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2024 Speedway European Championship

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2024 Speedway European Championship
Season details
Dates8 June – 21 September
Events4
Cities4
Countries3
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats(in 4 events)
Winners
Champion LVA Andžejs Ļebedevs
Runner-up DEN Leon Madsen
3rd place POL Kacper Woryna

The 2024 Speedway European Championship season was the 12th season of the Speedway European Championship (SEC) era, and the 24th Individual Speedway European Championship. It was won by Andžejs Ļebedevs of Latvia, who finished ahead of Leon Madsen and Kacper Woryna. It was the second time Ļebedevs won the title having already taking top honours in 2017.

As a result of winning the title, Ļebedevs also ensured qualification for the 2025 Speedway Grand Prix series.

Qualification

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The top five riders from the 2023 Speedway European Championship were joined by five riders who qualified through the SEC Challenge. Another five permanent series riders were picked by the SEC Commission.[1] These 15 permanent riders were joined at each SEC Final by one wildcard and two track reserves.[2][3][4]

Qualifiers

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The top four riders from each heat qualified for the SEC Challenge.

Round Date Venue Winner
QR1 1 May Hungary Perényi Pál Salakmotor Stadion, Debrecen Denmark Anders Thomsen
QR2 1 May Austria Speedway Center Mureck, Mureck Finland/Sweden Timo Lahti
QR3 4 May Germany Paul Greifzu Stadium, Stralsund Poland Maciej Janowski
QR4 4 May Slovenia Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško Poland Mateusz Cierniak

SEC Challenge

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

Round Date Venue Winner
SEC 12 May Latvia Stadium Lokomotīve, Daugavpils Poland Maciej Janowski
Pos. Rider Points Details
1 Poland Maciej Janowski 12 (3,2,3,3,1)
2 Poland Piotr Pawlicki 11 (0,3,3,2,3)
3 Czech Republic Václav Milík 11 (1,3,3,1,3)
4 Poland Kacper Woryna 9+3 (1,2,1,2,3)
5 Latvia Jevgeņijs Kostigovs 9+2 (2,1,2,2,2)
6 Finland/Sweden Timo Lahti 9+1 (1,2,2,3,1)
7 Poland Bartłomiej Kowalski 9+0 (3,1,3,0,2)
8 Poland Przemysław Pawlicki 8 (2,1,2,0,3)
9 Denmark Anders Thomsen 7 (1,3,R,3,R)
10 France Dimitri Bergé 7 (3,0,2,2,0)
11 Denmark Rasmus Jensen 7 (0,3,1,1,2)
12 Poland Mateusz Cierniak 7 (2,2,0,1,2)
13 Denmark Frederik Jakobsen 4 (0,0,1,3,0)
14 Sweden Jacob Thorssell 4 (3,0,0,1,0)
15 Germany Erik Riss 3 (2,R,0,0,1)
16 Denmark Andreas Lyager 3 (0,1,1,0,1)

Championship Series

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Qualified riders

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# Riders 2023 place SEC Ch place Appearance
155 Denmark Mikkel Michelsen 1 - 7th
30 Denmark Leon Madsen 2 - 9th
333 Poland Janusz Kołodziej 3 - 6th
692 Poland Patryk Dudek 4 - 5th
129 Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs 5 - 8th
71 Poland Maciej Janowski - 1 1st
777 Poland Piotr Pawlicki - 2 4th
225 Czech Republic Václav Milík 18 3 10th
223 Poland Kacper Woryna 8 4 5th
113 Latvia Jevgeņijs Kostigovs - 5 1st
98 Finland/Sweden Timo Lahti 19 6 2nd
105 Denmark Anders Thomsen - 9 3rd
96 France Dimitri Bergé 9 10 3rd
67 Denmark Rasmus Jensen - 11 2nd
37 Germany Norick Blödorn 20 - 1st

Results

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The 2024 series was staged over four rounds.[2]

Round Date Venue Winner
1 8 June Hungary Perényi Pál Salakmotor Stadion, Debrecen Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs
2 20 July Poland Grudziądz Speedway Stadium, Grudziądz Denmark Leon Madsen
3 24 August Germany Güstrow Speedway Stadium, Güstrow Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs
4 21 September Poland Stadion Śląski, Chorzów Denmark Anders Thomsen

Final Classification

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Pos. Rider Points Hungary Poland Germany Poland
1 Latvia (29) Andžejs Ļebedevs 50 17 7 15 11
2 Denmark (30) Leon Madsen 47 5 14 14 14
3 Poland (223) Kacper Woryna 44 9 15 9 11
4 Denmark (105) Anders Thomsen 41 9 8 7 17
5 Poland (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 40 9 14 9 8
6 Poland (692) Patryk Dudek 36 10 7 9 10
7 Denmark (67) Rasmus Jensen 33 7 7 11 8
8 Poland (71) Maciej Janowski 32 12 7 8 5
9 Sweden (98) Timo Lahti 28 8 7 9 4
10 Denmark (155) Mikkel Michelsen 25 10 10 5
11 Sweden (24) Jacob Thorssell 22 11 5 6
12 Poland (46) Janusz Kołodziej 17 10 7
13 France (96) Dimitri Bergé 15 3 9 3
14 Germany (37) Norick Blödorn 15 4 3 5 3
15 Australia (16) Max Fricke 10 10
16 Poland (17) Robert Chmiel 10 10
17 Latvia (113) Jevgeņijs Kostigovs 10 5 1 2 2
18 Czech Republic (225) Václav Milík Jr. 9 6 3
19 Poland (302) Bartłomiej Kowalski 9 4 5
20 United Kingdom (27) Tom Brennan 6 6
21 Germany (16) Kevin Wölbert 2 2
22 Denmark (18) Tim Sørensen 2 2
23 Hungary (16) Norbert Magosi 0 0
24 Germany (17) Lukas Baumann 0 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Thomsen named among five SEC wildcards". FIM Speedway. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Kubera completes historic treble with Golden Helmet win". FIM. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Tauron SEC 2024 Calendar". Speedway Euro. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  4. ^ "SEC Tests for GB stars". British Speedway. May 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  5. ^ Kacper Woryna jednym z faworytów w Debreczynie
  6. ^ Żużel: Hampel poznał rywali. Będzie faworytem?
  7. ^ a b "Cierniak show in Krsko, six Poles in Challenge". Speedway Euro. 4 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.