Speedway European Championship 2013

2013 Speedway European Championship

The 2013 Speedway European Championship was won by Martin Vaculík from Slovakia. Nicki Pedersen finished in second place with Russia's Grigory Laguta in third.

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 also invited was Tomasz Gollob, Nicki Pedersen, Andreas Jonsson, Emil Sayfutdinov, Tai Woffinden and Andreas Jonsson, Jonsson was injured and he was replaced by fellow Swede Fredrik Lindgren.

Nine riders qualified from the SEC Challenge, qualification final, preceded by three Semifinal event. The SEC Challenge was won by Jurica Pavlic of Croatia
Jurica Pavlic Roman Povazhny Grigorij Laguta Martin Vaculík Andriej Karpov Maciej Janowski Hans N. Andersen Sebastian Ułamek Kjastas Puodzuks

These riders were joined by one wild card and two reserves in each event

Gdańsk, Poland - Krystian Pieszczek  Artur Mroczka  Renat Gafurov
Tolyatti, Russia  - Artem Laguta  Vitaly Belousov  Oleg Beschastnov
Goričan, Croatia - Krzysztof Kasprzak  Łukasz Sówka  Renato Cvetko
Rzeszów, Poland - Grzegorz Walasek  Łukasz Sówka  Maciej Kuciapa

Programme Gallery
Martin Vaculik
Nicki Pedersen, Martin Vaculik Grigory Laguta
Calendar
Round 1 27/07/2013 Gdańsk, Poland Zbigniew Podlecki Stadium
Round 2 10/08/2013 Tolyatti, Russia Mega-Lada Stadium
Round 3 14/09/2013 Goričan, Croatia Stadium Milenium
Round 4 29/09/2013 Rzeszów, Poland Municipal Stadium
Challenge 06/07/2013 Žarnovica, Slovakia
Semi Final 23/06/2013 Mureck, Austria
Semi Final 01/05/2013 Debrecen, Hungary
Semi Final 20/04/2013 Chervonohrad, Ukraine
Poland Russia Croatia Poland Pts
1 Martin Vaculik 9 slovenia 9 10 10 18 47
2 Nicki Pedersen 4 Denmark 12 12 10 10 44
3 Grigory Laguta 8 Russia 4 15 7 16 42
4 Hans N. Andersen 12 Denmark 8 9 8 10 35
5 Tai Woffinden 15 Great Britain 11 12 10 33
5 Maciej Janowski 11 Poland 10 7 8 8 33
7 Tomasz Gollob 2 Poland 13 9 10 32
8 Fredrik Lindgren 3 Sweden 4 9 7 8 28
9 Emil Sayfutdinov 5 Russia 14 13 27
10 Sebastian Ułamek 13 Poland 6 14 2 22
10 Andriey Karpov 10 Ukraine 5 1 6 10 22
12 Jurica Pavlic 6 Croatia 4 7 6 3 20
13 Krzysztof Kasprzak 16 Poland 15 15
13 Grzegorz Zengota 22 Poland 4 11 15
13 Aleš Dryml, Jr. 1 Czech Republic 5 1 2 7 15
16 Artem Laguta 19 Russia 12 12
17 Kjastas Puodzuks 14 Latvia 10 0 10
18 Roman Povazhny 7 Russia 6 3 9
19 Robert Miśkowiak 20 Poland 5 6 11
20 Grzegorz Walasek 16 Poland 7 7
21 Leon Madsen 19 Norway 6 6
22 Krystian Pieszczek 16 Poland 5 5
22 Nicolas Covatti 21 Italy 4 1 5
24 Vitaly Belousov 16 Russia 3 3
24 Łukasz Sówka 17 Poland NS 3 3
26 Oleg Beschastnov 17 Russia 2 2
27 Daniil Ivanov 18 Russia 1 1
Artur Mroczka 17 Poland NS
Renat Gafurov 18 Russia NS
Renato Cvetko 18 Croatia NS
Maciej Kuciapa 18 Poland NS