denmark.svg Nicolai Klindt Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Szczepaniak results

Championship Series

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

RoundDateCity and venueWinnerRunner-up3rd placed4th placedResults
130 June Flag of Poland.svg Toruń, Poland

MotoArena Toruń

 Flag of Poland.svg Jarosław Hampel Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Milík Jr. Flag of Latvia.svg Andžejs Ļebedevs Flag of Poland.svg Przemysław Pawlicki results
215 July Flag of Germany.svg Güstrow, Germany

Stadion Güstrow

 Flag of Russia.svg Artem Laguta Flag of Latvia.svg Andžejs Ļebedevs Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Kasprzak Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Milík Jr. results
35 August Flag of Sweden.svg Hallstavik, Sweden

HZ Bygg Arena

 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Milík Jr. Flag of Latvia.svg Andžejs Ļebedevs Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Jonsson Flag of Sweden.svg Jacob Thorssell results
414 October [4] Flag of Poland.svg Lublin, Poland

Mosir Bystrzyca

 Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Kasprzak Flag of Latvia.svg Andžejs Ļebedevs Flag of Russia.svg Artem Laguta Flag of Poland.svg Przemysław Pawlicki results

Classification

Pos.RiderPoints Flag of Poland.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Sweden.svg Flag of Poland.svg
1 Flag of Latvia.svg (129) Andžejs Ļebedevs 5211141314
2 Flag of Russia.svg (2) Artem Laguta 45815913
3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (13) Václav Milík 441291310
4 Flag of Poland.svg (507) Krzysztof Kasprzak 39911613
5 Flag of Sweden.svg (100) Andreas Jonsson 39108147
6 Flag of Poland.svg (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 34107611
7 Flag of Poland.svg (58) Mateusz Szczepaniak 2991055
8 Flag of Denmark.svg (91) Kenneth Bjerre 2884511
9 Flag of Russia.svg (9) Andrey Kudryashov 267937
10 Flag of Denmark.svg (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 24–987
11 Flag of Germany.svg (84) Martin Smolinski 202378
12 Flag of Poland.svg (44) Kacper Gomólski 206581
13 Flag of Denmark.svg (66) Leon Madsen 205357
14 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Jarosław Hampel 1414–––
15 Flag of Denmark.svg (177) Mikkel Bech 132254
16 Flag of Germany.svg (16) Kai Huckenbeck 12–12––
17 Flag of Sweden.svg (15) Jacob Thorssell 10––10–
18 Flag of Russia.svg (7) Grigory Laguta 99–––
18 Flag of Sweden.svg (16) Pontus Aspgren 9––9–
20 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Daniel Jeleniewski 7–––7
21 Flag of Denmark.svg (29) Nicolai Klindt 505––
22 Flag of Poland.svg (17) Paweł Przedpełski 22–––
23 Flag of Poland.svg (18) Szymon Woźniak 22–––

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References

  1. ↑ "Final 2017 SEC Standings". SEC.
  2. ↑ "Participants announced". SEC.
  3. ↑ "2017 SEC Events". SEC.
  4. ↑ "New date of SEC Final Round has been announced". SEC.
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