Poland national speedway team
The Poland national speedway team is the national motorcycle speedway team of Poland and is controlled by the Polish Motor Union. The team is one of the major teams in international speedway and they won the Team World Championship nine times. The team has won 1971 Speedway World Pairs Championship also. Two Polish riders has won Individual World Champion title. The team is managed by Marek Cieślak, and the current captain is 2010 World Champion Tomasz Gollob.
After their win in the 2009 and 2010 Speedway World Cup, Poland's speedway team was awarded the Team of the Year in Poland by Przegląd Sportowy in 2009 and 2010.
2016 Team
A members of 2016 Team was approval on January 30, 2016 by Main Commission for Speedway Sport which is a part of the Polish Motor Union., Krzysztof Buczkowski, Adrian Gomólski
Senior Team
- Krzysztof Buczkowski
- Patryk Dudek
- Tomasz Gollob
- Jarosław Hampel
- Maciej Janowski
- Krzysztof Kasprzak
- Janusz Kołodziej
- Piotr Pawlicki
- Przemysław Pawlicki
- Piotr Protasiewicz
- Grzegorz Zengota
- Adrian Cyfer
- Maksym Drabik
- Rafał Karczmarz
- Marcin Nowak
- Bartosz Smektała
- Krystian Pieszczek
- Paweł Przedpełski
- Kacper Woryna
- Bartosz Zmarzlik
Honours
World Championships
European Championships
World Championship
Team
The Poland national speedway team were a major force in the opening years of the tournament, rivalling Sweden to win 3 out of the opening 7 championships in the early 60s. They are currently one of the best teams in the world having won in 2005 and 2007. Key riding members of the title wins include Tomasz Gollob, Andrzej Wyglenda and Andrzej Pogorzelski who all managed 3 world cup wins.Speedway World Team Cup (1961-2000)
Speedway World Cup (since 2001)
Year | Place | Event | Pos. | Pts. | Riders |
2001 | 2 | QR 1 | 1 | 62 | Tomasz Gollob, Sebastian Ułamek, Krzysztof Cegielski, Piotr Protasiewicz, Mirosław Kowalik |
2001 | 2 | F | 2 | 65 | Tomasz Gollob, Sebastian Ułamek, Krzysztof Cegielski, Piotr Protasiewicz, Jacek Krzyżaniak |
2002 | 4 | QR 3 | 1 | 57 | Jarosław Hampel, Piotr Protasiewicz, Grzegorz Walasek, Krzysztof Cegielski, Tomasz Gollob |
2002 | 4 | F | 4 | 48 | Tomasz Gollob, Jarosław Hampel, Krzysztof Cegielski, Piotr Protasiewicz, Grzegorz Walasek |
2003 | 4 | QR 3 | 1 | 58 | Tomasz Gollob, Jarosław Hampel, Tomasz Bajerski, Sebastian Ułamek, Piotr Protasiewicz |
2003 | 4 | F | 4 | 49 | Tomasz Gollob, Jarosław Hampel, Tomasz Bajerski, Sebastian Ułamek, Piotr Protasiewicz |
2004 | 4 | SF 1 | 3 | 39 | Tomasz Gollob, Jarosław Hampel, Grzegorz Walasek, Janusz Kołodziej, Krzysztof Kasprzak |
2004 | 4 | RO | 2 | 43 | Tomasz Gollob, Jarosław Hampel, Janusz Kołodziej, Krzysztof Kasprzak, Grzegorz Walasek |
