2020 Polish speedway season

2020 Polish speedway season
2020 Polish speedway season
	Maciej Janowski, Polish champion for the second time
	← 2019 2021 ⊟

The 2020 Polish Speedway season was the 2020 season of motorcycle speedway in Poland.^[1]

Unia Leszno won the Ekstraliga and were awarded the gold medal and declared Polish Team Champions. The teams finishing second and third were awarded silver and bronze medals respectively.^[2]^[3] KS Toruń won the 1. Liga and Wilki Krosno won the 2. Liga.

Individual

Polish Individual Speedway Championship

The 2020 Individual Speedway Polish Championship final was held on 7 September at the Stadion im. Alfreda Smoczyka in Leszno.^[4] Maciej Janowski won the individual title after recording a 15-point maximum in the heats leading up to the final race.

Pos.	Rider	Points	Total	Final
1	Maciej Janowski	(3,3,3,3,3)	15	3
2	Bartosz Zmarzlik	(2,3,1,1,3)	10	2
3	Szymon Woźniak	(3,3,2,3,1)	12	1
4	Janusz Kołodziej	(1,1,3,3,2)	10	0
5	Patryk Dudek	(1,2,3,2,2)	10
6	Piotr Pawlicki Jr.	(2,2,1,2,3)	10
7	Maksym Drabik	(3,1,0,3,1)	8
8	Jarosław Hampel	(3,3,0,1,0)	7
9	Bartosz Smektała	(1,2,2,1,1)	7
10	Krystian Pieszczek	(2,0,3,0,1)	6
11	Kacper Woryna	(1,0,1,0,3)	5
12	Paweł Przedpełski	(0,t,2,1,2)	5
13	Dominik Kubera	(0,2,0,2,0)	4
14	Przemysław Pawlicki	(2,x,2,0,0)	4
15	Norbert Kościuch	(0,1,0,0,2)	3
16	Krzysztof Kasprzak	(0,0,1,2,x)	3
17	Jakub Jamróg (res)	(1)	1
18	Adrian Miedziński (res)	(dnr)	x

Golden Helmet

The 2020 Golden Golden Helmet (Polish: Turniej o Złoty Kask, ZK) organised by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) was the 2020 event for the league's leading riders. The final was held at Bydgoszcz on the 27 July. Bartosz Zmarzlik won the Golden Helmet.^[5]

Pos.	Rider	Club	Total	Points
1	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Gorzów Wlkp.	15	(3,3,3,3,3)
2	Paweł Przedpełski	Częstochowa	12 3	(2,3,2,3,2)
3	Krzysztof Kasprzak	Gorzów Wlkp.	12 2	(3,2,3,2,2)
4	Janusz Kołodziej	Leszno	11	(1,2,2,3,3)
5	Jarosław Hampel	Lublin	10	(3,2,0,2,3)
6	Patryk Dudek	Zielona Góra	10	(3,3,2,1,1)
7	Kacper Woryna	Rybnik	9	(0,1,3,3,2)
8	Dominik Kubera	Leszno	7	(1,0,3,2,1)
9	Szymon Woźniak	Gorzów Wlkp.	6 3	(2,1,1,1,1)
10	Bartosz Smektała	Leszno	6 2	(0,2,1,0,3)
11	Jakub Jamróg	Lublin	5	(2,0,0,2,1)
12	Mateusz Cierniak	Tarnów	4	(1,3,0,0,0)
13	Kamil Brzozowski	Bydgoszcz	4	(1,0,1,0,2)
14	Krzysztof Buczkowski	Grudziądz	4	(2,0,1,1,0)
15	Norbert Krakowiak	Zielona Góra	3	(0,1,2,0,0)
16	Jakub Miśkowiak	Częstochowa	2	(0,1,0,1,0)

Pairs

Polish Pairs Speedway Championship

The 2020 Polish Pairs Speedway Championship was the 2020 edition of the Polish Pairs Speedway Championship. The final was held on 5 August at Gdańsk.^[6]

Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Leszno	29	Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 13, Dominik Kubera 16
2	Zielona Góra	21 3	Patryk Dudek 8, Piotr Protasiewicz 13 3
3	Wrocław	21 2	Maciej Janowski 14 2, Gleb Chugunov 7
4	Gorzów	18	Bartosz Zmarzlik 13, Szymon Woźniak 5
5	Częstochowa	16	Bartlomiej Kowalski 5, Jakub Miśkowiak 11
6	Gdańsk	11	Krystian Pieszczek 8, Robert Chmiel 2, Karol Zupinski 1
7	Rybnik	10	Przemysław Girea 0, Mateusz Szczepaniak 10

