2017 Speedway European Championship

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.

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 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

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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

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# Riders 2016 place SEC Ch place Appearance
  Nicki Pedersen 1 5th
  Václav Milík 2 3rd
  Krzysztof Kasprzak 3 3rd
  Grigory Laguta 4 5th
  Leon Madsen 5 2nd
  Przemysław Pawlicki 8 1 3rd
  Kenneth Bjerre 2 1st
  Nicolai Klindt 3 1st
  Mateusz Szczepaniak 4 2nd
  Martin Smolinski 5 3rd
  Kacper Gomólski 6 1st
  Adrian Miedziński 7 1st
  Artem Laguta 2nd
  Andreas Jonsson 2nd
  Andžejs Ļebedevs 13 3rd

Calendar

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Qualification

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

Round Date City and venue Winner Runner-up 3rd placed 4th placed Results
Semifinal 1 29 April   Nagyhalász, Hungary

Nagyhalász Speedway Ring

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

Speedway Stadium

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

Moto Club Olimpia

  Timo Lahti   Martin Smolinski   Kenneth Bjerre   Andrey Kudryashov results
Semifinal 4 6 May   Lamothe-Landerron, [[]]

Speedway Stadium

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

Stadium Millenium

  Przemysław Pawlicki   Kenneth Bjerre   Nicolai Klindt   Mateusz Szczepaniak results

Championship Series

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

Round Date City and venue Winner Runner-up 3rd placed 4th placed Results
1 30 June   Toruń, Poland

MotoArena Toruń

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

Stadion Güstrow

  Artem Laguta   Andžejs Ļebedevs   Krzysztof Kasprzak   Václav Milík Jr. results
3 5 August   Hallstavik, Sweden

HZ Bygg Arena

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

Mosir Bystrzyca

  Krzysztof Kasprzak   Andžejs Ļebedevs   Artem Laguta   Przemysław Pawlicki results

Classification

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Pos. Rider Points        
1   (129) Andžejs Ļebedevs 52 11 14 13 14
2   (2) Artem Laguta 45 8 15 9 13
3   (13) Václav Milík 44 12 9 13 10
4   (507) Krzysztof Kasprzak 39 9 11 6 13
5   (100) Andreas Jonsson 39 10 8 14 7
6   (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 34 10 7 6 11
7   (58) Mateusz Szczepaniak 29 9 10 5 5
8   (91) Kenneth Bjerre 28 8 4 5 11
9   (9) Andrey Kudryashov 26 7 9 3 7
10   (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 24 9 8 7
11   (84) Martin Smolinski 20 2 3 7 8
12   (44) Kacper Gomólski 20 6 5 8 1
13   (66) Leon Madsen 20 5 3 5 7
14   (16) Jarosław Hampel 14 14
15   (177) Mikkel Bech 13 2 2 5 4
16   (16) Kai Huckenbeck 12 12
17   (15) Jacob Thorssell 10 10
18   (7) Grigory Laguta 9 9
18   (16) Pontus Aspgren 9 9
20   (16) Daniel Jeleniewski 7 7
21   (29) Nicolai Klindt 5 0 5
22   (17) Paweł Przedpełski 2 2
23   (18) Szymon Woźniak 2 2

See also

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References

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  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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