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European Under23 Team Speedway Championship: Germany hosted the QR The Qualifying round of the European Under23 Team Speedway Championship took place in Stralsund, Germany. The city is located at the southern coast of the Strelasund, a sound of the Baltic Sea separating the island of Rügen from the Pomeranian mainland. In a sunny day Teams from the Czech Republic, Great Britain, Sweden and Germany fought to qualify for the Final. In the end, the tournament was won by the Swedish team, which beat the Czech team by 9 points. Third place went to the UK team. Jan Kvech (Czech Republic) was the best rider of the day with 13 points. Casper Henriksson was awarded the mayor's prize for his victory in the final race, in which the top competitors competed. Now eyes on the Final, that will take place on July 22nd in Macon, France. Final results Sweden, 38 points

Individual Speedway Euro Championship: wild cards announced foto. JAREK PABIJANjarek.pabijan@wp.pltel. +48 601 83 62 58 The FIM Europe has selected five riders who will compete in this year's European Championship, as well as four reserves who will wait for their chances. Antonio Lindbaeck from Sweden fought for a spot in the SEC Challenge in Hungary and competed in additional races. In the end, he lost the competition to Andreas Lyager, but fans of this fierce rider can rest assured. The bronze medalist of SEC in the 2015 season will join the lineup of TAURON SEC 2023. In Częstochowa, Guestrow, Bydgoszcz, and Pardubice, we will also see Andzejs Lebedevs from Latvia. The 2017 European champion needs no special introduction. The Cellfast Wilki Krosno rider definitely has an appetite for winning a medal. He particularly likes the track in Guestrow, where he finished second in 2017. In Guestrow, German fans will warmly

Individual Speedway Euro Championship: Berge wins SEC challenge In Nagyhalasz, Hungary, we finally met the next five participants of the SEC - Individual Speedway Euro Championship. Dimitri Berge, Kacper Woryna, Jan Kvech, Grzegorz Zengota and Andreas Lyager advanced to the series and will fight for the title of Individual European Champion. The Frenchman sealed his promotion already in the fourth series, when he reached the finish line first for the fourth consecutive time and got 12 points. He recorded his first defeat only in race 19, in which he was third. Promotion to the TAURON SEC series was won by two representatives of Poland - Kacper Woryna and Grzegorz Zengota. Both scored 10 points each, and their promotion means that we will see at least five Poles in the fight for the title of Individual European Champion. In addition to Woryna and Zengota, Janusz Kolodziej, Patryk Dudek and Dominik Kubera

Individual Speedway Euro Championship: QR2, QR3, QR4 With all the Qualifying round held with success, we finally got to know the line-up for SEC Challenge, which will take place on May 14 in Nagyhalasz, Hungary. SEC Challenge participants 1. Grzegorz Zengota (Poland) 2. Jan Kvech (Czech Rep.) 3. Martin Smolinski (Germany) 4. Mads Hansen (Denmark) 5. Antonio Lindbaeck (Sweden) 6. Andreas Lyager (Denmark) 7. Kacper Woryna (Poland) 8. Frederik Jakobsen (Denmark) 9. Timo Lahti (Finland) 10. Antti Vuolas (Finland) 11. Dimitri Berge (France) 12. Michael Jepsen Jensen (Denmark) 13. Szymon Woźniak (Poland) 14. Andzejs Lebedevs (Latvia) 15. Jacob Thorssell (Sweden) 16. Niels Kristian Iversen (Denmark)   QR2 Mureck – Austria After six years the SEC was back in action in Mureck, Austria, for the QR2 of the series. Timo Lahti scored 14 and won the fourth qualifying round. Unexpectedly, the second place went to another representative of Finland, Antti Vuolas.

