2004 Polish speedway season
{{Short description|Season of speedway in Poland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{infobox sport event
|name = 2004 Polish speedway season
|image = GrzegorzWalasek2015.jpg
|size = 125px
|caption = Grzegorz Walasek, 2004 Polish champion
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|prev = 2003
|next = 2005
}}
The 2004 Polish Speedway season was the 2004 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_2004.htm |title=Historia Speedway Polsce 2004 |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 2004 Individual Speedway Polish Championship final was held on 15 August at Częstochowa.{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/3017/2004-polish-final-czestochowa |title=Polish final 2004 |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| Grzegorz Walasek | Częstochowa | 13 +3 | (3,3,1,3,3) |
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|2 | align=left| Jarosław Hampel | Wrocław | 13 +2 | (2,2,3,3,3) |
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|3 | align=left| Rune Holta | Częstochowa | 12 | (2,3,2,3,2) |
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|4 | align=left| Robert Kościecha | Gdańsk | 11 | (3,d,3,2,3) |
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|5 | align=left| Piotr Świst | Zielona Góra | 10 | (2,3,3,2,0) |
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|6 | align=left| Tomasz Gollob | Tarnów | 9 | (d,2,3,3,1) |
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|7 | align=left| Maciej Kuciapa | Rzeszów | 8 | (0,3,2,1,2) |
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|8 | align=left| Tomasz Chrzanowski | Gdańsk | 7 | (3,1,2,1,0) |
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|9 | align=left| Damian Baliński | Leszno | 6 | (w,2,1,0,3) |
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|10 | align=left| Piotr Protasiewicz | Toruń | 6 | (1,2,d,1,2) |
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|11 | align=left| Marcin Rempała | Tarnów | 5 | (2,d,2,1,0) |
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|12 | align=left| Mariusz Węgrzyk | Rybnik | 5 | (0,1,1,2,1) |
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|13 | align=left| Roman Chromik | Rybnik | 4 | (1,0,0,2,1) |
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|14 | align=left| Wiesław Jaguś | Toruń | 4 | (1,0,0,1,2) |
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|15 | align=left| Tomasz Gapiński (res) | Wrocław | 3 | (3) |
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|16 | align=left|Tomasz Jędrzejak | Ostrów Wlkp. | 3 | (1,1,1,0,0) |
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|17 | align=left| Piotr Paluch | Gorzów Wlkp. | 1 | (0,1,0,0,0) |
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|18 | align=left| Rafał Dobrucki (res) | Leszno | ns |
=[[Golden Helmet (Poland)|Golden Helmet]]=
The 2004 Golden Golden Helmet ({{langx|pl|Turniej o Złoty Kask, ZK}}) organised by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) was the 2004 event for the league's leading riders. The final was held on the 9 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| Wiesław Jaguś | Toruń | 13 | (2,3,3,3,2) |
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|2 | align=left| Tomasz Gapiński | Wrocław | 12 | (3,2,1,3,3) |
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|3 | align=left| Grzegorz Walasek | Częstochowa | 11 +3 | (1,3,1,3,3) |
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|4 | align=left| Piotr Protasiewicz | Toruń | 11 +2 | (3,3,1,1,3) |
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|5 | align=left| Maciej Kuciapa | Rzeszów | 10 | (2,2,3,2,1) |
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|6 | align=left| Robert Miśkowiak | Wrocław | 9 | (3,1,0,2,3) |
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|7 | align=left| Jarosław Hampel | Wrocław | 8 | (0,2,3,3,0) |
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|8 | align=left| Krzysztof Kasprzak | Leszno | 8 | (0,1,3,2,2) |
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|9 | align=left| Adam Pietraszko | Opole | 5 | (0,3,2,0,0) |
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|10 | align=left|Robert Kościecha | Gdańsk | 5 | (3,0,w,1,1) |
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|11 | align=left| Paweł Hlib | Gorzów Wlkp. | 5 | (1,0,0,2,2) |
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|12 | align=left| Sebastian Ułamek | Częstochowa | 5 | (0,2,2,0,1) |
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|13 | align=left| Marcin Rempała | Tarnów | 5 | (2,d,2,1,0) |
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|14 | align=left| Tomasz Chrzanowski | Gdańsk | 5 | (2,1,1,1,0) |
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|15 | align=left| Jacek Krzyżaniak | Bydgoszcz | 5 | (1,1,2,d,1) |
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|16 | align=left|Piotr Rembas | Opole | 2 | (w,d,0,0,2) |
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|17 | align=left| Jacek Rempała (res) | Leszno | 1 | (1,0) |
= Criterium of Aces =
{{main|2004 Mieczysław Połukard Criterium of Polish Speedway Leagues Aces}}
=[[Polish Junior Individual Speedway Championship|Junior Championship]]=
- winner - Janusz Kołodziej
=[[Silver Helmet (Poland)|Silver Helmet]]=
- winner - Adrian Miedziński
=[[Bronze Helmet (Poland)|Bronze Helmet]]=
- winner - Adrian Miedziński
Pairs
=[[Polish Pairs Speedway Championship]]=
The 2004 Polish Pairs Speedway Championship was the 2004 edition of the Polish Pairs Speedway Championship. The final was held on 30 July at Toruń.{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayw.pl/mppk/mppk_2004.htm |title=Polish pairs championship |website=Speedway History |access-date=4 March 2023}}
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|1 | align="left"|Apator Toruń | 26 | