Current season, competition or edition: Ekstraliga 2021/2022 | |
Sport | Rugby union |
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Founded | 1957 |
First season | 1957 |
No. of teams | 10 |
Country | Poland |
Most recent champion(s) | Ogniwo Sopot |
Most titles | Azs-Awf Warszawa (16) |
TV partner(s) | TVP |
Relegation to | I Liga |
Rugby Ekstraliga (Polish: Ekstraliga Polska w rugby union) is the premier league for rugby union in Poland.
Polish extra league in rugby union (formerly I Liga, Series A) - the highest level of men's rugby union league games of fifteen-person teams in Poland. The competition takes place cyclically (every season, from autumn to spring) in a circular system as the national championship and is intended for the best Polish rugby clubs. They are organized by the Polish Rugby Union. The winner of the Ekstraliga final is also the Polish champion, and the weakest team is fighting for maintenance with the winner of the 1st league (formerly the 2nd league).
Team | Stadium (Capacity) | City |
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Arka Gdynia | National Rugby Stadium (2,425) | Gdynia |
Budowlani Lublin | Stadium on Krasińskiego 11 | Lublin |
Budowlani Łódź | ŁKS Stadium on Unii Lubelskiej 2 | Łódź |
RC Posnania | Słowiańska 78, 61-664 Poznań, Poland | Poznań |
Lechia Gdańsk | MOSiR Stadium on Grunwaldzka 244 (11,811) | Gdańsk |
Ogniwo Sopot | Stadium on Jana z Kolna 18 (3,000) | Sopot |
Orkan Sochaczew | Stadium on Warszawska 80 (3,000) | Sochaczew |
Juvenia Kraków | Juvenia Stadium on Na Błoniach 7 (800) | Kraków |
Pogoń Siedlce | Stadium on Jana Pawła II 6 (3,500) | Siedlce |
Skra Warsaw | RKS Skra Stadium on Wawelska 5 | Warsaw |
The following is a list of sports teams in the area of Tricity agglomeration, which includes the Polish cities of Gdańsk, Gdynia and Sopot.
The Speedway Ekstraliga is the top division of motorcycle speedway in Poland and determines the winner of the Team Speedway Polish Championship. It has been called the "richest and most popular speedway league in the world", and attracts riders from all over the world. The Ekstraliga has the highest average attendances for any sport in Poland.
Speedway is one of the most popular sports in Poland. The Ekstraliga has the highest average attendances for any sport in Poland. The first meetings in Poland were held in the 1930s.
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Budowlani Łódź is a sports club based in Łódź, Poland. The club was founded in 1948. The club participates in many men's and women's sports. They are primarily known as a rugby club but also compete in volleyball, hockey, Judo and wrestling. They compete in the national men's Rugby Ekstraliga and have won it five times. Budowlani translates to English as 'builders', reflecting the club's origins. The club still often host road builders and other construction workers in the accommodation above the clubhouse.
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RC Posnania is a Polish rugby union club based in Poznań, Poland. It was founded in 1906 as a sport club. In 1956 the rugby union team was created.
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Miejski Klub Sportowy Pogoń Siedlce is a Polish rugby union club based in Siedlce, Poland that plays in the Rugby Ekstraliga.
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Akademia Piłkarska Orlen Gdańsk is a footballing academy based in Gdańsk, Poland. It focuses on training and developing players in the Pomeranian region and is well known for its development of female players with the women's football team being the academies most successful section, with AP Orlen playing in the Ekstraliga, the highest division of women's football in Poland. The team name includes the name of their title sponsor and main funder of the academy, PKN Orlen, a Polish oil company.
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