2025 Polish speedway season
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The 2025 Polish Speedway season is the 2025 season of motorcycle speedway in Poland. The season will run from early April to late September.[1]
The league system consist of the PGE Ekstralia (tier 1), the Metalkas 2 Ekstraliga (tier 2) and the Polish National Speedway League (tier 3). The winner of the tier 1 will be crowned champions of Poland and winner of the Team Speedway Polish Championship. In 2025, the league remained the leading speedway league in the world.
Individual
Polish Individual Speedway Championship
The 2025 Polish Individual Speedway Championship (Polish: Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Polski, IMP) was the 2025 version of Polish Individual Speedway Championship organised by the Polish Motor Union (PZM). It was held over three rounds at Toruń, Ostrów and Częstochowa. Patryk Dudek became Polish champion for the second time having previously won the title in 2016.[2]
| Pos. | Rider | Club | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patryk Dudek | Toruń | 47 |
| 2 | Bartosz Zmarzlik | Lublin | 44 |
| 3 | Dominik Kubera | Lublin | 38 |
| 4 | Kacper Woryna | Częstochowa | 33 |
| 5 | Wiktor Przyjemski | Lublin | 33 |
| 6 | Paweł Przedpełski | Rzeszów | 23 |
| 7 | Szymon Woźniak | Bydgoszcz | 23 |
| 8 | Bartłomiej Kowalski | Wrocław | 22 |
| 9 | Piotr Pawlicki | Częstochowa | 16 |
| 10 | Mateusz Cierniak | Lublin | 16 |
| 11 | Maciej Janowski | Wrocław | 16 |
| 12 | Jakub Miśkowiak | Grudziądz | 15 |
| 13 | Krzysztof Buczkowski | Bydgoszcz | 14 |
| 14 | Przemysław Pawlicki | Zielona Góra | 14 |
| 15 | Gleb Chugunov | Rybnik | 10 |
| 16 | Jakub Krawczyk | Wrocław | 6 |
| 17 | Antoni Kawczyński | Toruń | 4 |
| 18 | Jakub Jamróg | Krosno | 2 |
| 19 | Franciszek Karczewski | Częstochowa | 1 |
| 19 | Mikołaj Duchiński | Toruń | 1 |
Golden Helmet
The 2025 Golden Helmet organised by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) was the first major event of the 2025 season, with Poland's national coach selecting the participants. Bartosz Zmarzlik won the Golden Helmet for the fourth time and the top four qualified for the 2026 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification.[3][4]
- Marian Spychała Speedway Stadium, Opole, 21 April 2025
| Pos. | Rider | Pts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bartosz Zmarzlik | 2, 0, 3, 3, 3 | 11+3 |
| 2 | Mateusz Cierniak | 2, 2, 3, 3, 1 | 11+2 |
| 3 | Dominik Kubera | 3, 2, 1, 2, 2 | 10+3 |
| 4 | Kacper Woryna | 3, 3, 3, Fx, 1 | 10+2 |
| 5 | Piotr Pawlicki | 1, 1, 2, 2, 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Bartłomiej Kowalski | 0, 3, 0, 2, 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Grzegorz Zengota | 0, 3, 1, 1, 3 | 8 |
| 8 | Robert Chmiel | 2, 0, 3, 1, 2 | 8 |
| 9 | Patryk Dudek | X, 2, 1, 3, 2 | 8 |
| 10 | Przemysław Pawlicki | 3, 1, 1, 0, 2 | 7 |
| 11 | Krzysztof Buczkowski | 3, 1, 0, 2, R | 6 |
| 12 | Wiktor Przyjemski | 1, 0, F, 3, 1 | 5 |
| 13 | Janusz Kołodziej | 0, 2, 2, 0, 1 | 5 |
| 14 | Szymon Woźniak | 2, 0, 2, 1, 0 | 5 |
| 15 | Jarosław Hampel | 1, 3, R, 0, X | 4 |
| 16 | Maciej Janowski | 0, 1, 2, 1, 0 | 4 |
| 17 | Oskar Fajfer (res) | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Oskar Paluch (res) | 0 | 0 |
Criterium of Aces
The Mieczysław Połukard Criterium of Aces
- Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz, 30 March 2025[5]
| Pos. | Rider | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksandr Łoktaev | 12 |
| 2 | Krzysztof Buczkowski | 11 |
| 3 | Mikkel Michelsen | 11 |
| 4 | Szymon Woźniak | 10 |
| 5 | Bartosz Zmarzlik | 10 |
| 6 | Emil Sayfutdinov | 9 |
| 7 | Kai Huckenbeck | 9 |
| 8 | Patryk Dudek | 8 |
| 9 | Andzejs Lebedevs | 8 |
| 10 | Dominik Kubera | 7 |
| 11 | Artem Laguta | 6 |
| 12 | Tom Brennan | 6 |
| 13 | Max Fricke | 6 |
| 14 | Wiktor Przyjemski | 3 |
| 15 | Robert Chmiel | 3 |
| 16 | Jason Doyle | 2 |
Polish U21 Championship
The Polish U21 Championship was held at Józef Piłsudski Stadium (Bydgoszcz) on 14 August and was won by Wiktor Przyjemski.
