The 2008 Speedway Ekstraliga season is the 9th since its establishment. The first fixtures of the season are scheduled for April 6, 2008, and the season will end on October 19, 2008.[1] Unia Leszno are the defending Polish champions. The Speedway Ekstraliga (pl. Ekstraliga żużlowa) is the top division of speedway in the Poland.

The 2008 Juniors League (pl. Liga Juniorów) season is the first its establishment. Every Ekstraliga team must send a Team U-21 to youth league. Eight events will be on July and August.[2][3]

Teams

Częstochowa
Gorzów Wlkp.
Toruń
Leszno
Rzeszów
Tarnów
Wrocław
Zielona Góra
ClubNickname'07 Pos.Ekstraliga since
Złomrex Włókniarz Częstochowa Lions62000
Stal Gorzów Wlkp. 1*2008
Unia Leszno Bulls11997
Marma Polskie Folie Rzeszów Cranes32006
Unia Tarnów Swallows62004
Unibax Toruń Angels21976*
Atlas Wrocław 51999
ZKŻ Kronopol Zielona Góra Mickey Mouse72007
  • Toruń - have never been relegated to a lower division.
  • Gorzów Wlkp. - 1st in First League.

Squad of Teams

2008 Speedway Grand Prix rider
Częstochowa
RiderAgeAverage
Denmark Nicki Pedersen312.730
United States Greg Hancock382.207
Poland Tomasz Gapiński261.625
Poland Sebastian Ułamek321.622
United Kingdom Lee Richardson291.662
Poland Michał Szczepaniak251.400
Poland Mateusz Szczepaniak211.391
Poland Sławomir Drabik421.366
Sweden Antonio Lindbäck231.357
United Kingdom Edward Kennett221.300
Poland Borys Miturski191.250
United Kingdom Lewis Bridger190.333
Poland Marcin Piekarski190.000
Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk190.822 (2)
Poland Przemysław Dądela230.556 (2)
United Kingdom James Courtney20N
Poland Kamil Mistygacz19N
Poland Damian Romańczuk20N
Australia United Kingdom Tai Woffinden18N
Gorzów Wlkp.
RiderAgeAverage
Poland Tomasz Gollob372.310
Norway Poland Rune Holta352.195
Sweden Peter Karlsson392.300 (1)
Poland Paweł Hlib222.247 (1)
Denmark Jesper B. Monberg312.247 (1)
Slovenia[4] Matej Ferjan312.245 (1)
Sweden Thomas H. Jonasson201.596 (1)
Denmark Kenneth Hansen211.125 (1)
Poland Adrian Szewczykowski190.900 (1)
Poland Paweł Zmarzlik180.000
Finland Jari Maekinen18N
Poland Mateusz Mikorski19N
Leszno
RiderAgeAverage
Australia Leigh Adams372.635
Poland Krzysztof Kasprzak242.160
Poland Jarosław Hampel262.093
Poland Damian Baliński311.979
Australia Troy Batchelor211.509
Croatia Jurica Pavlič191.000
Poland Adam Kajoch200.857
Poland Robert Kasprzak210.810
Australia Travis McGowan270.000
Poland Sławomir Musielak18N
Poland Damian Perz20N
Australia Adam Shields31N
Rzeszów
RiderAgeAverage
United Kingdom Scott Nicholls301.950
Denmark Kenneth Bjerre241.926
Australia Davey Watt301.824
Slovenia Matej Žagar251.488
Poland Dawid Lampart180.533
Poland Mateusz Szostek190.500
Russia Poland Roman Povazhny321.691 (1)
Poland Rafał Klimek180.813 (1)
Slovakia Poland Martin Vaculík182.259 (2)
Australia Cameron Woodward23N
Poland Piotr Winiarz32N
Tarnów
RiderAgeAverage
Poland Janusz Kołodziej241.859
Sweden Peter Ljung261.524
Poland Krystian Klecha241.511
Czech Republic Aleš Dryml, Jr.291.054
Denmark Patrick Hougaard191.000
Poland Jacek Rempała370.947
Russia Daniil Ivanov220.818
Poland Kamil Zieliński210.824
Poland Marcin Rempała240.387
Poland Szymon Kiełbasa190.000
Germany Tobias Busch201.591 (2)
United Kingdom Steve Boxall21N
Poland Maciej Ciesielski21N
Australia Kevin Doolan28N
Poland Łukasz Kiełbasa19N
Poland Tadeusz Kostro17N
Denmark Peter Juul Larsen18N
United Kingdom James Wright22N
Toruń
RiderAgeAverage
Denmark Hans N. Andersen282.194
Australia Ryan Sullivan332.220
Poland Wiesław Jaguś332.161
Poland Karol Ząbik221.989
Poland Robert Kościecha311.750
Poland Adrian Miedziński231.699
Australia Chris Holder211.677
Poland Adam Wiśniewski180.500
Poland Damian Celmer190.000
Australia Poland Robert Ksiezak21N
Poland Mateusz Lampkowski18N
Poland Łukasz Lipiński19N
Poland Marcin Nowakowski19N
Poland Oskar Pieniążek19N
Wrocław
RiderAgeAverage
Australia Jason Crump332.292
Canada Poland Krzysztof Słaboń271.587
Poland Tomasz Jędrzejak291.571
Czech Republic Filip Šitera201.400
Poland Maciej Janowski170.429
Poland Daniel Jeleniewski252.181 (1)
Sweden Mikael Max352.096 (1)
United Kingdom Poland Andy Smith422.000 (1)
Australia Rory Schlein241.811 (1)
Poland Mariusz Węgrzyk291.667 (1)
United Kingdom Benjamin Barker20N
Denmark Leon Madsen20N
Poland Marcin Podlaszewski17N
Zielona Góra
RiderAgeAverage
Poland Grzegorz Walasek322.048
Poland Piotr Protasiewicz332.012
Denmark Niels Kristian Iversen261.837
Sweden Fredrik Lindgren231.770
Poland Rafał Dobrucki321.689
Poland Mariusz Staszewski331.357
Poland Grzegorz Zengota200.946
Sweden Ricky Kling210.905
Denmark Nicolai Klindt200.800
Denmark Charlie Gjedde291.747 (1)
Poland Sławomir Dudek401.579 (2)
Poland Janusz Baniak19N
Poland Paweł Gwóźdź19N
Russia Aleksandr Koslopakin21N
Poland Adam Kulczyński22N
Sweden Ludvig Lindgren18N
Russia Artem Vodyakov17N
Poland Przemysław Zarzycki20N

