2021 Polish speedway season explained

2021 Polish speedway season
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The 2021 Polish speedway season was the 2021 season of motorcycle speedway in Poland.^[1]

Individual

Polish Individual Speedway Championship

The 2021 Individual Speedway Polish Championship (Polish: Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Polski, IMP) was the 2021 version of Polish Individual Speedway Championship organised by the Polish Motor Union (PZM). The Championship was won by double world champion Bartosz Zmarzlik.^[2] The final was held at Stadion im. Alfreda Smoczyka in Leszno on 11 July 2021.^{[3] [4]}

width=25px	Pos.	width=200px	Rider	width=100px	Points	width=80px	Total	width=80px	Final
1		(3,3,3,3,2)	14	3
2		(2,2,2,3,3)	12	2
3		(3,3,3,2,3)	14	1
4		(1,1,2,3,3)	10	0
5	Piotr Pawlicki Jr.	(0,3,1,3,3)	10
6	Wiktor Lampart	(3,1,2,1,2)	9
7		(3,2,1,2,0)	8
	Szymon Woźniak	(2,1,2,2,1)	8
9	Paweł Przedpełski	(1,2,3,0,1)	7
	Oskar Fajfer	(1,2,3,t,1)	7
11	Marcin Nowak	(0,1,1,1,2)	5
12	Tobiasz Musielak	(2,t,1,1,0)	4
13	Jakub Miśkowiak	(0.3.0.0.0)	3
		(1.0,w/u,2.0)	3
	Kacper Woryna (res)	(2,0,1)	3
16	Grzegorz Walasek	(t,0,0,0,2)	2
17		(0,0,0,0,1)	1
18	Norbert Kościuch (res)	(ns)	x

Golden Helmet

The 2021 Golden Golden Helmet (Polish: Turniej o Złoty Kask, ZK) organised by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) was the 2021 event for the league's leading riders. The final was held at Zielona Góra on the 21 June. Bartosz Zmarzlik won the Golden Helmet for the second successive season.^[5]

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1		Gorzów Wlkp.	13	(3,2,2,3,3)
2	Janusz Kołodziej	Leszno	11+3	(0,3,3,3,2)
3		Toruń	11+2	(2,3,3,3,t)
4		Częstochowa	10	(1,2,3,1,3)
5		Gorzów Wlkp.	10	(2,2,3,2,1)
6		Zielona Góra	9	(0,3,1,2,3)
7	Jarosław Hampel	Lublin	9	(3,2,0,2,2)
8		Zielona Góra	8	(3,3,0,1,1)
9		Zielona Góra	7	(2,0,2,3,0)
10		Częstochowa	7	(2,1,0,1,3)
11		Lublin	7	(3,1,2,0,1)
12		Częstochowa	5	(1,0,2,0,2)
13	Mateusz Cierniak	Lublin	5	(0,1,1,2,1)
14	Mateusz Świdnicki	Częstochowa	3	(1,0,2)
15	Dominik Kubera	Lublin	3	(1,1,1,w,0)
16		Wrocław	2	(1,0,1,–,–)
17		Krosno	0	(0,0,0,0,0)

Criterium of Aces

The Mieczysław Połukard Criterium of Aces was won by Bartosz Zmarzlik.

U21 Championship

• winner Jakub Miśkowiak

Silver Helmet

• winner - Jakub Miśkowiak

Bronze Helmet

• winner - Mateusz Cierniak

Pairs

Polish Pairs Speedway Championship

The 2021 Polish Pairs Speedway Championship was the 2021 edition of the Polish Pairs Speedway Championship. The final was held on 3 September at Grudziądz^[6]

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1	GKM Grudziądz	27	Przemysław Pawlicki 16, Krzysztof Kasprzak 11
2	Włókniarz Częstochowa	23	Bartosz Smektała 14, Kacper Woryna 9
3	Falubaz Zielona Góra	22	Piotr Protasiewicz 15, Damian Pawliczak 7
4	Unia Leszno	20	Damian Dróżdż 10, Damian Baliński 5, Szymon Szlauderbach 5
5	Apator Toruń	18	Paweł Przedpełski 10, Krzysztof Lewandowski 6, Karol Żupiński 2
6	WTS Sparta Wrocław	10	Przemysław Liszka 7, Mateusz Panicz 3
7	Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski	6	Rafał Karczmarz 5, Kamil Pytlewski 1

Team

Team Speedway Polish Championship

The 2021 Team Speedway Polish Championship was the 2021 edition of the Team Polish Championship. WTS Sparta Wrocław won the Ekstraliga and were awarded the gold medal and declared Polish Team Champions. The team finishing second and third were awarded silver and bronze medals respectively.^{[7] [8]}

TZ Ostrovia Ostrów Wielkopolski won the 1. Liga and Landshut Devils won the 2. Liga. German team Landshut Devils joined 2. Liga due to problems with the German leagues in connection to COVID-19 pandemic.

Ekstraliga

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1		14	12	0	2	6	30
2		14	9	1	4	5	24
3		14	9	0	5	5	23
4		14	9	0	5	4	22
5		14	7	0	7		4	18
6	Toruń	14	3	1	10	2	9
7	Grudziądz	14	2	3	9	0	7
8		14	2	1	11	1	6

Quarter-finals

width=200	Team 1	width=200	Team 2	width=100	Score
Gorzow	Lublin	41–49, 43–47
Leszno	Wroclaw	41–49, 43–47

Semi-finals

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Leszno	Gorzow	41–49, 49–41

Final

width=200	Team 1	width=200	Team 2	width=100	Score
Lublin	Wroclaw	45–45, 40–50

1. Liga

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1		14	24
2		14	24
3		14	23
4		14	20
5		14	17
6	Łódź	14	15
7		14	8
8		14	3

Semi-finals

width=200	Team 1	width=200	Team 2	width=100	Score
Rybnik	Ostrow	44–45, 3–59
Gdansk	Krosno	45–45, 35–55

Final

width=200	Team 1	width=200	Team 2	width=100	Score
Ostrow	Krosno	60–30, 40–49

2. Liga

width=20	Pos	width=300	Team	width=20	P	width=20	Pts
1		12	19
2		12	27
3		12	23
4		12	13
5		12	13
6	Poznań	12	10
7		12	0

Semi-finals

width=200	Team 1	width=200	Team 2	width=100	Score
Landshut	Rawicz	60–30, 50–40,
Daugavpils	Opole	43–47, 22–68

Final

width=200	Team 1	width=200	Team 2	width=100	Score
Landshut	Opole	52–38, 40–49

Notes and References

1. Web site: HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2023 . Speedway History . 17 February 2023.
2. Web site: Polish Individual Speedway Championship . Speedway Info . 28 January 2023.
3. Web site: Individual Polish Speedway Championships this Sunday . Magik . 28 January 2023.
4. Web site: Individual Polish Championship . Speedway Fansite . 28 January 2023.
5. Web site: Kojak#78 Final of the Golden Helmet Tournament - Memorial of Jerzy Szczakiel . Sportowe Fakty . 2 March 2023.
6. Web site: 2021 Polish pairs championship . Speedway History . 2 March 2023.
7. Web site: 2021 Ekstraliga . Polish Speedway Database . 17 February 2023.
8. Web site: 2021 . PGE Ekstraliga . 17 February 2023.