European Pairs Speedway Championship

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

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Previous winners

Year	Venue	Winners	2nd place	3rd place
2004	Debrecen	Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel Aleš Dryml Jr.	Russia Renat Gafurov Siergiej Filiushin Simon Vlasov	Poland Rafał Szombierski Robert Kościecha Tomasz Gapiński
2005	Gdańsk	Poland Krzysztof Kasprzak Robert Kościecha Janusz Kołodziej	Czech Republic Aleš Dryml Jr. Bohumil Brhel	Slovenia Matej Žagar Izak Šantej
2006	Lendava	Poland Sebastian Ułamek Wiesław Jaguś	Slovenia Jernej Kolenko Matej Žagar	Hungary Norbert Magosi László Szatmári
2007	Terenzano	Czech Republic Lukáš Dryml Aleš Dryml, Jr. Zdeněk Simota	Poland Krzysztof Jabłoński Sławomir Drabik Adam Skórnicki	Russia Renat Gafurov Denis Gizatullin
2008	Natschbach-Loipersbach	Poland Sebastian Ułamek Karol Ząbik Adam Skórnicki	Czech Republic Lukáš Dryml Adrian Rymel Aleš Dryml, Jr.	Russia Renat Gafurov Roman Povazhny Aleksiej Charczenko
2009	Miskolc	Czech Republic Aleš Dryml, Jr. Lukáš Dryml	Russia Renat Gafurov Grigory Laguta Artem Laguta	Poland Daniel Jeleniewski Robert Miśkowiak Ronnie Jamroży
2010	Stralsund	Czech Republic Aleš Dryml, Jr. Lukáš Dryml	Germany Tobias Kroner Roberto Haupt Martin Smolinski	Croatia Jurica Pavlic Dino Kovacic
2011	Piła	Poland Jarosław Hampel Przemysław Pawlicki Piotr Pawlicki Jr.	Hungary Norbert Magosi Joszef Tabaka	Russia Renat Gafurov Viktor Golubovsky
2012	Rivne	Ukraine Andriy Karpov Aleksandr Loktaev	Latvia Kjasts Puodžuks Andžejs Ļebedevs	Denmark Kenni Larsen Peter Kildemand
2013	Herxheim	Germany Martin Smolinski Kevin Wölbert	Poland Sebastian Ułamek Norbert Kościuch	Ukraine Andriy Karpov Stanislav Melnichuk Aleksandr Loktaev
2014	Divišov	Czech Republic Václav Milík, Jr. Eduard Krčmář	Poland Damian Baliński Sebastian Ułamek	Russia Denis Gizatullin Vitalyi Belousov
2015	Debrecen	Poland Dawid Lampart Damian Baliński Sebastian Ułamek	Russia Grigory Laguta Vitaly Belousov	Czech Republic Václav Milík Jr. Eduard Krčmář
2016	Riga	Italy Nicolás Covatti Nicolas Vinsentin	Denmark Michael Jepsen Jensen Rasmus Jensen	Latvia Kjasts Puodžuks Andžejs Ļebedevs
2017	Lonigo	Poland Tobiasz Musielak Grzegorz Zengota	Russia Artem Laguta Andrey Kudriashov Viktor Kulakov	France David Bellego Dimitri Bergé
2018	Brovst	Poland Grzegorz Zengota Jakub Jamróg Tobiasz Musielak	Denmark Anders Thomsen Michael Jepsen Jensen Thomas Jørgensen	Italy Nicolás Covatti Michele Paco Castagna
2019	Balakovo	Russia Vladimir Borodulli Viktor Kulakov Grigory Laguta	Czech Republic Václav Milík Jr. Eduard Krčmář	Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs Oļegs Mihailovs
2020	Terenzano	Poland Jakub Jamróg Viktor Trofimov	Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs Oļegs Mihailovs Jevgenijs Kostygovs	France David Bellego Dimitri Bergé
2021	Mâcon	France David Bellego Dimitri Bergé	Poland Jakub Jamróg Grzegorz Zengota	Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs Jevgenijs Kostygovs
2022	Slangerup	Denmark Rasmus Jensen Michael Jepsen Jensen	Czech Republic Václav Milík Jr. Jan Kvěch	Poland Grzegorz Zengota Norbert Krakowiak

Classification

Pos	National Team	Total
1.	Poland	15	8	4	3
2.	Czech Republic	10	5	4	1
3.	Russia	9	1	4	4
4.	Denmark	4	1	2	1
5.	Germany	2	1	1
6.	France	3	1		2
7.	Ukraine	2	1		1
	Italy	2	1		1
9.	Latvia	5		2	3
10.	Hungary	2		1	1
	Slovenia	2		1	1
12.	Croatia	1			1

Most wins

Four times champion:

Aleš Dryml, Jr. (2004, 2007, 2009, 2010)
Lukáš Dryml (2004, 2007, 2009, 2010)

Participating nations

Legend

– Champions.
– Runners-up.
– 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 (12)	2005 (10)	2006 (13)	2007 (15)	2008 (12)	2009 (12)	2010 (11)	2011 (12)	2012 (13)	2013 (10)	2014 (10)	2015 (12)	2016 (11)	2017 (12)	2018 (15)	2019 (12)
Poland							7		4				4			5
Czech Republic			4					6	5	6			5		9
Russia		8	5				4		9				6		5
Hungary	4	4		8	4	4	5		7	9	6	5	11		10	11
Latvia	8	7			5	7		4		4	5	7		7	7
Austria	9		9	6	6	10	11		8	10		6	9
Germany	5	5	7	12	7	5		7	6		4	4	7	8	6
Ukraine	7	10	6	5	8	9	6	11			7	9	10	9	8	9
Finland			8	4	9	12	8								14	8
Slovenia	6			9	10	6	9	8	12	7	8	8	8	10	13
Italy	11	6	11	7	11	8		10	10	8	10	10		4		7
Croatia	12		13	11	12	11		12
Sweden				10											4
Norway				13											12	10
France	10		10	14												4
Romania			12	15			10					12		12	15
Netherlands		9
Great Britain								9	11					6	11
Denmark								5		5				5
Slovakia									13		9			11	11	12
Bulgaria														12

References

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

[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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