2001 Polish speedway season explained

2001 Polish speedway season
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The 2001 Polish Speedway season was the 2001 season of motorcycle speedway in Poland.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Individual

Polish Individual Speedway Championship

The 2001 Individual Speedway Polish Championship final was held on 15 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)
2		Wrocław	13 +3	(3,3,2,3,2)
3		Wrocław	13 +2	(3,2,3,3,2)
4		Gdańsk	11	(3,3,1,1,3)
5		Rybnik	9	(1,2,2,1,3)
6		Wrocław	9	(2,1,1,2,3)
7		Toruń	8	(0,3,2,2,1)
8		Piła	7	(0,3,0,3,1)
9		Gorzów Wlkp.	6	(2,u 3,0,1)
10		Leszno	6	(1,0,1,2,2)
11		Piła	5	(2,1,0,2,0)
12		Piła	4	(0,1,3,d,0)
13		Bydgoszcz	4	(1,2,0,0,1)
14		Częstochowa	4	(0,1,2,1,0)
15		Toruń	4	(2,0,1,1,t)
16	Andrzej Huszcza (res)	Zielona Góra	2	(2)
17		Toruń	1	(1,0,0,0,0)
18	Rafał Okoniewski (res)	Gorzów Wlkp.	ns

Golden Helmet

The 2001 Golden Golden Helmet (Polish: Turniej o Złoty Kask, ZK) organised by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) was the 2001 event for the league's leading riders. The final was held at Wrocław on the 21 September.

width=25px	Pos.	width=200px	Rider	width=200px	Club	width=80px	Total	width=100px	Points
1		Bydgoszcz	15	(3,3,3,3,3)
2		Wrocław	14	(3,3,3,3,2)
3		Wrocław	13	(2,2,3,3,3)
4		Toruń	11	(3,t,2,3,3)
5		Rybnik	10	(3,3,1,1,2)
6		Piła	8	(2,1,3,2,0)
7	Krzysztof Cegielski	Gdańsk	7	(d,0,2,2,3)
8		Wrocław	7	(2,2,1,0,2)
9		Rybnik	7	(2,2,2,1,d)
10		Gorzów Wlkp.	7	(1,3,1,0,0)
11	Mirosław Kowalik	Toruń	5	(1,2,2,w,–)
12		Toruń	4	(d,0,0,2,2)
13	Adam Fajfer	Gdańsk	4	(1,1,0,2,0)
14		Gorzów Wlkp.	4	(0,1,1,1,1)
15		Tarnów	3	(1,0,0,1,1)
16		Ostrów Wlkp.	1	(0,0,0,0,1)
17	Wiesław Jaguś (res)	Toruń	1	(1,1)

Pairs

Polish Pairs Speedway Championship

The 2001 Polish Pairs Speedway Championship was the 2001 edition of the Polish Pairs Speedway Championship. The final was held on 22 June at Piła.^[5]

width=20	Pos	width=200	Team	width=20	Pts	width=500	Riders
1	Atlas Wrocław	25	Jacek Krzyżaniak 13, Sebastian Ułamek 1, Robert Sawina 11
2	Polonia Bydgoszcz	23	Tomasz Gollob 14, Piotr Protasiewicz 9
3	Włókniarz Częstochowa	21	Grzegorz Walasek 13, Artur Pietrzyk 8
4	Gorzów Wlkp.	17	Piotr Świst 9, Rafał Okoniewski 8
5	RKM Rybnik	14	Mariusz Węgrzyk 12, Dariusz Śledź 2
6	ZKŻ Zielona Góra	13	Andrzej Huszcza 11, Maciej Kuciapa 2, Rafał Kurmański 0
7	Polonia Piła	13	Jacek Gollob 4, Sławomir Drabik 9, Tomasz Gapiński 0

Team

Team Speedway Polish Championship

The 2001 Team Speedway Polish Championship was the 2001 edition of the Team Polish Championship.^[6] Apator Toruń won the gold medal.^[7]

Ekstraliga

First round

width=30	Pos	Club	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	D	width=30	L	width=30	Pts	width=40	+/-
1	Apator-Adriana Toruń	14	11	0	3	22	+170
2	Atlas Wrocław	14	9	1	4	19	+152
3	Pergo Gorzów Wlkp.	14	7	1	6	15	+61
4	Polonia Bydgoszcz	14	7	0	7	14	+51
5	BGŻ S.A.-Polonia Piła	14	6	0	8	12	-71
6	Unia Leszno	14	5	0	9	10	-118
7	Radson-Malma Włókniarz Częstochowa	14	4	2	8	10	-106
8	ZKŻ Polmos Zielona Góra	14	5	0	9	10	-142

