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Template:Future sport The 2008 Speedway Ekstraliga season is the 9th since its establishment. The first fixtures of the season are scheduled for April 6th 2008, and the season will end on October 19th 2008^[1]. 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 teams must has Team U-21 to youth league. Eight events will be on July and August^[2]^[3].

Teams

Club	Nickname	'07 Pos.	Ekstraliga since
Złomrex Włókniarz Częstochowa	Lions	6	2000
Stal Gorzów Wlkp.		1*	2008
Unia Leszno	Bulls	1	1997
Marma Polskie Folie Rzeszów	Cranes	3	2006
Unia Tarnów	Swallows	6	2004
Unibax Toruń	Angels	2	1976*
Atlas Wrocław		5	1999
ZKŻ Kronopol Zielona Góra	Mickey Mouse	7	2007

Toruń - have never been relegated to a lower division.
Gorzów Wlkp. - 1st in First League.

Squad of Teams

2008 Speedway Grand Prix rider

Częstochowa
Rider	Age	Average
Nicki Pedersen	31	2.730
Greg Hancock	38	2.207
Tomasz Gapiński	26	1.625
Sebastian Ułamek	32	1.622
Lee Richardson	29	1.662
Michał Szczepaniak	25	1.400
Mateusz Szczepaniak	21	1.391
Sławomir Drabik	42	1.366
Antonio Lindbäck	23	1.357
Edward Kennett	22	1.300
Borys Miturski	19	1.250
Lewis Bridger	19	0.333
Marcin Piekarski	19	0.000
Mateusz Kowalczyk	19	0.822 (2)
Przemysław Dądela	23	0.556 (2)
James Courtney	20	N
Kamil Mistygacz	19	N
Damian Romańczuk	20	N
Tai Woffinden	18	N

Gorzów Wlkp.
Rider	Age	Average
Tomasz Gollob	37	2.310
Rune Holta	35	2.195
Peter Karlsson	39	2.300 (1)
Paweł Hlib	22	2.247 (1)
Jesper B. Monberg	31	2.247 (1)
^[4] Matej Ferjan	31	2.245 (1)
Thomas H. Jonasson	20	1.596 (1)
Kenneth Hansen	21	1.125 (1)
Adrian Szewczykowski	19	0.900 (1)
Paweł Zmarzlik	18	0.000
Jari Maekinen	18	N
Mateusz Mikorski	19	N

Leszno
Rider	Age	Average
Leigh Adams	37	2.635
Krzysztof Kasprzak	24	2.160
Jarosław Hampel	26	2.093
Damian Baliński I	31	1.979
Troy Batchelor	21	1.509
Jurica Pavlič	19	1.000
Adam Kajoch	20	0.857
Robert Kasprzak	21	0.810
Travis McGowan	27	0.000
Sławomir Musielak	18	N
Damian Perz	20	N
Adam Shields	31	N

Rzeszów
Rider	Age	Average
Scott Nicholls	30	1.950
Kenneth Bjerre	24	1.926
Davey Watt	30	1.824
Matej Žagar	25	1.488
Dawid Lampart	18	0.533
Mateusz Szostek	19	0.500
Roman Povazhny	32	1.691 (1)
Rafał Klimek	18	0.813 (1)
Martin Vaculík	18	2.259 (2)
Cameron Woodward	23	N
Piotr Winiarz	32	N

Tarnów
Rider	Age	Average
Janusz Kołodziej	24	1.859
Peter Ljung	26	1.524
Krystian Klecha	24	1.511
Aleš Dryml, Jr.	29	1.054
Patrick Hougaard	19	1.000
Jacek Rempała	37	0.947
Daniil Ivanov	22	0.818
Kamil Zieliński	21	0.824
Marcin Rempała	24	0.387
Szymon Kiełbasa	19	0.000
Tobias Busch	20	1.591 (2)
Steve Boxall	21	N
Maciej Ciesielski	21	N
Kevin Doolan	28	N
Łukasz Kiełbasa	19	N
Tadeusz Kostro	17	N
Peter Juul Larsen	18	N
James Wright	22	N

Toruń
Rider	Age	Average
Hans N. Andersen	28	2.194
Ryan Sullivan	33	2.220
Wiesław Jaguś	33	2.161
Karol Ząbik	22	1.989
Robert Kościecha	31	1.750
Adrian Miedziński	23	1.699
Chris Holder	21	1.677
Adam Wiśniewski	18	0.500
Damian Celmer	19	0.000
Robert Ksiezak	21	N
Mateusz Lampkowski	18	N
Łukasz Lipiński	19	N
Marcin Nowakowski	19	N
Oskar Pieniążek	19	N

