2023 Polish speedway season

2023 Polish speedway season
2023 Polish speedway season
	Maciej Janowski, winner of the Golden Helmet
	← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Polish Speedway season was the 2023 season of motorcycle speedway in Poland. The season ran from 8 April to 8 October.^[1]

Individual

Polish Individual Speedway Championship

The 2023 Individual Speedway Polish Championship (Polish: Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Polski, IMP) was the 2023 version of Polish Individual Speedway Championship organised by the Polish Motor Union (PZM). The Championship was held over three legs and Bartosz Zmarzlik won his third consecutive Polish title.^[2]

Pos.	Rider	Club	Total
1	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Lublin	50
2	Maciej Janowski	Wrocław	35+3
3	Patryk Dudek	Toruń	35+2
4	Jarosław Hampel	Lublin	30
5	Janusz Kołodziej	Leszno	28
6	Oskar Fajfer	Gorzów Wlkp	25
	Szymon Woźniak	Gorzów Wlkp	25
8	Kacper Woryna	Częstochowa	23
9	Krzysztof Buczkowski	Zielona Góra	19
10	Przemysław Pawlicki	Zielona Góra	17
11	Dominik Kubera	Lublin	15
12	Wiktor Lampart	Toruń	14
	Piotr Pawlicki	Wrocław	14
	Wiktor Przyjemski	Bydgoszcz	14
15	Wiktor Jasiński	Gorzów	11
16	Mateusz Cierniak	Lublin	10
17	Jakub Miśkowiak	Częstochowa	6
	Marcin Nowak	Rzeszów	6
19	Adrian Gała	Poznań	2
20	Mateusz Świdnicki	Krosno	1
	Bartłomiej Kowalski	Wrocław	1
22	Hubert Łęgowik	Gniezno	0

Golden Helmet & Grand Prix Qualifier

The 2023 Golden Golden Helmet (Polish: Turniej o Złoty Kask, ZK) organised by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) was the 2023 event for the league's leading riders. The final was held at the Marian Spychała Speedway Stadium in Opole, during April.^[3] It also acted as the 2023 Polish Grand Prix Qualifier, which was the 2023 edition of the Polish qualifier for the 2024 Speedway Grand Prix. Five riders qualified for the 2024 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification stage but Janowski and Zmarzlik opted out of qualifying.^[4]

Pos.	Rider	Club	Pts	Total
1	Maciej Janowski	Wrocław	3, 3, 3, 3, 2	14
2	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Lublin	2, 3, 3, 2, 3	13
3	Piotr Pawlicki	Wrocław	3, 2, 1, 3, 3	12
4	Dominik Kubera	Lublin	2, 2, 2, 2, 3	11
5	Bartosz Smektała	Leszno	3, 3, 0, 1, 2	9
6	Przemysław Pawlicki (res)	Zielona Góra	1, 3, 2, 1, 2	9
7	Szymon Woźniak	Gorzów	1, 1, 3, 0, 3	8
8	Janusz Kołodziej	Leszno	3, 1, 1, 1, 1	7
9	Kacper Woryna	Częstochowa	2, 2, 0, 2, 1	7
10	Mateusz Cierniak	Lublin	2, X, 1, 3, 0	6
11	Jarosław Hampel	Lublin	0, 0, 2, 3, 1	6
12	Wiktor Przyjemski	Bydgoszcz	0, 2, 2, 2, 0	6
13	Patryk Dudek	Toruń	0, 1, 3, 0, 1	5
14	Paweł Przedpełski	Toruń	1, 1, 0, 1, 2	5
15	Jakub Miśkowiak	Częstochowa	0, 0, 1, 0, 0	1
16	Krzysztof Kasprzak	Krosno	1, 0, 0, 0, 0	1

Criterium of Aces

The Mieczysław Połukard Criterium of Aces was won by Artem Laguta.

