2018 Speedway European Championship

2018 Speedway European Championship
Season details
Dates	23 June – 15 September
Events	4
Cities	4
Countries	3
Riders	15 permanents 1 wild card(s) 2 track reserves
Heats	(in 4 events)
Winners
Champion	DEN Leon Madsen
Runner-up	POL Jarosław Hampel
3rd place	GBR Robert Lambert
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The 2018 Speedway European Championship season was the sixth season of the Speedway European Championship (SEC) era, and the 18th UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the fifth series under the promotion of One Sport Lts. of Poland.

The championship was won by Denmark's Leon Madsen,^[1] who finished 11 points ahead of Jarosław Hampel in second. Madsen won the last two rounds of the series, scoring a full 15-point maximum in the final round. Robert Lambert finished third overall, with Antonio Lindbäck and Mikkel Michelsen completing the top five.

For the 2018 season, 15 permanent riders were joined at each SEC Final by one wildcard and two track reserves.

Defending champion, Andžejs Ļebedevs from Latvia was automatically invited to participate in all final events, while Václav Milík, Krzysztof Kasprzak and Andreas Jonsson secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2017 season. Artem Laguta, who finished second in 2017, declined his invite,^[2] meaning an extra wildcard was announced.

Five riders qualified through the SEC Challenge, while Leon Madsen, Jarosław Hampel, Piotr Pawlicki Jr., Antonio Lindbäck, Kai Huckenbeck and Robert Lambert were named as series wildcards. ^[3]

#	Riders	2017 place	SEC Ch place	Appearance
	Andžejs Ļebedevs	1		4th
	Václav Milík	3		4th
	Krzysztof Kasprzak	4		4th
	Andreas Jonsson	5		3rd
	Emil Sayfutdinov		1	5th
	Mikkel Michelsen		2	1st
	Josef Franc		3	1st
	Andrey Kudryashov	9	4	1st
	Peter Kildemand		5	3rd
	Leon Madsen	13		3rd
	Jarosław Hampel	14		1st
	Piotr Pawlicki Jr.			1st
	Antonio Lindbäck		8	3rd
	Kai Huckenbeck	16	6	1st
	Robert Lambert			1st

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

Round	Date	City and venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd placed	4th placed	Results
SEC Challenge	5 May	Terenzano, Italy Moto Club Olimpia	Emil Sayfutdinov	Mikkel Michelsen	Josef Franc	Andrey Kudryashov	results

A four-event calendar was scheduled for the final series,^[4] with events in Poland, Germany and Latvia.

Round	Date	City and venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd placed	4th placed	Results
1	23 June	Gniezno, Poland Stadion Miejski	Jarosław Hampel	Antonio Lindbäck	Kai Huckenbeck	Mikkel Michelsen	results
2	14 July	Güstrow, Germany Stadion Güstrow	Robert Lambert	Leon Madsen	Mikkel Michelsen	Emil Sayfutdinov	results
3	18 August	Daugavpils, Latvia Spīdveja centrs	Leon Madsen	Emil Sayfutdinov	Robert Lambert	Václav Milík	results
4	15 September	Chorzów, Poland Silesian Stadium	Leon Madsen	Antonio Lindbäck	Kacper Woryna	Jarosław Hampel	results

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	(66) Leon Madsen	56	8	14	16	18
2	(33) Jarosław Hampel	45	17	8	9	11
3	(505) Robert Lambert	41	6	14	13	8
4	(85) Antonio Lindbäck	40	13	4	11	12
5	(155) Mikkel Michelsen	40	9	11	8	12
6	(89) Emil Sayfutdinov	39	6	11	13	9
7	(225) Václav Milík	32	8	8	10	6
8	(25) Peter Kildemand	32	8	10	7	7
9	(744) Kai Huckenbeck	26	11	9	6	0
10	(91) Andrey Kudryashov	26	5	8	8	5
11	(507) Krzysztof Kasprzak	24	8	6	3	7
12	(777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr.	20	9	3	–	8
13	(29) Andžejs Ļebedevs	20	5	5	7	3
14	(100) Andreas Jonsson	19	7	6	6	0
15	(16) Kacper Woryna	13	–	–	–	13
16	(16) Kevin Wölbert	8	–	8	–	–
17	(16) Adrian Gała	5	5	–	–	–
18	(19) Oleksandr Loktaev	4	–	–	4	–
19	(16) Oļegs Mihailovs	4	–	–	4	–
20	(444) Josef Franc	4	0	0	1	3
21	(18) Jakub Miśkowiak	3	–	–	–	3
22	(17) Robert Chmiel	1	1	–	–	–
23	(18) Norbert Krakowiak	1	1	–	–	–
24	(17) Max Dilger	1	–	1	–	–
25	(17) Rafał Karczmarz	1	–	–	–	1

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