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 series89 Emil Sayfutdinov 1 3rd 201425 Peter Kildemand 2 2nd 20143 Nicki Pedersen 3 3rd 201454 Martin Vaculík 4 3rd 201427 Janusz Kołodziej 5 2nd 201420 Tomasz Gollob 9 3rd 201484 Martin Smolinski 16 2nd 201485 Antonio Lindbäck – 1st 222 Artem Laguta – 1 2nd 201334 Hans N. Andersen – 2 2nd 201379 Tomasz Jędrzejak – 3 1st 151 Piotr Protasiewicz – 4 1st 13 Václav Milík – 5 1st 7 Grigory Laguta 12 6 3rd 201459 Przemysław Pawlicki – 7 1st
Calendar
Qualification The calendar for qualification consisted of 3 Semifinal 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 Pos. Rider Points
See also 2015 Speedway Grand Prix
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