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2023 Speedway European Championship

{{Short description|Speedway competition}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}

{{Use British English|date=September 2023}}

{{Infobox SEC Season|x

|Year =2023

|Name =

|Image =

|Dates =17 June – 22 September

|Events =4

|Cities =4

|Country=3

|per=15 |wc=1 |tr=2

|P1f=DEN |P1 =Mikkel Michelsen

|P2f=DEN |P2 =Leon Madsen

|P3f=POL |P3 =Janusz Kołodziej

}}

The 2023 Speedway European Championship season was the 11th season of the Speedway European Championship (SEC) era, and the 23rd UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the 10th series under the promotion of Polish company One Sport Lts. Danish rider Mikkel Michelsen won the Championship for the third time.{{cite web |url=https://www.fimspeedway.com/news/michelsen-seals-third-european-title-2024-speedway-gp-qualification |title=Michelsen Seals Third European Title and 2024 Speedway GP Qualification |website=FIM |access-date=24 September 2023}}

Qualification

For the 2023 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 Janusz Kołodziej, Mikkel Michelsen, Patryk Dudek and Dominik Kubera secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2022 season.

Five riders qualified through the SEC Challenge,{{cite web|url=http://speedwayeuro.com/en/news/n/1462/|title=2023 SEC Challenge result|publisher=SEC}} while the final five riders were handed wildcards by the SEC Commission.{{cite web|url=https://www.fim-europe.com/individual-speedway-euro-championship-wild-cards-announced/|title=Speedway Euro Championship: wild cards announced|publisher=FIM Europe}}

Calendar

= Qualification =

The top five riders from the SEC Challenge qualified for the championship series.{{cite web|url=https://fimspeedway.com/news/berge-leads-sec-qualifiers-at-epic-challenge-in-hungary|title=2023 SEC Challenge result|publisher=FIM Speedway}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%"
width=30|Round

!width=100| Date

!width=300| Venue

!width=200|Winner

114 May{{flagicon|HUN}} Nagyhalász Speedway Ring, Nagyhalász{{flagicon|FRA}} Dimitri Bergé

class="wikitable"

!colspan="3"|Nagyhalász

width=20|Pos

!width=200|Rider

!width=20|Pts

style="background:#ACE1AF;"

!1

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Dimitri Bergé

13
style="background:#ACE1AF;"

!2

|{{flagicon|POL}} Kacper Woryna

10
style="background:#ACE1AF;"

!3

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Jan Kvěch

10
style="background:#ACE1AF;"

!4

|{{flagicon|POL}} Grzegorz Zengota

10
style="background:#ACE1AF;"

!5

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Andreas Lyager

9
6

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Antonio Lindbäck ||9

7

|{{flagicon|POL}} Szymon Woźniak || 9

8

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Niels-Kristian Iversen ||9

9

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Mads Hansen ||9

10

|{{flagicon|LAT}} Andžejs Ļebedevs ||8

11

|{{flagicon|FIN}} Timo Lahti ||8

12

|{{flagicon|FIN}} Antti Vuolas || 6

13

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Frederik Jakobsen ||5

14

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Jacob Thorssell || 4

15

|{{flagicon|HUN}} Norbert Magosi ||1

16

|{{flagicon|HUN}} Márk Bárány ||0

17

|{{flagicon|HUN}} Roland Kovacs ||0

= Qualified riders =

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# ||Riders ||2022 place ||SEC Ch place ||Appearance
30align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} Leon Madsen18th
333align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Janusz Kołodziej25th
155align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} Mikkel Michelsen36th
692align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Patryk Dudek44rd
415align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Dominik Kubera52nd
96align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Dimitri Bergé1312nd
223align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Kacper Woryna1424th
201align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} Jan Kvěch1831st
29align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Grzegorz Zengota41st
114align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} Andreas Lyager51st
85align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} Antonio Lindbäck65th
129align=left|{{flagicon|LVA}} Andžejs Ļebedevs11107th
225align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} Václav Milík159th
744align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Kai Huckenbeck166th
299align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} Adam Ellis172nd

