European Pairs Speedway Championship

The European Pairs Speedway Championship is an annual speedway event held in different countries organized by the European Motorcycle Union (UEM) since 2004.

Rules

The minimum age limit (16 years) starts on the date of the rider's birthday.

Team composition

The 6 (or 7) competing teams shall each consist of 3 riders: 2 riders having programmed riders and the third rider being a substitute, as follows:

6 pairs 7 pairs
  • Pair A: No 1, 2, and 13
  • Pair B: No 3, 4, and 14
  • Pair C: No 5, 6, and 15
  • Pair D: 7, 8, and 16
  • Pair E: 9, 10, and 17
  • Pair F: 11, 12, and 18
  • Pair A: No 1, 2, and 15
  • Pair B: No 3, 4, and 16
  • Pair C: No 5, 6, and 17
  • Pair D: 7, 8, and 18
  • Pair E: 9, 10, and 19
  • Pair F: 11, 12, and 20
  • Pair G: 13, 14, and 21

The substitute rider may take the place of any programmed rider, at any time, within the maximum number of permitted heats (5 when is 6 pairs and 6 when is 7 pairs) as decided by the Team Manager.

Race format
6 pairs
GateA
(inside)		B
 		C
 		D
(outside)		A-CB-D
Heat No Riders starting No
1 1324AB
2 5768CD
3 1191210FE
4 7182DA
5 95106EC
6 311412BF
7 1526AC
8 117128FD
9 93104EB
10 511612CF
11 19210AE
12 3748BD
13 111122FA
14 79810DE
15 5364CB
7 pairs
GateA
(inside)		B
 		C
 		D
(outside)		A-CB-D
Heat No Riders starting No
1 1324AB
2 5768CD
3 9111012EF
4 131142GA
5 3546BC
6 79810DE
7 13111412GF
8 1526AC
9 7384DB
10 9131014EG
11 111122FA
12 39410BE
13 511612FC
14 137148GD
15 19210AE
16 113124FB
17 513614CG
18 7182DA
19 313414BG
20 95106EC
21 117128FD

Previous winners
Year Venue Winners 2nd place 3rd place
2004 Debrecen  Czech Republic  Russia  Poland
2005 Gdańsk  Poland  Czech Republic  Slovenia
2006 Lendava  Poland  Slovenia  Hungary
2007 Terenzano  Czech Republic  Poland  Russia
2008 Natschbach-Loipersbach  Poland  Czech Republic  Russia
2009 Miskolc  Czech Republic  Russia  Poland
2010 Stralsund  Czech Republic  Germany  Croatia
2011 Piła  Poland  Hungary  Russia
2012 Rivne  Ukraine  Latvia  Denmark
2013 Herxheim  Germany  Poland  Ukraine
2014 Divišov  Czech Republic  Poland  Russia
2015 Debrecen  Poland  Russia  Czech Republic
2016 Riga  Italy  Denmark  Latvia
2017 Lonigo  Poland  Russia  France
2018 Brovst  Poland  Denmark  Italy
2019 Balakovo  Russia  Czech Republic  Latvia

Classification
PosNational TeamTotal
1. Poland12 7 3 2
2. Czech Republic9 5 3 1
3. Russia9 1 4 4
4. Germany2 1 1
5. Ukraine2 1 1
 Italy2 1 1
7. Denmark3 2 1
8. Latvia3 1 2
9. Hungary2 1 1
 Slovenia2 1 1
10. Croatia1 1
 France1 1

Champions

This is a complete list of speedway riders who have won this Championship. In total, 34 different riders from 6 national teams have a European Pairs Champion title. List in alphabetical order is here.

Four times champion:

Three times champion:

Two times champion:

One time champions:

Note: riders in bold type are current European Champions.

Participating nations
Legend
  • – Champions.
  • – Runners-up.
  • – Third place.
  • 4–12 – 4th to 20th places.
  •    – Final hosts.
  • Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament.
  • q – Will take part in the upcoming qualification.
Team 2004

(12)		 2005

(10)		 2006

(13)		 2007

(15)		 2008

(12)		 2009

(12)		 2010

(11)		 2011

(12)		 2012

(13)		 2013

(10)		 2014

(10)		 2015

(12)		 2016

(11)		 2017

(12)		 2018

(15)		 2019

(12)
 Poland 7 4 4 5
 Czech Republic 4 6 5 6 5 9
 Russia 85 4 9 6 5
 Hungary 4484 4 5 7 9 6 5 11 10 11
 Latvia 875 7 4 4 5 7 7 7
 Austria 9966 10 11 8 10 6 9
 Germany 557127 5 7 6 4 4 7 8 6
 Ukraine 710658 9 6 11 7 9 10 9 8 9
 Finland 849 12 8 14 8
 Slovenia 6910 6 9 8 12 7 8 8 8 10 13
 Italy 11611711 8 10 10 8 10 10 4 7
 Croatia 12131112 11 12
 Sweden 10 4
 Norway 13 12 10
 France 101014 4
 Romania 1215 10 12 12 15
 Netherlands 9
 Great Britain 9 11 6 11
 Denmark 5 5 5
 Slovakia 13 9 11 11 12
 Bulgaria 12

See also
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