2023 Danish speedway season explained

2023 Danish speedway season
Prev:	2022
Next:	2024

The 2023 Danish Speedway season was the 2023 season of motorcycle speedway in Denmark.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Individual

Individual Championship

The 2023 Danish Individual Speedway Championship was the 2023 edition of the Danish Individual Speedway Championship. The final was held at the Slangerup Speedway Center on 21 June 2023. Mikkel Michelsen won the title on his home track.^{[4] [5]}

width=25px	Pos.	width=250px	Rider	width=120px	Points	width=40px	Total
1	Mikkel Michelsen (Slangerup)	3, 3, 2, 3, 3, +3	17
2	Mads Hansen (SES)	3, 1, 1, 1, 3, +2	11
3	Patrick Hansen (Grindsted)	1, 2, 3, 3, 1, +1	11
4	Kenneth Bjerre (Grindsted)	3, 3, 1, 3, 0, +0	10
5	Niels Kristian Iversen (Esbjerg)	2, 0, 2, 3, 2	9
6	Jonas Seifert-Salk (Slangerup)	2, 2, 3, 0, 2	9
7	Jonas Jeppesen (Esbjerg)	3, 2, 1, 1, 2	9
8	Rasmus Jensen (Holsted)	0, 1, 2, 2, 3	8
9	Nicolai Klindt (SES)	1, W, 3, 0, 3	7
10	Anders Thomsen (SES)	1, 3, 0, 2, 1	7
11	Frederik Jakobsen (Region Varde)	0, 1, 3, 1, 2	7
12	Benjamin Basso (SES)	2, 2, 1, 2, 0	7
13	Michael Jepsen Jensen (Slangerup)	1, 3, D, 0, -	4
14	René Bach (Holsted)	0, 0, 2, 2, 0	4
15	Leon Madsen (Unattached)	2, 0, W, -, -	2
16	Peter Kildemand (Fjelsted)	0, 0, 0, 1, W	1
17	Kevin Juhl Pedersen (Grindsted) (res)	-, -, 0, -, 1	1
18	Kenneth Hansen (Slangerup) (res)	-, 1, -, -, W	1

Grand Prix Qualifier

The 2023 Danish Grand Prix Qualifier was the 2023 edition of the Danish qualifier for the 2024 Speedway Grand Prix. The final was held at Vojens on 5 April and the top four riders qualified for the 2024 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification stage.^{[6] [7]}

width=25px	Pos.	width=250px	Rider	width=120px	Points	width=40px	Total
1		3, 3, 3, 3, 2	14
2		3, 3, 2, 2, 3	13
3		1, 3, 3, 1, 3	11
4		0, 3, 2, 2, 3	10+3
5		2, 1, 2, 3, 2	10+2
6		1, 2, 1, 3, 0	7
7	Jonas Seifert-Salk	3, 1, 1, 0, 2	7
8		2, 1, 3, 0, 1	7
9	Tim Sørensen	2, F, 1, 2, 2	7
10	Matias Nielsen	3, 0, 2, 1, 0	6
11		0, 2, 0, 1, 3	6
12		2, 2, 0, 1, 1	6
13		1, 1, 0, 3, R	5
14		1, 0, 3, 0, 0	4
15	René Bach	X, 0, 1, 2, 1	4
16		0, 2, X, 0, 1	3
17	Sam Jensen (res)	0, -, -, -, -	0
	Jonas Knudsen (res)		DNR

U21 Championship

Emil Breum won the Under 21 Championship.^[8]

width=25px	Pos.	width=180px	Rider	width=50px	Points
1		13+3
2		13+2
3		13
4		13
5		11
6		8
7		8
8		7
9		7
10		6
11		6
12		5
13		4
14		3
15		2
16		0
17	Martin Ovig (res)	0
18	Rasmus Funch-Larsen (res)	0

Team

Seven teams competed in a round robin of fixtures from 19 April to 30 August, to determine the league placings for the semi-final and super final rounds.^{[1] [2]} Esbjerg Vikings won the Danish title for 11th time.^[9]

width=20	Pos	width=300	Team	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	BP	width=20	Pts
1		12	9	0	3	6	24
2		12	8	2	2	4	22
3	Grindsted	12	7	1	4	4	19
4	Slangerup	12	5	2	5	3	15
5	Region Varde	12	5	0	7	2	12
6	Holsted Tigers	12	4	0	8	2	10
7	Team Fjelsted	12	1	1	10	0	3