Polish U21 Championship

Date: 30 August 2023 ^[5]
winner - Bartłomiej Kowalski

Silver Helmet

Arena Częstochowa, 1 May 2023

Referee : Artur Kuśmierz

Pos.	Rider	Club	Pts	Total
1	Bartłomiej Kowalski	Wrocław	(3,2,3,3,2)	13
2	Damian Ratajczak	Leszno	(2,3,3,1,2)	11+3
3	Kacper Pludra	Grudziądz	(0,3,2,3,3)	11+2
4	Oskar Paluch	Gorzów Wlkp.	(3,1,3,2,w)	9
5	Krzysztof Sadurski	Krosno	(1,0,1,3,3)	8
6	Kacper Grzelak	Ostrów Wlkp.	(3,1,0,1,3)	8
7	Jakub Krawczyk	Ostrów Wlkp.	(0,2,1,2,3	8
8	Mateusz Bartkowiak	Gorzów Wlkp.	(2,2,3,0,1)	8
9	Wiktor Przyjemski	Bydgoszcz	(0,1,2,3,2)	8
10	Denis Zieliński	Krosno	(2,3,2,0,0)	7
11	Krzysztof Lewandowski	Toruń	(1,2,2,1,1)	7
12	Mateusz Dul	Łódź	(1,3,1,0,1)	6
13	Kajetan Kupiec	Częstochowa	(1,0,1,2,2)	6
14	Michał Curzytek	Zielona Góra	(3,0,0,2,0)	5
15	Franciszek Karczewski	Częstochowa	(2,1,0,1,1)	5
16	Karol Żupiński	Poznań	(0,0,0,0,d)}	0
17	Jakub Poczta	Ostrów Wlkp.	(t)	0

Heat by Heat

Extended content

[59,10] Paluch, Jabłoński, Trześniewski, Lewandowski
[59,59] Karczewski, Rafalski, Krawczyk, Hurysz
[59,97] Mencel, Bańdur, Affelt, Kupiec (u)
[59,41] Przyjemski, Ratajczak, Łobodziński, Poczta (d)
[60,85] Bańdur, Łobodziński, Lewandowski, Karczewski
[59,62] Paluch, Przyjemski, Kupiec, Hurysz
[59,72] Ratajczak, Krawczyk, Trześniewski, Affelt
[60,28] Mencel, Rafalski, Jabłoński, Poczta
[61,53] Lewandowski, Poczta, Hurysz, Affelt
[60,22] Mencel, Paluch, Ratajczak, Karczewski
[61,31] Przyjemski, Bańdur, Rafalski, Trześniewski
[61,56] Krawczyk, Łobodziński, Jabłoński, Kupiec
[60,88] Przyjemski, Krawczyk, Lewandowski, Mencel (w)
[61,11] Paluch, Rafalski, Łobodziński, Affelt
[61,19] Karczewski, Poczta, Kupiec, Trześniewski
[60,54] Ratajczak, Bańdur, Jabłoński, Hurysz
[62,09] Ratajczak, Lewandowski, Rafalski, Kupiec (w)
[61,31] Krawczyk, Paluch, Bańdur, Poczta (d)
[61,60] Mencel, Łobodziński, Trześniewski, Hurysz
[61,89] Przyjemski, Jabłoński, Karczewski, Affelt

Bronze Helmet

winner - Krzysztof Lewandowski

Pairs

Polish Pairs Speedway Championship

The 2023 Polish Pairs Speedway Championship (Polish: Mistrzostwa Polski par klubowych na żużlu) was the 2023 edition of the Polish Pairs Speedway Championship. The final was held on 31 March at Rzeszów .^[6]

Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Lublin	22	Dominik Kubera 11, Bartosz Zmarzlik 10+3, Freddie Lindgren 1
2	Leszno	22	Chris Holder 8, Janusz Kołodziej 8, Bartosz Smektała 6
3	Częstochowa	18	Leon Madsen 15, Kacper Woryna 2, Jakub Miśkowiak 1
4	Toruń	18	Robert Lambert 14, Patryk Dudek 2, Paweł Przedpełski 2
5	Rzeszów	17	Jacob Thorssell 11, Marcin Nowak 6
6	Krosno	15	Jason Doyle 12, Krzysztof Kasprzak 3, Mateusz Świdnicki 0
7	Gorzów	14	Anders Thomsen 6, Szymon Woźniak 5, Oskar Fajfer 3

Team

Team Speedway Polish Championship

The 2023 Team Speedway Polish Championship (Polish: Drużynowe mistrzostwa Polski na żużlu) was the 2023 edition of the Team Polish Championship to determine the gold medal winner (champion of Poland).^[7] Teams finishing second and third were awarded silver and bronze medals respectively.

