Speedway Ekstraliga

Infobox sports league
title =Ekstraliga żużlowa
current_season =2008 Speedway Ekstraliga
logo =Speedway Ekstraliga logo2.jpg
pixels =260px
caption =More power...
sport =speedway
founded =2000
fame =
motto =Więcej mocy...
"More power..."
teams =8
country =Poland
champion =Unia Leszno
folded =
website = [http://www.speedwayekstraliga.pl/ Official site]
singles =
ceo =League Commissioner: Ryszard Głód
TV =TVP SportThe Speedway Ekstraliga (pl. "Ekstraliga żużlowa") is the top division of speedway in Poland. It has been called the "richest and most popular speedway league in the world"Fact|date=April 2008 and attracts riders from all over the world. The Ekstraliga has the highest average attendances for any sport in Poland.Fact|date=April 2008

With the fall of communism in Poland in the 1990s and the resultant sharp increase in the value of the Złoty, the sport began to attract a wider range of star riders from other countries. The first of these was Denmark’s Hans Nielsen.

In 2000, the First Division was renamed the Ekstraliga, and the number of teams was reduced.Fact|date=April 2008

2008 Teams

*Złomrex Włókniarz Częstochowa
*Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski
*Unia Leszno
*Marma - Stal Rzeszów
*Unia Tarnów
*Unibax Toruń
*Atlas Wrocław
*ZKŻ Kronopol Zielona Góra

Ekstraliga Champions

See also

* British Elite League
* Swedish Elitserien

External links

* [http://www.speedwayekstraliga.pl/ Official site]