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2013 Speedway European Championship - Wikipedia

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2013 Speedway European Championship
Round two podium in Tolyatti
Season details
Dates	27 July – 29 September
Events	4
Cities	4
Countries	3
Riders	15 permanents 1 wild card(s) 2 track reserves
Heats	88 (in 4 events)
Winners
Champion	SVK Martin Vaculík
Runner-up	DEN Nicki Pedersen
3rd place	RUS Grigory Laguta
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The 2013 Speedway European Championship season was the premiere season of the Speedway European Championship era, and decided the 13th UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the first series under the promotion of One Sport Lts. of Poland.

The 2013 Speedway European Championship was won by Martin Vaculík from Slovakia

Qualification

For the 2013 season there are 15 permanent riders, joined at each SEC Final by one wild card and two track reserves.

Defending champion, Aleš Dryml, Jr. of Czech Republic, was invited to participate in all finals event, as of top European Grand Prix riders: Tomasz Gollob of Poland, Nicki Pedersen of Denmark, Andreas Jonsson of Sweden and Emil Sayfutdinov of Russia.^[1] Three weeks before Final One, Tai Woffinden of Great Britain was invited to the series also.^[2] Injured Andreas Jonsson was replaced by another the Swede Fredrik Lindgren.^[3]

Nine riders were qualified from the SEC Challenge, qualification final, preceded by three Semifinal event. The SEC Challenge was won by Jurica Pavlic of Croatia.^[4]

Qualified riders

#	Riders	SEC Ch place
1	Aleš Dryml, Jr.
2	Tomasz Gollob
3	Fredrik Lindgren
4	Nicki Pedersen
5	Emil Sayfutdinov
6	Jurica Pavlic	1
7	Roman Povazhny	2
8	Grigorij Laguta	3
9	Martin Vaculík	4
10	Andriy Karpov	5
11	Maciej Janowski	6
12	Hans N. Andersen	7
13	Sebastian Ułamek	8
14	Ķasts Puodžuks	9
15	Tai Woffinden

Wild cards and track reserves

#	Final One – Gdańsk, Poland	Final Two – Tolyatti, Russia	Final Three – Goričan, Croatia	Final Four – Rzeszów, Poland
16	Krystian Pieszczek	Artem Laguta	Krzysztof Kasprzak	Grzegorz Walasek
17	Artur Mroczka	Vitaly Belousov	Łukasz Sówka	Łukasz Sówka
18	Renat Gafurov	Oleg Beschastnov	Renato Cvetko	Maciej Kuciapa

BSI—One Sports relationships

The Speedway Grand Prix promoter, BSI of the United Kingdom, effectively prevented the appearance top riders in SEC. British federation, Auto-Cycle Union (ACU) after the withdrawal of Nicholls refused to nominate other British riders.^[5]

Because final events date do not coincide with Wolverhampton Wolves matches, ACU and BSPA have to agree of Tai Woffinden' participating in the series.^[2]

ACU and British Speedway Promoters' Association refused to appearance in a tournament qualifier British star, Scott Nicholls.^[6] On 27 July, Final One date, Nicholls need ride in British Elite League event. Then ACU does not agree that Hans N. Andersen could be replaced in Swindon Robins match. Andersen informed the club and a league that he will take part in the SEC before signing the contract.^[7]

Results

The 2013 season consist of 4 events.

Round	Date	City and venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd placed	4th placed	Results
1	27 July	Gdańsk, Poland Zbigniew Podlecki Stadium	Emil Sayfutdinov	Nicki Pedersen	Tai Woffinden	Tomasz Gollob	^[8]
2	10 August	Tolyatti, Russia Mega-Lada Stadium	Emil Sayfutdinov	Nicki Pedersen	Grigory Laguta	Tai Woffinden	^[9]
3	14 September	Goričan, Croatia Stadium Milenium	Krzysztof Kasprzak	Sebastian Ułamek	Martin Vaculik	Tomasz Gollob	^[10]
4	29 September	Rzeszów, Poland Municipal Stadium	Martin Vaculik	Grigory Laguta	Hans N. Andersen	Grzegorz Zengota	^[11]

Classification

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	(9) Martin Vaculik	47	9	10	10	18
2	(4) Nicki Pedersen	44	12	12	10	10
3	(8) Grigory Laguta	42	4	15	7	16
4	(12) Hans N. Andersen	35	8	9	8	10
5	(15) Tai Woffinden	33	11	12	10	–
5	(11) Maciej Janowski	33	10	7	8	8
7	(2) Tomasz Gollob	32	13	9	10	–
8	(3) Fredrik Lindgren	28	4	9	7	8
9	(5) Emil Sayfutdinov	27	14	13	–	–
10	(13) Sebastian Ułamek	22	6	–	14	2
10	(10) Andriy Karpov	22	5	1	6	10
12	(6) Jurica Pavlic	20	4	7	6	3
13	(16) Krzysztof Kasprzak	15	–	–	15	–
13	(22) Grzegorz Zengota	15	–	–	4	11
13	(1) Aleš Dryml, Jr.	15	5	1	2	7
16	(19) Artem Laguta	12	–	12	–	–
17	(14) Ķasts Puodžuks	10	10	0	–	–
18	(7) Roman Povazhny	9	6	3	–	–
19	(20) Robert Miśkowiak	11	–	–	5	6
20	(16) Grzegorz Walasek	7	–	–	–	7
21	(19) Leon Madsen	6	–	–	–	6
22	(16) Krystian Pieszczek	5	5	–	–	–
22	(21) Nicolas Covatti	5	–	–	4	1
24	(16) Vitaly Belousov	3	–	3	–	–
24	(17) Łukasz Sówka	3	–	–	ns	3
26	(17) Oleg Beschastnov	2	–	2	–	–
27	(18) Daniil Ivanov	1	–	1	–	–
	(17) Artur Mroczka	—	ns	–	–	–
	(18) Renat Gafurov	—	ns	–	–	–
	(18) Renato Cvetko	—	–	–	ns	–
	(18) Maciej Kuciapa	—	–	–	–	ns

2013 Speedway European Champion
Martin Vaculik First title

Broadcasting

Territory	Rights holder	Ref
World wide	Eurosport and Eurosport 2	^[12]

References

^ "Żużlowe mistrzostwa Europy wkraczają w nową erę" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Tai Woffinden with a wild card for SEC!". speedwayeuro.com. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
^ "Fredrik Lindgren will take part in the SEC finals". SportoweFakty.pl. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
^ "Pavlic won Challenge in Zarnovica! We know the finalists of SEC 2013!". speedwayeuro.com. 6 July 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
^ "Speedway European Championships bez Anglików" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 28 April 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
^ "Wojna angielsko-polska o speedway!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
^ "Hans Andersen wystąpi w czwartek w Swindon" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
^ "Emil Sayfutdinov won in Gdansk!". speedwayeuro.com. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
^ "Amazing Sayfutdinov in Togliatti". speedwayeuro.com. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
^ "Emil Sayfutdinov won in Gdansk!". speedwayeuro.com. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
^ "Martin Vaculik European Champion!". speedwayeuro.com. 29 September 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
^ "Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Europy – czyli nowa jakość speedwaya. "Jest to wielka szansa dla sportu żużlowego"" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.

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