# 2009 Individual Speedway European Championship

The 2009 Individual European Championship will be the 9th UEM Individual Speedway European Championship season. The final took place on 23 August, 2009 in Tolyatti, Russia. The championship was won by Renat Gafurov (Russia), who beat Andriej Karpov (Ukraine) and Aleš Dryml, Jr. (Czech Republic) in Run-Off. The defending champion, Matej Žagar, lost in semi-final 3.

## Calendar

| Day | Venue | Winner | |
| Qualifying Rounds ||||
| 1 May | Mureck | József Tabaka | result |
| 9 May | Stralsund | Renat Gafurov | result |
| 17 May | Lviv | Daniil Ivanov | result |
| Semi-Finals ||||
| 16 May | Natschbach-Loipersbach | Denis Gizatullin | result |
| 5 July | Diedenbergen | Renat Gafurov | result |
| 25 July | Goričan | Jurica Pavlic | result |
| Final ||||
| 23 August | Tolyatti | Renat Gafurov | result |

## Qualifying rounds

| Mureck Qualifying Round 1 1 May 2009 (15:00) Mureck, Stadium Mureck (Length: 389 m) Referee: Darago Istvan Jury President: None Qualify: 8 + 2R to SF1 Pos.RiderPointsDetails 1 (1) József Tabaka13(3,3,1,3,3) 2 (3) Richard Wolff12(2,2,3,2,3) 3 (15) Aleksander Čonda11+3(1,3,2,3,2) 4 (5) Sándor Tihanyi11+2(3,2,2,1,3) 5 (11) Denis Gizatullin10(E,3,3,3,1) 6 (12) Theo Pijper9(3,0,3,2,1) 7 (2) Alessandro Milanese9(0,3,1,2,3) 8 (13) Mathieu Tresarrieu9(3,1,2,1,2) 9 (4) Fritz Wallner8(1,2,3,2,F) 10 (8) Alexandru Toma7(2,1,2,E,2) 11 (9) Lukas Simon6(1,0,1,3,1) 12 (14) Ivan Vargek5(T/-,2,0,1,2) 13 (16) Matija Duh5(2,1,0,1,1) 14 (10) Georghe Adrian-Sorin2(2,E,E,0,0) 15 (7) Alessandro Novello2(1,0,1,0,0) 16 (6) Milen Manev1(0,1,0,0,0) 17 (17) Christian Pelikan0(0) 18 (18) Daniel Gappmaier-- | Stralsund Qualifying Round 2 9 May 2009 Stralsund, Paul–Griefzu–Stadion (Length: 385 m) Referee: Mick Bates Jury President: Qualify: 8 + 2R to SF2 Change: (14) Eddie Turksem injury → Gomólski Pos.RiderPointsDetails 1 (16) Renat Gafurov14(2,3,3,3,3) 2 (14) Adrian Gomólski13(3,2,3,2,3) 3 (9) Roman Povazhny12(2,3,2,3,2) 4 (1) Claus Vissing10(3,0,1,3,3) 5 (13) Hynek Stichauer10(1,1,3,2,3) 6 (11) Roberto Haupt9(1,2,3,3,1) 7 (6) Kamil Brzozowski9(2,3,0,2,2) 8 (5) Filip Šitera9(1,2,2,2,2) 9 (2) Jannick de Jong8(2,1,3,1,1) 10 (12) Tobias Busch7+3(3,1,1,1,1) 11 (8) Daniel Pytel7+M(3,2,0,0,2) 12 (3) Klaus Jakobsen5(0,3,1,1,0) 13 (4) Joni Koskinen3(1,0,2,0,0) 14 (15) Matic Voldrih3(0,1,0,1,1) 15 (7) Oleksandr Boroday0(0,0,E,-,-) 16 (10) Jari Makinen0(0,0,E,-,-) 17 (17) Erik Pudel0(0,0) 18 (18) Mathias Bartz0(0,0) |
| Lviv Qualifying Round 3 17 May 2009 Lviv, Stadium "SKA" (Length: 382 m) Referee: Wojciech Grodzki Jury President: None Qualify: 8 + 2R to SF3 Change: (1) → (4) → (11) → (16) Adrian Gomólski started in QR 2 → Rempała Pos.RiderPointsDetails 1 (7) Daniil Ivanov14(3,3,2,3,3) 2 (13) Andriy Karpov13(3,2,2,3,3) 3 (15) Andrejs Koroļevs12(2,3,1,3,3) 4 (16) Marcin Rempała10(0,3,2,3,2) 5 (10) Zbigniew Suchecki10(3,2,3,Fx,2) 6 (2) Ķasts Puodžuks10(3,1,3,2,1) 7 (4) Vladimir Dubinin9(2,2,0,2,3) 8 (6) Roman Ivanov8+3(1,3,1,1,2) 9 (14) Maks Gregorič8+2(1,E,3,2,2) 10 (1) Ilia Bondarenko7+3(1,2,3,1,0) 11 (8) Jan Jaros7+2(2,1,2,1,1) 12 (5) Guglielmo Franchetti5(0,1,1,2,1) 13 (9) Luboš Tomíček, Jr.3(2,T/-,1,E,0) 14 (11) Martin Malek2(1,1,0,0,E) 15 (3) Ales Kraljic2(X,0,F,1,1) 16 (12) Jan Halabrin0(0,0,-,0,0) 17 (17) Kiril Cukanov0(0) - Heat 5 18 (18) Volodymyr Teygel0(0) | |