Silver Helmet
The Silver Helmet was held at the Stadion OSiR Skałka in Świętochłowice on 12 May. The event was won by Wiktor Przyjemski.
Bronze Helmet
The Bronze Helmet was held on 23 April at the MOSiR Stadium (Krosno). The event was won by Franciszek Karczewski.
Pairs
The 2025 Polish Pairs Speedway Championship (Polish: Mistrzostwa Polski par klubowych na żużlu) is the 2025 edition of the Polish Pairs Speedway Championship. The event was held at the Grudziądz Speedway Stadium on 5 April.
| Pos | Team | Riders | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lublin | Bartosz Zmarzlik 14+3, Dominik Kubera 8 | 22+3 |
| 2 | Grudziądz | Michael Jepsen Jensen 14+2, Vadim Tarasenko 8 | 22+2 |
| 3 | Toruń | Robert Lambert 12, Emil Sayfutdinov 8, Patryk Dudek 1 | 21 |
| 4 | Wrocław | Maciej Janowski 9, Artem Laguta 6, Dan Bewley 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Częstochowa | Piotr Pawlicki 11, Kacper Woryna 4 | 15 |
| 6 | Gorzów | Oskar Paluch 7, Martin Vaculík 5, Oskar Fajfer 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Rybnik | Gleb Chugunov 6, Chris Holder 5, Maksym Drabik 1 | 12 |
Team
The 2025 Team Speedway Polish Championship (Polish: Drużynowe mistrzostwa Polski na żużlu) is the 2025 edition of the Team Polish Championship to determine the gold medal winner (champion of Poland). Teams finishing second and third were awarded silver and bronze medals respectively.
Ekstraliga
The Ekstraliga season runs from 11 April to 28 September.[6]
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | BP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lublin | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 33 |
| 2 | Wrocław | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 26 |
| 3 | Toruń | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 26 |
| 4 | Grudziądz | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Zielona Góra | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | Gorzów | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Częstochowa | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Rybnik | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 |
Semi-finals
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Toruń | Wrocław | 52–38, 43–47 |
| Grudziądz | Lublin | 43–47, 40–50 |
Third place
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Wrocław | Grudziądz | 61–29, 44–46 |
Final
| 21 September | KS Toruń Patryk Dudek 13 Mikkel Michelsen 10 Emil Sayfutdinov 9 Robert Lambert 8 Antoni Kawczyński 5 Jan Kvěch 5 Mikołaj Duchiński 4 |
54–36 | Motor Lublin Bartosz Zmarzlik 13 Dominik Kubera 10 Jack Holder 5 Fredrik Lindgren 3 Wiktor Przyjemski 2 Mateusz Cierniak 2 Bartosz Bańbor 1 |
MotoArena Toruń |
| 28 September | Motor Lublin Bartosz Zmarzlik 12 Mateusz Cierniak 9 Jack Holder 8 Fredrik Lindgren 8 Wiktor Przyjemski 6 Bartosz Bańbor 5 Dominik Kubera 4 |
52–38 | KS Toruń Patryk Dudek 12 Mikkel Michelsen 10 Emil Sayfutdinov 8 Robert Lambert 6 Jan Kvěch 1 Antoni Kawczyński 1 Mikołaj Duchiński 0 |
MOSiR Stadium (Bystrzyca) |
Leading averages [7]
| Rider | Team | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bartosz Zmarzlik | Lublin | 10.57 |
| 2 | Patryk Dudek | Toruń | 9.45 |
| 3 | / Artem Laguta | Wrocław | 8.94 |
| 4 | Brady Kurtz | Wrocław | 8.87 |
| 5 | Michael Jepsen Jensen | Grudziądz | 8.82 |
| 6 | Piotr Pawlicki | Częstochowa | 8.71 |
| 7 | Leon Madsen | Zielona Góra | 8.69 |
| =8 | Wiktor Przyjemski | Lublin | 8.60 |
| =8 | Mikkel Michelsen | Toruń | 8.60 |
| 10 | Jack Holder | Lublin | 8.58 |
Ekstraliga 2
The Ekstraliga 2 fixtures will run from 12 April to 20 September.[8]
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | BP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leszno | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 33 |
| 2 | Bydgoszcz | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 28 |
| 3 | Krosno | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
| 4 | Rzeszów | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 5 | Poznań | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Łódź | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Ostrów | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Tarnów | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 6 |
Semi-finals
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Rzeszów | Leszno | 44–43, 35–54 |
| Krosno | Bydgoszcz | 41–49, 25–65 |
Final
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bydgoszcz | Leszno | 45–45, 40-50 |
Leading averages [9]
| Rider | Team | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Janusz Kołodziej | Leszno | 9.98 |
| 2 | Ben Cook | Leszno | 9.21 |
| 3 | Ryan Douglas | Poznan | 9.07 |
| =4 | Szymon Woźniak | Bydgoszcz | 8.92 |
| =4 | Kai Huckenbeck | Bydgoszcz | 8.92 |
| 6 | Paweł Przedpełski | Rzeszów | 8.87 |
| 7 | Luke Becker | Ostrów | 8.74 |
| 8 | Aleksandr Loktaev | Bydgoszcz | 8.73 |
| 9 | Krzysztof Buczkowski | Bydgoszcz | 8.58 |
| 10 | Grzegorz Zengota | Leszno | 8.39 |
National League
The National League consisted of seven teams. There was still no return for Kolejarz Rawicz but Kraków Speedway returned following a five year absence.[10][11]
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | BP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gdańsk | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 28 |
| 2 | Gniezno | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 23 |
| 3 | Piła | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 20 |
| 4 | Daugavpils | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Landshut | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Opole | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Kraków | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
Semi-finals
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Daugavpils | Gdańsk | 40–44, 30–60 |
| Piła | Gniezno | 53–37, 45–45 |
Final
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Piła | Gdańsk | 49-41, 52–38 |
Leading averages [12]
| Rider | Team | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niels Kristian Iversen | Gdańsk | 9.89 |
| 2 | Sam Masters | Gniezno | 9.21 |
| 3 | Benjamin Basso | Gdańsk | 9.20 |
| 4 | Wiktor Jasiński | Piła | 9.02 |
| 5 | Tim Sørensen | Gdańsk | 8.64 |
| 6 | Villads Nagel | Piła | 8.54 |
| 7 | Jevgeņijs Kostigovs | Daugavpils | 8.52 |
| 8 | Bastian Pedersen | Gniezno | 8.51 |
| =9 | Kim Nilsson | Landshut | 8.49 |
| =9 | Oskar Polis | Opole | 8.49 |
Ekstraliga U24
The Ekstraliga U24 season will run from 29 April to 16 September.
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | BP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wrocław | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 29 |
| 2 | Toruń | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 27 |
| 3 | Leszno | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 27 |
| 4 | Lublin | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 26 |
| 5 | Częstochowa | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Zielona Góra | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Rybnik | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Grudziądz | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | Gorzów | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 8 |
Final
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Toruń | Wrocław | 40–49, 32-58 |
Squads
Ekstraliga
Częstochowa
- Jason Doyle
- Kacper Halkiewicz
- Mads Hansen
- Philip Hellström Bängs
- Wiktor Lampart
- Szymon Ludwiczak
- Franciszek Karczewski
- Piotr Pawlicki Jr.
- Mateusz Świdnicki
- Kacper Woryna
Gorzów
- Adam Bednář
- Oskar Chatłas
- Oskar Fajfer
- Andžejs Ļebedevs
- Hubert Jabłoński
- Mikołaj Krok
- Oskar Paluch
- Anders Thomsen
- Martin Vaculík
Grudziądz
- Max Fricke
- Michael Jepsen Jensen
- Jaimon Lidsey
- Kacper Łobodziński
- Kevin Małkiewicz
