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The Polish speedway team participated in the inaugural Speedway World Team Cup, being seeded through to the final of the 1960 Speedway World Team Cup. [1] The team were a major force in the opening decade of the tournament, winning the World Team Cup in 1961, 1965, 1966 and 1969, with only the Swedish team winning more World Cups. [2]
Hans Nielsen topped the Polish averages with 2.772 in 1995 [5] and then they won the bronze medal in the 1996 and 1997 Polish Championships followed by a silver medal in 1998. In 1999, the team finished second in the regular season table and then won the play offs to become champions of Poland for the first time. [6]
There are three speedway leagues in Poland: Ekstraliga (Ekstraliga żużlowa) (Team Speedway Polish Championship) Polish Speedway First League (eWinner 1.liga żużlowa) Polish Speedway Second League (2. liga żużlowa) In the 2009 season, the Extraleague and First League have eight teams competing. The second League has seven teams.
The Polish National Speedway League or Krajowa Liga Żużlowa, formerly 2 Liga żużlowa is the third division of motorcycle speedway in Poland. It is below the Ekstraliga and the 2 Ekstraliga (formerly 1 liga).
Also in 2022, he was a member of the Polish team that won the inaugural European Team Speedway Championship. [12] In 2023, he was part of the Polish team that won the gold medal in the 2023 Speedway World Cup final, his last lap overtaking of Robert Lambert sealed the title for Poland and it was a third World Cup success for Janowski. [13]
The team of PKM Warszawa, consisting of Jan Wąsikowski, Jerzy Dąbrowski, Stanisław Brun and Mieczysław Chlebicz, were crowned the first winners of the Team Speedway Polish Championship. [ 5 ] The following year in 1949, the Okęcie speedway merged with the Skra-Związkowiec Warszawa speedway section and went on to win the silver medal in ...
The club competed in the inaugural 1948 Polish speedway season, under the name of Motoklub Rawicz. [4] [5]The club's first team honour was winning the bronze medal in the Team Speedway Polish Championship in 1954 and the following season they went one better after winning the silver medal in 1955. [6]
He was a member of the Poland national speedway team. Remarkably, in 29 seasons of Polish speedway he has only ridden for three clubs Unia Leszno, Rybnik and Rawicz. [3] He only rode one season in the British leagues, with Swindon Robins in 2007. [5] [6] [2] [4]