Speedway Ekstraliga
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| Ekstraliga żużlowa | |
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| Current season or competition: 2008 Speedway Ekstraliga |
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| Sport | speedway |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Commissioner | League Commissioner: Ryszard Głód |
| Motto | Więcej mocy... More power... |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Country(ies) | Poland |
| Most recent champion(s) |
Unia Leszno |
| TV partner(s) | TVP Sport |
| Official website | Official site |
The Speedway Ekstraliga (pl. Ekstraliga żużlowa) is the top division of speedway in Poland. It has been called the "richest and most popular speedway league in the world"[citation needed] and attracts riders from all over the world. The Ekstraliga has the highest average attendances for any sport in Poland.[citation needed]
With the fall of communism 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 the Ekstraliga, and the number of teams was reduced.[citation needed]
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[edit] 2008 Teams
- Złomrex Włókniarz Częstochowa
- Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski
- Unia Leszno
- Marma - Stal Rzeszów
- Unia Tarnów
- Unibax Toruń
- Atlas Wrocław
- ZKŻ Kronopol Zielona Góra
[edit] Champions
- 2000 - Polonia Bydgoszcz
- 2001 - Apator Toruń
- 2002 - Polonia Bydgoszcz
- 2003 - Włókniarz Częstochowa
- 2004 - Unia Tarnów
- 2005 - Unia Tarnów
- 2006 - Atlas Wrocław
- 2007 - Unia Leszno
- 2008
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