The 2022 Speedway European Championship season was the 10th season of the

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(SEC) era, and the 22nd UEM

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. It was the ninth series under the promotion of One Sport Lts. of Poland.

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was the defending champion having won the title in

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. The title 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 ...

after he overtook former series leader Janusz Kołodziej in the final round to win by just one point. It was the second time Madsen won the title after claiming the championship in

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Qualification

For the 2022 season, 15 permanent riders were joined at each SEC Final by one wildcard and two track reserves. Defending champion,

from

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was automatically invited to participate in all final events, while

Patryk Dudek Patryk Dudek (; born 20 June 1992) is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who is a member of the Poland national speedway team, Polish national speedway team. Career Dudek's father, Sławomir Dudek, Sławomir, was a professional rider and P ...

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 ...

and

Dan Bewley Daniel Bewley (born 20 May 1999) is a British international speedway rider. Career Bewley started riding for the Belle Vue Colts and as a reserve for the Edinburgh Monarchs in 2017. In 2017, he won the National League Riders' Championship be ...

secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2021 season. Five riders qualified through the SEC Challenge, while

David Bellego David Bellego (born 15 May 1993 in Marmande) is a French motorcycle speedway rider, who competes in Grasstrack, Longtrack and Speedway. He is four times champion of France. Speedway career International He was part of the French team that wo ...

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, Václav Milík,

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and Janusz Kołodziej were named as series wildcards.

Qualified riders

Calendar

Qualification

The top five riders from the SEC Challenge qualified for the championship series.

Championship Series

The 2022 series was staged over four rounds.

Final Classification

References

External links

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Qualification

Qualified riders

Calendar

Qualification

Championship Series

Final Classification

See also

References

External links