## Semi-finals

| Natschbach-Loipersbach Semi-Final 1 16 May 2009 (17:15) Natschbach-Loipersbach, Stadium Natschbach Loipersbach (Length: 366 m) Referee: Christian Froschauer Jury President: None Change: (13) injury Tomasz Gapiński → Jamroży (12) Aleksander Čonda → Reserve 17 (17) Reserve → Simon (11th in QR1) (18) Alexandru Toma → None Pos.RiderPointsDetails 1 (15) Denis Gizatullin15(3,3,3,3,3) 2 (9) Rafał Trojanowski12(2,3,2,2,3) 3 (7) József Tabaka10+3(3,1,1,3,2) 4 (2) Josef Franc10+2(2,3,2,3,e) 5 (13) Ronnie Jamroży9+3(1,1,3,2,2) 6 (1) Aleš Dryml, Jr.9+2(3,2,2,0,2) 7 (10) Manuel Hauzinger8(3,0,2,3,X) 8 (3) Max Dilger7(1,0,3,0,3) 9 (4) Frank Facher7(0,3,F,1,3) 10 (6) Richard Wolff7(2,2,3,0,0) 11 (12) Fritz Wallner6(1,2,1,1,1) 12 (11) Theo Pijper4(0,2,0,0,2) 13 (8) Alessandro Milanese4(1,0,1,1,1) 14 (16) Manuel Novotny4(F,1,1,1,1) 15 (5) Sándor Tihanyi3(0,0,0,2,1) 16 (14) Mathieu Tresarrieu3(X,1,e,2,0) 17 (17) Lukas Simon2(2) | Diedenbergen Semi-Final 2 5 July 2009 (14:00 UTC+2) Diedenbergen, Rhein Main Stadion (Length: 400m) Referee: B. Svendsen Jury President: None Changes: No 2. Roman Povazhny (match in Polish league) → Jannick de Jong No 15. Kamil Brzozowski (injury) → Pytel Pos.RiderPointsDetails 1 (9) Renat Gafurov15(3,3,3,3,3) 2 (1) Adrian Gomólski11+3(3,2,X,3,3) 3 (14) Mads Korneliussen11+2(3,2,2,2,2) 4 (11) Jevgēņijs Karavackis11+1(1,1,3,3,3) 5 (10) Simon Vlasov11+0(2,3,2,3,1) 6 (8) Sergey Darkin10(2,3,1,2,2) 7 (15) Daniel Pytel9(2,3,3,1,0) 8 (4) Patrick Hougaard9(2,2,3,2,0) 9 (12) Marcin Sekula6(0,1,2,0,3) 10 (7) Hynek Stichauer6(3,e,1,1,1) 11 (6) Filip Šitera5(1,0,2,0,2) 12 (3) Roberto Haupt4(1,2,0,0,1) 13 (16) Claus Vissing4(1,X,X,1,2) 14 (5) Thomas Stange4(e,1,e,2,1) 15 (2) Jannick de Jong3(0,1,1,1,0) 16 (13) Roland Kovacs0(0,0,0,e,0) Notes: a. Marcin Sekula is a Pole who rode with German licence and was nominated by German Federation (DMSD) |
| Goričan Semi-Final 3 25 July 2009 (20:00 UTC+2) Goričan, Stadium Milenium, Donji Kraljevec (Length: 305 m) Referee: Wojciech Grodzki Jury President: None Change: No.2: Ķasts Puodžuks → Jan Jaros No.4: Marcin Rempała → track reserve Maks Gregorič No.5: Zbigniew Suchecki → Martin Malek No.6: Karol Ząbik (started in Individual Polish Championship Final) → Tomasz Rempała No.10: Andrejs Koroļevs → Guglielmo Franchetti → Ales Kraljic No.14: Roman Ivanov → Luboš Tomíček, Jr. No.15: Robert Miśkowiak → None Reserve: Ilia Bondarenko → None Pos.RiderPointsDetails 1 (12) Jurica Pavlic15(3,3,3,3,3) 2 (9) Daniil Ivanov14(2,3,3,3,3) 3 (8) Andriy Karpov12(3,1,2,3,3) 4 (3) Matěj Kůs10(3,2,1,2,2) 5 (4) Maks Gregorič10(2,2,1,2,3) 6 (5) Martin Malek9(2,0,2,3,2) 7 (1) Vladimir Dubinin8(0,2,2,2,2) 8 (13) Mattia Carpanese8(2,1,2,2,1) 9 (14) Luboš Tomíček, Jr.7(3,3,0,1,E) 10 (2) Jan Jaros7(1,2,1,1,2) 11 (7) Matej Žagar6(E,3,3,E,E) 12 (6) Tomasz Rempała5(1,Fx,3,1,E) 13 (16) Marko Vlah3(1,0,1,0,1) 14 (11) Izak Šantej3(1,1,0,0,1) 15 (10) Ales Kraljic3(F,M,0,1,1) | |

