2017 Speedway European Championship


The 2017 Speedway European Championship season was the fifth season of the Speedway European Championship era, and the 17th UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the fifth series under the promotion of One Sport Lts. of Poland.
The championship was won by Andžejs Ļebedevs, who claimed the title for the first time. Despite not winning a round, he finished in second place three times, leaving him seven points clear of Russia's Artem Laguta in the final standings. Last year's runner-up Václav Milík finished third, while Krzysztof Kasprzak and Andreas Jonsson secured the final spots in the 2018 line-up by finishing forth and fifth respectively.

Qualification

For the 2017 season, 15 permanent riders were joined at each SEC Final by one wild card and two track reserves.
Defending champion, Nicki Pedersen from Denmark was automatically invited to participate in all final events. Václav Milík, Krzysztof Kasprzak, Grigory Laguta and Leon Madsen secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2016 season.
Seven riders qualified through the SEC Challenge and the line-up was then completed when Artem Laguta, Andreas Jonsson and Andžejs Ļebedevs received and accepted wild cards to compete.

Qualified riders

#Riders2016 placeSEC Ch placeAppearance
Nicki Pedersen15th
Václav Milík23rd
Krzysztof Kasprzak33rd
Grigory Laguta45th
Leon Madsen52nd
Przemysław Pawlicki813rd
Kenneth Bjerre21st
Nicolai Klindt31st
Mateusz Szczepaniak42nd
Martin Smolinski53rd
Kacper Gomólski61st
Adrian Miedziński71st
Artem Laguta2nd
Andreas Jonsson2nd
Andžejs Ļebedevs133rd

Calendar

Qualification

The calendar for qualification consisted of 3 Semi-final 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