Poland national speedway team

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2007 07 30 Prezydent RP wraz ze zdobywcami tytulu Druzynowych Mistrzow Swiata w Pucharze Swiata na zuzlu.jpg
National speedway team with the President of Poland, Lech Kaczyński
Nickname(s)Biało-czerwoni
("The white and reds")
Białe Orły
("The White Eagles")
AssociationPolish Motor Union
Polski Związek Motorowy
FIM codePZM
Nation colourWhite and Red
SWC Wins14
(1961, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1996, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2023)

The Poland national speedway team is the national motorcycle speedway team of Poland and is controlled by the Polish Motor Union (PZM). They are one of the most successful speedway nations of all time.

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History

The Polish speedway team participated in the inaugural Speedway World Team Cup, being seeded through to the final of the 1960 Speedway World Team Cup. [1] The team were a major force in the opening decade of the tournament, winning the World Team Cup in 1961, 1965, 1966 and 1969, with only the Swedish team winning more World Cups. [2]

In the 1970s, the team continued to be one of the major forces in Eastern Europe and qualified for the World Team Cup final every year from 1970 to 1979. Andrzej Wyglenda and Jerzy Szczakiel also won the 1971 Speedway World Pairs Championship. [3] However, during the 1980s the team began to struggle against the best nations and only managed two finals in 1980 and 1984.

It was not until the mid-1990s and the arrival of Tomasz Gollob that Poland began to challenge the best nations. The team won the silver medal at the 1994 Speedway World Team Cup (their first final for 10 years). They then won the World Team Cup for the sixth time in 1996 (27 years after their last win).

In 2001, the Speedway World Team Cup was rebranded the Speedway World Cup and Poland began to experience a boom in terms of spectator numbers, which led to an influx of new riders. The team reached the World Cup final every year from 2001 to 2017 (except for 2006 and 2012) and dominated world speedway by winning the title eight times, in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016 and 2017. [4]

Poland's speedway team was awarded the Team of the Year in Poland by Przegląd Sportowy in 2009 and 2010. [5]

Although the team failed to win the Speedway of Nations from 2018 to 2022, they did win the World Cup when it returned in 2023. The World Cup win was their 14th World Team Championship (one behind Denmark in the all time standings). [6]

Major world titles

World Team Cup

YearVenueStandings (Pts)RidersPts
1961 Flag of Poland.svg
Wrocław
Stadion Olimpijski 		1. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (32)
2. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (31)
3. Flag of England.svg England (21)
4. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia (12)		 Marian Kaiser 10
Henryk Żyto 7
Florian Kapała 6
Mieczysław Połukard 5
Stanisław Tkocz 4
1965 Flag of Germany.svg
Kempten
Kempten Speedway 		1. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (38)
2. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (34)
3. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (18)
4. Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (7)		 Andrzej Pogorzelski 11
Andrzej Wyglenda 11
Antoni Woryna 9
Zbigniew Podlecki 7
1966 Flag of Poland.svg
Wrocław
Stadion Olimpijski		1. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (40)
2. Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (26)
3. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (22)
4. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (8)		Andrzej Wyglenda11
Antoni Woryna10
Marian Rose 10
Andrzej Pogorzelski8
1969 Flag of Poland.svg
Rybnik
Rybnik Municipal Stadium 		1. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (31)
2. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (23)
3. Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (23)
4. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (12)		Andrzej Wyglenda11
Edward Jancarz 11
Stanisław Tkoc4
Henryk Glücklich 3
Andrzej Pogorzelski2
1996 Flag of Germany.svg
Diedenbergen
Speedway Diedenbergen 		1. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (27)
2. Flag of Russia.svg Russia (22)
3. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (21)
4. Flag of Germany.svg Germany (20)
5. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (14)
6. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (12)
7. Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary (9)		 Tomasz Gollob 15
Sławomir Drabik 12
Piotr Protasiewicz 0
2005 Flag of Poland.svg
Wrocław
Stadion Olimpijski		1. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (62)
2. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (34)
3. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (31)
4. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (27)		Tomasz Gollob14
Jarosław Hampel 13
Piotr Protasiewicz13
Rune Holta 12
Grzegorz Walasek 10
2007 Flag of Poland.svg
Leszno
Alfred Smoczyk Stadium 		1. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (55)
2. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (52)
3. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (29)
4. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (15)		 Krzysztof Kasprzak 14
Jarosław Hampel 13
Tomasz Gollob12
Rune Holta12
Damian Baliński 4
2009 Flag of Poland.svg
Leszno
Alfred Smoczyk Stadium		1. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (44)
2. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (43)
3. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (36)
4. Flag of Russia.svg Russia (35)		Jarosław Hampel18
Krzysztof Kasprzak 10
Adrian Miedziński 7
Tomasz Gollob6
Piotr Protasiewicz3
2010 Flag of Denmark.svg
Vojens
Vojens Speedway Center 		1. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (44)
2. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (39)
3. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (35)
4. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (33)		Tomasz Gollob12
Jarosław Hampel11
Rune Holta10
Janusz Kołodziej 6
Adrian Miedziński5
2011 Flag of Poland.svg
Gorzów Wielkopolski
Edward Jancarz Stadium 		1. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (51)
2. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (45)
3. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (30)
4. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (29)		Tomasz Gollob17
Jarosław Hampel11
Krzysztof Kasprzak8
Piotr Protasiewicz8
Janusz Kołodziej7
2013 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Prague
Markéta Stadium 		1. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (31)
2. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (40)
3. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (33)
4. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic (12)		Jarosław Hampel15
Maciej Janowski 12
Krzysztof Kasprzak7
Patryk Dudek 7
2016 Flag of England.svg
Manchester
National Speedway Stadium 		1. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (39)
2. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (32)
3. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (27)
4. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (22)		 Bartosz Zmarzlik 11
Patryk Dudek10
Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 10
Krzysztof Kasprzak8
2017 Flag of Poland.svg
Leszno
Alfred Smoczyk Stadium		1. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (50)
2. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (27)
3. Flag of Russia.svg Russia (18)
4. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (15)		Maciej Janowski14
Bartosz Zmarzlik13
Piotr Pawlicki Jr.13
Patryk Dudek10
2023 Flag of Poland.svg
Wrocław
Stadion Olimpijski		1. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (33)
2. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (31)
3. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (29)
4. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (27)		Bartosz Zmarzlik11
Dominik Kubera 9
Maciej Janowski7
Patryk Dudek6
Janusz Kołodziej0

