# Individual Speedway European Championship

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Annual individual speedway event

Individual Speedway European Championship Current season, competition or edition: 2026 Speedway European Championship Sport motorcycle speedway Founded 2001 (previously European Final 1955-75) No. of teams 16 riders Most recent champion Patryk Dudek (2025)

The **Individual Speedway European Championship** is an annual individual [speedway](/source/Motorcycle_speedway) event organized by the [European Motorcycle Union](/source/Union_Europ%C3%A9enne_de_Motocyclisme) (UEM) to determine the champion of Europe. The competition was founded in 2001 and was initially staged as a one-off meeting before the single event was replaced by the [Speedway European Championship](/source/Speedway_European_Championship) series in 2012.

## History

From 1955 to 1975, the **European Final** was staged as the final qualifying round for the World Speedway Championship, although this did not include British riders who had a separate qualifying round.[1][2]

The **European Championships** were inaugurated in 2001, organised by [European Motorcycle Union](/source/European_Motorcycle_Union) (UEM). In 2012 this was replaced by a series of four finals. Regardless of that, ISEC was struggling with prestige and promotion and the best European riders were mostly avoiding this contest.[3]

On 20 December 2012, at a press conference in [Warsaw](/source/Warsaw), [Poland](/source/Poland) it was announced that the competition would be replaced by a new series similar in format to the [Speedway Grand Prix](/source/Speedway_Grand_Prix). The Speedway European Championship series is promoted by One Sporta Ltd. from Poland for next three seasons (2013-2015).[4]

As of 2022, the competition is staged over four rounds in a Grand Prix format, with the winner being the rider who accumulates the most points over 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).

Denmark is the most successful nation having had seven champions, [Jesper B. Jensen](/source/Jesper_B._Monberg) (2005), [Nicki Pedersen](/source/Nicki_Pedersen) (2016), [Leon Madsen](/source/Leon_Madsen) (2018 and 2022) and [Mikkel Michelsen](/source/Mikkel_Michelsen) (2019, 2021 and 2023).

## Winners

### European Final (1955-1975)

Year Venue Winners 2nd place 3rd place 1955 Oslo Henry Andersen Olle Nygren Kjell Carlsson 1956 Oslo Ove Fundin Per Olof Söderman Ole Andersson 1957 Växjö Rune Sörmander Per Olof Söderman Josef Hofmeister 1958 Warsaw Ove Fundin Josef Hofmeister Rune Sörmander 1959 Gothenburg Ove Fundin Josef Hofmeister Mieczysław Połukard 1960 Wrocław Marian Kaiser Ove Fundin Stefan Kwoczała 1961 Wieden Ove Fundin Björn Knutson Igor Plekhanov 1962 Oslo Björn Knutson Ove Fundin Göte Nordin 1963 Gothenburg Björn Knutson Ove Fundin Per Olof Söderman 1964 Wrocław Zbigniew Podlecki Björn Knutson Boris Samorodov 1965 Slaný Ove Fundin Björn Knutson Antoni Woryna 1966 Wembley Ivan Mauger Barry Briggs Antoni Woryna 1967 Wrocław Andrzej Wyglenda Andrzej Pogorzelski Antoni Woryna 1968 Wrocław Paweł Waloszek Antoni Woryna Jerzy Trzeszkowski 1969 Olching Valeri Klementiev Edward Jancarz Torbjörn Harrysson 1970 Leningrad Ivan Mauger Vladimir Gordeev Gennady Kurilenko 1971 Wembley Ivan Mauger Ray Wilson Ole Olsen 1972 Wrocław Paweł Waloszek Ole Olsen Anders Michanek 1973 Abensberg Anders Michanek Ivan Mauger Vladimir Paznikov 1974 Wembley Peter Collins Ole Olsen Ivan Mauger 1975 Bydgoszcz Ivan Mauger Ole Olsen Phil Crump

