2023 Speedway European Championship

The 2023 Speedway European Championship season was the 11th season of the Speedway European Championship (SEC) era, and the 23rd UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the 10th series under the promotion of Polish company One Sport Lts. Danish rider Mikkel Michelsen won the Championship for the third time.[1]

2023 Speedway European Championship
Season details
Dates17 June – 22 September
Events4
Cities4
Countries3
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats(in 4 events)
Winners
Champion DEN Mikkel Michelsen
Runner-up DEN Leon Madsen
3rd place POL Janusz Kołodziej

Qualification

For the 2023 season, 15 permanent riders were joined at each SEC Final by one wildcard and two track reserves.

Defending champion, Leon Madsen from Denmark was automatically invited to participate in all final events, while Janusz Kołodziej, Mikkel Michelsen, Patryk Dudek and Dominik Kubera secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2022 season.

Five riders qualified through the SEC Challenge,[2] while the final five riders were handed wildcards by the SEC Commission.[3]

Calendar

Qualification

The top five riders from the SEC Challenge qualified for the championship series.[4]

Round Date Venue Winner
114 May Nagyhalász Speedway Ring, Nagyhalász Dimitri Bergé
Nagyhalász
Pos Rider Pts
1 Dimitri Bergé13
2 Kacper Woryna10
3 Jan Kvěch10
4 Grzegorz Zengota10
5 Andreas Lyager9
6 Antonio Lindbäck9
7 Szymon Woźniak9
8 Niels-Kristian Iversen9
9 Mads Hansen9
10 Andžejs Ļebedevs8
11 Timo Lahti8
12 Antti Vuolas6
13 Frederik Jakobsen5
14 Jacob Thorssell4
15 Norbert Magosi1
16 Márk Bárány0
17 Roland Kovacs0

Qualified riders
#Riders2022 placeSEC Ch placeAppearance
30 Leon Madsen18th
333 Janusz Kołodziej25th
155 Mikkel Michelsen36th
692 Patryk Dudek44rd
415 Dominik Kubera52nd
96 Dimitri Bergé1312nd
223 Kacper Woryna1424th
201 Jan Kvěch1831st
29 Grzegorz Zengota41st
114 Andreas Lyager51st
85 Antonio Lindbäck65th
129 Andžejs Ļebedevs11107th
225 Václav Milík159th
744 Kai Huckenbeck166th
299 Adam Ellis172nd

Championship Series

The 2023 series will be staged over four rounds.[5]

Round Date Venue Winner
117 June Arena Częstochowa, Częstochowa Leon Madsen
25 August Stadion Güstrow, Güstrow Janusz Kołodziej
39 September Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz Leon Madsen
422 September Svítkov Stadium, Pardubice Janusz Kołodziej

Final Classification

[6]

Pos. Rider Points
1 (155) Mikkel Michelsen 52 1514149
2 (30) Leon Madsen 44 164159
3 (333) Janusz Kołodziej 42 –171411
4 (692) Patryk Dudek 33 81096
5 (129) Andžejs Ļebedevs 33 81195
6 (415) Dominik Kubera 30 –101010
7 (744) Kai Huckenbeck 30 67107
8 (223) Kacper Woryna 27 11862
9 (96) Dimitri Bergé 24 10554
10 (85) Antonio Lindbäck 25 2995
11 (299) Adam Ellis 22 5764
12 (114) Andreas Lyager 20 –587
13 (48) Szymon Woźniak 18 12–6–
14 (201) Jan Kvěch 13 7312
15 (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 9 9–––
16 (16) Maksym Drabik 9 9–––
17 (29) Grzegorz Zengota 9 –72–
18 (225) Václav Milík 9 351–
19 (98) Timo Lahti 5 5–––
20 (16) Norick Blödorn 3 –3––
21 (16) Petr Chlupáč 1 –––1
22 (16) Kacper Pludra 1 ––1–
23 (17) Kacper Halkiewicz 0 0–––

See also

References
  1. "Michelsen Seals Third European Title and 2024 Speedway GP Qualification". FIM. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  2. "2023 SEC Challenge result". SEC.
  3. "Speedway Euro Championship: wild cards announced". FIM Europe.
  4. "2023 SEC Challenge result". FIM Speedway.
  5. "2023 SEC Events". SEC.
  6. "2023 SEC Standings". SEC.

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