2009 Individual Speedway European Championship

The 2009 Individual European Championship will be the 9th UEM Individual Speedway European Championship season. The final took place on 23 August, 2009 in Tolyatti, Russia. The championship was won by Renat Gafurov (Russia), who beat Andriej Karpov (Ukraine) and Aleš Dryml, Jr. (Czech Republic) in Run-Off. The defending champion, Matej Žagar, lost in semi-final 3.

Qualifying rounds
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Mureck
Qualifying Round 1
 * 1 May 2009 (15:00)
 * 🇦🇹 Mureck, Stadium Mureck (Length: 389 m)
 * Referee: 🇭🇺 Darago Istvan
 * Jury President: None
 * Qualify: 8 + 2R to SF1


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Stralsund
Qualifying Round 2
 * 9 May 2009
 * 🇩🇪 Stralsund, Paul–Griefzu–Stadion (Length: 385 m)
 * Referee: 🇬🇧 Mick Bates
 * Jury President:
 * Qualify: 8 + 2R to SF2
 * Change: (14) 🇧🇪 Eddie Turksem injury → Gomólski


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Lviv
Qualifying Round 3
 * 17 May 2009
 * 🇺🇦 Lviv, Stadium "SKA" (Length: 382 m)
 * Referee: 🇵🇱 Wojciech Grodzki
 * Jury President: None
 * Qualify: 8 + 2R to SF3
 * Change:
 * (1) 🇩🇪 → 🇷🇺
 * (4) 🇺🇦 → 🇷🇺
 * (11) 🇩🇪 → 🇨🇿
 * (16) Adrian Gomólski started in QR 2 → Rempała


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Semi-finals
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Natschbach-Loipersbach
Semi-Final 1
 * 16 May 2009 (17:15)
 * 🇦🇹 Natschbach-Loipersbach, Stadium Natschbach Loipersbach (Length: 366 m)
 * Referee: 🇩🇪 Christian Froschauer
 * Jury President: None
 * Change:
 * (13) injury Tomasz Gapiński → Jamroży
 * (12) 🇸🇮 Aleksander Čonda → Reserve 17
 * (17) Reserve → Simon (11th in QR1)
 * (18) Alexandru Toma → None


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Diedenbergen
Semi-Final 2
 * 5 July 2009 (14:00 UTC+2)
 * 🇩🇪 Diedenbergen, Rhein Main Stadion (Length: 400m)
 * Referee: B. Svendsen
 * Jury President: None
 * Changes:
 * No 2. 🇷🇺 Roman Povazhny (match in Polish league) → Jannick de Jong
 * No 15. 🇵🇱 Kamil Brzozowski (injury) → Pytel

Notes:
 * a. Marcin Sekula is a Pole who rode with German licence and was nominated by German Federation (DMSD)


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Goričan
Semi-Final 3
 * 25 July 2009 (20:00 UTC+2)
 * Goričan, Stadium Milenium, Donji Kraljevec (Length: 305 m)
 * Referee: 🇵🇱 Wojciech Grodzki
 * Jury President: None
 * Change:
 * No.2: Ķasts Puodžuks → Jan Jaros
 * No.4: 🇵🇱 Marcin Rempała → track reserve Maks Gregorič
 * No.5: 🇵🇱 Zbigniew Suchecki → Martin Malek
 * No.6: 🇵🇱 Karol Ząbik (started in Individual Polish Championship Final) → Tomasz Rempała
 * No.10: Andrejs Koroļevs → 🇮🇹 Guglielmo Franchetti → Ales Kraljic
 * No.14: 🇷🇺 Roman Ivanov → Luboš Tomíček, Jr.
 * No.15: 🇵🇱 Robert Miśkowiak → None
 * Reserve: 🇷🇺 Ilia Bondarenko → None


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Final
The Final
 * 23 August 2009 (16:00 UTC+5)
 * 🇷🇺 Tolyatti, Stadium “STROITEL” (Length: 353 m)
 * Referee: 🇬🇧 Anthony Steele
 * Jury President: 🇵🇱 Andrzej Grodzki
 * Change:
 * (10) 🇵🇱 Adrian Gomólski (injury) → track reserve Darkin
 * (5) 🇵🇱 Rafał Trojanowski → track reserve A.Dryml, Jr.
 * (17) 🇨🇿 A.Dryml, Jr. → 🇦🇹 Manuel Hauzinger → None
 * (18) 🇷🇺 Darkin → Patrick Hougaard → None
 * {7} Jurica Pavlic → Dubinin