2016 Speedway European Championship

2016 Speedway European Championship

Season details

Dates

16 July – 17 September

Events

4 in 4 cities in 4 countries

Riders

15 permanents,
1 wild card(s),
2 track reserves

Champion

DEN Nicki Pedersen

Runner-up

CZE Václav Milík

3rd place

POL Krzysztof Kasprzak

Previous: 2015

Next: 2017

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.

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

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]

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

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

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

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