2018 Speedway European Championship

2018 Speedway European Championship
1st Leon Madsen
2nd Jarosław Hampel
3rd Robert Lambert

The championship was won by Denmark's Leon Madsen, who finished 11 points ahead of Jarosław Hampel in second. Madsen won the last two rounds of the series, scoring a full 15-point maximum in the final round. Robert Lambert finished third overall, with Antonio Lindbäck and Mikkel Michelsen completing the top five.

For the 2018 season, 15 permanent riders were joined at each SEC Final by one wildcard and two track reserves. Defending champion, Andžejs Ļebedevs from Latvia was automatically invited to participate in all final events, while Václav Milík, Krzysztof Kasprzak and Andreas Jonsson secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2017 season. Artem Laguta, who finished second in 2017, declined his invite, meaning an extra wildcard was announced. Five riders qualified through the SEC Challenge, while Leon Madsen, Jarosław Hampel, Piotr Pawlicki Jr., Antonio Lindbäck, Kai Huckenbeck and Robert Lambert were named as series wildcards.
Jarosław Hampel Leon Madsen Robert Lambert
Calendar
Qualification Rounds
Semi Final 1 27 April Belakovo, Russia
Semi Final 2 28 April Goričan, Croatia
Semi Final 3 28 April Debrecen , Hungary
Semi Final 4 28 April Pardubice, Czech Republic
SEC Challenge
Challenge Final 5 May Terenzano, Italy
Championship Series
Round 1 23 June Gniezno, Poland Stadion Miejski
Round 2 14 July Güstrow, Germany Stadion Güstrow
Round 3 18 August Daugavpils, Latvia Spīdveja centrs
Round 4 15 September Chorzów, Poland Silesian Stadium
Poland Germany Latvia Poland
1 Leon Madsen Denmark 8 14 16 18 56
2 Jarosław Hampel Poland 17 8 9 11 45
3 Robert Lambert Great Britain 6 14 13 8 41
4 Antonio Lindbäck Sweden 13 4 11 12 40
5 Mikkel Michelsen Denmark 9 11 8 12 40
6 Emil Sayfutdinov Russia 6 11 13 9 39
7 Václav Milík Czech Republic 8 8 10 6 32
8 Peter Kildemand Denmark 8 10 7 7 32
9 Kai Huckenbeck Germany 11 9 6 0 26
10 Andrey Kudryashov Russia 5 8 8 5 26
11 Krzysztof Kasprzak Poland 8 6 3 7 24
12 Piotr Pawlicki Jr. Poland 9 3 8 20
13 Andžejs Ļebedevs Latvia 5 5 7 3 20
14 Andreas Jonsson Sweden 7 6 6 0 19
15 Kacper Woryna Poland 13 13
16 Kevin Wölbert Germany 8 8
17 Adrian Gała Poland 5 5
18 Aleksandr Loktaev 4 4
19 Oleg Mihalovs Latvia 4 4
20 Josef Franc Czech Republic 0 0 1 3 4
21 Jakub Miśkowiak Poland 3 3
22 Robert Chmiel Poland 1 1
23 Norbert Krakowiak Poland 1 1
24 Max Dilger Germany 1 1
25 Rafał Karczmarz Poland 1 1