### Individual European Championship (2001-2011)

Year Venue Winners 2nd place 3rd place 2001 Heusden Zolder Bohumil Brhel (14 pts) Mariusz Staszewski (13 pts) Krzysztof Cegielski (12+3 pts) 2002 Rybnik Magnus Zetterström (12+3 pts) Krzysztof Kasprzak (12+2 pts) Rafał Szombierski (11+3 pts) 2003 Slaný Krzysztof Kasprzak (12+3 pts) Sławomir Drabik (12+2 pts) Magnus Zetterström (11 pts) 2004 Holsted Matej Žagar (14+3 pts) Matej Ferjan (14+2 pts) Hans N. Andersen (12 pts) 2005 Lonigo Jesper B. Jensen (14+3 pts) Aleš Dryml, Jr. (14+2 pts) Kai Laukkanen (12 pts) 2006 Miskolc Krzysztof Jabłoński (13+3 pts) Grzegorz Walasek (13+2 pts) Christian Hefenbrock (12 pts) 2007 Wiener Neustadt Jurica Pavlic (14 pts) Sebastian Ułamek (13 pts) Patrick Hougaard (11 pts) 2008 Lendava Matej Žagar (14 pts) Sebastian Ułamek (10+3+3 pts) Mads Korneliussen (10+2+2+2) 2009 Tolyatti Renat Gafurov (13+3 pts) Andriy Karpov (13+2 pts) Aleš Dryml, Jr. (13+1 pts) 2010 Tarnów Sebastian Ułamek (15 pts) Aleš Dryml, Jr. (12 pts) Andriy Karpov (11+3 pts) 2011 Rivne Grigory Laguta (14+3 pts) Tomasz Gapinski (14+2 pts) Aleš Dryml, Jr. (12 pts)

### European Championship series (since 2012)

Year Venue Winners Runner-up 3rd place 2012 Four events Aleš Dryml, Jr. (48 pts) Robert Miśkowiak (44 pts) Andriy Karpov (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) 2016 Four events Nicki Pedersen (40 pts) Václav Milík (38 pts) Krzysztof Kasprzak (38 pts) 2017 Four events Andžejs Ļebedevs (52 pts) Artem Laguta (45 pts) Václav Milík (44 pts) 2018 Four events Leon Madsen (56 pts) Jarosław Hampel (45 pts) Robert Lambert (41 pts) 2019 Four events Mikkel Michelsen (45 pts) Grigory Laguta (45 pts) Leon Madsen (39 pts) 2020 Five events Robert Lambert (67 pts) Leon Madsen (64 pts) Grigory Laguta (52 pts) 2021 Four events Mikkel Michelsen (53 pts) Leon Madsen (51 pts) Patryk Dudek (46 pts) 2022 Four events Leon Madsen (53 pts) Janusz Kołodziej (52 pts) Mikkel Michelsen (45 pts) 2023 Four events Mikkel Michelsen (52 pts) Leon Madsen (44 pts) Janusz Kołodziej (42 pts) 2024 Four events Andžejs Ļebedevs (50 pts) Leon Madsen (47 pts) Kacper Woryna (44 pts) 2025 Four events Patryk Dudek (56 pts) Andžejs Ļebedevs (48 pts) Leon Madsen (40 pts) 2026 Four events

## Medals classification

Pos National Team Total 1. Denmark 21 7 7 7 2. Poland 20 4 10 6 3. Russia 8 4 2 2 4. Czech Republic 7 2 3 2 5. Slovenia 3 2 1 Latvia 3 2 1 7. Sweden 3 1 2 8. Great Britain 2 1 1 9. Croatia 1 1 Slovakia 1 1 11. Ukraine 3 1 2 12. Finland 1 1 Germany 1 1

## See also

- [Motorcycle speedway](/source/Motorcycle_speedway)

- [Speedway Grand Prix](/source/Speedway_Grand_Prix)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Bott, Richard (1980). *The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4*. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 101. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-09-141751-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-09-141751-1).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Oakes, Peter (1981). *1981 Speedway Yearbook*. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 23. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-86215-017-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-86215-017-5).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["About SEC"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121225014134/http://www.speedwayeuro.com/index.php?sub=aboutsec). www.speedwayeuro.com. Archived from [the original](http://www.speedwayeuro.com/index.php?sub=aboutsec) on 25 December 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Żużlowe mistrzostwa Europy wkraczają w nową erę"](http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/329633/zuzlowe-mistrzostwa-europy-wkraczaja-w-nowa-ere) (in Polish). sportowefakty.pl. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2013.

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