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2008 Speedway Ekstraliga
The 2008 Speedway Ekstraliga season is the 9th since its establishment. The first fixtures of the season are scheduled for April 6, 2008, and the season will end on October 19, 2008. Unia Leszno are the defending Polish champions. The Speedway Ekstraliga (pl. Ekstraliga żużlowa ) is the top division of speedway in the Poland.
The 2008 Juniors League (pl. Liga Juniorów ) season is the first its establishment. Every Ekstraliga team must send a Team U-21 to youth league. Eight events will be on July and August.
Teams
Club width=100 Nickname width=30 '07 Pos. width=30 Ekstraliga since Złomrex Włókniarz Częstochowa Stal Gorzów Wlkp. Unia Leszno Marma Polskie Folie Rzeszów Unia Tarnów Unibax Toruń Atlas Wrocław ZKŻ Kronopol Zielona Góra Lions 6 2000 1* 2008 Bulls 1 1997 Cranes 3 2006 Swallows 6 2004 Angels 2 1976* 5 1999 Mickey Mouse 7 2007
Toruń - have never been relegated to a lower division.
Gorzów Wlkp. - 1st in First League.
Squad of Teams
Rider Age Average 7}} DEN Nicki Pedersen 7}} USA Greg Hancock POL Tomasz Gapiński POL Sebastian Ułamek GBR Lee Richardson POL Michał Szczepaniak POL Mateusz Szczepaniak POL Sławomir Drabik SWE Antonio Lindbäck GBR Edward Kennett POL Borys Miturski GBR Lewis Bridger POL Marcin Piekarski POL Mateusz Kowalczyk POL Przemysław Dądela GBR James Courtney POL Kamil Mistygacz POL Damian Romańczuk AUS GBR Tai Woffinden
Rider Age Average 7}} POL Tomasz Gollob 7}} NOR POL Rune Holta SWE Peter Karlsson POL Paweł Hlib DEN Jesper B. Monberg SVN Matej Ferjan SWE Thomas H. Jonasson DEN Kenneth Hansen POL Adrian Szewczykowski POL Paweł Zmarzlik FIN Jari Maekinen POL Mateusz Mikorski
Rider Age Average 7}} AUS Leigh Adams 7}} POL Krzysztof Kasprzak POL Jarosław Hampel POL Damian Baliński AUS Troy Batchelor HRV Jurica Pavlič POL Adam Kajoch POL Robert Kasprzak AUS Travis McGowan POL Sławomir Musielak POL Damian Perz AUS Adam Shields
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Rider Age Average 7}} GBR Scott Nicholls DEN Kenneth Bjerre AUS Davey Watt SVN Matej Žagar POL Dawid Lampart POL Mateusz Szostek RUS POL Roman Povazhny POL Rafał Klimek SVK POL Martin Vaculík AUS Cameron Woodward POL Piotr Winiarz
Rider Age Average POL Janusz Kołodziej SWE Peter Ljung POL Krystian Klecha CZE Aleš Dryml, Jr. DEN Patrick Hougaard POL Jacek Rempała RUS Daniil Ivanov POL Kamil Zieliński POL Marcin Rempała POL Szymon Kiełbasa GER Tobias Busch GBR Steve Boxall POL Maciej Ciesielski AUS Kevin Doolan POL Łukasz Kiełbasa POL Tadeusz Kostro DEN Peter Juul Larsen GBR James Wright
Rider Age Average 7}} DEN Hans N. Andersen AUS Ryan Sullivan POL Wiesław Jaguś POL Karol Ząbik POL Robert Kościecha POL Adrian Miedziński AUS Chris Holder POL Adam Wiśniewski POL Damian Celmer AUS POL Robert Ksiezak POL Mateusz Lampkowski POL Łukasz Lipiński POL Marcin Nowakowski POL Oskar Pieniążek
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Rider Age Average 7}} AUS Jason Crump CAN POL Krzysztof Słaboń POL Tomasz Jędrzejak CZE Filip Šitera POL Maciej Janowski POL Daniel Jeleniewski SWE Mikael Max GBR POL Andy Smith AUS Rory Schlein POL Mariusz Węgrzyk GBR Benjamin Barker DEN Leon Madsen POL Marcin Podlaszewski
Rider Age Average POL Grzegorz Walasek POL Piotr Protasiewicz 7}} DEN Niels Kristian Iversen 7}} SWE Fredrik Lindgren POL Rafał Dobrucki POL Mariusz Staszewski POL Grzegorz Zengota SWE Ricky Kling DEN Nicolai Klindt DEN Charlie Gjedde POL Sławomir Dudek POL Janusz Baniak POL Paweł Gwóźdź RUS Aleksandr Koslopakin POL Adam Kulczyński SWE Ludvig Lindgren RUS Artem Vodyakov POL Przemysław Zarzycki
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First round
League table
Play-offs 1st-6th Play-offs 7th-8th M Matches played W Matches won D Matches drawn L Matches lost Pts Points Bon Bonus points Total Total points F Small Points for A Small Points against
Pos Club width=30 M width=30 W width=30 D width=30 L width=30 Pts width=30 Bon width=30 Total width=40 +/- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos Club M W D L Pts Bon Total +/- Złomrex Włókniarz Częstochowa 14 12 0 2 24 7 31 +253 Unibax Toruń 14 12 0 2 24 6 30 +199 Unia Leszno 14 10 1 3 21 4 25 +162 ZKŻ Kronopol Zielona Góra 14 7 0 7 14 3 17 -7 Caelum Stal Gorzów Wlkp. 14 6 1 7 13 3 16 -36 Atlas Wrocław 14 4 0 10 8 4 12 -36 Marma Polskie Folie Rzeszów 14 3 0 11 6 1 7 -255 Unia Tarnów 14 1 0 13 2 - 2 -280
Results
The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Blue indicates a win to the home team while a red represents a loss to the home team.
