2015 Speedway European Championship

The 2015 Speedway European Championship season was the third season of the Speedway European Championship (SEC) era, and the 15th UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the third series under the promotion of One Sport Lts. of Poland.

2015 Speedway European Championship
Season details
Dates20 June – 19 September
Events4
Cities4
Countries3
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats(in 4 events)
Winners
Champion RUS Emil Sayfutdinov
Runner-up DEN Nicki Pedersen
3rd place SWE Antonio Lindbäck

The championship was won by Russia's Emil Sayfutdinov for the second season in succession.[1] The Russian finished three points ahead of Danish rider Nicki Pedersen. Third place went to Antonio Lindbäck, who was another four points behind Pedersen. Janusz Kołodziej and Martin Vaculík secured the final two qualifying spots for the 2016 season by finishing fourth and fifth respectively.

Qualification

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For the 2015 season, 15 permanent riders were joined at each SEC Final by one wild card and two track reserves.

Defending champion, Emil Sayfutdinov from Russia was automatically invited to participate in all final events. Peter Kildemand, Nicki Pedersen, Martin Vaculík and Janusz Kołodziej secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2014 season.

Tomasz Gollob, [2] Antonio Lindbäck and Martin Smolinski received and accepted a wild card to compete in the 2015 Speedway European Championships. [3]

Qualified riders

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# Riders 2014 place SEC Ch place Appearance Previous appearances in series
89   Emil Sayfutdinov 1 3rd 2014
25   Peter Kildemand 2 2nd 2014
3   Nicki Pedersen 3 3rd 2014
54   Martin Vaculík 4 3rd 2014
27   Janusz Kołodziej 5 2nd 2014
20   Tomasz Gollob 9 3rd 2014
84   Martin Smolinski 16 2nd 2014
85   Antonio Lindbäck 1st
222   Artem Laguta 1 2nd 2013
34   Hans N. Andersen 2 2nd 2013
79   Tomasz Jędrzejak 3 1st
151   Piotr Protasiewicz 4 1st
13   Václav Milík 5 1st
7   Grigory Laguta 12 6 3rd 2014
59   Przemysław Pawlicki 7 1st

Calendar

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Qualification

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The calendar for qualification consisted of 3 Semifinal events and one SEC Challenge event.

Round Date City and venue Winner Runner-up 3rd placed 4th placed Results
Semifinal 1 1 May   Debrecen, Hungary

Speedway Stadium

  Piotr Protasiewicz   Tomasz Jędrzejak   Leon Madsen   Václav Milík results
Semifinal 2 16 May   Daugavpils, Latvia

Spīdveja Centrs

  Piotr Pawlicki Jr.   Hans N. Andersen   Grigory Laguta   Andžejs Ļebedevs results
Semifinal 3 16 May   Lamothe-Landerron, [[]]

Speedway Stadium

  Artem Laguta   Jesper B. Monberg   Linus Sundström   Krzysztof Jabłoński results
SEC Challenge 5 June   Toruń, Poland

MotoArena

  Artem Laguta   Hans N. Andersen   Tomasz Jędrzejak   Piotr Protasiewicz results

Championship Series

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A four-event calendar was scheduled for the final series,[4] with events in Poland, Germany and Sweden.

Round Date City and venue Winner Runner-up 3rd placed 4th placed Results
1 20 June   Toruń, Poland

MotoArena

  Nicki Pedersen   Paweł Przedpełski   Emil Sayfutdinov   Antonio Lindbäck results
2 11 July   Landshut, Germany

Onesolar Arena

  Emil Sayfutdinov   Nicki Pedersen   Antonio Lindbäck   Tomasz Gollob results
3 15 August   Kumla, Sweden

ICA Maxi Arena

  Emil Sayfutdinov   Grigory Laguta   Nicki Pedersen   Antonio Lindbäck results
4 19 September   Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland

Stadion Miejski

  Nicki Pedersen   Janusz Kołodziej   Antonio Lindbäck   Przemysław Pawlicki results

Classification

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Pos. Rider Points        
1   (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 58 16 15 18 9
2   (3) Nicki Pedersen 55 15 14 11 15
3   (85) Antonio Lindbäck 51 12 11 12 16
4   (27) Janusz Kołodziej 33 4 10 7 12
5   (54) Martin Vaculík 33 5 11 8 9
6   (7) Grigory Laguta 30 9 5 10 6
7   (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 28 5 8 5 10
8   (222) Artem Laguta 28 8 5 8 7
9   (34) Hans N. Andersen 25 2 9 6 8
10   (25) Peter Kildemand 22 10 5 7
11   (151) Piotr Protasiewicz 20 8 7 5
12   (13) Václav Milík 20 7 6 5 2
13   (20) Tomasz Gollob 18 6 12 0
14   (84) Martin Smolinski 17 1 5 9 2
15   (79) Tomasz Jędrzejak 16 6 1 7 2
16   (16) Paweł Przedpełski 12 12
17   (16) Fredrik Lindgren 9 9
18   (16) Mateusz Szczepaniak 9 9
19   (15) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 7 7
20   (17) Fredrik Engman 6 6
21   (16) Joel Andersson 4 4
22   (16) Michael Hartel 1 1
23   (17) Kai Huckenbeck 1 1
24   (15) Vitaly Belousov 1 1
25   (18) Tobias Busch 0 0
26   (17) Rune Holta 0 0
2015 Speedway European Champion
 
Emil Sayfutdinov
Second title

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Final 2015 SEC Standings". SEC.
  2. ^ "Tomasz Gollob gets wildcard". SEC.
  3. ^ "European Championship Wildcards". World Speedway.
  4. ^ "Kumla completes calendar". SEC.
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