The 2017 Speedway European Championship season was the fifth season of the Speedway European Championship (SEC) era, and the 17th UEM

Individual Speedway European Championship The Individual Speedway European Championship is an annual individual speedway event organized by the European Motorcycle Union (UEM) to determine the champion of Europe. The competition was founded in 2001 and was initially staged as a one-off me ...

. It was the fifth series under the promotion of One Sport Lts. of Poland. The championship was won by

Andžejs Ļebedevs Andžejs Ļebedevs (born 4 November 1994) is a Latvian speedway rider. Career Ļebedevs finished in 16th place during the 2022 Speedway World Championship, after securing 26 points during the 2022 Speedway Grand Prix. He was selected as a reserv ...

, who claimed the title for the first time. Despite not winning a round, he finished in second place three times, leaving him seven points clear of Russia's

Artem Laguta Artem Grigoryevich Laguta (russian: Артём Григорьевич Лагута; born 13 November 1990) is a Russian motorcycle speedway rider and member of the Russian national team. He is the 2021 World Champion. Career details Laguta b ...

in the final standings. Last year's runner-up Václav Milík finished third, while

Krzysztof Kasprzak Krzysztof Kasprzak (; born 18 July 1984 in Leszno, Poland) is an international speedway rider who became World Under-21 Champion in 2005 and won the silver medal during the 2014 Speedway Grand Prix. He also won five World team titles. He is a so ...

and

Andreas Jonsson Andreas Karl Rune Jonsson (born 3 September 1980 in Stockholm, Sweden) is an international motorcycle speedway rider. He was a member of the Sweden speedway team that won the World Cup in 2003, 2004 and 2015. Career summary Jonsson won ...

secured the final spots in the 2018 line-up by finishing forth and fifth respectively.

Qualification

For the 2017 season, 15 permanent riders were joined at each SEC Final by one wild card and two track reserves. Defending champion,

Nicki Pedersen Nicki Pedersen (born 2 April 1977) is a Danish motorcycle speedway rider. He has won the World Championship in 2003, 2007 and 2008 and was a World Cup winner with Denmark in 2006, 2008, 2012 and 2014. His brother, R ...

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was automatically invited to participate in all final events. Václav Milík,

Grigory Laguta Grigory Laguta (born April 9, 1984) is a Russian-born Latvian motorcycle speedway rider. Laguta is current Individual Latvian Champion. He is a three-time Russian champion. In 2017 he was suspended for two years for a doping violation after havin ...

and

Leon Madsen Leon Madsen (born 5 September 1988) is a Danish speedway rider who is twice a World Championship silver medalist. Career Born in Vejle, Madsen won the 80cc junior World Championship in 2001. In 2018 and 2022, Madsen won the Individual Speedwa ...

secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2016 season. Seven riders qualified through the SEC Challenge and the line-up was then completed when

and

received and accepted wild cards to compete.

Qualified riders

Calendar

Qualification

The calendar for qualification consisted of 3 Semi-final events and one SEC Challenge event.

Championship Series

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

Classification

References

External links

* {{European championships in 2017

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European Championship Speedway European Championship

Qualification

Qualified riders

Calendar

Qualification

Championship Series

Classification

See also

References

External links