Ekstraliga (speedway)
| Sport | motorcycle speedway |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000 |
| CEO | League Commissioner: Wojciech Stępniewski |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Country | Poland |
| Most recent champion | KS Toruń (3rd title) |
| Most titles | Unia Leszno (8 titles) |
| Broadcasters | England: Premier Sports Poland: Eleven Sports PL, CANAL+ Sport |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | Metalkas 2 Ekstraliga |
| Official website | Official site |
The Speedway Ekstraliga (English: Speedway Extraleague, Polish: Ekstraliga żużlowa), officially known as PGE Ekstraliga for sponsorship reasons, 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 not counting football.
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 Ekstraliga, and the number of teams was reduced. Since 2015 the official sponsor of Ekstraliga is the Polish energy company PGE, which signed the financial contract for three consecutive seasons in 2021.