## Final

The Final
* 23 August 2009 (16:00 UTC+5)
* Tolyatti, Stadium “STROITEL” (Length: 353 m)
* Referee: Anthony Steele
* Jury President: Andrzej Grodzki
* Change:
    (10) Adrian Gomólski (injury) → track reserve Darkin
    (5) Rafał Trojanowski → track reserve A.Dryml, Jr.
    (17) A.Dryml, Jr. → Manuel Hauzinger → None
    (18) Darkin → Patrick Hougaard → None
    {7} Jurica Pavlic → Dubinin
| Placing | Rider | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pts | Pos | 21 |
| | (6) Renat Gafurov | 13 | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | | | 3 | | 13 | 8 | 3 |
| | (8) Andriy Karpov | 13 | | 3 | | | | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | 2 | | | 2 | | | | 13 | 1 | 2 |
| | (5) Aleš Dryml, Jr. | 13 | | 2 | | | 3 | | | | | 2 | | | | | 3 | | | | | 3 | 13 | 8 | 1 |
| 4 | (13) Ronnie Jamroży | 12 | | | | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | 3 | | | | | 1 | | 12 | 4 | |
| 5 | (12) Josef Franc | 11 | | | 2 | | | | | 2 | | 3 | | | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | 11 | 5 | |
| 6 | (1) Denis Gizatullin | 9 | 3 | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | | 9 | 6 | |
| 7 | (9) Matěj Kůs | 8 | | | 1 | | 0 | | | | | | 2 | | | | | 2 | | 3 | | | 8 | 7 | |
| 8 | (14) Simon Vlasov | 8 | | | | 2 | | 1 | | | | | 0 | | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | 8 | 8 | |
| 9 | (3) Daniil Ivanov | 6 | 0 | | | | | | 3 | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | X | | 6 | 9 | |
| 10 | (10) Sergey Darkin | 6 | | | 3 | | | 2 | | | | | | X | | | R | | 1 | | | | 6 | 10 | |
| 11 | (2) Jevgēņijs Karavackis | 4 | 2 | | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 2 | | | 4 | 11 | |
| 12 | (16) Maks Gregorič | 4 | | | | 0 | | | | 1 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | | | X | | | 4 | 12 | |
| 13 | (11) Mads Korneliussen | 4 | | | R | | | | 2 | | 0 | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | 4 | 13 | |
| 14 | (4) József Tabaka | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | X | | | | 2 | | | | 1 | | | | 0 | 4 | 14 | |
| 15 | (7) Vladimir Dubinin | 3 | | 0 | | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | 0 | | | | | 1 | | | 3 | 15 | |
| 16 | (15) Martin Malek | 2 | | | | 1 | | | 0 | | | 1 | | | | | | 0 | 0 | | | | 2 | 16 | |
| Placing | Rider | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pts | Pos | 21 |
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify
| gate A - inside | gate B | gate C | gate D - outside |