Wrocław
Rider	Age	Average
Jason Crump	33	2.292
Krzysztof Słaboń	27	1.587
Tomasz Jędrzejak	29	1.571
Filip Šitera	20	1.400
Maciej Janowski	17	0.429
Daniel Jeleniewski	25	2.181 (1)
Mikael Max	35	2.096 (1)
Andy Smith	42	2.000 (1)
Rory Schlein	24	1.811 (1)
Mariusz Węgrzyk	29	1.667 (1)
Benjamin Barker	20	N
Leon Madsen	20	N
Marcin Podlaszewski	17	N

Zielona Góra
Rider	Age	Average
Grzegorz Walasek	32	2.048
Piotr Protasiewicz	33	2.012
Niels Kristian Iversen	26	1.837
Fredrik Lindgren	23	1.770
Rafał Dobrucki	32	1.689
Mariusz Staszewski	33	1.357
Grzegorz Zengota	20	0.946
Ricky Kling	21	0.905
Nicolai Klindt	20	0.800
Charlie Gjedde	29	1.747 (1)
Sławomir Dudek	40	1.579 (2)
Janusz Baniak	19	N
Paweł Gwóźdź	19	N
Aleksandr Koslopakin	21	N
Adam Kulczyński	22	N
Ludvig Lindgren	18	N
Artem Vodyakov	17	N
Przemysław Zarzycki	20	N

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	M	W	D	L	Pts	Bon	Total	+/-
1	Złomrex Włókniarz Częstochowa	14	12	0	2	24	7	31	+253
2	Unibax Toruń	14	12	0	2	24	6	30	+199
3	Unia Leszno	14	10	1	3	21	4	25	+162
4	ZKŻ Kronopol Zielona Góra	14	7	0	7	14	3	17	-7
5	Caelum Stal Gorzów Wlkp.	14	6	1	7	13	3	16	-36
6	Atlas Wrocław	14	4	0	10	8	4	12	-36
7	Marma Polskie Folie Rzeszów	14	3	0	11	6	1	7	-255
8	Unia Tarnów	14	1	0	13	2	-	2	-280
Pos	Club	M	W	D	L	Pts	Bon	Total	+/-

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	x	55:38	56:36	65:26	69:23	41:50	60:33	49:41
Stal Gorzów Wlkp.	40:50	x	48:42	51:41	60:32	43:47	53:40	41:49
Unia Leszno	50:42	45:45	x	59:33	67:26	43:47	61:29	50:40
Marma Rzeszów	32:60	44:48	27:65	x	51:37	33:58	47:43	33:59
Unia Tarnów	33:59	46:47	40:53	44:47	x	38:53	57:36	41:49
Unibax Toruń	34:59	61:30	44:46	63:28	66:26	x	49:41	56:34
Atlas Wrocław	40:50	53:39	46:47	62:30	61:29	41:48	x	53:40
Kronopol Zielona Góra	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
	Aug 31	Częstochowa	53:39	Wrocław
	Sep 1^[5]	Wrocław	32:60	Częstochowa
Quarter-Final 1-6 place		Unibax Toruń 2nd in First Round	113:68	Caelum Stal Gorzów Wlkp. 5th in First Round
	Aug 24	Gorzów Wlkp.	43:47	Toruń
	Aug 31	Toruń	66:25	Gorzów Wlkp.
Quarter-Final 1-6 place		Unia Leszno 3rd in First Round	94:87	ZKŻ Kronopol Zielona Góra 4th in First Round
	Aug 28^[5]	Zielona Góra	49:40	Leszno
	Aug 31	Leszno	54:38	Zielona Góra

Table

Winners
Pos	Club	Pts	Small points
1A	Toruń	4	113^[6]
2A	Częstochowa	4	113
3A	Leszno	2	94

Losers
Pos	Club	Pts	Small points
1B	Zielona Góra	2	87
2B	Wrocław	0	71
3B	Gorzów Wlkp.	0	68

To Semi-Finals

Semi-Finals

Semi-Final 1-4 place		Unibax Toruń 1A in Quarter-final		ZKŻ Kronopol Zielona Góra 1B in Quarter-final
	Sep 7	Zielona Góra	48:42	Toruń
	Sep 19	Toruń		Zielona Góra
Semi-Final 1-4 place		Złomrex Włókniarz Częstochowa 2A in Quarter-final		Unia Leszno 3A in Quarter-final
	Sep 7	Leszno	52:41	Częstochowa
	Sep 19	Częstochowa		Leszno

Finals

Final 1-2 place		Semi-Final Winner		Semi-Final Winner
	Sep 28
	Oct 19
3-4 place		Semi-Final Loser		Semi-Final Loser
	Oct 3 or 5
	Oct 12
7-8 place		Marma Polskie Folie Rzeszów 7th in First Round		Unia Tarnów 8th in First Round
	Sep 7	Tarnów	42:48	Rzeszów
	Sep 28	Rzeszów		Tarnów

