The Poland national speedway team is the national

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team of

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

and is controlled by the Polish Motor Union ( PZM). The team is one of the major teams in international speedway and they won the Team World Championship nine times (last time in

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and

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). The team has won

1971 Speedway World Pairs Championship The 1971 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the second FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place on 11 July 1971 in Rybnik, Poland. The championship was won by Poland (maximum 30 points) who beat New Zealand (25 points) and S ...

also. After their win in the

and

2010 Speedway World Cup The 2010 FIM PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the tenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It was originally scheduled to take place between 24 July and 31 July 2010, ...

, Poland's speedway team was awarded the Team of the Year in Poland by ''

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'' in 2009 and 2010.

2016 Team

A members of 2016 Team was approval on January 30, 2016 by Main Commission for Speedway Sport (Główna Komisja Sportu Żużlowego, GKSŻ)SportoweFakty.pl
- 30 Jan 2016. which is a part of the Polish Motor Union (

Polski Związek Motorowy The Polski Związek Motorowy (PZM, PZMot) ( en, Polish Automobile and Motorcycle Federation) is an automobile club and the governing body of motorsports in Poland. It is based in Warsaw. Established in 1950 by merging the Polish Car Club and the ...

, PZM).

Senior Team * Krzysztof Buczkowski *

Patryk Dudek Patryk Dudek (; born 20 June 1992) is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who is a member of the Polish national speedway team. Career Dudek's father, Sławomir, was a professional rider and Patryk gained his speedway licence in 2008. Dudek w ...

* Tomasz Gollob * Jarosław Hampel *

Maciej Janowski Maciej Janowski (born 6 August 1991 in Wrocław, Polandwww.janowskiracing.com
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Krzysztof Kasprzak Krzysztof Kasprzak (; born 18 July 1984 in Leszno, Poland) is an international speedway rider who became World Under-21 Champion in 2005 and won the silver medal during the 2014 Speedway Grand Prix. He also won five World team titles. He is a ...

* Janusz Kołodziej * Piotr Pawlicki * Przemysław Pawlicki * Piotr Protasiewicz * Grzegorz Zengota Junior Team * Adrian Cyfer * Maksym Drabik * Rafał Karczmarz * Marcin Nowak * Bartosz Smektała * Krystian Pieszczek * Paweł Przedpełski * Kacper Woryna *

Bartosz Zmarzlik Bartosz Zmarzlik (; born 12 April 1995) is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider and three-time World Champion (2019, 2020 and 2022). He has been decorated with the Order of Polonia Restituta, V class. Biography Born in Szczecin, Poland, Zmarzlik i ...

Honours

World Championships

European Championships

World Championship

Team

The Poland national speedway team were a major force in the opening years of the tournament, rivalling

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to win 3 out of the opening 7 championships in the early 60s. They are currently one of the best teams in the world having won in

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and

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. Key riding members of the title wins include Tomasz Gollob,

Andrzej Wyglenda Andrzej Wyglenda (born 4 May 1941 in Rybnik, Poland) is a former Polish motorcycle speedway rider who has won 1971 Speedway World Pairs Championship and Speedway World Team Cup three times. He was won Individual Polish Champion title four time ...

and Andrzej Pogorzelski who all managed 3 world cup wins.

Speedway World Team Cup (1961-2000)

Speedway World Cup (since 2001)

European Championship

Pairs

World Champions from Poland

Famous Polish riders

* Tomasz Gollob * Jarosław Hampel * Rune Holta *

Edward Jancarz Edward 'Ed' Jancarz (20 August 1946 – 11 January 1992) was a Polish international speedway rider.Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. Career Jancarz rode in the UK fo ...

Zenon Plech Zenon Plech (1 January 1953 – 25 November 2020) was a Polish international motorcycle speedway rider. He finished third in the Speedway World Championship in 1973 and as the runner-up in 1979. Career summary Plech won the Polish National Cha ...

* Andrzej Pogorzelski * Piotr Protasiewicz *

Jerzy Szczakiel Jerzy Szczakiel (28 January 1949 – 1 September 2020) was a Polish speedway rider. He was one of three Polish nationals to have won the Speedway World Championship, the others being 2010 World champion Tomasz Gollob and the 2019 Speedway Gran ...

Paweł Waloszek Paweł Waloszek (28 April 1938 – 7 September 2018) was a Polish international motorcycle speedway rider who was second in 1970 Individual Speedway World Championship. Career details World Championships * Individual World Championship ** 19 ...

* Antoni Woryna *

References

External links

List of members of Polish national team
{{Awards of Plebiscite of Przegląd Sportowy National speedway teams Speedway * !