The Speedway Ekstraliga ( en, Polish Extraleague, pl, Ekstraliga żużlowa) is the top division of
motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only ...
in
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 ...
. 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.
[Kevin Meynell & Marcin Babnis (7 July 2004)]
History of Polish Speedway. Main competitions. Rules.
Retrieved 25 October 2014.
With the fall of
communism
Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, ...
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. The top division is called the PGE Ekstraliga.
2022 PGE Ekstraliga
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BETARD Sparta Wrocław
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Motor Lublin
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Moje Bermudy Stal Gorzów
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FOGO Unia Leszno
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zielona-energia.com Włókniarz Częstochowa
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FOR NATURE SOLUTIONS Apator Toruń
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ZOOLESZCZ GKM Grudziądz
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Arged Malesa Ostrów Wlkp.
Teams
Ekstraliga Champions
References
{{International speedway
Speedway leagues
Professional sports leagues in Poland