The Individual Speedway European Championship is an annual individual speedway event organized by the European Motorcycle Union (UEM) to determine the champion of Europe. The competition was founded in 2001 and was initially staged as a one-off meeting before the single event was replaced by the Speedway European Championship series in 2012.
9-574: From 1955 to 1975, the European Final was staged as the final qualifying round for the World Speedway Championship, although this did not include British riders who had a separate qualifying round. The European Championships were inaugurated in 2001, organised by European Motorcycle Union (UEM). In 2012 this was replaced by a series of four finals. Regardless of that, ISEC was struggling with prestige and promotion and
18-468: A Grand Prix format, with the winner being the rider who accumulates the most points over the four rounds. The minimum age of a rider to compete is 16 years of age (starting on the date of the rider's birthday). Denmark is the most successful nation having had seven champions, Jesper B. Jensen (2005), Nicki Pedersen (2016), Leon Madsen (2018 and 2022) and Mikkel Michelsen (2019, 2021 and 2023). European Motorcycle Union FIM Europe (Formerly
27-611: A declaration of intent was adopted. This document stated the goals of the new organisation as being: to promote, develop and help spread motorcycling and its diverse sports amongst the constituent nations of the European Union . With a further meeting on 27 November 1995 in Bratislava , the national federations of Belarus, Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, and the Czech Republic all expressed an interest in joining
36-536: A meeting of representatives of seven national European motorcycle sport bodies took place in Munich, Germany. The goal of this meeting was to create a controlling body for motorcycling after the model of other continental organizations. Representatives from France, Italy, Switzerland, Greece, Slovakia, Portugal, and Germany were present. With input from the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme ,
45-461: A motion was passed to rename the organisation to FIM Europe. This brought the name in line with the other Continental Unions . As of December 2017, FIM Europe had 47 National Federations (FMNs) and 6 Regional Motorcycling Associations as members. Due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , on March 6, 2022, FIM banned all Russian and Belarusian motorcycle riders, teams, officials, and competitions. This Motorcycle racing-related article
54-783: The Union Européenne de Motocyclisme (UEM) or European Motorcycle Union ) is the FIM -affiliated organisation responsible for motorcycle sport within Europe. In response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , FIM Europe suspended the issuance of FIM/FIM Europe licences (and those FIM/FIM Europe licences already distributed) to both the Motorcycle Federation of Russia (MFR) and the Belarusian Federation of Motorcycle Sport (BFMS). FIM Europe also suspended
63-549: The best European riders were mostly avoiding this contest. On 20 December 2012, at a press conference in Warsaw , Poland it was announced that the competition would be replaced by a new series similar in format to the Speedway Grand Prix . The Speedway European Championship series is promoted by One Sporta Ltd. from Poland for next three seasons (2013-2015). As of 2022, the competition is staged over four rounds in
72-706: The functions of people from MFR and BFMS acting as FIM/FIM Europe officials and as members/experts/agents of the FIM/FIM Europe, banned Russian and Belarusian riders, teams, and officials from taking part in FIM/FIM Europe events and activities, suspended the registration of and cancelled all FIM/FIM Europe events (such as meetings, races, and prize events) taking place in Russia and Belarus, and interrupted any other FIM/FIM Europe activities (including but not limited to seminars, commissions meetings, and training camps) taking place in Russia or Belarus. On 5 September 1995,
81-602: The proposed union. At a meeting in Paris on 17 February 1996 the "union Européenne de Motocyclisme" was created as a controlling body of 21 national federations. Two committees were brought into being, whose fields of application were the sport and/or promotion, tourism, security, and transport. The Union was officially recognised by the FIM in 1997 as a continental federation. At an Extraordinary General Assembly held in November 2012,
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