2015 Speedway European Championship


The 2015 Speedway European Championship season was the third season of the Speedway European Championship era, and the 15th UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the third series under the promotion of One Sport Lts. of Poland.
The championship was won by Russia's Emil Sayfutdinov for the second season in succession. The Russian finished three points ahead of Danish rider Nicki Pedersen. Third place went to Antonio Lindbäck, who was another four points behind Pedersen. Janusz Kołodziej and Martin Vaculík secured the final two qualifying spots for the 2016 season by finishing fourth and fifth respectively.

Qualification

For the 2015 season, 15 permanent riders were joined at each SEC Final by one wild card and two track reserves.
Defending champion, Emil Sayfutdinov from Russia was automatically invited to participate in all final events. Peter Kildemand, Nicki Pedersen, Martin Vaculík and Janusz Kołodziej secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2014 season.
Tomasz Gollob, Antonio Lindbäck and Martin Smolinski received and accepted a wild card to compete in the 2015 Speedway European Championships.

Qualified riders

#Riders2014 placeSEC Ch placeAppearancePrevious appearances in series
89 Emil Sayfutdinov13rd2014
25 Peter Kildemand22nd2014
3 Nicki Pedersen33rd2014
54 Martin Vaculík43rd2014
27 Janusz Kołodziej52nd2014
20 Tomasz Gollob93rd2014
84 Martin Smolinski162nd2014
85 Antonio Lindbäck1st
222 Artem Laguta12nd2013
34 Hans N. Andersen22nd2013
79 Tomasz Jędrzejak31st
151 Piotr Protasiewicz41st
13 Václav Milík51st
7 Grigory Laguta1263rd2014
59 Przemysław Pawlicki71st

Calendar

Qualification

The calendar for qualification consisted of 3 Semifinal events and one SEC Challenge event.

Championship Series

A four-event calendar was scheduled for the final series, with events in Poland, Germany and Sweden.

Classification