2015 Speedway European Championship
# 2015 Speedway European Championship

The 2015 Speedway European Championship season was the third season of the Speedway European Championship (SEC) era, and the 15th UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the third series under the promotion of One Sport Lts. of Poland.

The championship was won by Russia's Emil Sayfutdinov for the second season in succession. The Russian finished three points ahead of Danish rider Nicki Pedersen. Third place went to Antonio Lindbäck, who was another four points behind Pedersen. Janusz Kołodziej and Martin Vaculík secured the final two qualifying spots for the 2016 season by finishing fourth and fifth respectively.

## Qualification

For the 2015 season, 15 permanent riders were joined at each SEC Final by one wild card and two track reserves.

Defending champion, Emil Sayfutdinov from Russia was automatically invited to participate in all final events. Peter Kildemand, Nicki Pedersen, Martin Vaculík and Janusz Kołodziej secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2014 season.

Tomasz Gollob, Antonio Lindbäck and Martin Smolinski received and accepted a wild card to compete in the 2015 Speedway European Championships.

### Qualified riders

| # | Riders | 2014 place | SEC Ch place | Appearance | Previous appearances in series |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 89 | Emil Sayfutdinov | 1 | | 3rd | 2014 |
| 25 | Peter Kildemand | 2 | | 2nd | 2014 |
| 3 | Nicki Pedersen | 3 | | 3rd | 2014 |
| 54 | Martin Vaculík | 4 | | 3rd | 2014 |
| 27 | Janusz Kołodziej | 5 | | 2nd | 2014 |
| 20 | Tomasz Gollob | 9 | | 3rd | 2014 |
| 84 | Martin Smolinski | 16 | | 2nd | 2014 |
| 85 | Antonio Lindbäck | – | | 1st | |
| 222 | Artem Laguta | – | 1 | 2nd | 2013 |
| 34 | Hans N. Andersen | – | 2 | 2nd | 2013 |
| 79 | Tomasz Jędrzejak | – | 3 | 1st | |
| 151 | Piotr Protasiewicz | – | 4 | 1st | |
| 13 | Václav Milík | – | 5 | 1st | |
| 7 | Grigory Laguta | 12 | 6 | 3rd | 2014 |
| 59 | Przemysław Pawlicki | – | 7 | 1st | |

## Calendar

### Qualification

The calendar for qualification consisted of 3 Semifinal events and one SEC Challenge event.

| Round | Date | City and venue | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd placed | 4th placed | Results |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Semifinal 1 | 1 May | Debrecen, Hungary Speedway Stadium | Piotr Protasiewicz | Tomasz Jędrzejak | Leon Madsen | Václav Milík | results |
| Semifinal 2 | 16 May | Daugavpils, Latvia Spīdveja Centrs | Piotr Pawlicki Jr. | Hans N. Andersen | Grigory Laguta | Andžejs Ļebedevs | results |
| Semifinal 3 | 16 May | Lamothe-Landerron, [] Speedway Stadium | Artem Laguta | Jesper B. Monberg | Linus Sundström | Krzysztof Jabłoński | results |
| SEC Challenge | 5 June | Toruń, Poland MotoArena | Artem Laguta | Hans N. Andersen | Tomasz Jędrzejak | Piotr Protasiewicz | results |

### Championship Series

A four-event calendar was scheduled for the final series, with events in Poland, Germany and Sweden.

| Round | Date | City and venue | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd placed | 4th placed | Results |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 20 June | Toruń, Poland MotoArena | Nicki Pedersen | Paweł Przedpełski | Emil Sayfutdinov | Antonio Lindbäck | results |
| 2 | 11 July | Landshut, Germany Onesolar Arena | Emil Sayfutdinov | Nicki Pedersen | Antonio Lindbäck | Tomasz Gollob | results |
| 3 | 15 August | Kumla, Sweden ICA Maxi Arena | Emil Sayfutdinov | Grigory Laguta | Nicki Pedersen | Antonio Lindbäck | results |
| 4 | 19 September | Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland Stadion Miejski | Nicki Pedersen | Janusz Kołodziej | Antonio Lindbäck | Przemysław Pawlicki | results |

## Classification

| Pos. | Rider | Points | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | (89) Emil Sayfutdinov | 58 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 9 |
| 2 | (3) Nicki Pedersen | 55 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 15 |
| 3 | (85) Antonio Lindbäck | 51 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 16 |
| 4 | (27) Janusz Kołodziej | 33 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | (54) Martin Vaculík | 33 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 9 |
| 6 | (7) Grigory Laguta | 30 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 6 |
| 7 | (59) Przemysław Pawlicki | 28 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | (222) Artem Laguta | 28 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 7 |
| 9 | (34) Hans N. Andersen | 25 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 |
| 10 | (25) Peter Kildemand | 22 | 10 | 5 | – | 7 |
| 11 | (151) Piotr Protasiewicz | 20 | 8 | 7 | – | 5 |
| 12 | (13) Václav Milík | 20 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| 13 | (20) Tomasz Gollob | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | – |
| 14 | (84) Martin Smolinski | 17 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 15 | (79) Tomasz Jędrzejak | 16 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| 16 | (16) Paweł Przedpełski | 12 | 12 | – | – | – |
| 17 | (16) Fredrik Lindgren | 9 | – | – | 9 | – |
| 18 | (16) Mateusz Szczepaniak | 9 | – | – | – | 9 |
| 19 | (15) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. | 7 | – | – | – | 7 |
| 20 | (17) Fredrik Engman | 6 | – | – | 6 | – |
| 21 | (16) Joel Andersson | 4 | – | – | 4 | – |
| 22 | (16) Michael Hartel | 1 | – | 1 | – | – |
| 23 | (17) Kai Huckenbeck | 1 | – | 1 | – | – |
| 24 | (15) Vitaly Belousov | 1 | – | – | 1 | – |
| 25 | (18) Tobias Busch | 0 | – | 0 | – | – |
| 26 | (17) Rune Holta | 0 | – | – | – | 0 |

* 2015 Speedway European Champion
* Emil Sayfutdinov Second title
