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 | |
| Dates | 4 July – 29 July |
| Events | 5 |
| Cities | 5 |
| Countries | 1 |
| Riders | 15 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
editFor 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
edit| # | Riders | 2019 place | SEC Ch place | Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 155 | Mikkel Michelsen |
1 | 3rd | |
| 111 | Grigory Laguta |
2 | 7th | |
| 30 | Leon Madsen |
3 | 5th | |
| 223 |  Kacper Woryna |
4 | 3rd | |
| 115 | Bartosz Smektała |
5 | 2nd | |
| 52 | Michael Jepsen Jensen |
6 | 4th | |
| 110 | Nicki Pedersen |
7 | 7th | |
| 744 |  Kai Huckenbeck |
10 | 3rd | |
| 225 |  Václav Milík |
12 | 6th | |
| 505 | Robert Lambert |
13 | 3rd | |
| 415 |  David Bellego |
14 | 2nd | |
| 98 |  Timo Lahti |
17 | 1st | |
| 91 | Andrey Kudriashov |
21 | 2nd | |
| 507 | Krzysztof Kasprzak |
5th | ||
| 36 |  Peter Ljung |
2nd |
Calendar
editChampionship Series
editAll five events in the final series took place in Poland due to the coronavirus pandemic.[3]
| Round | Date | City and venue | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd placed | 4th placed | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit| Pos. | Rider | Points | |
|
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (505) Robert Lambert
|
67 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 14 |
| 2 | (30) Leon Madsen
|
64 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 | (111) Grigory Laguta
|
52 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 8 |
| 4 | (155) Mikkel Michelsen
|
46 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| 5 | (115) Bartosz Smektała
|
45 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 6 | (110) Nicki Pedersen
|
45 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | (98) Timo Lahti
|
43 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 11 |
| 8 | (223) Kacper Woryna
|
33 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 | (415) David Bellego
|
31 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| 10 | (225) Václav Milík
|
26 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| 11 | (16) Bartosz Zmarzlik
|
25 | 10 | – | 15 | – | – |
| 12 | (744) Kai Huckenbeck
|
25 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 13 | (507) Krzysztof Kasprzak
|
25 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 |
| 14 | (36) Peter Ljung
|
23 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 15 | (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen
|
22 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| 16 | (191) Andrey Kudriashov
|
21 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 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 | – | – | – | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | (18) Kamil Brzozowski
|
0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| 24 | (17) Sergey Logachev
|
0 | – | – | 0 | – | – |
| 25 | (18) Adrian Gała
|
0 | – | – | – | 0 | – |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "SEC stars set for SGP 2021". SGP. Archived from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ "Revised SEC line-up". SEC.
- ^ "2020 SEC Events". SEC.
- ^ "2020 SEC Standings". SEC.