European Pairs Speedway Championship

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

Contents 1 Rules 1.1 Team composition 1.2 Race format 2 Previous winners 3 List of champions 4 See also

[edit] Rules

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Race format

6 pairs Gate A (inside) B C D (outside) A-C B-D Heat No Riders starting No Pairs 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 Pairs 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 E 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

[edit] Previous winners

Year	Venue	Winners	2nd place	3rd place
2004	Debrecen	Czech Republic	Russia	Poland
2005	Gdańsk	Poland	Czech Republic	Slovenia
2006	Lendava	Poland	Slovenia	Hungary
2007	Terenzano	Czech Republic	Poland	Russia
2008	Natschbach-Loipersbach

Pos	National Team	Total
1.	Poland	4	2	1	1
2.	Czech Republic	3	2	1
3.	Slovenia	2		1	1
3.	Russia	2		1	1
5.	Hungary	1			1

[edit] List of champions

• Bohumil Brhel (2004)
• Aleš Dryml, Jr. (2004, 2007)
• Lukáš Dryml (2004, 2007)
• Wiesław Jaguś (2006)
• Krzysztof Kasprzak (2005)
• Janusz Kołodziej (2005)
• Robert Kościecha (2005)
• Marcin Rempała (2006)
• Zdeněk Simota (2007)
• Sebastian Ułamek (2006)

[edit] See also

v • d • e European Pairs Speedway Championship seasons 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008

v • d • e International speedway competitions World Individual (SGP) • Pairs • Team (SWC) • Individual U-21 • Team U-21 Europe Individual • Pairs • Individual U-19 • Team U-19 • Club Governing Bodies World (FIM) • Europe (UEM)