- Damian Miller
- Jakub Miśkowiak
- Jan Przanowski
- Kacper Szarszewski
- / Vadim Tarasenko
- Kacper Warduliński
Lublin
Rybnik
- Maksym Borowiak
- / Gleb Chugunov
- Maksym Drabik
- Chris Holder
- Jesper Knudsen
- Nicki Pedersen
- Kacper Pludra
- Kacper Tkocz
- Pawel Trześniewski
- Rohan Tungate
- Kamil Winkler
- Pawel Wyczyszczok
Toruń
- Mikołaj Duchiński
- Patryk Dudek
- Kacper Grzelak
- Antoni Kawczyński
- Jan Kvěch
- Robert Lambert
- Krzysztof Lewandowski
- Mikkel Michelsen
- Oskar Rumiński
- / Emil Sayfutdinov
Wrocław
- Mikkel Andersen
- Dan Bewley
- Maciej Janowski
- Bartłomiej Kowalski
- Marcel Kowolik
- Brady Kurtz
- Jakub Krawczyk
- / Artem Laguta
- Nikodem Mikołajczyk
- Filip Seniuk
Zielona Góra
- Michał Curzytek
- Jarosław Hampel
- Oskar Hurysz
- Rasmus Jensen
- Jonas Knudsen
- Mateusz Łopuski
- Leon Madsen
- Mitchell McDiarmid
- Przemysław Pawlicki
- Damian Ratajczak
Ekstraliga 2
Bydgoszcz
- Kacper Andrzejewski
- Tom Brennan
- Krzysztof Buczkowski
- Kai Huckenbeck
- Aleksandr Loktaev
- Emil Maroszek
- Bartosz Nowak
- Maksymilian Pawelczak
- Adam Putkowski
- Szymon Woźniak
Krosno
- Szymon Bandur
- Dimitri Bergé
- Kenneth Bjerre
- William Drejer
- Miłosz Grygolec
- Jakub Jamróg
- Zoltán Lovas
- Tobiasz Musielak
- Mathias Pollestad
- Krzysztof Sadurski
- Piotr Świercz
- Jakub Wieszczak
Leszno
- Ben Cook
- Hubert Jabłoński
- Janusz Kołodziej
- Kacper Mania
- Antoni Mencel
- Nazar Parnitskyi
- Josh Pickering
- Grzegorz Zengota
- Tate Zischke
- Jakub Żurek
Łódź
- Mikkel Andersen
- Mateusz Bartkowiak
- Oliver Buszkiewicz
- Robert Chmeil
- Patrick Hansen
- Jakub Kicińsk
- Andreas Lyager
- Václav Milík
- Seweryn Orgacki
- Tomasz Szeląg
- Patryk Wojdyło
Ostrów
- Luke Becker
- Oliver Berntzon
- Franciszek Dymowsk
- Norbert Krakowiak
- Frederik Jakobsen
- Tobiasz Potasznik
- Anders Rowe
- Filip Seniuk
- Pawel Sitek
- Gracjan Szostak
- Sebastian Szostak
- Grzegorz Walasek
Poznań
- Mateusz Affelt
- Norick Blödorn
- Mikołaj Czapla
- Ryan Douglas
- Francis Gusts
- Mateusz Latała
- Tobias J Musielak
- Matias Nielsen
- Bartosz Smektała
- Szymon Szlauderbach
- Kacper Teska
- Kamil Witkowski
Rzeszów
- David Bellego
- Anže Grmek
- Kryspin Jarosz
- Nicolai Klindt
- Franciszek Majewski
- Marcin Nowak
- Paweł Przedpełski
- Wiktor Rafalski
- Keynan Rew
- Jacob Thorssell
- Tai Woffinden
Tarnów
- Fraser Bowes
- Igor Gryzło
- Jan Heleniak
- Timo Lahti
- Radosław Kowalski
- Marko Levishyn
- Sebastian Madej
- Mateusz Szczepaniak
- Matej Žagar
National League
Daugavpils
- Emil Breum
- Damir Filimonovs
- Filip Hjelmland
- Artjoms Juhno
- Nikita Kaulin
- Daniils Kolodinskis
- Jevgeņijs Kostigovs
- Oļegs Mihailovs
- Kjasts Puodžuks
- Justin Sedgmen
Gdańsk
- Benjamin Basso
- Marcus Birkemose
- Jędrzej Chmura
- Kacper Mateusz Grzelak
- Niels Kristian Iversen
- Daniel Kaczmarek
- Eryk Kaminski
- Jakub Malina
- Krystian Pieszczek
- Tim Sørensen
- Bartosz Tyburski
- Miłosz Wysocki
Gniezno
- Patryk Budniak
- Adam Ellis
- Kevin Fajfer
- Adrian Gała
- Casper Henriksson
- Marcel Juskowiak
- Sam Masters
- Jakub Oleksiak
- Bastian Pedersen
- Robert Roszak
- Adrian Saks
- Ksawery Słomski
Kraków
- Miłosz Duda
- Dawid Grzeszczyk
- Matic Ivačič
- Jonas Jeppesen
- Richard Lawson
- Ernest Matjuszonok
- Artur Mroczka
- Jesse Mustonen
- Dawid Rempala
- Bartosz Szymura
Landshut
- Paco Castagna
- Leon Flint
- Valentin Grobauer
- Mario Häusl
- Marlon Hegner
- Marius Hillebrand
- Ben Iken
- Kim Nilsson
- Kevin Juhl Pedersen
- Erik Riss
- Kevin Wölbert
- Charles Wright
Opole
- Jakub Fabisz
- Dastin Łukaszczyk
- Stanisław Mielniczuk
- Hubert Łęgowik
- James Pearson
- Oskar Polis
- Kacper Siadak
- Lars Skupień
- Oskar Stępień
- Mathias Thörnblom
- Grzegorz Walasek
Piła
- Denis Andrzejczak
- Adrian Cyfer
- Tomasz Gapiński
- Hubert Gasior
- Norbert Kościuch
- Villads Nagel
- Krzyzstof Sadurski
- Jonas Seifert-Salk
- Jakub Zurek
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