1953 Motocross European Championship

The 1953 Motocross European Championship was the 2nd edition of the Motocross European Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc motorcycles.^[1]

Since 1957 this championship has then become the current Motocross World Championship.^[2]

It should not be confused with the European Motocross Championship, now organized by the FIM Europe, whose first edition was held in 1988.^[3]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Location	Winner	Team	Report
1	April 26	Swiss Grand Prix	Geneva	Basil Hall	BSA	Report
2	May 14	Dutch Grand Prix	Norg	Auguste Mingels	Matchless	Report
3	May 31	French Grand Prix	Lyon	Auguste Mingels	Matchless	Report
4	June 14	Italian Grand Prix	Imola	Auguste Mingels	Matchless	Report
5	July 5	British Grand Prix	Brands Hatch	Brian Stonebridge	Greeves	Report
6	August 2	Belgian Grand Prix	Namur	René Baeten	Saroléa	Report
7	August 8	Luxembourg Grand Prix	Ettelbruck	Les Archer Jr.	Norton	Report
8	August 30	Swedish Grand Prix	Saxtorp	René Baeten	Saroléa	Report
Sources:[4][5]

Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.^[1]

Pos	Rider	Machine	CH	NED	FRA	ITA	GBR	BEL	LUX	SWE	Pts
1	Auguste Mingels	Matchless/FN	2	1	1	1			2		30
2	René Baeten	Saroléa						1	4	1	19
3	Victor Leloup	FN	3	3	2	4		3	3		18
4	Basil Hall	BSA	1				2	6			15
5	Les Archer Jr.	Norton				3			1		12
6	Geoff Ward	AJS		4			3			3	11
7	Phil Nex	Saroléa				2			6	4	10
8	Nic Jansen	Saroléa						2	5		8
	Brian Stonebridge	BSA					1				8
10	Frans Baudoin	Matchless		2							6
	Henri Frantz	BSA	5		3						6
	Kuno Johansson	BSA								2	6
13	Marcel Cox	Matchless		5		6					3
	Bill Nilsson	AJS	4								3
	Gaston Prieur	FN			4						3
	Don Rickman	BSA					4				3
	André Van Heuverzwijn	Saroléa						4			3
18	John Avery	BSA								5	2
	Eric Cheney	Norton				5					2
	René Collee	BSA						5			2
	Carlo Molinari	BSA			5						2
	Monty Banks	BSA					5				2
23	Jacques Charrier	BSA			6						1
	Albert Cordonnier	FN	6								1
	Gunnar Johansson	BSA								6	1
	Albert Koning	AJS		6							1
	Bob Manns	AJS					6				1
Source:[5]