2023 Polish speedway season

Season of speedway in Poland

2023 Polish speedway season

Maciej Janowski, winner of the Golden Helmet

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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

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### Polish Individual Speedway Championship

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

### Polish U21 Championship

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

### Silver Helmet

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* Arena Częstochowa, 1 May 2023

Referee : Artur Kuśmierz

Pos. | Rider | Club | Pts | Total

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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

1. [59,10] Paluch, Jabłoński, Trześniewski, Lewandowski
2. [59,59] Karczewski, Rafalski, Krawczyk, Hurysz
3. [59,97] Mencel, Bańdur, Affelt, Kupiec (u)
4. [59,41] Przyjemski, Ratajczak, Łobodziński, Poczta (d)
5. [60,85] Bańdur, Łobodziński, Lewandowski, Karczewski
6. [59,62] Paluch, Przyjemski, Kupiec, Hurysz
7. [59,72] Ratajczak, Krawczyk, Trześniewski, Affelt
8. [60,28] Mencel, Rafalski, Jabłoński, Poczta
9. [61,53] Lewandowski, Poczta, Hurysz, Affelt
10. [60,22] Mencel, Paluch, Ratajczak, Karczewski
11. [61,31] Przyjemski, Bańdur, Rafalski, Trześniewski
12. [61,56] Krawczyk, Łobodziński, Jabłoński, Kupiec
13. [60,88] Przyjemski, Krawczyk, Lewandowski, Mencel (w)
14. [61,11] Paluch, Rafalski, Łobodziński, Affelt
15. [61,19] Karczewski, Poczta, Kupiec, Trześniewski
16. [60,54] Ratajczak, Bańdur, Jabłoński, Hurysz
17. [62,09] Ratajczak, Lewandowski, Rafalski, Kupiec (w)
18. [61,31] Krawczyk, Paluch, Bańdur, Poczta (d)
19. [61,60] Mencel, Łobodziński, Trześniewski, Hurysz
20. [61,89] Przyjemski, Jabłoński, Karczewski, Affelt

### Bronze Helmet

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* winner - Krzysztof Lewandowski

## Pairs

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### Polish Pairs Speedway Championship

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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

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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

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### Team Speedway Polish Championship

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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

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Pos  | Team  | P  | W  | D  | L  | BP  | Pts

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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

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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

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Toruń | Wrocław | 45–45, 39–51
Częstochowa | Lublin | 36–54, 32–58

Third place

Team 1  | Team 2  | Score

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Toruń | Częstochowa | 50–40, 44–46

Final

Team 1  | Team 2  | Score

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Lublin | Wrocław | 51–39, 55–35

Leading averages

| Rider  | Team  | Average

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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

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Pos  | Team  | P  | W  | D  | L  | BP  | Pts

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1 | Zielona Góra | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 35
2 | Bydgoszcz | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 21
3 | Ostrów | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 21
4 | Rybnik | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 18
5 | Landshut | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 15
6 | Gdańsk | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 12
7 | Łódź | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 10
8 | Poznań | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8

Quarter-finals

Team 1  | Team 2  | Score

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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

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Ostrów | Zielona Góra | 42–47, 35–55
Rybnik | Bydgoszcz | 49–41, 44–46

Final

Team 1  | Team 2  | Score

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Rybnik | Zielona Góra | 40–50, 32–58

Leading averages

| Rider  | Team  | Average

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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

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Pos  | Team  | P  | W  | D  | L  | BP  | Pts

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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

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Tarnów | Rzeszów | 38–51, 34–56
Opole | Gniezno | 44–46, 39–51

Final

Team 1  | Team 2  | Score

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Gniezno | Rzeszów | 38–52, 32–57

## Teams

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Częstochowa

* Maksym Drabik
* Kacper Halkiewicz
* Franciszek Karczewski
* Anton Karlsson
* Kajetan Kupiec
* Leon Madsen
* Mikkel Michelsen
* Jakub Miśkowiak
* Kacper Woryna

Gorzów

* Mateusz Bartkowiak
* Oskar Fajfer
* Wiktor Jasiński
* Oskar Paluch
* Mathias Pollestad
* Anders Thomsen
* Martin Vaculík
* Szymon Woźniak

Grudziądz

* Gleb Chugunov
* Max Fricke
* Frederik Jakobsen
* Kacper Łobodziński
* Nicki Pedersen
* Kacper Pludra
* Wiktor Rafalski
* Mateusz Szczepaniak
* Vadim Tarasenko

Krosno

* Szymon Bandur
* Jason Doyle
* Krzysztof Kasprzak
* Andzejs Lebedevs
* Václav Milík
* Krzysztof Sadurski
* Mateusz Świdnicki
* Piotr Świercz
* Denis Zieliński

Leszno

* Chris Holder
* Hubert Jabłoński
* Janusz Kołodziej
* Jaimon Lidsey
* Antoni Mencel
* Adrian Miedziński
* Nazar Parnicki
* Damian Ratajczak
* Bartosz Smektala
* Grzegorz Zengota

Lublin

* Bartosz Bańbor
* Mateusz Cierniak
* Kacper Grzelak
* Jaroslaw Hampel
* Jack Holder
* Dominik Kubera
* Freddie Lindgren
* Bartosz Zmarzlik

Toruń

* Mateusz Affelt
* Kacper Andrzejewski
* Patryk Dudek
* Wiktor Lampart
* Krzysztof Lewandowski
* Robert Lambert
* Paweł Przedpełski
* Oskar Rumiński
* Emil Sayfutdinov

Wrocław

* Kacper Andrzejewski
* Dan Bewley
* Maciej Janowski
* Bartłomiej Kowalski
* Artem Laguta
* Mateusz Panicz
* Piotr Pawlicki
* Tai Woffinden

## References

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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. ^ https://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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* Tarnów

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International speedway competitions

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Speedway in Poland

Championships|

* Individual
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* 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
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* 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
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Governing Bodies|

* Polish Motor Union (Main Commission)
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