Speedway Ekstraliga

Ekstraliga żużlowa

Current season or competition: 2010 Speedway Ekstraliga
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Sport	speedway
Founded	2000
Commissioner	League Commissioner: Ryszard Głód
Motto	Więcej mocy... More power...
No. of teams	8
Country(ies)	Poland
Most recent champion(s)	Unia Leszno
TV partner(s)	TVP Sport
Official website	Official site

The Speedway Ekstraliga (pl. Ekstraliga żużlowa) is the top division of speedway in Poland. It has been called the "richest and most popular speedway league in the world"^{[citation needed]} and attracts riders from all over the world. The Ekstraliga has the highest average attendances for any sport in Poland.^{[citation needed]}

With the fall of communism in Poland in the 1990s and the resultant sharp increase in the value of the Złoty, the sport began to attract a wider range of star riders from other countries. The first of these was Denmark’s Hans Nielsen.

In 2000, the First Division was renamed the Ekstraliga, and the number of teams was reduced.^{[citation needed]}

Teams

City	Club	Current team name	Seasons in Ekstraliga
Bydgoszcz	Polonia Bydgoszcz	Polonia Bydgoszcz	2000-07, 2009-2010, 2012-
Częstochowa	Włókniarz Częstochowa	CKM Włókniarz Częstochowa	2000-
Gdańsk	Wybrzeże Gdańsk	Lotos Wybrzeże Gdańsk	2000, 2002-03, 2005, 2009, 2012-
Gorzów Wlkp.	Stal Gorzów Wlkp.	Caelum Stal Gorzów	2000-02, 2008-
Leszno	Unia Leszno	Unia Leszno	2000-
Piła	Polonia Piła	Speedway Polonia Piła	2000-03
Rybnik	RKM Rybnik	RKM Rybnik	2004, 2006
Rzeszów	Stal Rzeszów	PGE Marma Rzeszów	2006-2008, 2011-
Tarnów	Unia Tarnów	Tauron Azoty Tarnów	2004-2008, 2010-
Toruń	KS Toruń	Unibax Toruń	2000-
Wrocław	WTS Wrocław	Betard Sparta Wrocław	2000-
Zielona Góra	ZKŻ Zielona Góra	Stelmet Falubaz Zielona Góra	2001, 2003-05, 2007-

Ekstraliga Champions

Year	Winners	Runner-up	3rd place
2000	Polonia Bydgoszcz	Ludwik-Polonia Piła	Pergo Gorzów Wlkp.
2001	Apator-Adriana Toruń	Atlas Wrocław	Bractwo-Polonia Bydgoszcz
2002	Point S-Polonia Bydgoszcz	Unia Leszno	Atlas Wrocław
2003	Top Secret-Włókniarz Częstochowa	Apator-Adriana Toruń	Plusssz-Polonia Bydgoszcz
2004	Unia Tarnów	Atlas Wrocław	Złomrex-Włókniarz Częstochowa
2005	Unia Tarnów	Budlex-Polonia Bydgoszcz	Złomrex-Włókniarz Częstochowa
2006	Atlas Wrocław	Złomrex-Włókniarz	Budlex-Polonia Bydgoszcz
2007	Unia Leszno	Unibax Toruń	Atlas Wrocław
2008	Unibax Toruń	Unia Leszno	ZKŻ Kronopol Zielona Góra
2009	Falubaz Zielona Góra	Unibax Toruń	Cognor Częstochowa
2010	Unia Leszno	Falubaz Zielona Góra	Unibax Toruń
2011	Falubaz Zielona Góra	Unia Leszno	Caelum Gorzów Wlkp.
Year	Winners	Runner-up	3rd place

Juniors U-21 League

Year	Winners	Runner-up	3rd place
2008	Unia Leszno	Marma Polskie Folie Rzeszów	Atlas Wrocław
2009	Unia Leszno	Falubaz Zielona Góra	Caelum Gorzów Wlkp.
2010	Caelum Gorzów Wlkp.	Polonia Bydgoszcz	Unia Leszno
2011	Falubaz Zielona Góra	Unibax Toruń	Włókniarz Częstochowa

Individual Championship of Juniors U-21 League

Year	Venue	Winners	Runner-up	3rd place
2008	Leszno Alfred Smoczyk Stadium	Maciej Janowski Atlas Wrocław	Robert Kasprzak Unia Leszno	Przemysław Pawlicki Unia Leszno
2009	Zielona Góra City Stadium	Maciej Janowski Atlas Wrocław	Grzegorz Zengota Falubaz Zielona Góra	Patryk Dudek Falubaz Zielona Góra
2010	Gorzów Edward Jancarz Stadium	Przemysław Pawlicki Caelum Gorzów	Piotr Pawlicki Unia Leszno	Bartosz Zmarzlik Caelum Gorzów
2011	Zielona Góra City Stadium	Patryk Dudek Stelmet Falubaz Zielona Góra	Emil Pulczyński Unibax Toruń	Tobiasz Musielak Unia Leszno

See also

• British Elite League
• Swedish Elitserien

External links

• Official site