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2022 Speedway European Championship

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2022 Speedway European Championship
Season details
Dates2 July – 23 September
Events4
Cities4
Countries3
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats(in 4 events)
Winners
Champion DEN Leon Madsen
Runner-up POL Janusz Kołodziej
3rd place DEN Mikkel Michelsen

The 2022 Speedway European Championship season was the 10th season of the Speedway European Championship (SEC) era, and the 22nd UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the ninth series under the promotion of One Sport Lts. of Poland. Mikkel Michelsen was the defending champion having won the title in 2021.

The title was won by Denmark's Leon Madsen after he overtook former series leader Janusz Kołodziej in the final round to win by just one point.[1] It was the second time Madsen won the title after claiming the championship in 2018.

Qualification

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For the 2022 season, 15 permanent riders were joined at each SEC Final by one wildcard and two track reserves.

Defending champion, Mikkel Michelsen from Denmark was automatically invited to participate in all final events, while Leon Madsen, Patryk Dudek, Piotr Pawlicki Jr. and Dan Bewley secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2021 season.

Five riders qualified through the SEC Challenge,[2] while David Bellego, Kai Huckenbeck, Václav Milík, Oliver Berntzon and Janusz Kołodziej were named as series wildcards.[3]

Qualified riders

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# Riders 2021 place SEC Ch place Appearance
155 Denmark Mikkel Michelsen 1 5th
30 Denmark Leon Madsen 2 7th
692 Poland Patryk Dudek 3 3rd
777 Poland Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 4 3rd
99 United Kingdom Dan Bewley 5 2nd
29 Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs 11 1 6th
96 France Dimitri Bergé 2 1st
67 Denmark Rasmus Jensen 3 1st
115 Poland Bartosz Smektała 6 4 4th
299 United Kingdom Adam Ellis 5 1st
415 France David Bellego 17 7 4th
744 Germany Kai Huckenbeck 9 8 5th
225 Czech Republic Václav Milík 10 9 8th
93 Sweden Oliver Berntzon 15 1st
333 Poland Janusz Kołodziej 4th

Calendar

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Qualification

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

Round Date Venue Winner
1 18 June Slovenia Matija Gubec Stadium, Krsko Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs

Championship Series

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The 2022 series was staged over four rounds.[5]

Round Date Venue Winner
1 2 July Poland Rybnik Municipal Stadium, Rybnik Denmark Leon Madsen
2 6 August Germany Stadion Güstrow, Güstrow Poland Janusz Kołodziej
3 3 September Poland Moto Arena Łódź, Łódź Poland Janusz Kołodziej
4 23 September Czech Republic Svítkov Stadium, Pardubice Denmark Mikkel Michelsen

Final Classification

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Pos. Rider Points Poland Germany Poland Czech Republic
1 Denmark (30) Leon Madsen 53 13 12 15 13
2 Poland (333) Janusz Kołodziej 52 14 15 12 11
3 Denmark (155) Mikkel Michelsen 45 14 11 6 14
4 Poland (692) Patryk Dudek 42 12 14 9 7
5 Poland (19) Dominik Kubera 33 6 15 12
6 Denmark (67) Rasmus Jensen 31 5 8 8 10
7 United Kingdom (99) Dan Bewley 30 12 8 10
8 Poland (115) Bartosz Smektała 29 11 7 8 3
9 Poland (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 28 10 6 5 7
10 Sweden (93) Oliver Berntzon 28 10 3 7 8
11 Latvia (29) Andžejs Ļebedevs 23 1 6 11 5
12 France (415) David Bellego 20 3 10 2 5
13 France (96) Dimitri Bergé 20 9 1 5 5
14 Poland (16) Kacper Woryna 18 8 10
15 Czech Republic (225) Václav Milík 15 1 8 2 4
16 Germany (744) Kai Huckenbeck 12 7 5
17 United Kingdom (299) Adam Ellis 12 2 3 2 5
18 Czech Republic (16) Jan Kvěch 7 7
19 Germany (16) Michael Hartel 5 5
20 Poland (17) Marcin Nowak 1 1
21 Poland (18) Jakub Krawczyk 0 0
22 Czech Republic (17) Petr Chlupáč 0 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Leon Madsen is the new champion". Speedway Euro.
  2. ^ "2022 SEC Challenge result". SEC.
  3. ^ "SEC wildcards announced". SEC.
  4. ^ "2022 SEC Challenge result". SEC.
  5. ^ "2022 SEC Events". SEC.
  6. ^ "2022 SEC Standings". SEC.
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