2004 | 4 | F | 4 | 22 | Janusz Kołodziej, Marcin Rempała, Jarosław Hampel, Tomasz Gollob, Krzysztof Kasprzak |
2005 | 1 | SF 2 | 3 | 49 | Tomasz Gollob, Jarosław Hampel, Piotr Protasiewicz, Rune Holta, Krzysztof Kasprzak |
2005 | 1 | RO | 1 | 63 | Grzegorz Walasek, Tomasz Gollob, Rune Holta, Piotr Protasiewicz, Jarosław Hampel |
2005 | 1 | F | 1 | 62 | Tomasz Gollob, Piotr Protasiewicz, Jarosław Hampel, Rune Holta, Grzegorz Walasek |
2006 | 5 | SF 1 | 3 | 48 | Tomasz Gollob, Sebastian Ułamek, Jarosław Hampel, Piotr Protasiewicz, Wiesław Jaguś |
2006 | 5 | RO | 3 | 35 | Tomasz Gollob, Jarosław Hampel, Sebastian Ułamek, Janusz Kołodziej, Krzysztof Kasprzak |
2007 | 1 | SF 1 | 2 | 44 | Grzegorz Walasek, Krzysztof Kasprzak, Rune Holta, Tomasz Gollob, Jarosław Hampel, Damian Baliński I |
2007 | 1 | RO | 2 | 52 | Jarosław Hampel, Tomasz Gollob, Damian Baliński I, Krzysztof Kasprzak, Grzegorz Walasek, Rune Holta |
2007 | 1 | F | 1 | 55 | Krzysztof Kasprzak, Jarosław Hampel, Tomasz Gollob, Rune Holta, Damian Baliński I, Grzegorz Walasek |
2008 | 2 | SF 1 | 2 | 56+2 | Jarosław Hampel, Rune Holta, Tomasz Gollob, Krzysztof Kasprzak, Wiesław Jaguś |
2008 | 2 | RO | 2 | 50 | Grzegorz Walasek, Wiesław Jaguś, Tomasz Gollob, Rune Holta, Jarosław Hampel |
2008 | 2 | F | 2 | 46 | Tomasz Gollob, Wiesław Jaguś, Jarosław Hampel, Rune Holta, Grzegorz Walasek |
2009 | 1 | SF 1 | 1 | 54 | Jarosław Hampel, Krzysztof Kasprzak, Adrian Miedziński, Piotr Protasiewicz, Tomasz Gollob |
2009 | 1 | F | 1 | 44 | Jarosław Hampel, Krzysztof Kasprzak, Adrian Miedziński, Tomasz Gollob, Piotr Protasiewicz |
2010 | 1 | SF 1 | 1 | 68 | Jarosław Hampel, Rune Holta, Tomasz Gollob, Janusz Kołodziej, Adrian Miedziński |
2010 | 1 | F | 1 | 44 | Tomasz Gollob, Jarosław Hampel, Rune Holta, Janusz Kołodziej, Adrian Miedziński |
2011 | 1 | SF 1 | 1 | 72 | Jarosław Hampel, Rune Holta, Tomasz Gollob, Janusz Kołodziej |
2011 | 1 | F | 1 | 42 | Tomasz Gollob, Jarosław Hampel, Rune Holta, Janusz Kołodziej |
Year | Place | Event | Pos. | Pts. | Riders |
European Championship
Pairs
Year | Place | Pts. | Riders |
2004 | 3 | 20+e | Rafał Szombierski, Tomasz Gapiński, Robert Kościecha |
2005 | 1 | 29 | Robert Kościecha, Krzysztof Kasprzak, Janusz Kołodziej |
2006 | 1 | 27 | Sebastian Ułamek, Wiesław Jaguś, Marcin Rempała |
2007 | 2 | 22 | Sławomir Drabik, Adam Skórnicki, Krzysztof Jabłoński |
2008 | 1 | 28 | Sebastian Ułamek, Karol Ząbik, Adam Skórnicki |
World Champions from Poland
Famous Polish riders
- Tomasz Gollob
- Jarosław Hampel
- Rune Holta
- Edward Jancarz
- Krzysztof Kasprzak
- Zenon Plech
- Andrzej Pogorzelski
- Piotr Protasiewicz
- Jerzy Szczakiel
- Paweł Waloszek
- Antoni Woryna
- Andrzej Wyglenda