Ekstraliga

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	BP	Pts
1	Wrocław	14	12	0	2	6	30
2	Lublin	14	11	0	3	6	28
3	Gorzów	14	7	2	5	4	20
4	Częstochowa	14	6	3	5	3	18
5	Toruń	14	5	1	8	4	15
6	Leszno	14	5	0	9	1	11
7	Grudziądz	14	3	2	9	2	10
8	Krosno	14	3	0	11	1	7

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Leszno	Wrocław	42–48, 37–53
Częstochowa	Gorzów	49–41, 50–40
Toruń	Lublin	42–47, 41–49

Semi-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Toruń	Wrocław	45–45, 39–51
Częstochowa	Lublin	36–54, 32–58

Third place

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Toruń	Częstochowa	50–40, 44–46

Final

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Lublin	Wrocław	51–39, 55–35

Leading averages

	Rider	Team	Average
1	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Lublin	10.10
2	Emil Sayfutdinov	Toruń	9.77
3	Janusz Kołodziej	Leszno	9.33
4	Martin Vaculík	Gorzów	9.10
5	Leon Madsen	Częstochowa	9.00

1. Liga

Pos	Team	P	W	L	BP	Pts
1	Zielona Góra	14	14	0	7	35
2	Bydgoszcz	14	8	6	5	21
3	Ostrów	14	8	6	5	21
4	Rybnik	14	7	7	4	18
5	Landshut	14	6	8	3	15
6	Gdańsk	14	5	9	2	12
7	Łódź	14	4	10	2	10
8	Poznań	14	4	10	0	8

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Gdańsk	Zielona Góra	30–60, 31–59
Rybnik	Ostrów	51–39, 40–50
Landshut	Bydgoszcz	44–45, 37–53

Semi-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Ostrów	Zielona Góra	42–47, 35–55
Rybnik	Bydgoszcz	49–41, 44–46

Final

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Rybnik	Zielona Góra	40–50, 32–58

Leading averages

	Rider	Team	Average
1	Wiktor Przyjemski	Bydgoszcz	10.00
2	Przemysław Pawlicki	Zielona Góra	9.65
3	Rasmus Jensen	Zielona Góra	9.33
4	Krzysztof Buczkowski	Zielona Góra	9.07
5	Aleksandr Loktaev	Poznań	8.79

2. Liga

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	BP	Pts
1	Rzeszów	12	7	2	3	5	21
2	Gniezno	12	7	1	4	5	20
3	Opole	12	6	4	2	3	19
4	Tarnów	12	5	1	6	3	14
5	Daugavpils	12	5	2	5	2	14
6	Piła	12	3	3	6	1	10
7	Rawicz	12	2	1	9	0	5

Semi-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Tarnów	Rzeszów	38–51, 34–56
Opole	Gniezno	44–46, 39–51

Final

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Gniezno	Rzeszów	38–52, 32–57

Teams

Częstochowa

Gorzów

Grudziądz

Krosno

Leszno

Lublin

Toruń

Wrocław

References

^ "2023 league fixtures". PGE Ekstraliga. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
^ "The speedway year 2023 is ahead of us! What will happen on Polish and world tracks?". Sportowe Fakty. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
^ "The final of the Golden Helmet and the European Couples Championship in Opole". Opolska 360. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
^ "MAGIC BREAKS ZMARZLIK'S GRIP ON GOLDEN HELMET IN OPOLE". FIM. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
^ https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/relacja/146049/final-mimp-w-lublinie
^ "Texom Speedway Polish Club Pairs Championship - Rzeszów 2023". eBilet. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
^ "Schedule and results of PGE Ekstraliga 2023". Speedway News. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

[1] "2023 league fixtures". PGE Ekstraliga. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

[2] "The speedway year 2023 is ahead of us! What will happen on Polish and world tracks?". Sportowe Fakty. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

[3] "The final of the Golden Helmet and the European Couples Championship in Opole". Opolska 360. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

[4] "MAGIC BREAKS ZMARZLIK'S GRIP ON GOLDEN HELMET IN OPOLE". FIM. Retrieved 26 May 2023.

[5] ttps://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/relacja/146049/final-mimp-w-lublinie

[6] "Texom Speedway Polish Club Pairs Championship - Rzeszów 2023". eBilet. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

[7] "Schedule and results of PGE Ekstraliga 2023". Speedway News. Retrieved 5 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