2008 Speedway Ekstraliga

The 2008 Speedway Ekstraliga season is the 9th since its establishment. The first fixtures of the season are scheduled for April 6, 2008, and the season will end on October 19, 2008.[1] Unia Leszno are the defending Polish champions. The Speedway Ekstraliga (pl. Ekstraliga żużlowa) is the top division of speedway in the Poland.

2008 Speedway Ekstraliga
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The 2008 Juniors League (pl. Liga Juniorów) season is the first its establishment. Every Ekstraliga team must send a Team U-21 to youth league. Eight events will be on July and August.[2][3]

Teams

ClubNickname'07 Pos.Ekstraliga since
Złomrex Włókniarz Częstochowa Lions62000
Stal Gorzów Wlkp. 1*2008
Unia Leszno Bulls11997
Marma Polskie Folie Rzeszów Cranes32006
Unia Tarnów Swallows62004
Unibax Toruń Angels21976*
Atlas Wrocław 51999
ZKŻ Kronopol Zielona Góra Mickey Mouse72007
  • Toruń - have never been relegated to a lower division.
  • Gorzów Wlkp. - 1st in First League.

Squad of Teams
2008 Speedway Grand Prix rider
Częstochowa
RiderAgeAverage
Nicki Pedersen312.730
Greg Hancock382.207
Tomasz Gapiński261.625
Sebastian Ułamek321.622
Lee Richardson291.662
Michał Szczepaniak251.400
Mateusz Szczepaniak211.391
Sławomir Drabik421.366
Antonio Lindbäck231.357
Edward Kennett221.300
Borys Miturski191.250
Lewis Bridger190.333
Marcin Piekarski190.000
Mateusz Kowalczyk190.822 (2)
Przemysław Dądela230.556 (2)
James Courtney20N
Kamil Mistygacz19N
Damian Romańczuk20N
Tai Woffinden18N
Gorzów Wlkp.
RiderAgeAverage
Tomasz Gollob372.310
Rune Holta352.195
Peter Karlsson392.300 (1)
Paweł Hlib222.247 (1)
Jesper B. Monberg312.247 (1)
[4] Matej Ferjan312.245 (1)
Thomas H. Jonasson201.596 (1)
Kenneth Hansen211.125 (1)
Adrian Szewczykowski190.900 (1)
Paweł Zmarzlik180.000
Jari Maekinen18N
Mateusz Mikorski19N
Leszno
RiderAgeAverage
Leigh Adams372.635
Krzysztof Kasprzak242.160
Jarosław Hampel262.093
Damian Baliński311.979
Troy Batchelor211.509
Jurica Pavlič191.000
Adam Kajoch200.857
Robert Kasprzak210.810
Travis McGowan270.000
Sławomir Musielak18N
Damian Perz20N
Adam Shields31N
Rzeszów
RiderAgeAverage
Scott Nicholls301.950
Kenneth Bjerre241.926
Davey Watt301.824
Matej Žagar251.488
Dawid Lampart180.533
Mateusz Szostek190.500
Roman Povazhny321.691 (1)
Rafał Klimek180.813 (1)
Martin Vaculík182.259 (2)
Cameron Woodward23N
Piotr Winiarz32N
Tarnów
RiderAgeAverage
Janusz Kołodziej241.859
Peter Ljung261.524
Krystian Klecha241.511
Aleš Dryml, Jr.291.054
Patrick Hougaard191.000
Jacek Rempała370.947
Daniil Ivanov220.818
Kamil Zieliński210.824
Marcin Rempała240.387
Szymon Kiełbasa190.000
Tobias Busch201.591 (2)
Steve Boxall21N
Maciej Ciesielski21N
Kevin Doolan28N
Łukasz Kiełbasa19N
Tadeusz Kostro17N
Peter Juul Larsen18N
James Wright22N
Toruń
RiderAgeAverage
Hans N. Andersen282.194
Ryan Sullivan332.220
Wiesław Jaguś332.161
Karol Ząbik221.989
Robert Kościecha311.750
Adrian Miedziński231.699
Chris Holder211.677
Adam Wiśniewski180.500
Damian Celmer190.000
Robert Ksiezak21N
Mateusz Lampkowski18N
Łukasz Lipiński19N
Marcin Nowakowski19N
Oskar Pieniążek19N
Wrocław
RiderAgeAverage
Jason Crump332.292
Krzysztof Słaboń271.587
Tomasz Jędrzejak291.571
Filip Šitera201.400
Maciej Janowski170.429
Daniel Jeleniewski252.181 (1)
Mikael Max352.096 (1)
Andy Smith422.000 (1)
Rory Schlein241.811 (1)
Mariusz Węgrzyk291.667 (1)
Benjamin Barker20N
Leon Madsen20N
Marcin Podlaszewski17N
Zielona Góra
RiderAgeAverage
Grzegorz Walasek322.048
Piotr Protasiewicz332.012
Niels Kristian Iversen261.837
Fredrik Lindgren231.770
Rafał Dobrucki321.689
Mariusz Staszewski331.357
Grzegorz Zengota200.946
Ricky Kling210.905
Nicolai Klindt200.800
Charlie Gjedde291.747 (1)
Sławomir Dudek401.579 (2)
Janusz Baniak19N
Paweł Gwóźdź19N
Aleksandr Koslopakin21N
Adam Kulczyński22N
Ludvig Lindgren18N
Artem Vodyakov17N
Przemysław Zarzycki20N

