The 2013 Speedway European Championship was won by Martin Vaculík from Slovakia For the 2013 season there are 15 permanent riders, joined at each SEC Final by one wild card and two track reserves.

Defending champion, Aleš Dryml, Jr. of Czech Republic, was invited to participate in all finals event, as of top European Grand Prix riders: Tomasz Gollob of Poland, Nicki Pedersen of Denmark, Andreas Jonsson of Sweden and Emil Sayfutdinov of Russia.

[3] Nine riders were qualified from the SEC Challenge, qualification final, preceded by three Semifinal event.

[4] The Speedway Grand Prix promoter, BSI of the United Kingdom, effectively prevented the appearance top riders in SEC.

[5] Because final events date do not coincide with Wolverhampton Wolves matches, ACU and BSPA have to agree of Tai Woffinden' participating in the series.