1998 European Speedway Club Champions' Cup

The 1998 European Speedway Club Champions' Cup was the inaugural motorcycle speedway championship for clubs competing in Europe. It was organised by the European Motorcycle Union (UEM) and featured 14 countries, although it only featured Poland from three of the 'Big four' leagues, with the British, Swedish and Danish leagues choosing not to compete.[1][2][3]

European Speedway Club Champions' Cup
The Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium hosted the inaugural final
Start date17 May
End date1 October
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Polonia Bydgoszcz comfortably won the first championship, assisted by the fact that the final was held at their home stadium.[4]

Qualifying

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Round 1

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Due to lack of an organiser for the scheduled Group C event, Bulgaria and France dropped out and Ukraine moved to round 2.

Round 2

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SC Rivne qualified for round 3

Pos. Team Pts. Scorers
1   SC Rivne 46 Igor Marko 12, Aleksandr Lyatosinsky 12, Vladimir Trofimov 11, Vladimir Kolody 11
2   Motoclub Olimpia 36 Stefano Alfonso 14, Armando Castagna 12, Alessandro Dalla Valle 5, Stefano Tadiello 5
3   Hajdu Volan SC 22 Laszlo Bodi 8, Norbert Magosi 5, Zsolt Bencze 5, Laszlo Szatmari 4
4   SC Remus Potzneusiedl 15 Andreas Bossner 11, Sandor Tihanyi 3, Ivan Nagar 1, Tomas Stadler 0

Round 3

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Lukoil Oktyabrsky qualified for final

Placing Team / Rider name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 17 18 19 20
1   Lukoil Oktyabrsky 49 3 6 7 7 10 13 16 19 21 24 27 30 32 34 37 39 42 44 46 49
(5)   Rinat Mardanshin 13 3 3 3 2 11 2
(6)   Eduard Shaihullin 0 - - - - 0 -
(7)   Mikhail Starostin 10 X 3 3 2 8 2
(8)   Talgat Galeev 11 1 3 2 2 8 3
(18)   Roman Povazhny 15 3 3 3 3 12 3
2   AMTK Ljubljana 38 2 4 7 8 9 11 11 13 16 18 20 22 25 28 29 32 32 33 36 38
(13)   Matej Ferjan 11 2 X 3 3 8 3
(14)   Jernej Kolenko 7 2 2 2 1 7 0
(15)   Izak Šantej 12 3 2 2 3 10 2
(16)   Ales Dolinar 8 1 1 2 3 7 1
(20) - 0 0
3   SC Rivne 19 1 1 1 3 5 5 7 7 8 9 10 10 11 11 13 13 15 18 19 19
(9)   Igor Marko 6 0 2 1 0 3 3
(10)   Aleksandr Lyatosinsky 5 2 0 1 2 5 T
(11)   Vladimir Trofimov 3 0 0 1 0 1 2
(12)   Vladimir Kolody 5 1 2 E 1 4 1
(19) - 0 0
4   Lokomotiv Daugavpils 13 0 1 3 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 12 12 12 13
(1)   Nikolay Kokin 7 3 1 1 1 6 1
(2)   Vladimir Voronkov 2 2 F - - 2
(3)   Aleksandr Biznya 2 1 1 E 0 2 0
(4)   Maksim Andreev 2 0 0 0 1 1 1
(17) - 0 0
Placing Team / Rider name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 17 18 19 20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

Final

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Placing Team / Rider name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 17 18 19 20
1   Polonia Bydgoszcz 46 3 6 6 9 12 15 16 18 21 24 25 28 28 31 34 37 38 40 43 46
(1)   Tomasz Gollob 14 3 2 3 3 11 3
(2)   Jacek Gollob 6 E 1 1 3 5 1
(3)   Piotr Protasiewicz 11 3 3 3 - 9 2
(4)   Henrik Gustafsson 15 3 3 3 3 12 3
(17)   Michał Robacki 0 0 0
2   Olymp Prague 36 0 2 5 7 8 9 12 15 17 19 22 24 25 26 28 30 32 32 34 36
(13)   Antonín Šváb Jr. 11 2 3 2 2 9 2
(14)   Bohumil Brhel 9 0 3 2 2 7 2
(15)   Zdeněk Schneiderwind 7 3 1 2 1 7 -
(16)   Adrian Rymel 7 2 1 3 1 7 -
(20)   Pavel Ondrašík 2 0 2 0
3   Lukoil Oktyabrsky 29 2 2 4 4 6 8 10 11 12 13 15 16 19 21 22 23 26 27 28 29
(9)   Rinat Mardanshin 7 2 2 1 1 6 1
(10)   Mikhail Starostin 5 0 2 1 1 4 1
(11)   Talgat Galeev 6 E 1 2 2 5 1
(12)   Flyur Kalimullin 0 0
(19)   Sebastian Ułamek 11 2 2 1 3 8 3
4   MSC Brokstedt 9 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
(5)   Matthias Kröger 1 1 E 0 0 1 E
(6)   Frede Schött 4 1 0 0 - 1 3
(7)   Hartmud Balfanz 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
(8)   Aksel Jepsen 3 1 0 - 2 3 0
(18)   Stephan Katt 0 0 0 0
Placing Team / Rider name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 17 18 19 20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

References

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  1. ^ "Historical statement of results 1998-2012". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Klubowy Puchar Europy". Speedway.hg. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Before the KPE final in Toruń: the history of the competition". Sporto We Fakty. 16 September 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Z kartek kalendarza - 1 październik: Historyczna wygrana Polonii Bydgoszcz. Pytko IMP. Jabłoński IME". Sporto We Fakty. October 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2024.