Final classification

Pos	Club
1
2
3
4
5
6
7	Relegation playoffs
8	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	Jul 1 TAR	Jul 2 RZE	Jul 15 GOR	Jul 16 ZIE	Jul 29 LES	Jul 30 WRO	Aug 12 TOR	Aug 13 CZE
1	Unia Leszno	36.0	165	4.5 (23)	3 (16)	6 (26)	6 (28)	5.5 (23)	6 (24)	-	5 (25)
2	Marma Rzeszów	28.5	153	6 (27)	6 (28)	4.5 (20)	-	0 (11)	0 (12)	6 (28)	6 (27)
3	Atlas Wrocław	24.0	121	4.5 (23)	4 (18)	0.5 (13)	4 (18)	5.5 (23)	3 (20)	2.5 (16)	-
4	Kronopol Zielona Góra	23.0	130	-	0.5 (14)	4.5 (20)	5 (25)	4 (20)	5 (22)	1 (12)	3 (17)
5	Stal Gorzów Wlkp.	20.0	113	0 (6)	-	3 (17)	3 (16)	3 (19)	3 (14)	5 (21)	4 (20)
6	Unia Tarnów	14.5	110	2 (16)	0.5 (14)	-	1 (13)	2 (15)	4 (21)	4 (17)	1 (14)
7	Włókniarz Częstochowa	11.5	110	3 (19)	5 (21)	0.5 (13)	0 (11)	-	1 (13)	0 (8)	2 (15)
8	Unibax Toruń	10.5	94	1 (12)	2 (15)	2 (15)	2 (15)	1 (13)	-	2.5 (16)	0 (8)
Details				^[7]	^[8]	^[9]	^[10]	^[11]	^[12]	^[13]	^[14]

Race format

References and notes

^ SportoweFakty.pl 20-Nov-2007.
^ SportoweFakty.pl 20-Nov-2007.
^ SportoweFakty.pl 03-Dec-2007.
^ Hungarian licence.
^ ^a ^b On 24 August was rain.
^ Higher place in First Round.
^ "Juniorzy Marmy najlepsi jako pierwsi (relacja)". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-07-01. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
^ "II runda Ligi Juniorów dla Marmy". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-07-02. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
^ "Unia Leszno najlepsza w Gorzowie (relacja z III rundy Ligi Juniorów)". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-07-16. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
^ "Pawlicki poprowadził Unię do drugiej wygranej". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-07-16. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
^ "V runda LJ dla Atlasu i Unii". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-07-29. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
^ "Liga Juniorów: Lider zwycięża we Wrocławiu". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-07-30. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
^ "Marma wygrała w Toruniu". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-08-12. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
^ "Zwycięstwo Marmy na koniec LJ". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-08-13. Retrieved 2008-08-14.

External links

Official side

[1] SportoweFakty.pl 20-Nov-2007.

[2] SportoweFakty.pl 20-Nov-2007.

[3] SportoweFakty.pl 03-Dec-2007.

[4] Hungarian licence.

[Aug24-5] On 24 August was rain.

[6] Higher place in First Round.

[7] "Juniorzy Marmy najlepsi jako pierwsi (relacja)". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-07-01. Retrieved 2008-07-15.

[8] "II runda Ligi Juniorów dla Marmy". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-07-02. Retrieved 2008-07-15.

[9] "Unia Leszno najlepsza w Gorzowie (relacja z III rundy Ligi Juniorów)". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-07-16. Retrieved 2008-07-17.

[10] "Pawlicki poprowadził Unię do drugiej wygranej". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-07-16. Retrieved 2008-07-17.

[11] "V runda LJ dla Atlasu i Unii". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-07-29. Retrieved 2008-07-30.

[12] "Liga Juniorów: Lider zwycięża we Wrocławiu". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-07-30. Retrieved 2008-07-30.

[13] "Marma wygrała w Toruniu". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-08-12. Retrieved 2008-08-14.

[14] "Zwycięstwo Marmy na koniec LJ". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-08-13. Retrieved 2008-08-14.

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+<!-- Image with inadequate rationale removed: [[Image:Speedway Ekstraliga logo2.jpg|thumb|220px|Speedway Ekstraliga logo.]] -->
 The '''2008 [[Speedway Ekstraliga]]''' season is the 9th since its establishment. The first fixtures of the season are scheduled for [[April 6]]th [[2008]], and the season will end on [[October 19]]th 2008<ref> [http://www.sportowefakty.pl/index.php?dysc_id=4&k1_id=44&k2_id=100&dzial_id=355&news_id=231721 SportoweFakty.pl] 20-Nov-2007.</ref>. [[Unia Leszno]] are the defending Polish champions. The [[Speedway Ekstraliga]] (pl. ''Ekstraliga żużlowa'') is the top division of [[Motorcycle speedway|speedway]] in the [[Poland]].