The 2026 Speedway European Championship season was the 14th season of the Speedway European Championship (SEC) era, and the 26th Individual Speedway European Championship.
The winner of the title was ensured qualification for the 2027 Speedway Grand Prix series, but Leon Madsen has had already qualified as top 7.
Qualification
Qualifiers The top 5 riders from each round qualified for the SEC Challenge. Round Date VenueWinnerQR1 25 April Speedway Center Mureck, Mureck Paweł PrzedpełskiQR2 25 April Paul Greifzu Stadium, Stralsund Rasmus JensenQR3 16 May Piste de Speedway de Lamothe Landerron, Lamothe-Landerron Mikkel Michelsen
Q1 25 APR Speedway Center Mureck, Mureck Pos.RiderDetailsPoints1 Paweł Przedpełski 3, 3, 2, 3, 3 142 Adam Bednář 3, 3, 2, 3, 2 133 Jan Kvěch 3, 2, 3, 3, 1 124 Maciej Janowski 3, 2, 3, 3, X 115 / Timo Lahti 2, 3, 3, 1, 2 116 Jonas Knudsen 2, 2, 1, 2, 3 107 Leon Flint 1, 2, 2, 2, 2 98 Stanislav Melnychuk 0, 1, 3, 1, 3 89 Norick Blödorn 1, 3, 0, 1, 3 810 Sebastian Kössler 2, 1, 1, 0, 2 611 Matic Ivačič 1, 0, 2, 2, 0 512 Nicolas Vicentin 2, 0, X, 2, 1 513 Zoltan Lovas 0, 1, 1, 0, 1 314 Daniils Kolodinskis X, 1, 1, X, - 215 Milen Manev 1, 0, 0, 0, X 116 Luka Omerzel 1 117 Andrei Popa X, 0, 0, 0, 0 018 Gregor Zorko 0 0
Q2 25 APR Paul Greifzu Stadium, Stralsund
Pos.RiderDetailsPoints1 Rasmus Jensen 3, 3, 0, 3, 3 12+32 Piotr Pawlicki 3, 2, 3, 2, 2 12+23 Przemysław Pawlicki 3, 3, 1, 3, 2 12+14 Tom Brennan 3, 0, 2, 3, 3 115 Kim Nilsson X, 2, 3, 3, 3 116 Václav Milík Jr. 2, 1, 3, 2, 2 107 Kevin Wölbert 2, 1, 3, 0, 3 98 Jacob Thorssell 2, 3, 2, 1, 1 99 Mathias Pollestad 1, 3, 1, 1, 2 810 Dimitri Bergé 1, 2, 2, 2, 0 711 Anže Grmek 0, 2, 2, 1, 0 512 Marko Levishyn 0, 1, 1, 2, 1 513 Mika Meijer 2, 0, 0, 1, 1 414 Mario Häusl 1, 1, 0, 0, 1 315 Jevgeņijs Kostigovs 1, 1, 0, 0, 1 316 Antti Vuolas 0, 0, -, -, - 017 Hannah Grunwald X, 0, 0 018 Erik Riss DNR 0
Q3 16 May Piste de Speedway de Lamothe Landerron, Lamothe-Landerron Pos.RiderDetailsPoints1 Mikkel Michelsen 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 152 David Bellego 3, 3, 3, 2, 2 133 Adam Ellis 2, 3, 2, 3, 2 124 Kai Huckenbeck 2, 3, 2, 2, 3 125 Mads Hansen 3, 1, 3, 1, 3 116 Oliver Berntzon 1, 1, 2, 3, 3 107 Grzegorz Zengota 1, 2, 3, 2, 2 108 / Steven Goret 2, 2, 1, 3, 1 99 Valentin Grobauer 3, 1, 0, 1, 1 610 Michele Castagna 0, 2, 1, 2, 1 611 Daniel Klima 1, 0, 2, 0, 2 512 Glenn Moi 2, 1, 0, 0, 0 313 Sven Cerjak 1, 2, 0, X, 0 314 Mathias Tresarrieu 0, 1, 1 215 Otto Raak 0, 0, 0, 1, 0 116 Truls Kamhaug X, 0, 1, 0, - 117 Jordan Dubernard 1, 0 118 Francis Gusts X, -, -, -, - 0
SEC Challenge The top six riders from the SEC Challenge qualified for the championship series.
Round Date VenueWinnerSEC 13 Jun Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo Jan Kvěch
Pos.RiderDetailsPoints1 Jan Kvěch 3, 2, 3, 3 112 Maciej Janowski 2, 2, 3, 2 93 Mikkel Michelsen 1, 3, 3, 1 84 Rasmus Jensen 0, 3, 1, 3 75 Przemysław Pawlicki 3, D, 3, 1 76 Piotr Pawlicki 3, 1, 2, 1 77 Mads Hansen 1, 3, 1, 1 68 Adam Ellis 2, 2, 2, 0 69 Paweł Przedpełski 0, 3, 0, 2 510 / Nicolás Covatti 3, X, X, 2 511 Kim Nilsson 1, 1, X, 3 512 Tom Brennan 2, 1, 2, 0 513 David Bellego 1, 0, 2, 2 514 Kai Huckenbeck 2, 2, 1, 0 515 / Timo Lahti 0, X, 0, 3 316 Adam Bednář 0, D, 1, 0 117 Giovanni Nichele F 018 Kevin Melato DNR 0
Championship Series
Qualified riders Top 6 riders from previous edition, top 6 from SEC Challenge joined by 3 permanent wild cards. # Riders 2025 place SEC Ch place Appearance692 Patryk Dudek 1 — 7th29 Andžejs Ļebedevs 2 — 10th30 Leon Madsen 3 — 11th223 Kacper Woryna 4 — 7th785 Nazar Parnitskyi 5 — 2nd52 Michael Jepsen Jensen 6 — 6th201 Jan Kvěch 22 1 2nd71 Maciej Janowski — 2 2nd155 Mikkel Michelsen — 3 8th67 Rasmus Jensen 16 4 3rd59 Przemysław Pawlicki 12 5 5th777 Piotr Pawlicki 18 6 6th299 Adam Ellis — 8 3rd744 Kai Huckenbeck 13 14 7th999 Mathias Pollestad — — 1st
Qualified reserve # Riders 2025 place SEC Ch place233 Kim Nilsson — 11 / Nicolás Covatti — 10 Mads Hansen — 7 27 Tom Brennan — 12 415 David Bellego — 13
Wild cards and track reserve Round Wild card (16) R1 (17) R2 (18) 1 Damian Ratajczak Oskar Hurysz Paweł Sitek 2 Tyler Haupt Hannah Grunwald Eric Pudel3 Oskar Fajfer Krzysztof Sadurski Adrian Przybyło 4 Václav Milík Daniel Klima Adam Nejezchleba
Results The 2026 series will be staged over four rounds. Round Date VenueWinner1 18 July Swiss Krono Arena, Zielona Góra Leon Madsen 2 5 September Güstrow Speedway Stadium, Güstrow Maciej Janowski 3 19 September Stal Rzeszów Municipal Stadium, Rzeszów Kacper Woryna 4 2 October Svítkov Stadium, Pardubice Maciej Janowski
Final Classification Pos. Rider Points Dudek beat Kvěch in race off for 6th place.
See also 2026 Speedway Grand Prix 2026 European Pairs Speedway Championship 2026 European Team Speedway Championship
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