Team

Team Speedway Polish Championship

The 2020 Team Speedway Polish Championship was the 2020 edition of the Team Polish Championship.^[7] Unia Leszno won the gold medal for the fourth successive season.^[8] The team included Emil Saifutdinov, Janusz Kołodziej, Piotr Pawlicki Jr., Bartosz Smektała and Dominik Kubera.^[9]

Ekstraliga

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	BP	Pts
1	Unia Leszno	14	11	0	3	6	28
2	Stal Gorzów	14	8	0	6	5	21
3	WTS Sparta Wrocław	14	7	2	5	4	20
4	Falubaz Zielona Góra	14	8	1	5	3	20
5	Włókniarz Częstochowa	14	6	2	6	5	19
6	Motor Lublin	14	8	0	6	3	19
7	Grudziądz	14	4	1	9	1	10
8	Rybnik	14	1	0	13	0	2

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Zielona Gora	Leszno	44–46, 33–57
Gorzow	Wroclaw	44–46, 34–55

Final

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Wroclaw	Leszno	46–46, 30–59

1. Liga

Pos	Team	P	Pts
1	KS Toruń	14	29
2	Start Gniezno	14	25
3	Orzeł Łódź	14	22
4	Gdańsk	14	17
5	Unia Tarnów	14	15
6	Ostrów	14	14
7	Polonia Bydgoszcz	14	11
8	Daugavpils	14	7

No play-offs due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2. Liga

Pos	Team	P	Pts
1	Wilki Krosno	10	25
2	Kolejarz Opole	10	18
3	PSŻ Poznań	10	10
4	Stal Rzeszów	10	8
5	Kolejarz Rawicz	10	8
6	Wölfe Wittstock	10	6

No play-offs due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

^ "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2023". Speedway History. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
^ "2020 Ekstraliga". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
^ "2020". PGE Ekstraliga. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
^ "Polish final 2019". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
^ "Final of the Golden Helmet in Bydgoszcz". Sportowe Fakty. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
^ "Polish pairs championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
^ "Polish Team Championship DMP". Speedway.hg. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
^ "Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski (PGE Ekstraliga)". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
^ "2020 Leszno team statistics". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

[1] "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2023". Speedway History. Retrieved 19 February 2023.

[2] "2020 Ekstraliga". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 19 February 2023.

[3] "2020". PGE Ekstraliga. Retrieved 19 February 2023.

[4] "Polish final 2019". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

[5] "Final of the Golden Helmet in Bydgoszcz". Sportowe Fakty. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

[6] "Polish pairs championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

[7] "Polish Team Championship DMP". Speedway.hg. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

[8] "Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski (PGE Ekstraliga)". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

[9] "2020 Leszno team statistics". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

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v t e Polish speedway teams and seasons
Ekstraliga	Częstochowa Gorzów Grudziądz Leszno Lublin Toruń Wrocław Zielona Góra
Ekstraliga 2	Bydgoszcz Gdańsk Krosno Łódź Ostrów Poznań Rybnik Rzeszów
National League	Daugavpils Gniezno Landshut Opole Piła Tarnów
Former	Motor Lublin Kraków Lviv Miskolc Prague Rawicz Rivne Świętochłowice Warsaw Wittstock
Seasons	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e International speedway competitions
World	Individual (Grand Prix) (Qualification) Pairs (Speedway of Nations) World Team Cup (World Cup) Individual U-21 Team U-21 Individual U-16
Europe	Individual Pairs Team U21 U19 Junior (team)
National Championships	Argentina Australia / (U-21) Austria Czech/Czech Rep Denmark / (U-21) Finland France Germany/East/West Great Britain / (U-21) / (U-19) Hungary Italy Latvia New Zealand Norway Poland / (U-21) Romanian Russia/Soviet Slovenia Sweden / (U-21) USA (AMA) / USA (SRA)
National Leagues	Denmark Great Britain Poland Sweden Czech/Czech Rep Germany/East/West Hungary Russia/Soviet
Ice speedway	World Championships: Individual Team European: Individual
Long track	World Championships: Individual Team
Former Championships	Australasian British Nordic Champions Cup (indiv) Champions' Cup (teams) Commonwealth Continental Estonian Intercontinental Nordic Overseas Star Riders'
Governing Bodies	World (FIM) FIM Europe

v t e Speedway in Poland
Championships	Individual Pairs Team Extraleague Polish Speedway First League (1.Liga) Polish Speedway Second League (2.Liga) Individual U-21 Pairs U-21 Team U-21
Helmets and Cups	Golden Silver U-21 Bronze U-19
Memorials	M. Połukard Criterium of Aces Alfred Smoczyk Edward Jancarz Łukasz Romanek
Tournaments	Bolesław Chrobry Crest Chain of Ostrów Town
Grands Prix	Polish SGP European SGP
National teams	Poland team U21 U19
Governing Bodies	Polish Motor Union (Main Commission) Speedway Ekstraliga LLC