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
Champion LVA Andžejs Ļebedevs
Runner-up RUS Artem Laguta
3rd place 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.

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

#Riders2016 placeSEC Ch placeAppearance
Denmark Nicki Pedersen15th
Czech Republic Václav Milík23rd
Poland Krzysztof Kasprzak33rd
Russia Grigory Laguta45th
Denmark Leon Madsen52nd
Poland Przemysław Pawlicki813rd
Denmark Kenneth Bjerre21st
Denmark Nicolai Klindt31st
Poland Mateusz Szczepaniak42nd
Germany Martin Smolinski53rd
Poland Kacper Gomólski61st
Poland Adrian Miedziński71st
Russia Artem Laguta2nd
Sweden Andreas Jonsson2nd
Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs133rd

Calendar

Qualification

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

RoundDateCity and venueWinnerRunner-up3rd placed4th placedResults
Semifinal 1 29 April Hungary Nagyhalász, Hungary

Speedway Stadium

 Poland Przemysław Pawlicki Denmark Mikkel Bech Ukraine Andriy Karpov Poland Janusz Kołodziej results
Semifinal 2 29 April Austria Mureck, Austria

Speedway Stadium

 Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs Denmark Michael Jepsen Jensen Poland Adrian Miedziński Poland Kacper Gomólski results
Semifinal 3 29 April Italy Terenzano, Italy

Moto Club Olimpia

 Finland Timo Lahti Germany Martin Smolinski Denmark Kenneth Bjerre Russia Andrey Kudryashov results
Semifinal 4 6 May France Lamothe-Landerron, [[]]

Speedway Stadium

 Sweden Kim Nilsson Poland Mateusz Szczepaniak Denmark Nicolai Klindt France David Bellego results
SEC Challenge 20 May Croatia Goričan, Croatia

Stadium Millenium

 Poland Przemysław Pawlicki Denmark Kenneth Bjerre Denmark Nicolai Klindt Poland 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
1 30 June Poland Toruń, Poland

MotoArena Toruń

 Poland Jarosław Hampel Czech Republic Václav Milík Jr. Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs Poland Przemysław Pawlicki results
2 15 July Germany Güstrow, Germany

Stadion Güstrow

 Russia Artem Laguta Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs Poland Krzysztof Kasprzak Czech Republic Václav Milík Jr. results
3 5 August Sweden Hallstavik, Sweden

HZ Bygg Arena

 Czech Republic Václav Milík Jr. Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs Sweden Andreas Jonsson Sweden Jacob Thorssell results
4 14 October[4] Poland Lublin, Poland

Mosir Bystrzyca

 Poland Krzysztof Kasprzak Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs Russia Artem Laguta Poland Przemysław Pawlicki results

Classification

Pos. Rider Points PolandGermanySwedenPoland
1 Latvia (129) Andžejs Ļebedevs 52 11141314
2 Russia (2) Artem Laguta 45 815913
3 Czech Republic (13) Václav Milík 44 1291310
4 Poland (507) Krzysztof Kasprzak 39 911613
5 Sweden (100) Andreas Jonsson 39 108147
6 Poland (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 34 107611
7 Poland (58) Mateusz Szczepaniak 29 91055
8 Denmark (91) Kenneth Bjerre 28 84511
9 Russia (9) Andrey Kudryashov 26 7937
10 Denmark (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 24 –987
11 Germany (84) Martin Smolinski 20 2378
12 Poland (44) Kacper Gomólski 20 6581
13 Denmark (66) Leon Madsen 20 5357
14 Poland (16) Jarosław Hampel 14 14–––
15 Denmark (177) Mikkel Bech 13 2254
16 Germany (16) Kai Huckenbeck 12 –12––
17 Sweden (15) Jacob Thorssell 10 ––10–
18 Russia (7) Grigory Laguta 9 9–––
18 Sweden (16) Pontus Aspgren 9 ––9–
20 Poland (16) Daniel Jeleniewski 7 –––7
21 Denmark (29) Nicolai Klindt 5 05––
22 Poland (17) Paweł Przedpełski 2 2–––
23 Poland (18) Szymon Woźniak 2 2–––

See also

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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