The 2008 Team Speedway Junior European Championship was the 1st UEM Team Speedway Junior European Championship season. The Final took place on May 22 2008 in Florian Kapała Stadium in Rawicz, Poland. First edition Europeam Championship was won by Sweden team.
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Results
It was the 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 did not qualify because the 2nd team in SF1 Denmark had more points. Third Latvia (28 pts) and fourth Czech Republic (24 pts) did 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 took only one point. Poland lost chance for a bronze medal after the 19th heat: Dawid Lampart won, but Danish Simon Nielsen 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.).
Semi-Final 1
M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell
Semi-Final 2
M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell
The Final
M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell
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