# 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 meeting before the single event was replaced by the Speedway European Championship series in 2012.

## History

From 1955 to 1975, the European Final was staged as the final qualifying round for the World Speedway Championship, although this did not include British riders who had a separate qualifying round.
The European Championships were inaugurated in 2001, organised by European Motorcycle Union (UEM). In 2012 this was replaced by a series of four finals. Regardless of that, ISEC was struggling with prestige and promotion and the best European riders were mostly avoiding this contest.
On 20 December 2012, at a press conference in Warsaw, Poland it was announced that the competition would be replaced by a new series similar in format to the Speedway Grand Prix. The Speedway European Championship series is promoted by One Sporta Ltd. from Poland for next three seasons (2013-2015).
As of 2022, the competition is staged over four rounds in a Grand Prix format, with the winner being the rider who accumulates the most points over the four rounds. The minimum age of a rider to compete is 16 years of age (starting on the date of the rider's birthday).
Denmark is the most successful nation having had seven champions, Jesper B. Jensen (2005), Nicki Pedersen (2016), Leon Madsen (2018 and 2022) and Mikkel Michelsen (2019, 2021 and 2023).

## Winners
### European Final (1955-1975)

| Year | Venue | Winners | 2nd place | 3rd place |
| 1955 | Oslo | Henry Andersen | Olle Nygren | Kjell Carlsson |
| 1956 | Oslo | Ove Fundin | Per Olof Söderman | Ole Andersson |
| 1957 | Växjö | Rune Sörmander | Per Olof Söderman | Josef Hofmeister |
| 1958 | Warsaw | Ove Fundin | Josef Hofmeister | Rune Sörmander |
| 1959 | Gothenburg | Ove Fundin | Josef Hofmeister | Mieczysław Połukard |
| 1960 | Wrocław | Marian Kaiser | Ove Fundin | Stefan Kwoczała |
| 1961 | Wieden | Ove Fundin | Björn Knutson | Igor Plekhanov |
| 1962 | Oslo | Björn Knutson | Ove Fundin | Göte Nordin |
| 1963 | Gothenburg | Björn Knutson | Ove Fundin | Per Olof Söderman |
| 1964 | Wrocław | Zbigniew Podlecki | Björn Knutson | Boris Samorodov |
| 1965 | Slaný | Ove Fundin | Björn Knutson | Antoni Woryna |
| 1966 | Wembley | Ivan Mauger | Barry Briggs | Antoni Woryna |
| 1967 | Wrocław | Andrzej Wyglenda | Andrzej Pogorzelski | Antoni Woryna |
| 1968 | Wrocław | Paweł Waloszek | Antoni Woryna | Jerzy Trzeszkowski |
| 1969 | Olching | Valeri Klementiev | Edward Jancarz | Torbjörn Harrysson |
| 1970 | Leningrad | Ivan Mauger | Vladimir Gordeev | Gennady Kurilenko |
| 1971 | Wembley | Ivan Mauger | Ray Wilson | Ole Olsen |
| 1972 | Wrocław | Paweł Waloszek | Ole Olsen | Anders Michanek |
| 1973 | Abensberg | Anders Michanek | Ivan Mauger | Vladimir Paznikov |
| 1974 | Wembley | Peter Collins | Ole Olsen | Ivan Mauger |
| 1975 | Bydgoszcz | Ivan Mauger | Ole Olsen | Phil Crump |

