1999 Polish speedway season explained

1999 Polish speedway season
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The 1999 Polish Speedway season was the 1999 season of motorcycle speedway in Poland.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Individual

Polish Individual Speedway Championship

The 1999 Individual Speedway Polish Championship final was held on 20 August at Bydgoszcz.^[4]

width=25px	Pos.	width=200px	Rider	width=200px	Club	width=80px	Total	width=100px	Points
1		Bydgoszcz	14 +3	(2,3,3,3,3)
2		Bydgoszcz	14 +2	(3,3,3,2,3)
3		Wrocław	11 +3	(3,2,2,1,3)
4		Piła	11 +2	(3,3,1,2,2)
5		Grudziądz	10	(1,1,3,3,2)
6		Leszno	9	(1,w,2,3,3)
7		Wrocław	9	(3,1,2,1,2)
8		Gniezno	8	(0,2,2,3,1)
9		Wrocław	8	(1,2,1,2,2)
10		Częstochowa	6	(2,2,1,0,1)
11	Andrzej Huszcza	Zielona Góra	5	(0,3,0,1,1)
12		Gorzów Wlkp.	5	(0,1,3,0,1)
13		Wrocław	3	(2,1,0,0,0)
14		Grudziądz	3	(0,0,1,2,d)
15		Toruń	3	(2,0,0,1,d)
16		Rybnik	1	(0,0,d,d,–)
17	Andy Smith (res)	Piła	0	(d)

Golden Helmet

The 1999 Golden Golden Helmet (Polish: Turniej o Złoty Kask, ZK) organised by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) was the 1999 event for the league's leading riders. The final was held at Wrocław on the 18 September.

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1		Wrocław	12	(0,3,3,3,3)
2		Gniezno	11 +3	(3,2,1,3,2)
3		Piła	11 +2	(2,2,2,3,2)
4		Piła	10	(3,3,2,2,d)
5		Gorzów Wlkp.	10	(1,2,3,1,3)
6		Gdańsk	9	(3,3,d,1,2)
7		Grudziądz	9	(2,3,3,1,d)
8	Adam Pawliczek	Rybnik	9	(3,1,1,2,2)
9		Rzeszów	8	(2,2,3,0,1)
10	Piotr Świst (res)	Rzeszów	8	(2,0,2,3,1)
11		Leszno	7	(0,0,1,3,3)
12		Zielona Góra	7	(2,0,2,2,1)
13	Mariusz Staszewski	Częstochowa	5	(1,1,2,1,0)
14		Toruń	2	(1,1,0,d,0)
15		Częstochowa	1	(d,0,1,d,–)
16	Zenon Kasprzak (res)	Świętochłowice	1	(0,0,0,1)
17		Bydgoszcz	0	(u/ns,–,–,–,–)
17		Bydgoszcz	0	(u/ns,–,–,–,–)

Criterium of Aces

See main article: 1999 Mieczysław Połukard Criterium of Polish Speedway Leagues Aces.

Junior Championship

• winner - Rafał Okoniewski

Silver Helmet

• winner - Mariusz Franków

Bronze Helmet

• winner - Rafał Okoniewski

Pairs

Polish Pairs Speedway Championship

The 1999 Polish Pairs Speedway Championship was the 1999 edition of the Polish Pairs Speedway Championship. The final was held on 18 June at Bydgoszcz.^[5]

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1	Polonia Bydgoszcz	29	Tomasz Gollob 16, Piotr Protasiewicz 13
2	Unia Leszno	22	Roman Jankowski 13, Adam Skórnicki 9
3	Atlas Wrocław	19	Adam Łabędzki 4, Jacek Krzyżaniak 10, Dariusz Śledź 5
4	Zielona Góra	15	Andrzej Huszcza 9, Grzegorz Kłopot 0, Grzegorz Walasek 6
5	Włókniarz Częstochowa	15	Sławomir Drabik 12, Mariusz Staszewski 1, Artur Pietrzyk 2
6	Wybrzeże Gdańsk	14	Sebastian Ułamek 5, Adam Fajfer 5, Krzysztof Pecyna 4
7	Grudziądz	12	Jacek Rempała 7, Robert Dados 4, Jarosław Szymkowiak 1

Team

Team Speedway Polish Championship

The 1999 Team Speedway Polish Championship was the 1999 edition of the Team Polish Championship.^[6] Polonia Piła won the gold medal for the first time in their history.^[7] The team included Hans Nielsen, Rafał Dobrucki and Jacek Gollob.^[8]

A new format would be introduced the following year which resulted in three teams being relegated from the First division and seven teams relegated from the Second division.

First Division

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1	Polonia Bydgoszcz	24	12	0	6	+118
2	Polonia Piła	23	10	3	5	+14
3	Wybrzeże Gdańsk	21	10	1	7	+63
4	Atlas Wrocław	20	10	0	8	+8
5	Unia Leszno	18	9	0	9	+11
6	Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski	18	9	0	9	–73
7	Apator Toruń	17	8	1	9	–32
8	GKM Grudziądz	15	7	1	10	–67
9	Stal Rzeszów	13	6	1	11	–59
10	Start Gniezno	11	5	1	12	–110

Play offs

width=150	Team	width=150	Team	width=150	Team	width=100	Score
semi final	Wrocław	Bydgoszcz	40:50, 53:36
semi final	Piła	Gdańsk	52:37, 52:38
final	Wrocław	Piła	48:42, 41:49

Second Division

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1	Włókniarz Częstochowa	40	20	0	4	+429
2	ZKŻ Zielona Góra	38	18	2	4	+390
3	Kolejarz Opole	35	17	1	6	+236
4	Ostrów	34	16	2	6	+298
5	RKM Rybnik	33	16	1	7	+313
6	ŁTŻ Łódź	31	15	1	8	+242
7	LKŻ Lublin	19	9	1	14	–238
8	Kolejarz Rawicz	18	9	0	15	–142
9	ŻKS Krosno	18	9	0	15	–159
10	Unia Tarnów	18	9	0	15	–140
11	Stal Rzeszów II	14	7	0	17	–21
12	Śląsk Świętochłowice	8	4	0	20	–477
13	Wanda Kraków	6	3	0	21	–541

Notes and References

1. Web site: HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2023 . Speedway History . 25 February 2023.
2. Web site: Historia Speedway Polsce 1999 . Historia Speedway . 25 February 2023.
3. Web site: Historia Drużynowych Mistrzostw Polski . Zuzeland.com . 1 March 2023.
4. Web site: Polish final 1999 . WWOS Backup . 25 February 2023.
5. Web site: Polish pairs championship . Speedway History . 4 March 2023.
6. Web site: 1999 Polish leagues . Roman Lach – Polish Speedway Almanac . 25 February 2023 . 16 October 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20021016220255/http://rlach.republika.pl/pl_1999.htm . dead .
7. Web site: Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski (PGE Ekstraliga) . Speedway Fansite . 25 February 2023.
8. Web site: 1999 Piła team stats . Polish Speedway Database . 1 March 2023.