Peter Ljung, who will have a debut in the Speedway Euro Championship drew the starting no.1 for the first round in Güstrow. In his first heat, he will compete with world's vice-champion 2014 Krzysztof Kasprzak, Leon Madsen and the SEC 2015 bronze medalist Antonio Lindbaeck. Double European Champion, Emil Sayfutdinov, got no.9 and in the first series, he'll challenge Nicolas Covatti, Vaclav Milik and Grigorij Laguta.
Official starting list:
1) Peter Ljung #36 (Sweden)
2) Krzysztof Kasprzak #507 (Poland)
3) Leon Madsen #66 (Denmark)
4) Antonio Lindbaeck #85 (Sweden)
5) Martin Vaculik #54 (Slovakia)
6) Hans Andersen #34 (Denmark)
7) Kai Huckenbeck (Germany) – WC
8) Nicki Pedersen #3 (Denmark)
9) Emil Sayfutdinov #89 (Russia)
10) Nicolas Covatti #78 (Italy)
11) Vaclav Milik #13 (Czech Rep.)
12) Grigorij Laguta #7 (Russia)
13) Przemysław Pawlicki #59 (Poland)
14) Andzejs Lebedevs #29 (Latvia)
15) Anders Thomsen #5 (Denmark)
16) Janusz Kołodziej #27 (Poland)
17) Tobias Busch (Germany)
18) Tobias Kroner (Germany)
Meeting in Güstrow will be held on July 16 at 7 PM CET. TV Broadcast live on Eurosport 1 HD.