### Individual European Championship (2001-2011)

| Year | Venue | Winners | 2nd place | 3rd place |
| 2001 | Heusden Zolder | Bohumil Brhel (14 pts) | Mariusz Staszewski (13 pts) | Krzysztof Cegielski (12+3 pts) |
| 2002 | Rybnik | Magnus Zetterström (12+3 pts) | Krzysztof Kasprzak (12+2 pts) | Rafał Szombierski (11+3 pts) |
| 2003 | Slaný | Krzysztof Kasprzak (12+3 pts) | Sławomir Drabik (12+2 pts) | Magnus Zetterström (11 pts) |
| 2004 | Holsted | Matej Žagar (14+3 pts) | Matej Ferjan (14+2 pts) | Hans N. Andersen (12 pts) |
| 2005 | Lonigo | Jesper B. Jensen (14+3 pts) | Aleš Dryml, Jr. (14+2 pts) | Kai Laukkanen (12 pts) |
| 2006 | Miskolc | Krzysztof Jabłoński (13+3 pts) | Grzegorz Walasek (13+2 pts) | Christian Hefenbrock (12 pts) |
| 2007 | Wiener Neustadt | Jurica Pavlic (14 pts) | Sebastian Ułamek (13 pts) | Patrick Hougaard (11 pts) |
| 2008 | Lendava | Matej Žagar (14 pts) | Sebastian Ułamek (10+3+3 pts) | Mads Korneliussen (10+2+2+2) |
| 2009 | Tolyatti | Renat Gafurov (13+3 pts) | Andriy Karpov (13+2 pts) | Aleš Dryml, Jr. (13+1 pts) |
| 2010 | Tarnów | Sebastian Ułamek (15 pts) | Aleš Dryml, Jr. (12 pts) | Andriy Karpov (11+3 pts) |
| 2011 | Rivne | Grigory Laguta (14+3 pts) | Tomasz Gapinski (14+2 pts) | Aleš Dryml, Jr. (12 pts) |

### European Championship series (since 2012)

| Year | Venue | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place |
| 2012 | Four events | Aleš Dryml, Jr. (48 pts) | Robert Miśkowiak (44 pts) | Andriy Karpov (43 pts) |
| 2013 | Four events | Martin Vaculik (47 pts) | Nicki Pedersen (44 pts) | Grigory Laguta (42 pts) |
| 2014 | Four events | Emil Sayfutdinov (54 pts) | Peter Kildemand (48 pts) | Nicki Pedersen (44 pts) |
| 2015 | Four events | Emil Sayfutdinov (58 pts) | Nicki Pedersen (55 pts) | Antonio Lindbäck (51 pts) |
| 2016 | Four events | Nicki Pedersen (40 pts) | Václav Milík (38 pts) | Krzysztof Kasprzak (38 pts) |
| 2017 | Four events | Andžejs Ļebedevs (52 pts) | Artem Laguta (45 pts) | Václav Milík (44 pts) |
| 2018 | Four events | Leon Madsen (56 pts) | Jarosław Hampel (45 pts) | Robert Lambert (41 pts) |
| 2019 | Four events | Mikkel Michelsen (45 pts) | Grigory Laguta (45 pts) | Leon Madsen (39 pts) |
| 2020 | Five events | Robert Lambert (67 pts) | Leon Madsen (64 pts) | Grigory Laguta (52 pts) |
| 2021 | Four events | Mikkel Michelsen (53 pts) | Leon Madsen (51 pts) | Patryk Dudek (46 pts) |
| 2022 | Four events | Leon Madsen (53 pts) | Janusz Kołodziej (52 pts) | Mikkel Michelsen (45 pts) |
| 2023 | Four events | Mikkel Michelsen (52 pts) | Leon Madsen (44 pts) | Janusz Kołodziej (42 pts) |
| 2024 | Four events | Andžejs Ļebedevs (50 pts) | Leon Madsen (47 pts) | Kacper Woryna (44 pts) |

## Medals classification

| Pos | National Team | Total | | | |
| 1. | Denmark | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| 2. | Russia | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 3. | Poland | 19 | 3 | 10 | 6 |
| 4. | Czech Republic | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 5. | Slovenia | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| 6. | Latvia | 2 | 2 | | |
| 7. | Sweden | 3 | 1 | | 2 |
| 8. | Great Britain | 2 | 1 | | 1 |
| 9. | Croatia | 1 | 1 | | |
| | Slovakia | 1 | 1 | | |
| 11. | Ukraine | 3 | | 1 | 2 |
| 12. | Finland | 1 | | | 1 |
| | Germany | 1 | | | 1 |