First round

League table
Play-offs 1st-6th
Play-offs 7th-8th
MMatches played
WMatches won
DMatches drawn
LMatches lost
PtsPoints
BonBonus points
TotalTotal points
FSmall Points for
ASmall Points against
PosClubMWDLPtsBonTotal+/-
1 Złomrex Włókniarz Częstochowa 14120224731+253
2 Unibax Toruń 14120224630+199
3 Unia Leszno 14101321425+162
4 ZKŻ Kronopol Zielona Góra 1470714317-7
5 Caelum Stal Gorzów Wlkp. 1461713316-36
6 Atlas Wrocław 1440108412-36
7 Marma Polskie Folie Rzeszów 143011617-255
8 Unia Tarnów 1410132-2-280
PosClubMWDLPtsBonTotal+/-

Results

The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Blue indicates a win to the home team while a red represents a loss to the home team.

  CZE GOR LES RZE TAR TOR WRO ZIE
Włókniarz Częstochowa x 55:38 56:36 65:26 69:23 41:50 60:33 49:41
Stal Gorzów Wlkp. 40:50 x 48:42 51:41 60:32 43:47 53:40 41:49
Unia Leszno 50:42 45:45 x 59:33 67:26 43:47 61:29 50:40
Marma Rzeszów 32:60 44:48 27:65 x 51:37 33:58 47:43 33:59
Unia Tarnów 33:59 46:47 40:53 44:47 x 38:53 57:36 41:49
Unibax Toruń 34:59 61:30 44:46 63:28 66:26 x 49:41 56:34
Atlas Wrocław 40:50 53:39 46:47 62:30 61:29 41:48 x 53:40
Kronopol Zielona Góra 38:52 53:39 36:57 52:39 63:29 32:58 47:43 x

Play-offs

Quarter-Finals
Quarter-Final
1-6 place		 Złomrex Włókniarz Częstochowa
1st in First Round		 113:71 Atlas Wrocław
6th in First Round
Aug 31 Częstochowa 53:39 Wrocław
Sep 1[5] Wrocław 32:60 Częstochowa
Quarter-Final
1-6 place		 Unibax Toruń
2nd in First Round		 113:68 Caelum Stal Gorzów Wlkp.
5th in First Round
Aug 24 Gorzów Wlkp. 43:47 Toruń
Aug 31 Toruń 66:25 Gorzów Wlkp.
Quarter-Final
1-6 place		 Unia Leszno
3rd in First Round		 94:87 ZKŻ Kronopol Zielona Góra
4th in First Round
Aug 28[5] Zielona Góra 49:40 Leszno
Aug 31 Leszno 54:38 Zielona Góra
Table
Winners
Pos Club Pts Small
points
1A Toruń 4 113[6]
2A Częstochowa 4 113
3A Leszno 2 94
Losers
Pos Club Pts Small
points
1B Zielona Góra 2 87
2B Wrocław 0 71
3B Gorzów Wlkp. 0 68
To Semi-Finals

