Individual Speedway European Championship
Current season, competition or edition: 2015 Speedway European Championship |
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Sport | motorcycle speedway |
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Founded | 2001 |
No. of teams | 16 riders |
Continent | Europe |
Most recent champion(s) | RUS Emil Sayfutdinov (2015) |
Most titles | Individual - 2 titles: RUS Emil Sayfutdinov Team - 4 titles: Russia |
The Individual Speedway European Championship is an annual individual speedway event held each year organized by the European Motorcycle Union (UEM) to determine the champion of Europe. The competition was founded in 2001 and was initially staged as a one-off meeting, however the single event was replaced by the Speedway European Championship series in 2012. As of 2015, the competition was staged over four rounds in a Grand Prix format, with the winner being declared as the rider who accumulated the most points over the duration of the four rounds. The minimum age of a rider to compete is 16 years of age (starting on the date of the rider's birthday).
The current champion is Emil Sayfutdinov from Russia who won the title in 2015. He successfully retained the title having also won in 2014, becoming the first rider to win multiple titles in the process. Russia is also the most successful country having had four champions, Sayfutdinov (2014 and 2015), Grigory Laguta (2011) and Renat Gafurov (2009).
Winners
Final series (since 2012)
Year | Venue | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place |
2012 | Four events | Aleš Dryml, Jr. (48 pts) | Robert Miskowiak (44 pts) | Andrij Karpow (43 pts) |
2013 | Four events | Martin Vaculik (47 pts) | Nicki Pedersen (44 pts) | Grigory Laguta (42 pts) |
2014 | Four events | Emil Sayfutdinov (54 pts) | Peter Kildemand (48 pts) | Nicki Pedersen (44 pts) |
2015 | Four events | Emil Sayfutdinov (58 pts) | Nicki Pedersen (55 pts) | Antonio Lindbäck (51 pts) |
Medals classification
Pos | National Team | Total | |||
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1. | Russia | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
2. | Poland | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
3. | Czech Republic | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
4. | Slovenia | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
5. | Denmark | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
6. | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
7. | Croatia | 1 | 1 | ||
Slovakia | 1 | 1 | |||
9. | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
10. | Finland | 1 | 1 | ||
Germany | 1 | 1 |