2019 Speedway European Championship

The 2019 Speedway European Championship season was the seventh season of the Speedway European Championship (SEC) era, and the 19th UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the sixth series under the promotion of One Sport Lts. of Poland.

2019 Speedway European Championship
Season details
Dates	13 July – 28 September
Events	4
Cities	4
Countries	3
Riders	15 permanents 1 wild card(s) 2 track reserves
Heats	(in 4 events)
Winners
Champion	DEN Mikkel Michelsen
Runner-up	RUS Grigory Laguta
3rd place	DEN Leon Madsen
← 2018 Speedway European Championship 2020 →

The championship was won by Mikkel Michelsen,^[1] who beat Grigory Laguta in a run-off after both riders had finished the series tied on 45 points. Defending champion Leon Madsen, who missed one round through injury, also won a run-off with Kacper Woryna to finish third, while Bartosz Smektała completed the top five.

Qualification

For the 2019 season, 15 permanent riders were joined at each SEC Final by one wildcard and two track reserves.

Defending champion, Leon Madsen from Denmark was automatically invited to participate in all final events, while Jarosław Hampel, Robert Lambert, Antonio Lindbäck and Mikkel Michelsen secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2018 season.

Five riders qualified through the SEC Challenge,^[2] while Nicki Pedersen, Anders Thomsen, Kai Huckenbeck, Paweł Przedpełski and Bartosz Smektała were named as series wildcards.^[3]

Qualified riders

#	Riders	2018 place	SEC Ch place	Appearance
	Leon Madsen	1		4th
	Jarosław Hampel	2		2nd
	Robert Lambert	3		2nd
	Antonio Lindbäck	4		4th
	Mikkel Michelsen	5		2nd
	Grigory Laguta		1	6th
	David Bellego		2	1st
	Václav Milík	7	3	5th
	Michael Jepsen Jensen		4	3rd
	Kacper Woryna		5	2nd
	Kai Huckenbeck	9		2nd
	Anders Thomsen		6	2nd
	Paweł Przedpełski		7	2nd
	Bartosz Smektała		10	1st
	Nicki Pedersen			6th

Calendar

Qualification

The calendar for qualification consisted of 3 Semi-final events and one SEC Challenge event.

Round	Date	City and venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd placed	4th placed	Results
SEC Challenge	25 May	Nagyhalász, Hungary Nagyhalász Speedway Ring	Grigory Laguta	David Bellego	Václav Milík	Michael Jepsen Jensen	results

Championship Series

A four-event calendar was scheduled for the final series,^[4] with events in Germany, Poland and Denmark.

Round	Date	City and venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd placed	4th placed	Results
1	13 July	Güstrow, Germany Stadion Güstrow	Grigory Laguta	Leon Madsen	Bartosz Smektała	Antonio Lindbäck	results
2	27 July	Toruń, Poland Rose Motoarena	Leon Madsen	Grigory Laguta	Kacper Woryna	Nicki Pedersen	results
3	10 August	Vojens, Denmark Vojens Speedway Center	Mikkel Michelsen	Kacper Woryna	Nicki Pedersen	Michael Jepsen Jensen	results
4	28 September	Chorzów, Poland Silesian Stadium	Mikkel Michelsen	Leon Madsen	Paweł Przedpełski	Kacper Woryna	results

Final Classification

^[5]

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	(155) Mikkel Michelsen	45	7	8	15	15
2	(111) Grigory Laguta	45	15	12	7	11
3	(30) Leon Madsen	39	11	15	–	13
4	(223) Kacper Woryna	39	8	10	11	10
5	(115) Bartosz Smektała	36	12	7	10	7
6	(52) Michael Jepsen Jensen	35	10	6	11	8
7	(110) Nicki Pedersen	33	8	11	14	–
8	(323) Paweł Przedpełski	27	3	8	2	14
9	(33) Jarosław Hampel	25	7	8	4	6
10	(744) Kai Huckenbeck	24	9	5	8	2
11	(85) Antonio Lindbäck	23	11	2	1	9
12	(225) Václav Milík	22	8	4	5	5
13	(505) Robert Lambert	18	4	8	–	6
14	(415) David Bellego	14	8	4	–	2
15	(11) Anders Thomsen	14	3	3	–	8
16	(16) Adrian Miedziński	9	–	9	–	–
17	(98) Timo Lahti	9	–	–	9	–
18	(29) Andžejs Ļebedevs	8	–	–	8	–
19	(17) Andreas Lyager	7	–	–	7	–
20	(18) Frederik Jakobsen	7	–	–	7	–
21	(191) Andrey Kudriashov	6	–	–	6	–
22	(16) Maksym Drabik	6	–	–	–	6
23	(17) Jakub Miśkowiak	5	–	5	–	–
24	(16) Peter Kildemand	3	–	–	3	–
25	(16) Kevin Wölbert	2	2	–	–	–
26	(18) Igor Kopeć-Sobczyński	0	–	0	–	–

See also

• 2019 Speedway Grand Prix