The 2023 Speedway European Championship season was the 11th season of the Speedway European Championship (SEC) era, and the 23rd UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the 10th series under the promotion of Polish company One Sport Lts. Danish rider Mikkel Michelsen won the Championship for the third time.
Qualification For the 2023 season, 15 permanent riders were joined at each SEC Final by one wildcard and two track reserves.
Defending champion, Leon Madsen from Denmark was automatically invited to participate in all final events, while Janusz Kołodziej, Mikkel Michelsen, Patryk Dudek and Dominik Kubera secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2022 season.
Five riders qualified through the SEC Challenge, while the final five riders were handed wildcards by the SEC Commission.
Calendar
Qualification The top five riders from the SEC Challenge qualified for the championship series.
Round Date VenueWinner1 14 May Nagyhalász Speedway Ring, Nagyhalász Dimitri Bergé
NagyhalászPosRiderPts1 Dimitri Bergé 132 Kacper Woryna 103 Jan Kvěch 104 Grzegorz Zengota 105 Andreas Lyager 96 Antonio Lindbäck 97 Szymon Woźniak 98 Niels-Kristian Iversen 99 Mads Hansen 910 Andžejs Ļebedevs 811 Timo Lahti 812 Antti Vuolas 613 Frederik Jakobsen 514 Jacob Thorssell 415 Norbert Magosi 116 Márk Bárány 017 Roland Kovacs 0
Qualified riders
# Riders 2022 place SEC Ch place Appearance30 Leon Madsen 1 8th333 Janusz Kołodziej 2 5th155 Mikkel Michelsen 3 6th692 Patryk Dudek 4 4rd415 Dominik Kubera 5 2nd96 Dimitri Bergé 13 1 2nd223 Kacper Woryna 14 2 4th201 Jan Kvěch 18 3 1st29 Grzegorz Zengota 4 1st114 Andreas Lyager 5 1st85 Antonio Lindbäck 6 5th129 Andžejs Ļebedevs 11 10 7th225 Václav Milík 15 9th744 Kai Huckenbeck 16 6th299 Adam Ellis 17 2nd
Championship Series The 2023 series will be staged over four rounds. Round Date VenueWinner1 17 June Arena Częstochowa, Częstochowa Leon Madsen2 5 August Stadion Güstrow, Güstrow Janusz Kołodziej3 9 September Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz Leon Madsen4 22 September Svítkov Stadium, Pardubice Janusz Kołodziej
Final Classification
Pos. Rider Points
See also 2023 Speedway Grand Prix
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