First round

League table

Play-offs 1st-6th
Play-offs 7th-8th
MMatches played
WMatches won
DMatches drawn
LMatches lost
PtsPoints
BonBonus points
TotalTotal points
FSmall Points for
ASmall Points against
PosClubMWDLPtsBonTotal+/-
1 Złomrex Włókniarz Częstochowa 14120224731+253
2 Unibax Toruń 14120224630+199
3 Unia Leszno 14101321425+162
4 ZKŻ Kronopol Zielona Góra 1470714317-7
5 Caelum Stal Gorzów Wlkp. 1461713316-36
6 Atlas Wrocław 1440108412-36
7 Marma Polskie Folie Rzeszów 143011617-255
8 Unia Tarnów 1410132-2-280
PosClubMWDLPtsBonTotal+/-

Results

The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Blue indicates a win to the home team while a red represents a loss to the home team.

  CZE GOR LES RZE TAR TOR WRO ZIE
Włókniarz Częstochowa x 55:38 56:36 65:26 69:23 41:50 60:33 49:41
Stal Gorzów Wlkp. 40:50 x 48:42 51:41 60:32 43:47 53:40 41:49
Unia Leszno 50:42 45:45 x 59:33 67:26 43:47 61:29 50:40
Marma Rzeszów 32:60 44:48 27:65 x 51:37 33:58 47:43 33:59
Unia Tarnów 33:59 46:47 40:53 44:47 x 38:53 57:36 41:49
Unibax Toruń 34:59 61:30 44:46 63:28 66:26 x 49:41 56:34
Atlas Wrocław 40:50 53:39 46:47 62:30 61:29 41:48 x 53:40
Kronopol Zielona Góra 38:52 53:39 36:57 52:39 63:29 32:58 47:43 x

Play-offs

Quarter-finals

Quarter-Final
1-6 place		 Złomrex Włókniarz Częstochowa
1st in First Round		 113:71 Atlas Wrocław
6th in First Round
Aug 31 Częstochowa 53:39 Wrocław
Sep 1[5] Wrocław 32:60 Częstochowa
Quarter-Final
1-6 place		 Unibax Toruń
2nd in First Round		 113:68 Caelum Stal Gorzów Wlkp.
5th in First Round
Aug 24 Gorzów Wlkp. 43:47 Toruń
Aug 31 Toruń 66:25 Gorzów Wlkp.
Quarter-Final
1-6 place		 Unia Leszno
3rd in First Round		 94:87 ZKŻ Kronopol Zielona Góra
4th in First Round
Aug 28[5] Zielona Góra 49:40 Leszno
Aug 31 Leszno 54:38 Zielona Góra
Table
Winners
Pos Club Pts Small
points
1A Toruń 4 113[6]
2A Częstochowa 4 113
3A Leszno 2 94
Losers
Pos Club Pts Small
points
1B Zielona Góra 2 87
2B Wrocław 0 71
3B Gorzów Wlkp. 0 68
To Semi-Finals