= Championship Series =

The 2023 series will be staged over four rounds.{{cite web|url=http://speedwayeuro.com/en/events.html|title=2023 SEC Events|publisher=SEC}}

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width=30|Round

!width=100| Date

!width=300| Venue

!width=200|Winner

117 June{{flagicon|POL}} Arena Częstochowa, Częstochowa{{flagicon|DEN}} Leon Madsen
25 August{{flagicon|GER}} Stadion Güstrow, Güstrow{{flagicon|POL}} Janusz Kołodziej
39 September{{flagicon|POL}} Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz{{flagicon|DEN}} Leon Madsen
422 September{{flagicon|CZE}} Svítkov Stadium, Pardubice{{flagicon|POL}} Janusz Kołodziej

Final Classification

{{cite web|url=http://speedwayeuro.com/en/results.html|title=2023 SEC Standings|publisher=SEC}}

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valign=top {{Speedway color|4}}

!width=20px valign=middle| Pos.

!width=220px valign=middle| Rider

!width=50px valign=middle| Points

| {{flagicon|POL}}

| {{flagicon|GER}}| {{flagicon|POL}}| {{flagicon|CZE}}
{{SGP Table/r|Q|1|DEN|155|Mikkel Michelsen |b|15|b|14|b|14|d|9}}

{{SGP Table/r|Q|2|DEN|30|Leon Madsen |a|16|f|4|a|15|c|9}}

{{SGP Table/r|Q|3|POL|333|Janusz Kołodziej |x

a|17|d|14|a|11}}

{{SGP Table/r|Q|4|POL|692|Patryk Dudek |f|8|e|10|f|9|f|6}}

{{SGP Table/r|Q|5|LVA|129|Andžejs Ļebedevs |f|8|c|11|f|9|f|5}}

{{SGP Table/r|P|6|POL|415|Dominik Kubera |x

d|10|c|10|b|10}}

{{SGP Table/r|P|7|GER|744|Kai Huckenbeck |f|6|f|7|e|10|f|7}}

{{SGP Table/r|P|8|POL|223|Kacper Woryna |d|11|f|8|f|6|f|2}}

{{SGP Table/r|P|9|FRA|96|Dimitri Bergé |e|10|f|5|f|5|f|4}}

{{SGP Table/r|P|10|SWE|85|Antonio Lindbäck |f|2|e|9|e|9|f|5}}

{{SGP Table/r|P|11|GBR|299|Adam Ellis |f|5|f|7|f|6|f|4}}

{{SGP Table/r|P|12|DEN|114|Andreas Lyager |x

f|5|f|8|f|7}}

{{SGP Table/r|R|13|POL|48|Szymon Woźniak |c|12|x

f|6|x
}

{{SGP Table/r|P|14|CZE|201|Jan Kvěch |f|7|f|3|f|1|f|2}}

{{SGP Table/r|R|15|DEN|88|Niels-Kristian Iversen |e|9|x||x||x|}}

{{SGP Table/r|R|16|POL|16|Maksym Drabik |f|9|x||x||x|}}

{{SGP Table/r|P|17|POL|29|Grzegorz Zengota |x||f|7|f|2|x|}}

{{SGP Table/r|P|18|CZE|225|Václav Milík |f|3|f|5|f|1|x|}}

{{SGP Table/r|R|19|FIN|98|Timo Lahti |f|5|x||x||x|}}

{{SGP Table/r|R|20|GER|16|Norick Blödorn |x||f|3|x||x|}}

{{SGP Table/r|R|21|CZE|16|Petr Chlupáč |x||x||x||f|1}}

{{SGP Table/r|R|22|POL|16|Kacper Pludra |x||x||f|1|x|}}

{{SGP Table/r|R|23|POL|17|Kacper Halkiewicz |f|0|x||x||x|}}

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See also

References

{{Reflist|30em}}

External links

{{Official website|http://www.speedwayeuro.com/|speedwayeuro.com}}

{{Individual Speedway European Championship seasons}}

{{European championships in 2023}}

2023

European Championship

Speedway European Championship

Speedway European Championship