2013 Speedway European Championship

2013 Speedway European Championship
Round two podium in Tolyatti
Season details
Dates27 July – 29 September
Events4
Cities4
Countries3
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats88 (in 4 events)
Winners
Champion SVK Martin Vaculík
Runner-up DEN Nicki Pedersen
3rd place RUS Grigory Laguta

The 2013 Speedway European Championship season was the premiere season of the Speedway European Championship era, and decided the 13th UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the first series under the promotion of One Sport Lts. of Poland.

The 2013 Speedway European Championship was won by Martin Vaculík from Slovakia

Qualification

Main article: 2013 Speedway European Championship qualification

For the 2013 season there are 15 permanent riders, joined at each SEC Final by one wild card and two track reserves.

Defending champion, Aleš Dryml, Jr. of Czech Republic, was invited to participate in all finals event, as of top European Grand Prix riders: Tomasz Gollob of Poland, Nicki Pedersen of Denmark, Andreas Jonsson of Sweden and Emil Sayfutdinov of Russia.[1] Three weeks before Final One, Tai Woffinden of Great Britain was invited to the series also.[2] Injured Andreas Jonsson was replaced by another the Swede Fredrik Lindgren.[3]

Nine riders were qualified from the SEC Challenge, qualification final, preceded by three Semifinal event. The SEC Challenge was won by Jurica Pavlic of Croatia.[4]

Qualified riders

# Riders SEC Ch place
1 Czech Republic Aleš Dryml, Jr.
2 Poland Tomasz Gollob
3 Sweden Fredrik Lindgren
4 Denmark Nicki Pedersen
5 Russia Emil Sayfutdinov
6 Croatia Jurica Pavlic 1
7 Russia Roman Povazhny 2
8 Russia Grigorij Laguta 3
9 Slovakia Martin Vaculík 4
10 Ukraine Andriy Karpov 5
11 Poland Maciej Janowski 6
12 Denmark Hans N. Andersen 7
13 Poland Sebastian Ułamek 8
14 Latvia Ķasts Puodžuks 9
15 United Kingdom Tai Woffinden

Wild cards and track reserves

# Final One – Gdańsk, Poland Final Two – Tolyatti, Russia Final Three – Goričan, Croatia Final Four – Rzeszów, Poland
16 Poland Krystian Pieszczek Russia Artem Laguta Poland Krzysztof Kasprzak Poland Grzegorz Walasek
17 Poland Artur Mroczka Russia Vitaly Belousov Poland Łukasz Sówka Poland Łukasz Sówka
18 Russia Renat Gafurov Russia Oleg Beschastnov Croatia Renato Cvetko Poland Maciej Kuciapa

BSI—One Sports relationships

The Speedway Grand Prix promoter, BSI of the United Kingdom, effectively prevented the appearance top riders in SEC. British federation, Auto-Cycle Union (ACU) after the withdrawal of Nicholls refused to nominate other British riders.[5]

Because final events date do not coincide with Wolverhampton Wolves matches, ACU and BSPA have to agree of Tai Woffinden' participating in the series.[2]

ACU and British Speedway Promoters' Association refused to appearance in a tournament qualifier British star, Scott Nicholls.[6] On 27 July, Final One date, Nicholls need ride in British Elite League event. Then ACU does not agree that Hans N. Andersen could be replaced in Swindon Robins match. Andersen informed the club and a league that he will take part in the SEC before signing the contract.[7]

Results

The 2013 season consist of 4 events.

