racers and royals

Next are NKI Przedpelski

Mikkel Bech has come out of retirement and signed for Slangerup.

Mureck qualifying round 1 federation allocation is. Czech Rep 2 GB 1 Austria 1 Slovenia 1 Bulgaria 1 Germany 1 Denmark 1 Italy 1 Ukraine 1 Romania 1 Latvia 1 Hungary 1 Poland 2 Sweden 1 Stralsund qualifying round 2 federation Allocation is. Czech Rep 1 GB 1 Hungary 1 Germany 2 Denmark 1 France 1 Ukraine 1 Netherlands 1 Latvia 1 Norway 1 Poland 1 Slovakia 1 Finland 1 Sweden 2 Lamothe-Landerron qualifying round 3 Federation allocation is Czech Rep 1 GB 1 Austria 1 Slovenia 1 Germany 1 Denmark 2 France 1 Italy 1 Ukraine 1 Holland 1 Latvia 1 Norway 1 Poland 1 Finland 1 Sweden 1

Meeting starts at 3pm UK time. Decent line-up. Zmarzlik Kurtz Janowski Lindgren Zengota Lebedevs Tungate Dudek Kubera Prem Pawlicki Vaculik Drabik Ratajczak Piotr Pawlicki Madsen ???

2 more Chris Holder Jakobsen

Kevin Fajfer signs for Piraterna

Thomsen Kubera

Jan Kvech signs for Holsted

Piotr Pawlicki Oscar Paluch Patryk Dudek

Jack Holder next.

Eleven Sports have lost the contract so all on Canal + Sport.

Bartek Kowalski signs for Indianerna

Jakub Jamrog completes Smederna’s squad.

1st edition https://pzm.pl/pliki/zg/zuzel/2026/2026.02.17-kalendarz-2026v5.pdf

1st Huusko 2nd Hutla 3rd Koivula

Now at the business end of today’s meeting. live updates https://live.baansportfansite.nl/event/1197/fim-europe-individual-ice-speedway-championship-varkaus.html

Max Fricke next.

Challenge or semi’s as i will call them are with these teams Group A Slovenia, Denmark, Ukraine and Norway Group B Czech Rep, France, Latvia and Sweden. No GB entry for the 2nd year running. just one meeting with the groups rides alternating between Group A and B. Meeting starts at 3pm local 2pm UK time.

Final announced as being at Rzeszow therefore means Poland won’t be involved in the Pardubice Semi’s

Change at 12 Ala-Riihimaki is injured and Andrej Divis replaces him.

Reminder meeting is tomorrow 2 pm UK time.

2nd and 3rd riders Kurtz Michelsen

Damian Ratajczak signs for Piraterna.

New format in 2026. Challenge is in Pardubice on Saturday 18th April - which is actually a fancy name for the 2 semi’s at the track in 1 day. Meetings are over 22 heats and teams have 4 riders plus an U 21 rider who ride in heats 9 and 18. Last four heats are nominated( heat 19 lowest scorers, heat 20 3rd highest etc etc if a team is 6 points behind the leading team in heats 5 to 22 ( not heats 9 and 18) they can use a tac sub just once. The final is on Saturday 9th May at a venue TBC. 2 winning teams in the Semi’s and highest 2nd qualify for the final.

Change for 2026 6 qualify from Challenge final 3 Wild card picks for the final rounds In 2025 it was 5 and 4