Attention journalists and photojournalists! We would like to inform you about the launch of the accreditation process for the European Individual Ice Speedway Championship 2023, which will take place on February 25 and 26 in Sanok. Applications must be submitted by February 19 inclusive via Accredito.com.
Direct link to the application – https://bit.ly/3QxH3n5
Ice Speedway returned to Sanok last year with a success. After an eight-year break, races were resumed at the “Błonie” track, where the first of the two final tournaments of the Individual European Championships took place, and the Sanok Mayor’s Cup was also competed. This season there will only be a fight for medals. And it’s in the classic two-day edition, and the final order will be decided by the total sum of points won in both tournaments. The champion title will be defended by Austrian Harald Simon, who a year ago overtook Luca Bauer (Italy) and Jimmy Olsen (Sweden) in the general classification.
In Sanok, the fight for the medals of the Individual European Championships also took place in the 2008 season, later the Team World Championships and several friendly tournaments Sanok Cup took place. Thanks to this, this Subcarpathian city can be safely called the cradle of ice speedway in Poland.
The European Individual Ice Speedway Championship will be held in Poland for the fourth time in a row. Our country will traditionally be represented by Michał Knapp, who is climbing up the European hierarchy every year. In 2020 he was thirteenth, a year later twelfth and most recently eleventh overall.
The competition formula remains unchanged. It provides for 20 races in the main phase, after which the two most effective competitors will immediately find a place in the final race. The fight for the remaining two will take place in the play-off, to which riders from places 3-6 after the main phase will stand. The sum of points won in two tournaments will determine the final classification, and thus this year’s medalists.