2013 Speedway European Championship

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.

2013 Speedway European Championship
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 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
#RidersSEC Ch place
1 Aleš Dryml, Jr.
2 Tomasz Gollob
3 Fredrik Lindgren
4 Nicki Pedersen
5 Emil Sayfutdinov
6 Jurica Pavlic1
7 Roman Povazhny2
8 Grigorij Laguta3
9 Martin Vaculík4
10 Andriy Karpov5
11 Maciej Janowski6
12 Hans N. Andersen7
13 Sebastian Ułamek8
14 Ķasts Puodžuks9
15 Tai Woffinden

Wild cards and track reserves
#Final One – Gdańsk, PolandFinal Two – Tolyatti, RussiaFinal Three – Goričan, CroatiaFinal Four – Rzeszów, Poland
16 Krystian Pieszczek Artem Laguta Krzysztof Kasprzak Grzegorz Walasek
17 Artur Mroczka Vitaly Belousov Łukasz Sówka Łukasz Sówka
18 Renat Gafurov Oleg Beschastnov Renato Cvetko 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.

RoundDateCity and venueWinnerRunner-up3rd placed4th placedResults
1 27 July Gdańsk, Poland
Zbigniew Podlecki Stadium		 Emil Sayfutdinov Nicki Pedersen Grigory Laguta Tai Woffinden [8]
2 10 August Tolyatti, Russia
Mega-Lada Stadium		 Emil Sayfutdinov Nicki Pedersen Tai Woffinden Tomasz Gollob [9]
3 14 September Goričan, Croatia
Stadium Milenium		 Krzysztof Kasprzak Sebastian Ułamek Martin Vaculik Tomasz Gollob [10]
4 29 September Rzeszów, Poland
Municipal Stadium		 Martin Vaculik Grigory Laguta Hans N. Andersen Grzegorz Zengota [11]

Classification
Pos. Rider Points
1 (9) Martin Vaculik 47 9101018
2 (4) Nicki Pedersen 44 12121010
3 (8) Grigory Laguta 42 415716
4 (12) Hans N. Andersen 35 89810
5 (15) Tai Woffinden 33 111210–
5 (11) Maciej Janowski 33 10788
7 (2) Tomasz Gollob 32 13910–
8 (3) Fredrik Lindgren 28 4978
9 (5) Emil Sayfutdinov 27 1413––
10 (13) Sebastian Ułamek 22 6–142
10 (10) Andriy Karpov 22 51610
12 (6) Jurica Pavlic 20 4763
13 (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 15 ––15–
13 (22) Grzegorz Zengota 15 ––411
13 (1) Aleš Dryml, Jr. 15 5127
16 (19) Artem Laguta 12 –12––
17 (14) Ķasts Puodžuks 10 100––
18 (7) Roman Povazhny 9 63––
19 (20) Robert Miśkowiak 11 ––56
20 (16) Grzegorz Walasek 7 –––7
21 (19) Leon Madsen 6 –––6
22 (16) Krystian Pieszczek 5 5–––
22 (21) Nicolas Covatti 5 ––41
24 (16) Vitaly Belousov 3 –3––
24 (17) Łukasz Sówka 3 ––ns3
26 (17) Oleg Beschastnov 2 –2––
27 (18) Daniil Ivanov 1 –1––
(17) Artur Mroczka — ns–––
(18) Renat Gafurov — ns–––
(18) Renato Cvetko — ––ns–
(18) Maciej Kuciapa — –––ns
2013 Speedway European Champion

Martin Vaculik
First title


Broadcasting
TerritoryRights holderRef
World wide Eurosport and Eurosport 2 [12]
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References
  1. "Żużlowe mistrzostwa Europy wkraczają w nową erę" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  2. "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. "Emil Sayfutdinov won in Gdansk!". 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.

See also
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