European Pairs Speedway Championship

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The European Pairs Speedway Championship is an annual speedway event held in different countries organized by the European Motorcycle Union (UEM) since 2004.[1][2]

Rules[]

The minimum age limit (16 years) starts on the date of the rider's birthday.

Team composition[]

The 6 (or 7) competing teams shall each consist of 3 riders: 2 riders having programmed riders and the third rider being a substitute, as follows:

6 pairs 7 pairs
  • Pair A: No 1, 2, and 13
  • Pair B: No 3, 4, and 14
  • Pair C: No 5, 6, and 15
  • Pair D: 7, 8, and 16
  • Pair E: 9, 10, and 17
  • Pair F: 11, 12, and 18
  • Pair A: No 1, 2, and 15
  • Pair B: No 3, 4, and 16
  • Pair C: No 5, 6, and 17
  • Pair D: 7, 8, and 18
  • Pair E: 9, 10, and 19
  • Pair F: 11, 12, and 20
  • Pair G: 13, 14, and 21

The substitute rider may take the place of any programmed rider, at any time, within the maximum number of permitted heats (5 when is 6 pairs and 6 when is 7 pairs) as decided by the Team Manager.

Race format[]

6 pairs
Gate A
(inside)		 B
 		 C
 		 D
(outside)		 A-C B-D
Heat No Riders starting No
1 1 3 2 4 A B
2 5 7 6 8 C D
3 11 9 12 10 F E
4 7 1 8 2 D A
5 9 5 10 6 E C
6 3 11 4 12 B F
7 1 5 2 6 A C
8 11 7 12 8 F D
9 9 3 10 4 E B
10 5 11 6 12 C F
11 1 9 2 10 A E
12 3 7 4 8 B D
13 11 1 12 2 F A
14 7 9 8 10 D E
15 5 3 6 4 C B
7 pairs
Gate A
(inside)		 B
 		 C
 		 D
(outside)		 A-C B-D
Heat No Riders starting No
1 1 3 2 4 A B
2 5 7 6 8 C D
3 9 11 10 12 E F
4 13 1 14 2 G A
5 3 5 4 6 B C
6 7 9 8 10 D E
7 13 11 14 12 G F
8 1 5 2 6 A C
9 7 3 8 4 D B
10 9 13 10 14 E G
11 11 1 12 2 F A
12 3 9 4 10 B E
13 5 11 6 12 F C
14 13 7 14 8 G D
15 1 9 2 10 A E
16 11 3 12 4 F B
17 5 13 6 14 C G
18 7 1 8 2 D A
19 3 13 4 14 B G
20 9 5 10 6 E C
21 11 7 12 8 F D

Previous winners[]

Year Venue Winners 2nd place 3rd place
2004 Hungary Debrecen  Czech Republic  Russia  Poland
2005 Poland Gdańsk  Poland  Czech Republic  Slovenia
2006 Slovenia Lendava  Poland  Slovenia  Hungary
2007 Italy Terenzano  Czech Republic  Poland  Russia
2008 Austria Natschbach-Loipersbach  Poland  Czech Republic  Russia
2009 Hungary Miskolc  Czech Republic  Russia  Poland
2010 Germany Stralsund  Czech Republic  Germany  Croatia
2011 Poland Piła  Poland  Hungary  Russia
2012 Ukraine Rivne  Ukraine  Latvia  Denmark
2013 Germany Herxheim  Germany  Poland  Ukraine
2014 Czech Republic Divišov  Czech Republic  Poland  Russia
2015 Hungary Debrecen  Poland  Russia  Czech Republic
2016 Latvia Riga  Italy  Denmark  Latvia
2017 Italy Lonigo  Poland  Russia  France
2018 Denmark Brovst  Poland  Denmark  Italy
2019 Russia Balakovo  Russia  Czech Republic  Latvia
2020 Italy Terenzano  Poland  Latvia  France
2021 France Mâcon  France  Poland  Latvia

Classification[]

Pos National Team Total Gold Silver Bronze
1.  Poland 12 7 3 2
2.  Czech Republic 9 5 3 1
3.  Russia 9 1 4 4
4.  Germany 2 1 1
5.  Ukraine 2 1 1
 Italy 2 1 1
7.  Denmark 3 2 1
8.  Latvia 3 1 2
9.  Hungary 2 1 1
 Slovenia 2 1 1
10.  Croatia 1 1
 France 1 1

Champions[]

This is a complete list of speedway riders who have won this Championship. In total, 34 different riders from 6 national teams have a European Pairs Champion title. List in alphabetical order is here.

Four times champion:

Three times champion:

Two times champion:

One time champions:

Note: riders in bold type are current European Champions.

Participating nations[]

Legend
  • Gold – Champions.
  • Silver – Runners-up.
  • Bronze – Third place.
  • 4–12 – 4th to 20th places.
  •    – Final hosts.
  • Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament.
  • q – Will take part in the upcoming qualification.
Team 2004
Hungary
(12) 		2005
Poland
(10) 		2006
Slovenia
(13) 		2007
Italy
(15) 		2008
Austria
(12) 		2009
Hungary
(12) 		2010
Germany
(11) 		2011
Poland
(12) 		2012
Ukraine
(13) 		2013
Germany
(10) 		2014
Czech Republic
(10) 		2015
Hungary
(12) 		2016
Latvia
(11) 		2017
Italy
(12) 		2018
Denmark
(15) 		2019
Russia
(12)
 Poland Bronze Gold Gold Silver Gold Bronze 7 Gold 4 Silver Silver Gold 4 Gold Gold 5
 Czech Republic Gold Silver 4 Gold Silver Gold Gold 6 5 6 Gold Bronze 5 9 Silver
 Russia Silver 8 5 Bronze Bronze Silver 4 Bronze 9 Bronze Silver 6 Silver 5 Gold
 Hungary 4 4 Bronze 8 4 4 5 Silver 7 9 6 5 11 10 11
 Latvia 8 7 5 7 4 Silver 4 5 7 Bronze 7 7 Bronze
 Austria 9 9 6 6 10 11 8 10 6 9
 Germany 5 5 7 12 7 5 Silver 7 6 Gold 4 4 7 8 6
 Ukraine 7 10 6 5 8 9 6 11 Gold Bronze 7 9 10 9 8 9
 Finland 8 4 9 12 8 14 8
 Slovenia 6 Bronze Silver 9 10 6 9 8 12 7 8 8 8 10 13
 Italy 11 6 11 7 11 8 10 10 8 10 10 Gold 4 Bronze 7
 Croatia 12 13 11 12 11 Bronze 12
 Sweden 10 4
 Norway 13 12 10
 France 10 10 14 Bronze 4
  12 15 10 12 12 15
  9
 Great Britain 9 11 6 11
 Denmark 5 Bronze 5 Silver 5 Silver
 Slovakia 13 9 11 11 12
  12

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "European Pairs Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  2. ^ "European Pairs Championship". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
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