The 2022 Speedway European Championship season was the 10th season of the Speedway European Championship (SEC) era, and the 22nd UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the ninth series under the promotion of One Sport Lts. of Poland. Mikkel Michelsen was the defending champion having won the title in 2021.
The title was won by Denmark's Leon Madsen after he overtook former series leader Janusz Kołodziej in the final round to win by just one point. It was the second time Madsen won the title after claiming the championship in 2018.
Qualification For the 2022 season, 15 permanent riders were joined at each SEC Final by one wildcard and two track reserves.
Defending champion, Mikkel Michelsen from Denmark was automatically invited to participate in all final events, while Leon Madsen, Patryk Dudek, Piotr Pawlicki Jr. and Dan Bewley secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2021 season.
Five riders qualified through the SEC Challenge, while David Bellego, Kai Huckenbeck, Václav Milík, Oliver Berntzon and Janusz Kołodziej were named as series wildcards.
Qualified riders
# Riders 2021 place SEC Ch place Appearance155 Mikkel Michelsen 1 5th30 Leon Madsen 2 7th 692 Patryk Dudek 3 3rd777 Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 4 3rd99 Dan Bewley 5 2nd29 Andžejs Ļebedevs 11 1 6th96 Dimitri Bergé 2 1st67 Rasmus Jensen 3 1st115 Bartosz Smektała 6 4 4th299 Adam Ellis 5 1st415 David Bellego 17 7 4th744 Kai Huckenbeck 9 8 5th225 Václav Milík 10 9 8th93 Oliver Berntzon 15 1st333 Janusz Kołodziej 4th
Calendar
Qualification The top five riders from the SEC Challenge qualified for the championship series.
Round Date VenueWinner1 18 June Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško Andžejs Ļebedevs
Championship Series The 2022 series was staged over four rounds. Round Date VenueWinner1 2 July Rybnik Municipal Stadium, Rybnik Leon Madsen2 6 August Stadion Güstrow, Güstrow Janusz Kołodziej 3 3 September Moto Arena Łódź, Łódź Janusz Kołodziej4 23 September Svítkov Stadium, Pardubice Mikkel Michelsen
Final Classification
Pos. Rider Points
See also 2022 Speedway Grand Prix
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