2008 Team Speedway Junior European Championship

The 2008 Team Speedway Junior European Championship was the 1st UEM Team Speedway Junior European Championship season. The Final was place on May 22nd 2008 in Florian Kapała Stadium in Rawicz, Poland. First edition Europeam Championship was won by Sweden team.

It was first Champion title for Linus Eklöf (11 points in Final), Ludvig Lindgren (10 pts), Simon Gustafsson (9 pts), Linus Sundström (6 pts) and Niklas Larsson (0 heats).

In Semi Final 1 in Güstrow, Germany won Germany team (45 points). Second was Denmark (38 pts) and they were qualified also. Third was Croatia (28 pts) with Jurica Pavlic (the then Individual European Champion) who was the best rider in this meeting (18 points in 6 heats). Last was France (9 pts).

In Semi Final 2 in Wiener Neustadt, Austria won Sweden team (37 points). Second was Russia (31 pts) but they was not-qualified, because 2nd team in SF1 Denmark took more points. Third Latvia (28 pts) and fourth Czech Republic (24 pts) was not-qualified also. The best rider in SF2 was Artem Laguta from Russia (15 points in 6 heats).

In the Final, Sweden team (36 points) beat Germany (29 pts), Denmark (28 pts) and Poland (26 pts). Champion title was won after 19th heat, when Lindgren beat German Erik Pudel. Silver medal for Germany was won after last heat, when Frank Facher was last, but Danish Patrick Hougaard was took only one point. Poland lost chance for a bronze medal after the 19th heat: Dawid Lampart won, but Danish Simon Nielsen was took one point. The best rider in Final was Maciej Janowski from Poland (15 points in 6 heats). Janowski won 2nd heat the best time (62.16 sek.).

Calendar

Semi-Finals

Güstrow (1)

Semi-Final 1
*March 23rd, 2008
*|team4= Wojciech Grodzki
*Jury President: "None" (FMNR Jury Member

Final

Final [ [http://www.pzm.pl/Zuzel/Aktualnosci/,c,862,FINAL_DRUZYNOWYCH_MISTRZOSTW_EUROPY_JUNIOROW_ pzm.pl] - 2008-05-09] [ [http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2008/05/22/blamaz-bialo-czerwonych-na-dmej-gdzie-jest-przyszlosc-polski/ SportoweFakty.pl] - 2008-05-23]
*2008-05-22 (5 pm.)
*|team4=

Heat after heat
# (62.75) Ekloef, Norgaard, Wölbert, Kajzer (E1)
# (62.16) Janowski, Facher, Gustafsson, Larsen
# (63.03) Pudel, Lindgren, Hougaard, Łopaczewski
# (64.97) Jakobsen, Dilger, Sundström, Miturski
# (63.56) Hougaard, Janowski, Sundström, Wölbert(E4)
# (63.93) Lindgren, Facher, Jakobsen, Kajzer (X)
# (63.19) Gustafsson, Miturski, Pudel, Norgaard
# (64.37) Ekloef, Larsen, Lampart, Dilger (E4)
# (62.61) Janowski, Gustafsson, Jakobsen, Petersen
# (63.53) Hougaard, Facher, Ekloef, Miturski
# (64.03) Sundström, Pudel, Larsen, Kajzer (E)
# (63.97) Wölbert, Lindgren, Janowski, Nielsen
# (65.31) Hougaard, Facher, Sundström(X), Łoaczewski (M)
# (63.44) Lampart, Wölbert, Lindgren, Larsen
# (64.66) Janowski, Ekloef, Pudel, Jakobsen
# (64.59) Wölbert, Hougaard, Gustafsson, Lampart
# (65.40) Nielsen, Kajzer, Sundström, Petersen (E4)
# (65.59) Wölbert, Gustafsson, Larsen, Lampart (X)
# (65.03) Lampart, Lindgren, Nielsen, Pudel
# (65.16) Janowski, Ekloef, Hougaard, Facher

References

* [http://www.pzm.pl/userfiles/file/aktualnosci/zuzel/APP_1_2008_TRACK_RACING_CALENDAR.doc pzm.pl] - UEM Calendar 2008
* [http://www.pzm.pl/userfiles/file/aktualnosci/zuzel/APP_2_2008_RIDERS_TEAMS_PAIRS_ALLOCATION.xls pzm.pl] - Allocation
* [http://www.speedway.org/speedway-u19-team-em/2008/index.html speedway.org]

See also

* 2008 Team Speedway Junior World Championship
* 2008 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship