# Polish Speedway First League > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Polish_Speedway_First_League > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Polish_Speedway_First_League.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Speedway_First_League > Source revision: 1328217301 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Polish motorcycle speedway competition Metalkas 2 Ekstraliga Sport motorcycle speedway No. of teams 8 Country Poland Most recent champion 2025 - Unia Leszno Level on pyramid 2 Promotion to PGE Ekstaliga Relegation to KLŻ Website site [RYB](/source/KS_ROW_Rybnik) [BYD](/source/Polonia_Bydgoszcz) [KRO](/source/Wilki_Krosno) [RZE](/source/Stal_Rzesz%C3%B3w_(motorcycle_speedway)) [POZ](/source/PS%C5%BB_Pozna%C5%84) [OST](/source/TZ_Ostrovia_Ostr%C3%B3w_Wielkopolski) [LOD](/source/Orze%C5%82_%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA) [PIL](/source/Polonia_Pi%C5%82a) Location of the 2026 Metalkas 2 Ekstraliga teams The **Speedway 2 Ekstraliga** (formerly the **1 Liga Żużlowa** English: *Speedway First League*) officially known as **Metalkas 2 Ekstraliga** for sponsorship reasons, is the second division of [motorcycle speedway](/source/Motorcycle_speedway) in [Poland](/source/Speedway_in_Poland). It is below the [Ekstraliga](/source/Ekstraliga_(speedway))[1] and above the [National Speedway League](/source/Polish_National_Speedway_League). ## 2026 Metalkas 2 Ekstraliga In 2026 Metalkas 2 Ekstraliga will feature 8 teams. Club 2025 Position ROW Rybnik 8 (PGEE) Polonia Bydgoszcz 2 Wilki Krosno 3 Stal Rzeszów 4 PSŻ Poznań 5 Ostrovia Ostrów 6 Orzeł Łódź 7 Polonia Piła 3 (KLŻ) ## Past winners of the Polish second division Year Winner 1948 Polonia Bytom 1949 Gwardia Bydgoszcz 1950 Gwardia Bydgoszcz 1955 Górnik Rybnik 1956 Włókniarz Częstochowa (North) Śląsk Świętochłowice (South) 1957 Stal Rzeszów 1958 Start Gniezno 1959 Stal Rzeszów 1960 Wanda Nowa Huta (East) Sparta Wrocław (West) 1961 Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski 1962 Śląsk Świętochłowice 1963 Unia Tarnów 1963/64 Zielona Góra 1964 Włókniarz Częstochowa 1965 Włókniarz Częstochowa 1965/66 Włókniarz Częstochowa 1966 Unia Leszno 1967 Śląsk Świętochłowice 1967/68 Śląsk Świętochłowice 1968 Śląsk Świętochłowice 1969 Kolejarz Opole 1970 Unia Tarnów 1971 Zielona Góra 1972 Unia Leszno 1973 Sparta Wrocław 1974 Kolejarz Opole 1975 Zielona Góra 1976 Motor Lublin 1977 Zielona Góra 1978 Sparta Wrocław 1979 Start Gniezno 1980 Kolejarz Opole[2] 1981 Stal Rzeszów 1982 Motor Lublin 1983 ROW Rybnik 1984 Śląsk Świętochłowice 1985 Unia Tarnów 1986 Start Gniezno 1987 Kolejarz Opole 1988 KM Ostrów Wielkopolski 1989 Motor Lublin 1990 Unia Tarnów 1991 Stal Rzeszów 1992 ROW Rybnik 1993 Wybrzeże Gdańsk 1994 Polonia Piła 1995 Start Gniezno 1996 Unia Leszno 1997 GKM Grudziądz 1998 Sparta Wrocław 1999 Włókniarz Częstochowa 2000 Zielona Góra 2001 Wybrzeże Gdańsk 2002 Zielona Góra 2003 ROW Rybnik 2004 Wybrzeże Gdańsk 2005 Stal Rzeszów 2006 Zielona Góra 2007 Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski 2008 Polonia Bydgoszcz 2009 Unia Tarnów 2010 Stal Rzeszów 2011 Polonia Bydgoszcz 2012 Start Gniezno 2013 Wybrzeże Gdańsk 2014 Stal Rzeszów 2015 Lokomotiv Daugavpils 2016 Lokomotiv Daugavpils 2017 Unia Tarnów 2018 Motor Lublin 2019 ROW Rybnik 2020 KS Toruń 2021 Ostrow Wielkopolski 2022 Wilki Krosno 2023 Zielona Góra 2024 ROW Rybnik 2025 Unia Leszno ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["e winner 1.Liga"](https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/i-liga). *Sporto we Fakty*. Retrieved 30 December 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Oakes, Peter (1981). *1981 Speedway Yearbook*. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 91. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-86215-017-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-86215-017-5). v t e Polish speedway teams and seasons Ekstraliga Częstochowa Gorzów Wielkopolski Grudziądz Leszno Lublin Toruń Wrocław Zielona Góra Ekstraliga 2 Bydgoszcz Krosno Łódź Ostrów Wielkopolski Piła Poznań Rybnik Rzeszów National League Daugavpils Gdańsk Gniezno Kraków Landshut Opole Świętochłowice Tarnów Defunct Motor Lublin Lviv Miskolc Pilzno Prague Rawicz Rivne Warsaw Wittstock Seasons 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 v t e International speedway competitions World Individual (Grand Prix) (Qualification) Pairs (Speedway of Nations) World Team Cup (World Cup) Individual U-21 Team U-21 Individual U-16 Europe Individual Pairs Team U21 U19 Junior (team) National Championships Argentina Australia / (U-21) Austria Czech/Czech Rep Denmark / (U-21) Finland France Germany/East/West Great Britain / (U-21) / (U-19) Hungary Italy Latvia New Zealand Norway Poland / (U-21) Romanian Russia/Soviet Slovenia Sweden / (U-21) USA (AMA) / USA (SRA) National Leagues Denmark Great Britain Poland Sweden Czech/Czech Rep Germany/East/West Hungary Russia/Soviet Ice speedway World Championships: Individual Team European: Individual Long track World Championships: Individual Team Former Championships Australasian British Nordic Champions Cup (indiv) Champions' Cup (teams) Commonwealth Continental Estonian Intercontinental Nordic Overseas Star Riders' Governing Bodies World (FIM) FIM Europe --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Polish Speedway First League](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Speedway_First_League) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Speedway_First_League?action=history)). 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