CZE GOR LES RZE TAR TOR WRO ZIE Włókniarz Częstochowa Stal Gorzów Wlkp. Unia Leszno Marma Rzeszów Unia Tarnów Unibax Toruń Atlas Wrocław Kronopol Zielona Góra x 55:38 56:36 65:26 69:23 41:50 60:33 49:41 40:50 x 48:42 51:41 60:32 43:47 53:40 41:49 50:42 45:45 x 59:33 67:26 43:47 61:29 50:40 32:60 44:48 27:65 x 51:37 33:58 47:43 33:59 33:59 46:47 40:53 44:47 x 38:53 57:36 41:49 34:59 61:30 44:46 63:28 66:26 x 49:41 56:34 40:50 53:39 46:47 62:30 61:29 41:48 x 53:40 38:52 53:39 36:57 52:39 63:29 32:58 47:43 x
Play-offs
Quarter-finals
Quarter-Final 1-6 place Złomrex Włókniarz Częstochowa 1st in First Round 113:71 Atlas Wrocław 6th in First Round Quarter-Final 1-6 place Unibax Toruń 2nd in First Round 113:68 Caelum Stal Gorzów Wlkp. 5th in First Round Quarter-Final 1-6 place Unia Leszno 3rd in First Round 94:87 ZKŻ Kronopol Zielona Góra 4th in First Round Aug 31 Częstochowa 53:39 Wrocław Sep 1 Wrocław 32:60 Częstochowa Aug 24 Gorzów Wlkp. 43:47 Toruń Aug 31 Toruń 66:25 Gorzów Wlkp. Aug 28 Zielona Góra 49:40 Leszno Aug 31 Leszno 54:38 Zielona Góra
Winners Pos Club Pts Small points 1A 2A 3A Toruń 4 113 Częstochowa 4 113 Leszno 2 94
Losers Pos Club Pts Small points 1B 2B 3B Zielona Góra 2 87 Wrocław 0 71 Gorzów Wlkp. 0 68
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Semi-finals
Semi-Final 1-4 place Unibax Toruń 1A in quarter-final ZKŻ Kronopol Zielona Góra 1B in quarter-final Semi-Final 1-4 place Złomrex Włókniarz Częstochowa 2A in quarter-final Unia Leszno 3A in quarter-final Sep 7 Zielona Góra 48:42 Toruń Sep 19 Toruń Zielona Góra Sep 7 Leszno 52:41 Częstochowa Sep 19 Częstochowa Leszno
Finals
Final 1-2 place Semi-Final Winner Semi-Final Winner 3-4 place Semi-Final Loser Semi-Final Loser 7-8 place Marma Polskie Folie Rzeszów 7th in First Round Unia Tarnów 8th in First Round Sep 28 Oct 19 Oct 3 or 5 Oct 12 Sep 7 Tarnów 42:48 Rzeszów Sep 28 Rzeszów Tarnów
Final classification
Pos Club 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Unibax Torun Relegation playoffs Relegated to First League
Relegation playoffs
Relegation play-off 7th in Ekstraliga 2nd in First League Oct 12 Oct 19
Juniors League
Pos. Team Points Small Pts width=40px Jul 1 TAR width=40px Jul 2 RZE width=40px Jul 15 GOR width=40px Jul 16 ZIE width=40px Jul 29 LES width=40px Jul 30 WRO width=40px Aug 12 TOR width=40px Aug 13 CZE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Details
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