World Pairs Championship

YearVenueStandings (Pts)RidersPts
1971 Flag of Poland.svg
Rybnik
Rybnik Municipal Stadium 		1. Flag of Poland.svg Poland (30)
2. Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (25)
3. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (22)
4. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia (17)
5. Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland (16)
6. Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia (10)
7. Flag of Austria.svg Austria (6)		Andrzej Wyglenda15
Jerzy Szczakiel15

International caps (as of 2022)

Since the advent of the Speedway Grand Prix era, international caps earned by riders is largely restricted to international competitions, whereas previously test matches between two teams were a regular occurrence. This means that the number of caps earned by a rider has decreased in the modern era. [7]

RiderCaps
Bajerski, Tomasz 3
Baliński, Damian 2
Baron, Piotr
Bentke, Kazimierz 3
Blaszak, Eugeniusz 5
Buczkowski, Krzysztof 1
Cegielski, Krzysztof 5
Cieślak, Marek 29
Dados, Robert
Dobrucki, Rafał 4
Dobrucki, Zdzisław
Dołomisiewicz, Ryszard
Drabik, Sławomir 13
Dudek, Patryk
Dzikowski, Grzegorz
Fabiszewski, Ryszard
Fajfer, Tomasz
Fleigert, Dariusz 1
Franczyszyn, Ryszard
Friedek, Zygfryd
Glücklich, Henryk 41
Gollob, Jacek
Gollob, Tomasz 52
Gomólski, Jacek
Hampel, Jarosław 24
Holta, Rune
Huszcza, Andrzej 45
Jaguś, Wiesław
Jancarz, Edward 76
Jankowski, Roman 47
Janowski, Maciej
Jaworek, Maciej
Jurczyński, Andrzej 24
Kaiser, Marian 31
Kapała, Florian
Kasprzak, Krzysztof 13
Kasprzak, Zenon
Kepa, Marek 7
Kołodziej, Janusz 8
Kowalik, Mirosław 8
Kubera, Dominik
Krzyżaniak, Jacek
Krzystyniak, Jan
Kurmanski, Rafal 1
Kowczala, Stefan 3
Labedzki, Adam 3
Malinowski, Jan
Miedziński, Adrian 4
Migoś, Edmund
Mroz, Marek 1
Mucha, Jan
Nowak, Bogusław
Okupski, Krzysztof
Olkiewicz, Adam 1
Olszak, Henryk
Olszewski, Jarosław
Patynek, Wieslaw 1
Pawlicki Jr., Piotr
Pawlicki, Przemysław
Pieszczek, Krystian
Plech, Zenon 76
Pociejkewicz, Konstanty
Podlecki, Zbigniew
Pogorzelski, Andrzej
Połukard, Mieczysław
Proch, Bolesław 15
Protasiewicz, Piotr 24
Pyszny, Piotr 20
Raba, Leonard 10
Rembas, Jerzy 40
Rempała, Jacek 8
Rempała, Marcin 1
Rogal, Bronislaw
Rose, Marian
Skupien, Eugeniusz
Słaboń, Robert 11
Śledź, Dariusz 7
Smektała, Bartosz
Stachyra, Janusz
Świst, Piotr 18
Szczakiel, Jerzy
Tkocz, Andrzej 18
Tkocz, Stanisław
Teodorowicz, Tadeusz 5
Trzeszkowski, Jerzy 24
Ułamek, Sebastian 9
Walasek, Grzegorz 15
Waloszek, Paweł 74
Woryna, Antoni 47
Wyglenda, Andrzej
Żabiałowicz, Wojciech
Zabik, Jan 8
Zmarzlik, Bartosz
Żyto, Henryk 32

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References

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  2. ↑ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN   0-09-141751-1.
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  4. ↑ "WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Żużlowcy Drużyną Roku, Wierietielny najlepszym trenerem" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 8 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  6. ↑ "POLAND WIN SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP AHEAD OF GREAT BRITAIN AS MACIEJ JANOWSKI BEATS ROBERT LAMBERT IN DECISIVE HEAT 20". Eurosport. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  7. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
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