2020 Speedway European Championship

The 2020 Speedway European Championship season was the eighth season of the Speedway European Championship (SEC) era, and the 20th UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the seventh series under the promotion of One Sport Lts. of Poland.

2020 Speedway European Championship
Season details
Dates4 July – 29 July
Events5
Cities5
Countries1
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats(in 5 events)
Winners
Champion GBR Robert Lambert
Runner-up DEN Leon Madsen
3rd place RUS Grigory Laguta

Every round of the 2020 championship took place in Poland due to the global coronavirus pandemic. For the first time the winner of the series earned a spot in the 2021 Speedway Grand Prix series.[1]

The title was won by Robert Lambert, who beat Leon Madsen by three points. The pair won all five rounds between them, with Madsen winning the first three before Lambert won the last two. Grigory Laguta took third place overall, while defending champion Mikkel Michelsen claimed fourth.

Qualification

For the 2020 season, 15 permanent riders were joined at each SEC Final by one wildcard and two track reserves.

Defending champion, Mikkel Michelsen from Denmark was automatically invited to participate in all final events, while Grigory Laguta, Leon Madsen, Kacper Woryna and Bartosz Smektała secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2019 season. Due to the cancellation of the SEC Challenge, the rest of the line-up was completed by nominations from each of the national federations.[2]

Qualified riders
#Riders2019 placeSEC Ch placeAppearance
155 Mikkel Michelsen13rd
111 Grigory Laguta27th
30 Leon Madsen35th
223 Kacper Woryna43rd
115 Bartosz Smektała52nd
52 Michael Jepsen Jensen64th
110 Nicki Pedersen77th
744 Kai Huckenbeck103rd
225 Václav Milík126th
505 Robert Lambert133rd
415 David Bellego142nd
98 Timo Lahti171st
91 Andrey Kudriashov212nd
507 Krzysztof Kasprzak5th
36 Peter Ljung2nd

Calendar

Championship Series

All five events in the final series took place in Poland due to the coronavirus pandemic.[3]

RoundDateCity and venueWinnerRunner-up3rd placed4th placedResults
1 4 July Toruń, Poland

Rose Motoarena

 Leon Madsen Robert Lambert Nicki Pedersen Bartosz Smektała results
2 8 July Bydgoszcz, Poland

Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium

 Leon Madsen Mikkel Michelsen Grigory Laguta Emil Sayfutdinov results
3 22 July Rybnik, Poland

Rybnik Municipal Stadium

 Leon Madsen Grigory Laguta Bartosz Zmarzlik Nicki Pedersen results
4 23 July Gniezno, Poland

Stadion Miejski

 Robert Lambert Timo Lahti Grigory Laguta Krzysztof Kasprzak results
5 29 July Toruń, Poland

Rose Motoarena

 Robert Lambert Leon Madsen Timo Lahti Kai Huckenbeck results

Final Classification

[4]

Pos. Rider Points
1 (505) Robert Lambert 67 1410121714
2 (30) Leon Madsen 64 121416913
3 (111) Grigory Laguta 52 71313118
4 (155) Mikkel Michelsen 46 1013788
5 (115) Bartosz Smektała 45 1178910
6 (110) Nicki Pedersen 45 141011010
7 (98) Timo Lahti 43 8821411
8 (223) Kacper Woryna 33 84759
9 (415) David Bellego 31 661063
10 (225) Václav Milík 26 66563
11 (16) Bartosz Zmarzlik 25 10–15––
12 (744) Kai Huckenbeck 25 334312
13 (507) Krzysztof Kasprzak 25 71395
14 (36) Peter Ljung 23 15665
15 (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 22 34474
16 (191) Andrey Kudriashov 21 58350
17 (16) Emil Sayfutdinov 14 –14–––
18 (16) Paweł Przedpełski 10 ––––10
19 (16) Patryk Dudek 8 –––8–
20 (17) Oskar Fajfer 3 –––3–
21 (17) Igor Kopeć-Sobczyński 1 1–––0
22 (18) Norbert Krakowiak 1 –––01
23 (18) Kamil Brzozowski 0 0––––
24 (17) Sergey Logachev 0 ––0––
25 (18) Adrian Gała 0 –––0–

See also

References
  1. "SEC stars set for SGP 2021". SGP.
  2. "Revised SEC line-up". SEC.
  3. "2020 SEC Events". SEC.
  4. "2020 SEC Standings". SEC.

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