Semi-Finals
Semi-Final
1-4 place		 Unibax Toruń
1A in Quarter-final		 ZKŻ Kronopol Zielona Góra
1B in Quarter-final
Sep 7 Zielona Góra 48:42 Toruń
Sep 19 Toruń Zielona Góra
Semi-Final
1-4 place		 Złomrex Włókniarz Częstochowa
2A in Quarter-final		 Unia Leszno
3A in Quarter-final
Sep 7 Leszno 52:41 Częstochowa
Sep 19 Częstochowa Leszno

Finals
Final
1-2 place
Semi-Final Winner
Semi-Final Winner
Sep 28
Oct 19
3-4 place
Semi-Final Loser
Semi-Final Loser
Oct 3 or 5
Oct 12
7-8 place Marma Polskie Folie Rzeszów
7th in First Round		 Unia Tarnów
8th in First Round
Sep 7 Tarnów 42:48 Rzeszów
Sep 28 Rzeszów Tarnów

Final classification
Pos Club
1 Unibax Torun
2
3
4
5
6
7 Relegation playoffs
8 Relegated to First League

Relegation playoffs
Relegation
play-off
7th in Ekstraliga
2nd in First League
Oct 12
Oct 19

Juniors League
Pos.TeamPointsSmall PtsJul 1
TAR		Jul 2
RZE		Jul 15
GOR		Jul 16
ZIE		Jul 29
LES		Jul 30
WRO		Aug 12
TOR		Aug 13
CZE
1Unia Leszno36.0165 4.5 (23)3 (16)6 (26)6 (28)5.5 (23)6 (24)-5 (25)
2Marma Rzeszów28.5153 6 (27)6 (28)4.5 (20)-0 (11)0 (12)6 (28)6 (27)
3Atlas Wrocław24.0121 4.5 (23)4 (18)0.5 (13)4 (18)5.5 (23)3 (20)2.5 (16)-
4Kronopol Zielona Góra23.0130 -0.5 (14)4.5 (20)5 (25)4 (20)5 (22)1 (12)3 (17)
5Stal Gorzów Wlkp.20.0113 0 (6)-3 (17)3 (16)3 (19)3 (14)5 (21)4 (20)
6Unia Tarnów14.5110 2 (16)0.5 (14)-1 (13)2 (15)4 (21)4 (17)1 (14)
7Włókniarz Częstochowa11.5110 3 (19)5 (21)0.5 (13)0 (11)-1 (13)0 (8)2 (15)
8Unibax Toruń10.594 1 (12)2 (15)2 (15)2 (15)1 (13)-2.5 (16)0 (8)
Details[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

Race format

References and notes
  1. SportoweFakty.pl 20-Nov-2007.
  2. SportoweFakty.pl 20-Nov-2007.
  3. SportoweFakty.pl 03-Dec-2007.
  4. Hungarian licence.
  5. On 24 August was rain.
  6. Higher place in First Round.
  7. "Juniorzy Marmy najlepsi jako pierwsi (relacja)". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-07-01. Archived from the original on 15 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
  8. "II runda Ligi Juniorów dla Marmy". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-07-02. Archived from the original on 15 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
  9. "Unia Leszno najlepsza w Gorzowie (relacja z III rundy Ligi Juniorów)". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-07-16. Archived from the original on 18 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
  10. "Pawlicki poprowadził Unię do drugiej wygranej". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-07-16. Archived from the original on 17 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
  11. "V runda LJ dla Atlasu i Unii". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-07-29. Archived from the original on 30 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
  12. "Liga Juniorów: Lider zwycięża we Wrocławiu". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-07-30. Archived from the original on 5 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
  13. "Marma wygrała w Toruniu". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-08-12. Archived from the original on 14 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
  14. "Zwycięstwo Marmy na koniec LJ". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-08-13. Archived from the original on 14 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-14.

See also
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