The 2008 Team Speedway Junior European Championship was the 1st UEM Team Speedway Junior European Championship season. The Final took place on 22 May 2008 in Florian Kapała Stadium in Rawicz, Poland. First edition European Championship was won by Sweden team.
Results It was the first Championship title for Linus Eklöf (11 points in Final), Ludvig Lindgren (10 pts), Simon Gustafsson (9 pts), Linus Sundström (6 pts) and Niklas Larsson (0 heats).
In Semi Final 1 in Güstrow, Germany won Germany team (45 points). Second was Denmark (38 pts) and they were qualified also. Third was Croatia (28 pts) with Jurica Pavlic (the then Individual European Champion) who was the best rider in this meeting (18 points in 6 heats). Last was France (9 pts).
In Semi Final 2 in Wiener Neustadt, Austria won Sweden team (37 points). Second was Russia (31 pts) but they did not qualify because the 2nd team in SF1 Denmark had more points. Third Latvia (28 pts) and fourth Czech Republic (24 pts) did not-qualified also. The best rider in SF2 was Artem Laguta from Russia (15 points in 6 heats).
In the Final, Sweden team (36 points) beat Germany (29 pts), Denmark (28 pts) and Poland (26 pts). Champion title was won after 19th heat, when Lindgren beat German Erik Pudel. Silver medal for Germany was won after last heat, when Frank Facher was last, but Danish Patrick Hougaard took only one point. Poland lost chance for a bronze medal after the 19th heat: Dawid Lampart won, but Danish Simon Nielsen took one point. The best rider in Final was Maciej Janowski from Poland (15 points in 6 heats). Janowski won 2nd heat the best time (62.16 sek.).pzm.pl - 2008-05-09SportoweFakty.pl - 2008-05-23
Semi-Final 1 Güstrow 23 March 2009 Semi-Final 2 Wiener Neustadt 19 April 2009 The Final Rawicz 22 May 2009Pos. National team Pts.1 452 383 284 9Pos. National team Pts.1 372 313 284 24Pos. National team Pts. 36 29 284 26
Heat details
Semi-Final 1 23 March 2008 Güstrow Referee: Jury President:
Semi-Final 2 19 April 2008 (2 pm) Wiener Neustadt Referee: Wojciech Grodzki Jury President: None (FMNR Jury Member Susanne Hüttinger) Austria team was replaced by Latvia team.
The Final 22 May 2008 (5 pm.) Rawicz, Florian Kapała Stadium Referee: I. Darago Jury President: S. Lyatosinskyy Attendance: 1,500 Beat Time: 62.16 - Maciej Janowski (POL) in 2nd heat
Heat after heat (62.75) Ekloef, Norgaard, Wölbert, Kajzer (E1) (62.16) Janowski, Facher, Gustafsson, Larsen (63.03) Pudel, Lindgren, Hougaard, Łopaczewski (64.97) Jakobsen, Dilger, Sundström, Miturski (63.56) Hougaard, Janowski, Sundström, Wölbert(E4) (63.93) Lindgren, Facher, Jakobsen, Kajzer (X) (63.19) Gustafsson, Miturski, Pudel, Norgaard (64.37) Ekloef, Larsen, Lampart, Dilger (E4) (62.61) Janowski, Gustafsson, Jakobsen, Petersen (63.53) Hougaard, Facher, Ekloef, Miturski (64.03) Sundström, Pudel, Larsen, Kajzer (E) (63.97) Wölbert, Lindgren, Janowski, Nielsen (65.31) Hougaard, Facher, Sundström(X), Łoaczewski (M) (63.44) Lampart, Wölbert, Lindgren, Larsen (64.66) Janowski, Ekloef, Pudel, Jakobsen (64.59) Wölbert, Hougaard, Gustafsson, Lampart (65.40) Nielsen, Kajzer, Sundström, Petersen (E4) (65.59) Wölbert, Gustafsson, Larsen, Lampart (X) (65.03) Lampart, Lindgren, Nielsen, Pudel (65.16) Janowski, Ekloef, Hougaard, Facher
References
pzm.pl - UEM Calendar 2008 pzm.pl - Allocation speedway.org
See also 2008 Team Speedway Junior World Championship 2008 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship