2020 Speedway European Championship Explained

Year:2020
Dates:4 July – 29 July
Events:5
Cities:5
Country:1
Per:15
Wc:1
Tr:2
P1f:GBR
P2f:DEN
P3f:RUS
P3:Grigory Laguta

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.

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

For 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

Riders 2019 place SEC Ch place Appearance
155 1 3rd
111 2 7th
30 3 5th
223 4 3rd
115 5 2nd
52 6 4th
110 7 7th
744 10 3rd
225 12 6th
505 13 3rd
415 14 2nd
98 17 1st
91 21 2nd
507 5th
36 2nd

Calendar

Championship Series

All five events in the final series took place in Poland due to the coronavirus pandemic.[3]

Final Classification

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See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SEC stars set for SGP 2021. SGP. 9 July 2020. 10 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200710234855/https://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/8290/sec-stars-set-for-sgp. dead.
  2. Web site: Revised SEC line-up. SEC.
  3. Web site: 2020 SEC Events. SEC.
  4. Web site: 2020 SEC Standings. SEC.