2016 Speedway European Championship

The 2016 Speedway European Championship season was the fourth season of the Speedway European Championship (SEC) era, and the 16th UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the fourth series under the promotion of One Sport Lts. of Poland.

2016 Speedway European Championship
Season details
Dates16 July – 17 September
Events4
Cities4
Countries4
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats(in 4 events)
Winners
Champion DEN Nicki Pedersen
Runner-up CZE Václav Milík
3rd place POL Krzysztof Kasprzak

The championship was won by Nicki Pedersen, who claimed the title for the first time.[1] He won by two points from Václav Milík, who beat Krzysztof Kasprzak in a run-off for second place. Grigory Laguta and Leon Madsen finished fourth and fifth to ensure qualification for the 2017 competition. Two-time defending champion Emil Sayfutdinov finished seventh.


Qualification

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For the 2016 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. Nicki Pedersen, Antonio Lindbäck, Janusz Kołodziej and Martin Vaculík secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2015 season.

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

Qualified riders

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# Riders 2015 place SEC Ch place Appearance
89   Emil Sayfutdinov 1 4th
3   Nicki Pedersen 2 4th
85   Antonio Lindbäck 3 2nd
27   Janusz Kołodziej 4 3rd
54   Martin Vaculík 5 4th
507   Krzysztof Kasprzak - 1 2nd
66   Leon Madsen 2 1st
610   Joonas Kylmäkorpi 3 1st
59   Przemysław Pawlicki 7 4 2nd
34   Hans N. Andersen 9 5 3rd
36   Peter Ljung 6 1st
5   Anders Thomsen 7 1st
7   Grigory Laguta 6 4th
13   Václav Milík 12 2nd
29   Andžejs Ļebedevs 2nd

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 30 April   Debrecen, Hungary

Speedway Stadium

  Eduard Krčmář   Martin Smolinski   Peter Ljung   Leon Madsen results
Semifinal 2 7 May   Mureck, Austria

Speedway Stadium

  Michael Jepsen Jensen   Hans N. Andersen   Krzysztof Kasprzak   Nicolas Covatti results
Semifinal 3 15 May   Liberec, Czech Republic

Speedway Stadium

  Mateusz Szczepaniak   Artem Laguta   Joonas Kylmäkorpi   Tomasz Jędrzejak results
Semifinal 4 15 May   Zarnovica, Slovakia

Speedway Stadium

  Fredrik Lindgren   Anders Thomsen   Przemysław Pawlicki   Thomas H. Jonasson results
SEC Challenge 27 May   Olching, Germany

Stadion Olching

  Krzysztof Kasprzak   Leon Madsen   Joonas Kylmäkorpi   Przemysław Pawlicki results

Championship Series

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

Round Date City and venue Winner Runner-up 3rd placed 4th placed Results
1 16 July   Güstrow, Germany

Speedway Stadion

  Martin Vaculík   Krzysztof Kasprzak   Kai Huckenbeck   Janusz Kołodziej results
2 6 August   Daugavpils, Latvia

Spīdveja centrs

  Grigory Laguta   Joonas Kylmäkorpi   Emil Sayfutdinov   Maksims Bogdanovs results
3 20 August   Tolyatti, Russia

IMega-Lada Stadium

  Grigory Laguta   Antonio Lindbäck   Leon Madsen   Hans N. Andersen results
4 17 September   Rybnik, Poland

Stadion Miejski

  Nicki Pedersen   Václav Milík Jr.   Krzysztof Kasprzak   Emil Sayfutdinov results

Classification

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Pos. Rider Points        
1   (3) Nicki Pedersen 40 7 6 10 17
2   (13) Václav Milík 38 8 9 10 11
3   (507) Krzysztof Kasprzak 38 11 5 8 14
4   (7) Grigory Laguta 37 13 14 10
5   (66) Leon Madsen 37 7 8 11 11
6   (85) Antonio Lindbäck 37 8 7 14 8
7   (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 35 8 10 5 12
8   (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 33 9 9 8 7
9   (29) Andžejs Ļebedevs 26 8 7 6 5
10   (610) Joonas Kylmäkorpi 25 14 5 6
11   (54) Martin Vaculík 24 12 4 8 0
12   (27) Janusz Kołodziej 24 9 4 6 5
13   (34) Hans N. Andersen 24 7 8 9
14   (5) Anders Thomsen 20 6 9 5 0
15   (36) Peter Ljung 16 5 2 3 6
16   (16) Maksims Bogdanovs 11 11
17   (15) Kai Huckenbeck 9 9
18   (16) Kacper Woryna 6 6
19   (78) Nicolás Covatti 5 1 4
20   (16) Tobias Busch 4 4
21   (16) Andrey Kudryashov 3 3
22   (17) Robert Chmiel 3 3
23   (17) Tobias Kroner 1 1
24   (18) Dominik Kubera 1 1
25   (17) Mikhail Litvinov 0 0
26   (18) Gleb Chugunov 0 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Final 2016 SEC Standings". SEC.
  2. ^ "Participants announced". SEC.
  3. ^ "2016 SEC Events". SEC.
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