2016 Speedway European Championship

Season details
Dates| 16 July – 17 September
Events| 4
Cities| 4
Countries| 4
Riders| 15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats| (in 4 events)
Winners
Champion|  DEN Nicki Pedersen
Runner-up|  CZE Václav Milík
3rd place|  POL Krzysztof Kasprzak

* ← 2015
* Speedway European Championship
* 2017 →

The 2016 Speedway European Championship season was the fourth season of the Speedway European Championship (SEC) era, and the 16th UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the fourth series under the promotion of One Sport Lts. of Poland.

The championship was won by Nicki Pedersen, who claimed the title for the first time.[1] He won by two points from Václav Milík, who beat Krzysztof Kasprzak in a run-off for second place. Grigory Laguta and Leon Madsen finished fourth and fifth to ensure qualification for the 2017 competition. Two-time defending champion Emil Sayfutdinov finished seventh.

## Qualification

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For the 2016 season, 15 permanent riders were joined at each SEC Final by one wild card and two track reserves.

Defending champion, Emil Sayfutdinov from Russia was automatically invited to participate in all final events. Nicki Pedersen, Antonio Lindbäck, Janusz Kołodziej and Martin Vaculík secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2015 season.

Seven riders qualified through the SEC Challenge and the line-up was then completed when Grigory Laguta, Václav Milík and Andžejs Ļebedevs received and accepted wild cards to compete. [2]

### Qualified riders

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# | Riders | 2015 place | SEC Ch place | Appearance

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89 |  Emil Sayfutdinov | 1 |  | 4th
3 |  Nicki Pedersen | 2 |  | 4th
85 |  Antonio Lindbäck | 3 |  | 2nd
27 |  Janusz Kołodziej | 4 |  | 3rd
54 |  Martin Vaculík | 5 |  | 4th
507 |  Krzysztof Kasprzak | - | 1 | 2nd
66 |  Leon Madsen |  | 2 | 1st
610 |  Joonas Kylmäkorpi |  | 3 | 1st
59 |  Przemysław Pawlicki | 7 | 4 | 2nd
34 |  Hans N. Andersen | 9 | 5 | 3rd
36 |  Peter Ljung |  | 6 | 1st
5 |  Anders Thomsen |  | 7 | 1st
7 |  Grigory Laguta | 6 |  | 4th
13 |  Václav Milík | 12 |  | 2nd
29 |  Andžejs Ļebedevs |  |  | 2nd

## Calendar

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### Qualification

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The calendar for qualification consisted of 3 Semifinal events and one SEC Challenge event.

Round | Date | City and venue | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd placed | 4th placed | Results

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Semifinal 1  | 30 April  |  Debrecen, Hungary

Speedway Stadium

|  Eduard Krčmář |  Martin Smolinski |  Peter Ljung |  Leon Madsen | results
Semifinal 2  | 7 May  |  Mureck, Austria

Speedway Stadium

|  Michael Jepsen Jensen |  Hans N. Andersen |  Krzysztof Kasprzak |  Nicolas Covatti | results
Semifinal 3  | 15 May  |  Liberec, Czech Republic

Speedway Stadium

|  Mateusz Szczepaniak |  Artem Laguta |  Joonas Kylmäkorpi |  Tomasz Jędrzejak | results
Semifinal 4  | 15 May  |  Zarnovica, Slovakia

Speedway Stadium

|  Fredrik Lindgren |  Anders Thomsen |  Przemysław Pawlicki |  Thomas H. Jonasson | results
SEC Challenge  | 27 May  |  Olching, Germany

Stadion Olching

|  Krzysztof Kasprzak |  Leon Madsen |  Joonas Kylmäkorpi |  Przemysław Pawlicki | results

### Championship Series

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A four-event calendar was scheduled for the final series,[3] with events in Germany, Latvia, Russia and Poland.

Round | Date | City and venue | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd placed | 4th placed | Results

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1  | 16 July  |  Güstrow, Germany

Speedway Stadion

|  Martin Vaculík |  Krzysztof Kasprzak |  Kai Huckenbeck |  Janusz Kołodziej | results
2  | 6 August  |  Daugavpils, Latvia

Spīdveja centrs

|  Grigory Laguta |  Joonas Kylmäkorpi |  Emil Sayfutdinov |  Maksims Bogdanovs | results
3  | 20 August  |  Tolyatti, Russia

IMega-Lada Stadium

|  Grigory Laguta |  Antonio Lindbäck |  Leon Madsen |  Hans N. Andersen | results
4  | 17 September  |  Rybnik, Poland

Stadion Miejski

|  Nicki Pedersen |  Václav Milík Jr. |  Krzysztof Kasprzak |  Emil Sayfutdinov | results

## Classification

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Pos.  | Rider  | Points  |  |  |  |

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1  |  (3) Nicki Pedersen | 40  | 7 | 6 | 10 | 17
2  |  (13) Václav Milík | 38  | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11
3  |  (507) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 38  | 11 | 5 | 8 | 14
4  |  (7) Grigory Laguta | 37  | – | 13 | 14 | 10
5  |  (66) Leon Madsen | 37  | 7 | 8 | 11 | 11
6  |  (85) Antonio Lindbäck | 37  | 8 | 7 | 14 | 8
7  |  (89) Emil Sayfutdinov | 35  | 8 | 10 | 5 | 12
8  |  (59) Przemysław Pawlicki | 33  | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7
9  |  (29) Andžejs Ļebedevs | 26  | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5
10  |  (610) Joonas Kylmäkorpi | 25  | – | 14 | 5 | 6
11  |  (54) Martin Vaculík | 24  | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0
12  |  (27) Janusz Kołodziej | 24  | 9 | 4 | 6 | 5
13  |  (34) Hans N. Andersen | 24  | 7 | 8 | 9 | –
14  |  (5) Anders Thomsen | 20  | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0
15  |  (36) Peter Ljung | 16  | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6
16  |  (16) Maksims Bogdanovs | 11  | – | 11 | – | –
17  |  (15) Kai Huckenbeck | 9  | 9 | – | – | –
18  |  (16) Kacper Woryna | 6  | – | – | – | 6
19  |  (78) Nicolás Covatti | 5  | 1 | – | – | 4
20  |  (16) Tobias Busch | 4  | 4 | – | – | –
21  |  (16) Andrey Kudryashov | 3  | – | – | 3 | –
22  |  (17) Robert Chmiel | 3  | – | – | – | 3
23  |  (17) Tobias Kroner | 1  | 1 | – | – | –
24  |  (18) Dominik Kubera | 1  | – | – | – | 1
25  |  (17) Mikhail Litvinov | 0  | – | – | 0 | –
26  |  (18) Gleb Chugunov | 0  | – | – | 0 | –

## See also

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* 2016 Speedway Grand Prix

## References

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1. ^ "Final 2016 SEC Standings". SEC.
2. ^ "Participants announced". SEC.
3. ^ "2016 SEC Events". SEC.

## External links

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* speedwayeuro.com

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