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Ekstraliga (speedway)
Polish motorcycle speedway league
Polish motorcycle speedway league
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | PGE Ekstraliga |
| current_season | |
| pixels | 320px |
| sport | motorcycle speedway |
| founded | 2000 |
| teams | 8 |
| country | Poland |
| champion | KS Toruń (3rd title) |
| relegation | Metalkas 2 Ekstraliga |
| website | Official site |
| ceo | League Commissioner: |
| Wojciech Stępniewski | |
| most successful club | Unia Leszno (8 titles) |
| TV | England: Premier Sports |
| Poland: Eleven Sports PL, CANAL+ Sport | |
| level | 1 |
Wojciech Stępniewski Poland: Eleven Sports PL, CANAL+ Sport
The Speedway Ekstraliga (, ), officially known as PGE Ekstraliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of motorcycle speedway in Poland and determines the winner of the Team Speedway Polish Championship. It has been called the "richest and most popular speedway league in the world", and attracts riders from all over the world. The Ekstraliga has the highest average attendances for any sport in Poland not counting football.
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 Ekstraliga, and the number of teams was reduced. Since 2015 the official sponsor of Ekstraliga is the Polish energy company PGE, which signed the financial contract for three consecutive seasons in 2021.
2026 PGE Ekstraliga
| Poland
In the 2026 season Ekstraliga will feature 8 teams. KS Toruń are the defending champions.
| Club | 2025 Position |
|---|---|
| KS Toruń | 1 |
| Motor Lublin | 2 |
| Sparta Wrocław | 3 |
| GKM Grudziądz | 4 |
| Falubaz Zielona Góra | 5 |
| Włóniarz Częstochowa | 6 |
| Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski | 7 |
| Unia Leszno | 1 (M2E) |
Teams
| City | Club | Current team name | Seasons in Ekstraliga | Total Seasons | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrocław | ||||||||
| Leszno | ||||||||
| Toruń | ||||||||
| Częstochowa | ||||||||
| Gorzów Wielkopolski | ||||||||
| Zielona Góra | ||||||||
| Tarnów | ||||||||
| Bydgoszcz | ||||||||
| Grudziądz | ||||||||
| Lublin | ||||||||
| Gdańsk | ||||||||
| Rzeszów | ||||||||
| Rybnik | ||||||||
| Piła | ||||||||
| Gniezno | ||||||||
| Ostrów Wielkopolski | ||||||||
| Krosno |
Ekstraliga Champions
Main article: Team Speedway Polish Championship
Riders’ Championship
Starting in 2014, a League Riders’ Championship has been held annually. The current format sees 16 riders competing; the top 14 ranked in league averages from the previous season, the top ranked Junior rider and a wildcard, typically from the host club.
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References
References
- Kevin Meynell & Marcin Babnis (7 July 2004), [http://www.speedway-faq.org/polish.html History of Polish Speedway. Main competitions. Rules.] Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- . (10 September 2022). "Speedway from Around the Globe - Poland PGE Ekstraliga".
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