Semi-finals

Semi-Final
1-4 place		 Unibax Toruń
1A in quarter-final		 ZKŻ Kronopol Zielona Góra
1B in quarter-final
Sep 7 Zielona Góra 48:42 Toruń
Sep 19 Toruń Zielona Góra
Semi-Final
1-4 place		 Złomrex Włókniarz Częstochowa
2A in quarter-final		 Unia Leszno
3A in quarter-final
Sep 7 Leszno 52:41 Częstochowa
Sep 19 Częstochowa Leszno

Finals

Final
1-2 place
Semi-Final Winner
Semi-Final Winner
Sep 28
Oct 19
3-4 place
Semi-Final Loser
Semi-Final Loser
Oct 3 or 5
Oct 12
7-8 place Marma Polskie Folie Rzeszów
7th in First Round		 Unia Tarnów
8th in First Round
Sep 7 Tarnów 42:48 Rzeszów
Sep 28 Rzeszów Tarnów

Final classification

Pos Club
1 Unibax Torun
2
3
4
5
6
7 Relegation playoffs
8 Relegated to First League

Relegation playoffs

Relegation
play-off
7th in Ekstraliga
2nd in First League
Oct 12
Oct 19

Juniors League

Pos.TeamPointsSmall PtsJul 1
TAR		Jul 2
RZE		Jul 15
GOR		Jul 16
ZIE		Jul 29
LES		Jul 30
WRO		Aug 12
TOR		Aug 13
CZE
1Unia Leszno36.0165 4.5 (23)3 (16)6 (26)6 (28)5.5 (23)6 (24)-5 (25)
2Marma Rzeszów28.5153 6 (27)6 (28)4.5 (20)-0 (11)0 (12)6 (28)6 (27)
3Atlas Wrocław24.0121 4.5 (23)4 (18)0.5 (13)4 (18)5.5 (23)3 (20)2.5 (16)-
4Kronopol Zielona Góra23.0130 -0.5 (14)4.5 (20)5 (25)4 (20)5 (22)1 (12)3 (17)
5Stal Gorzów Wlkp.20.0113 0 (6)-3 (17)3 (16)3 (19)3 (14)5 (21)4 (20)
6Unia Tarnów14.5110 2 (16)0.5 (14)-1 (13)2 (15)4 (21)4 (17)1 (14)
7Włókniarz Częstochowa11.5110 3 (19)5 (21)0.5 (13)0 (11)-1 (13)0 (8)2 (15)
8Unibax Toruń10.594 1 (12)2 (15)2 (15)2 (15)1 (13)-2.5 (16)0 (8)
Details[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

Race format

References and notes

  1. ↑ SportoweFakty.pl 20-Nov-2007.
  2. ↑ SportoweFakty.pl 20-Nov-2007.
  3. ↑ SportoweFakty.pl 03-Dec-2007.
  4. ↑ Hungarian licence.
  5. 1 2 On 24 August was rain.
  6. ↑ Higher place in First Round.
  7. ↑ "Juniorzy Marmy najlepsi jako pierwsi (relacja)". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-07-01. Archived from the original on 15 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
  8. ↑ "II runda Ligi Juniorów dla Marmy". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-07-02. Archived from the original on 15 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
  9. ↑ "Unia Leszno najlepsza w Gorzowie (relacja z III rundy Ligi Juniorów)". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-07-16. Archived from the original on 18 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
  10. ↑ "Pawlicki poprowadził Unię do drugiej wygranej". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-07-16. Archived from the original on 17 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
  11. ↑ "V runda LJ dla Atlasu i Unii". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-07-29. Archived from the original on 30 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
  12. ↑ "Liga Juniorów: Lider zwycięża we Wrocławiu". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-07-30. Archived from the original on 5 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
  13. ↑ "Marma wygrała w Toruniu". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-08-12. Archived from the original on 14 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
  14. ↑ "Zwycięstwo Marmy na koniec LJ". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-08-13. Archived from the original on 14 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-14.

See also

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