width="20"		Into Upper Group
width="20"		Into Lower Group

Results

The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
	width=40px	BYD	width=40px	CZE	width=40px	GOR	width=40px	LES	width=40px	PIŁ	width=40px	TOR	width=40px	WRO	width=40px	ZIE
	Bractwo-Polonia Bydgoszcz		x		61:29		46:44		42:48		51:39		43:47		47:43		54:36
	Radson-Malma Włókniarz Częstochowa		49:41		x		45:45		57:33		52:38		41:48		32:58		48:42
	Pergo Gorzów Wlkp.		52:38		52:38		x		49:40		41:49		51:39		41:49		57:33
	Unia Leszno		35:55		53:37		49:41		x		48:42		32:58		44:46		64:26
	BGŻ S.A.-Polonia Piła		35:55		56:34		34:56		57:33		x		33:57		46:44		54:36
	Apator-Adriana Toruń		48:42		64:26		57:33		57:30		60:30		x		51:39		55:35
	Atlas Wrocław		54:36		45:45		49:41		66:24		57:30^[8]		58:32		x		55:35
	ZKŻ Polmos Zielona Góra		46:44		46:44		33:57		45:27^[9]		40:50		50:40		47:43		x

Final round

Upper Group

width=30	Pos	Club	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	D	width=30	L	width=30	Pts	width=30	1st R	width=30	Total	width=40	+/-
1	Apator Toruń	6	3	0	3	6	22	28	+10
2	Atlas Wrocław	6	4	0	2	8	19	27	+24
3	Polonia Bydgoszcz	6	3	0	3	6	14	20	-24
4	Gorzów Wlkp.	6	2	0	4	4	15	19	-12

The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
	width=40px	BYD	width=40px	GOR	width=40px	TOR	width=40px	WRO
	Polonia Bydgoszcz		x		46:44		47:43		48:42
	Pergo Gorzów Wlkp.		50:40		x		53:37		41:49
	Apator-Netia Toruń		54:36		50:40		x		48:42
	Atlas Wrocław		40:32^[10]		54:36		47:43		x

Lower Group

width=30	Pos	Club	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	D	width=30	L	width=30	Pts	width=30	1st R	width=30	Total
5	Polonia Piła	6	4	0	2	8	12	20
6	Włókniarz Częstochowa	6	3	0	3	6	10	16
7	Unia Leszno	6	3	0	3	6	10	16
	8	ZKŻ Zielona Góra	6	2	0	4	4	10	14

The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
	width=40px	CZE	width=40px	GDA	width=40px	LES	width=40px	WRO
	Radson-Malma Włókniarz Częstochowa		x		47:43		42:47		52:38
	Lotos-Wybrzeże Gdańsk		42:48		x		52:38		55:35
	Unia Leszno		47:43		49:41		x		44:46
	Atlas Wrocław		58:32		51:39		51:32^[11]		x

1.Liga

width=20	Pos	width=200	Team	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=40	Pts	width=40	Diff
1		20	17	0	3	313	34
2		20	17	0	3	327	34
3		20	8	0	12	-2	16
4	Start Gniezno	20	7	0	13	-189	14
5		20	9	0	11	-46	18
6		20	9	0	11	-43	18
7		20	7	1	12	-210	15
8		20	5	1	14	-150	11

2.Liga

width=20	Pos	width=200	Team	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=40	Pts	width=40	Diff
1	TŻ Kraków - Unia Tarnów	12	10	0	2	176	20
2		12	9	0	3	153	18
3		12	8	0	4	73	16
4	Śląsk Świętochłowice	12	6	1	5	25	13
5	WTŻ Warszawa	12	4	1	7	–65	9
6		12	3	1	8	–118	7
7		12	0	1	11	–244	1

Promotion/relegation play offs

RKM Rybnik v Unia Leszno 49:40, 38:52
Ostrów v Opole 40:50, 44:46

Notes and References

Web site: HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2023 . Speedway History . 25 February 2023.
Web site: Historia Speedway Polsce 2001 . Historia Speedway . 25 February 2023.
Web site: Historia Drużynowych Mistrzostw Polski . Zuzeland.com . 1 March 2023.
Web site: Polish final 2001 . WWOS Backup . 25 February 2023.
Web site: Polish pairs championship . Speedway History . 4 March 2023.
Web site: 2001 Polish leagues . Roman Lach – Polish Speedway Almanac . 25 February 2023 . 16 October 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20021016220255/http://rlach.republika.pl/pl_2001.htm . dead .
Web site: Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski (PGE Ekstraliga) . Speedway Fansite . 25 February 2023.
57:33 - in Heat 5 Piła's riders Jarosław Hampel (3 points in this heat) and Sławomir Drabik (0 points) was exclusion. They started from wrong Gates.
Only 12 hests - rain.
Only 12 heats because was dark.
Only 14 heats (rain).