2025 Polish speedway season

2025 Polish speedway season

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]

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

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

Gorzów

Grudziądz

Lublin

Rybnik

Toruń

Wrocław

Zielona Góra

Ekstraliga 2

Bydgoszcz

Krosno

Leszno

Łódź

Ostrów

Poznań

Rzeszów

Tarnów

National League

Daugavpils

Gdańsk

Gniezno

Kraków

Landshut

Opole

Piła

References

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