Individual Speedway Euro Championship: QR1 The 2023 Individual Speedway Euro Championship season got underway in Terenzano, Italy, with the QR1. After one hour delay due to bad weather conditions, 17 riders from 11 European nations started the meeting with several close racing heats. Polish rider Grzegorz Zengota won the meeting with 15 points ahead of Jan Kvech, from Czech Republic, for just one point at the end of heat 16. Kvech was one of the most entertaining riders of the event with a couple of masterclass passes during heats 16 and 17. In the latter he finished ahead of local hero Nicolas Covatti at the finish line, after four thrilling laps. Third position for German ace Martin Smolinski with a solid meeting which included a couple of wins and second places. Fourth and last place available to progress to the SEC challenge went to Danish rider Mads Hansen, who recorded three

European Team Speedway Championship: team Poland claims the title Pictures copyright: Jarek Pabijan Sensational team Poland won the European Team Speedway Championship, claiming victory at the Grand Final at Stralsund in northern Germany. The meeting was run on a well-prepared track in good weather conditions, even if a slight wind made the track hard to prepare. In front of a huge crew of 3.000 spectators the Polish team started well and didn’t drop the victory till the end. With 49 points it claimed the gold medal ahead of the Danish team, who got 35 points. Third position for Great Britain with 22 points. In a hard-fought atmosphere World Champion Bartosz Zmarzlik and Szymon Wozniak scored 13 points for the Polish Team together with Dominik Kubera (12 points) and Jaroslaw Hampel (11 points). Individual European Champion, Mikkel Michelsen, took 12 points for team Denmark, showing some nice overtaking. For the British

European Team Speedway Championship: the lines up of the Super Final We got to know the lineups of all teams for the HN Nowak GmbH European Team Speedway Championship scheduled for April 22nd. At the end of last week, the defending champions from Poland secured their promotion to the Grand Final, and on Saturday they will be strengthened by the current world champion Bartosz Zmarzlik, as well as the Danes and the British. The rate is completed by the hosts - Germany. Start of the competition in Stralsund at 2.00 pm. Managers of individual teams have already announced the line-ups for the tournament, which will decide about this year's European Team Championship medals. The Germans will be fully represented by the riders of the Trans MF Landshut Devils team starting in the Polish 1st league. One change compared to last Sunday was made by the British, whose squad was expanded

European Team Speedway Championship: Final A and Final B Lights on the European Team Speedway Championship with Final A in Poland and Final B in the Czech Republic. Pictures copyright: Jarek Pabijan Well-known as Poland's principal seaport and country's fourth-largest metropolitan area, the city of Gdansk has been the perfect location for the Final A of the European Team Speedway Championship. In front of 2.000 spectators the meeting was raced without delays, in a cloudy and cold weather. On home soil, team Poland ruled the competition from the beginning. The last heat decided the race, with team Swedish second and team French third. Pictures copyright: Jarek Pabijan Final A classification 1. Poland, 42 points 2. Sweden, 31 points 3. France, 24 points 4. Latvia, 23 points Originally scheduled on Saturday, the final B of the European Team Speedway Championship was postponed to Sunday due to bad weather conditions. The race

One Sport extends SEC license until 2030 During the Gala to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Speedway Euro Championship, representatives of One Sport and FIM Europe announced the decision on the extension of the contract to organize the Speedway Euro Championship series. One Sport will be the organizer of the series until at least 2030. Thanks to the consistent efforts of the entire One Sport team, the SEC series has managed to rise to an excellent level. The starting list every year includes the biggest speedway stars, and the competition has come to Poland, Croatia, Denmark, Sweden, Latvia, the Czech Republic and Germany, among others. Tomasz Gollob, Nicki Pedersen, Martin Vaculik, Leon Madsen, Mikkel Michelsen, Patryk Dudek and Emil Sajfutdinow, among others, have raced on a variety of tracks. Michal Sikora - FIM Europe President “On behalf of the FIM Europe, I’m very happy to confirm the renewed partnership

European Under 23 Team Speedway Championship: Poland wins on home soil The city of Tarnów, in southeastern Poland, hosted the Final of the European Under 23 Team Speedway Championship, in front of around 2000 spectators. The big efforts of the local organizers allow the meeting run on a perfect track. At the end of a tight and competitive race team Poland grab the highest step of the podium together with Denmark, second, and Great Britain, third. Final result 1. Poland 2. Denmark 3. Great Britain Visit the Track Racing page Visit the SEC official Page