The 2018 Speedway European Championship season was the sixth season of the

Speedway European Championship The Individual Speedway European Championship is an annual individual speedway event organized by the European Motorcycle Union (UEM) to determine the champion of Europe. The competition was founded in 2001 and was initially staged as a one-off ...

(SEC) era, and the 18th UEM

Individual Speedway European Championship The Individual Speedway European Championship is an annual individual speedway event organized by the European Motorcycle Union (UEM) to determine the champion of Europe. The competition was founded in 2001 and was initially staged as a one-off ...

. It was the fifth series under the promotion of One Sport Lts. of Poland. The championship was won by Denmark's

Leon Madsen Leon Daniel Madsen (born 5 September 1988) is a Danish speedway rider who is twice a World Championship silver medalist. Career Born in Vejle, Madsen won the 80cc junior World Championship in 2001. In 2018, Madsen won the Individual Spee ...

, who finished 11 points ahead of

Jarosław Hampel Jarosław "Jarek" Hampel (; born 17 April 1982 in Łódź, Poland) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. He is a six times World Cup winner and earned 24 caps for the Poland national speedway team. Career He received his speedway licen ...

in second. Madsen won the last two rounds of the series, scoring a full 15-point maximum in the final round. Robert Lambert finished third overall, with

Antonio Lindbäck Antonio Lindbäck (born 5 May 1985 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden, who competed in the Speedway World Championship and was a member of the Swedish team who won the Speedway World Cup in 2004 and 2015. He e ...

and

Mikkel Michelsen Mikkel Michelsen (born 19 August 1994) is a Danish speedway rider. Career Born in Nykøbing Falster, Michelsen took up speedway at the age of 6, and went on to win the Junior World Cup in both 2008 and 2009.Laursen Brock, Jeppe (2013)Speedway ...

completing the top five.

Qualification

For the 2018 season, 15 permanent riders were joined at each SEC Final by one wildcard and two track reserves. Defending champion,

Andžejs Ļebedevs Andžejs Ļebedevs (born 4 November 1994) is a Latvian speedway rider. Career Ļebedevs finished in 16th place during the 2022 Speedway World Championship, after securing 26 points during the 2022 Speedway Grand Prix. He was selected as a ...

from

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

was automatically invited to participate in all final events, while Václav Milík,

Krzysztof Kasprzak Krzysztof Kasprzak (; born 18 July 1984 in Leszno, Poland) is a Polish international motorcycle speedway rider, who became World Under-21 Champion in 2005 and won the silver medal during the 2014 Speedway Grand Prix. He also won five World te ...

and

Andreas Jonsson Andreas Karl Rune Jonsson (born 3 September 1980 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish former international motorcycle speedway rider. He was a member of the Sweden speedway team that won the World Cup in 2003, 2004 and 2015. He earned 26 caps for ...

secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2017 season.

Artem Laguta Artem Grigoryevich Laguta (; born 13 November 1990) is a Russian motorcycle speedway rider and member of the Russian national team. He is the 2021 World Champion. Career details Laguta became the Russian champion in 2010 and 2011. In Aug ...

, who finished second in 2017, declined his invite, meaning an extra wildcard was announced. Five riders qualified through the SEC Challenge, while

Piotr Pawlicki Jr. Piotr Pawlicki (born 30 November 1994) is a Polish speedway rider. Career Born in Leszno, he is the son of former rider Piotr Pawlicki Sr. and the younger brother of Przemysław Pawlicki. He won the Polish Under-21 Championship in 2011, emul ...

Kai Huckenbeck Kai Huckenbeck (born 23 February 1993) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Germany. Career Huckenbeck has been the champion of Germany on three occasions. He rode in the top tier of British Speedway signing and riding for the King's Lynn S ...

and Robert Lambert were named as series wildcards.

Qualified riders

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 Latvia.

Classification

References

External links

* {{European championships in 2018

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Qualification

Qualified riders

Calendar

Qualification

Championship Series

Classification

See also

References

External links