Round Date City and venue Winner Runner-up 3rd placed 4th placed Results
1 27 July Poland Gdańsk, Poland
Zbigniew Podlecki Stadium 		Russia Emil Sayfutdinov Denmark Nicki Pedersen United Kingdom Tai Woffinden Poland Tomasz Gollob [8]
2 10 August Russia Tolyatti, Russia
Mega-Lada Stadium 		Russia Emil Sayfutdinov Denmark Nicki Pedersen Russia Grigory Laguta United Kingdom Tai Woffinden [9]
3 14 September Croatia Goričan, Croatia
Stadium Milenium 		Poland Krzysztof Kasprzak Poland Sebastian Ułamek Slovakia Martin Vaculik Poland Tomasz Gollob [10]
4 29 September Poland Rzeszów, Poland
Municipal Stadium 		Slovakia Martin Vaculik Russia Grigory Laguta Denmark Hans N. Andersen Poland Grzegorz Zengota [11]

Classification

Pos. Rider Points Poland Russia Croatia Poland
1 Slovakia (9) Martin Vaculik 47 9 10 10 18
2 Denmark (4) Nicki Pedersen 44 12 12 10 10
3 Russia (8) Grigory Laguta 42 4 15 7 16
4 Denmark (12) Hans N. Andersen 35 8 9 8 10
5 United Kingdom (15) Tai Woffinden 33 11 12 10 –
5 Poland (11) Maciej Janowski 33 10 7 8 8
7 Poland (2) Tomasz Gollob 32 13 9 10 –
8 Sweden (3) Fredrik Lindgren 28 4 9 7 8
9 Russia (5) Emil Sayfutdinov 27 14 13 – –
10 Poland (13) Sebastian Ułamek 22 6 – 14 2
10 Ukraine (10) Andriy Karpov 22 5 1 6 10
12 Croatia (6) Jurica Pavlic 20 4 7 6 3
13 Poland (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 15 – – 15 –
13 Poland (22) Grzegorz Zengota 15 – – 4 11
13 Czech Republic (1) Aleš Dryml, Jr. 15 5 1 2 7
16 Russia (19) Artem Laguta 12 – 12 – –
17 Latvia (14) Ķasts Puodžuks 10 10 0 – –
18 Russia (7) Roman Povazhny 9 6 3 – –
19 Poland (20) Robert Miśkowiak 11 – – 5 6
20 Poland (16) Grzegorz Walasek 7 – – – 7
21 Denmark (19) Leon Madsen 6 – – – 6
22 Poland (16) Krystian Pieszczek 5 5 – – –
22 Italy (21) Nicolas Covatti 5 – – 4 1
24 Russia (16) Vitaly Belousov 3 – 3 – –
24 Poland (17) Łukasz Sówka 3 – – ns 3
26 Russia (17) Oleg Beschastnov 2 – 2 – –
27 Russia (18) Daniil Ivanov 1 – 1 – –
Poland (17) Artur Mroczka — ns – – –
Russia (18) Renat Gafurov — ns – – –
Croatia (18) Renato Cvetko — – – ns –
Poland (18) Maciej Kuciapa — – – – ns
2013 Speedway European Champion
Slovakia
Martin Vaculik
First title


Broadcasting

Territory Rights holder Ref
World wide Eurosport and Eurosport 2 [12]

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b "Tai Woffinden with a wild card for SEC!". speedwayeuro.com. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Fredrik Lindgren will take part in the SEC finals". SportoweFakty.pl. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Pavlic won Challenge in Zarnovica! We know the finalists of SEC 2013!". speedwayeuro.com. 6 July 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Speedway European Championships bez Anglików" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 28 April 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Wojna angielsko-polska o speedway!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  7. ^ "Hans Andersen wystąpi w czwartek w Swindon" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  8. ^ "Emil Sayfutdinov won in Gdansk!". speedwayeuro.com. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  9. ^ "Amazing Sayfutdinov in Togliatti". speedwayeuro.com. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  10. ^ "Emil Sayfutdinov won in Gdansk!". speedwayeuro.com. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  11. ^ "Martin Vaculik European Champion!". speedwayeuro.com. 29 September 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  12. ^ "Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Europy – czyli nowa jakość speedwaya. "Jest to wielka szansa dla sportu żużlowego"" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.