2002 Polish speedway season
{{Short description|Season of speedway in Poland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{infobox sport event
|name = 2002 Polish speedway season
|image = Tomasz Gollob05.JPG
|size = 125px
|caption = Tomasz Gollob completed another Polish title/Golden Helmet double
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|prev = 2001
|next = 2003
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The 2002 Polish Speedway season was the 2002 season of motorcycle speedway in Poland.{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/druzynowemp.php |title=HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2023 |website=Speedway History |access-date=25 February 2023}}{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayw.pl/pl_2002.htm |title=Historia Speedway Polsce 2002 |website=Historia Speedway |access-date=25 February 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.zuzelend.com/i,89,Historia-Druzynowych-Mistrzostw-Polski |title=Historia Drużynowych Mistrzostw Polski |website=Zuzeland.com |access-date=1 March 2023}}
Individual
=[[Polish Individual Speedway Championship]]=
The 2002 Individual Speedway Polish Championship final was held on 15 August at Toruń.{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/8377/2002-polish-final-torun |title=Polish final 2002 |website=WWOS Backup |access-date=25 February 2023}}
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!width=25px|Pos. | width=200px|Rider | width=200px|Club | width=80px|Total | width=100px|Points |
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|1 | align=left| Tomasz Gollob | Bydgoszcz | 11 | (2,3,3,3) |
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|2 | align=left| Krzysztof Cegielski | Gniezno | 10 | (1,3,3,3) |
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|3 | align=left| Jacek Krzyżaniak | Wrocław | 10 | (3,2,2,3) |
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|4 | align=left| Piotr Świst | Gorzów Wlkp. | 10 | (3,2,3,2) |
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|5 | align=left| Piotr Protasiewicz | Bydgoszcz | 8 | (3,3,0,2) |
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|6 | align=left| Rafał Kurmański | Zielona Góra | 7 | (0,1,3,3) |
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|7 | align=left| Rafał Dobrucki | Piła | 5 | (2,1,2,u) |
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|8 | align=left| Tomasz Bajerski | Toruń | 5 | (2,w,1,2) |
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|9 | align=left| Andrzej Huszcza | Zielona Góra | 4 | (3,1,0,w) |
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|10 | align=left| Rafał Okoniewski | Leszno | 4 | (1,3,u,–) |
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|11 | align=left| Jarosław Hampel | Piła | 4 | (u,2,2,w) |
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|12 | align=left| Damian Baliński | Leszno | 3 | (u,2,1,w) |
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|13 | align=left| Mariusz Węgrzyk | Rybnik | 3 | (w,u,2,1) |
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|14 | align=left| Robert Sawina | Toruń | 3 | (1,1,0,1) |
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|15 | align=left| Piotr Winiarz (res) | Rzeszów | 3 | (1,2,u) |
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|16 | align=left| Jacek Rempała | Leszno | 2 | (0,0,1,1) |
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|17 | align=left|Robert Dados | Wrocław | 0 | (w,d,w,w) |
=[[Golden Helmet (Poland)|Golden Helmet]]=
The 2002 Golden Golden Helmet ({{langx|pl|Turniej o Złoty Kask, ZK}}) organised by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) was the 2002 event for the league's leading riders. The final was held on the 12 October at Bydgoszcz.
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!width=25px|Pos. | width=200px|Rider | width=200px|Club | width=80px|Total | width=100px|Points |
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|1 | align=left| Tomasz Gollob | Bydgoszcz | 14 | (3,3,3,3,2) |
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|2 | align=left| Jacek Gollob | Bydgoszcz | 13 | (1,3,3,3,3) |
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|3 | align=left| Piotr Protasiewicz | Bydgoszcz | 12 | (3,2,2,2,3) |
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|4 | align=left| Robert Sawina | Toruń | 11 | (3,1,1,3,3) |
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|5 | align=left| Sebastian Ułamek | Leszno | 11 | (2,3,3,2,1) |
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|6 | align=left| Rafał Okoniewski | Leszno | 9 | (2,2,2,2,1) |
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|7 | align=left| Andrzej Huszcza | Zielona Góra | 8 | (1,2,2,3,0) |
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|8 | align=left| Wiesław Jaguś | Toruń | 7 | (1,3,0,1,2) |
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|9 | align=left| Tomasz Bajerski | Toruń | 7 | (2,1,1,1,2) |
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|10 | align=left| Krzysztof Cegielski | Gdańsk | 6 | (d,d,3,0,3) |
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|11 | align=left| Robert Dados | Wrocław | 6 | (3,0,1,1,1) |
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|12 | align=left| Maciej Kuciapa | Zielona Góra | 5 | (2,2,d,1,0) |
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|13 | align=left| Jarosław Łukaszewski | Gniezno | 4 | (0,0,2,0,2) |
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|14 | align=left| Jacek Krzyżaniak | Wrocław | 4 | (1,1,0,2,d) |
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|15 | align=left| Dariusz Fijałkowski | Warszawa | 3 | (0,1,1,0,1) |
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|16 | align=left|Roman Jankowski | Warszawa | 0 | (0,0,0,d,d) |
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|17 | align=left| Krzysztof Kasprzak (res) | Leszno | ns | |
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|18 | align=left| Rafał Kurmański (res) | Zielona Góra | ns | |
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|19 | align=left| Janusz Ślączka (res) | Krosno | ns |
= Criterium of Aces =
{{main|2002 Mieczysław Połukard Criterium of Polish Speedway Leagues Aces}}
=[[Polish Junior Individual Speedway Championship|Junior Championship]]=
- winner - Artur Bogińczuk
=[[Silver Helmet (Poland)|Silver Helmet]]=
- winner - Krzysztof Kasprzak
=[[Bronze Helmet (Poland)|Bronze Helmet]]=
- winner - Robert Umiński
Pairs
=[[Polish Pairs Speedway Championship]]=
The 2002 Polish Pairs Speedway Championship was the 2002 edition of the Polish Pairs Speedway Championship. The final was held on 28 June at Wrocław.{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayw.pl/mppk/mppk_2002.htm |title=Polish pairs championship |website=Speedway History |access-date=4 March 2023}}
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|1 | align="left"|Polonia Bydgoszcz | 27 | Tomasz Gollob 9, Piotr Protasiewicz 18 |
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|2 | align="left"|Apator Toruń | 22+3 | Robert Sawina 15+3, Tomasz Bajerski |
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|3 | align="left"|Włókniarz Częstochowa | 22+2 | Artur Pietrzyk 11, Grzegorz Walasek 11+2 |
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|4 | align="left"|Unia Leszno | 21 | Sebastian Ułamek 13, Rafał Okoniewski 8 |
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|5 | align="left"|ZKŻ Zielona Góra | 12 | Andrzej Huszcza 6, Maciej Kuciapa 6 |
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|6 | align="left"|Atlas Wrocław | 12 | Robert Dados 3, Jacek Krzyżaniak 9, Tomasz Jędrzejak 0 |
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|7 | align="left"|Stal Gorzów Wlkp. | 10 | Piotr Świst 8, Piotr Paluch 2 |
Team
=[[Team Speedway Polish Championship]]=
The 2002 Team Speedway Polish Championship was the 2002 edition of the Team Polish Championship.{{cite web |url=http://rlach.republika.pl/pl_2002.htm |title=2002 Polish leagues |website=Roman Lach – Polish Speedway Almanac |access-date=25 February 2023 |archive-date=16 October 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021016220255/http://rlach.republika.pl/pl_2002.htm |url-status=dead }} Polonia Bydgoszcz won the gold medal.{{cite web |url=http://speedwayfansite.com/ligi/pgeekstraliga.html |title=Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski (PGE Ekstraliga) |website=Speedway Fansite |access-date=25 February 2023}}
==[[Ekstraliga (speedway)|Ekstraliga]]==
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|1 | align="left"|Polonia Bydgoszcz | 20 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 206 |
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|2 | align="left"|Unia Leszno | 20 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 199 |
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|3 | align="left"|Atlas Wrocław | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 126 |
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|4 | align="left"|Włókniarz Częstochowa | 20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 18 | | |
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|5 | align="left"|Apator Toruń | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 146 |
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|6 | align="left"|Polonia Piła | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 16 | | |
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|7 | align="left"|Wybrzeże Gdańsk | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | -291 |
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|8 | align="left"|Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski | 20 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | | |
| 328 |
==[[Polish Speedway First League|1.Liga]]==
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|1 | align="left"| ZKŻ Zielona Góra | 20 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 363 | 34 |
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|2 | align="left"|Start Gniezno | 20 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 181 | 30 |
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|3 | align="left"|RKM Rybnik | 20 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 167 | 26 |
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|4 | align="left"|Stal Rzeszów | 20 | 8 | 0 | 12 | | ||
| 115 | 16 | ||||||
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|5 | align="left"|Unia Tarnów | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | -11 | 17 |
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|6 | align="left"|Kolejarz Rawicz | 20 | 8 | 0 | 12 | | ||
| 10 | 16 | ||||||
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|7 | align="left"|Kolejarz Opole | 20 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 86 | 15 |
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|8 | align="left"|GKM Grudziądz | 20 | 3 | 0 | 17 | -489 | 6 |
==[[Polish Speedway Second League|2.Liga]]==
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|1 | align="left"| TŻ Lublin | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 205 | 20 |
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|2 | align="left"|WKM Warszawa | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 169 | 18 |
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|3 | align="left"|TŻ Łódź | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | –11 | 14 |
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|4 | align="left"|Iskra Ostrów | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 14 |
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|5 | align="left"|KSŻ Krosno | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 53 | 12 |
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|6 | align="left"|Wanda Kraków | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | –132 | 6 |
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|7 | align="left"|Śląsk Świętochłowice | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | –317 | 0 |
==Promotion/relegation play offs==
- Gniezno - Gdańsk 49–41, 35–48
- Warszawa - Opole 62–26, 38-52
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Polish speedway teams}}
{{Speedway in Poland}}