Semi-finals (teams ranked 3–6) 6 Sep

width=20	Pos	width=100	Team	width=70	Score	width=500	Scorers
1	Slangerup	41	Michelsen 13, Lyager 12, Seifert-Salk 7, Drejer 5, Rew 4
2	Holsted	36	Jensen 11, N Pedersen 11, Bach 9, B Pedersen 5, Vissing 0
3	Grindsted	30	Pawlicki 10, Bjerre 9, Zagar 6, Thorst 3, Wölbert 2
4	Region Varde	25	Sørensen 9, Jakobsen 5, Zengota 4, Heiselberg 4, Lahti 3

Super Final (20 Sep)

width=20	Pos	width=100	Team	width=70	Score	width=500	Scorers
1	Esbjerg	36	Becker 11, Nielsen 9, Iversen 8, Jeppesen 7, Breum 1
2	SES	34	Madsen 14, Basso 13, Hansen 5, Knudsen 1, Andersen 1
3	Slangerup	32	Michelsen 12, Lyager 11, Seifert-Salk 5, Rew 4, Drejer 0
4	Holsted	29	Jensen 13, B Pedersen 9, N Pedersen 4, Bach 2, KJ Pedersen 1

Teams

Esbjerg

• Luke Becker
• Emil Breum
• Niels Kristian Iversen
• Jonas Jeppesen
• Andreas Kaag Jensen
• Jonas Knudsen
• Matias Nielsen
• Chris Wænnerstrøm

Fjelsted

• • Hans Andersen Kasper Andersen
• Adam Ellis
  • Thomas Jørgensen Peter Kildemand
• Norbert Krakowiak
• Andžejs Ļebedevs
  • Marius Nielsen Rasmus Pedersen
• Stian Vithen

Grindsted

• Kenneth Bjerre
• Francis Gusts
• Patrick Hansen
• Esben Hjerrild
• Nick Morris
• Przemyslaw Pawlicki
• Kevin Juhl Pedersen
• Emil Pørtner
• Rune Thorst
• Kevin Wölbert
• Matej Žagar

Holsted

• Nicklas Aagaard
• René Bach
• Patrick Bæk
• Lasse Bjerre
• Rasmus Jensen
• Bastian Pedersen
• Kevin Juhl Pedersen
• Nicki Pedersen
• Claus Vissing

Region Varde

• Norick Blödorn
• Nicolai Heiselberg
• Frederik Jakobsen
• Sam Jensen
• Timo Lahti
• Michael Palm Toft
• Josh Pickering
• Tim Sørensen
• Antti Vuolas

SES

• Mikkel Andersen
  • Benjamin Basso Oliver Berntzon
    • Adrian Gala Mads Hansen Nicolai Klindt
• Jesper Knudsen
• Leon Madsen
• Jannik Sørensen

Slangerup

• Bastian Borke
• William Drejer
• Kenneth Kruse Hansen
• Andreas Lyager
  • Mikkel Michelsen Michael Jepsen Jensen
  • Vilads Nagel Oskar Polis
• Keynan Rew
• Timi Salonen
• Jonas Seifert-Salk
• Patrick Skaarup

Notes and References

1. Web site: International Speedway League calendar . FIM . 31 March 2023.
2. Web site: Upcoming races . Danish Speedway League . 31 March 2023.
3. Web site: Danish Speedway 2023 . Dansk Speedway . 31 March 2023.
4. Web site: Michelsen crowned Danish champion in Slangerup. FIM . 23 June 2023.
5. Web site: Finał IM Danii w Slangerup. Sportowe Fakty (In Polish). 23 June 2023.
6. Web site: JAKOBSEN TRIUMPHS IN DANISH SPEEDWAY GP QUALIFIER AT VOJENS . British Speedway . 2 May 2023.
7. Web site: Finał duńskich eliminacji do SGP. Sportowe Fakty (In Polish). 23 June 2023.
8. https://rs.dmusport.dk/loeb/6358
9. Web site: Becker leads Vikings' Danish title charge . FIM . 24 September 2023.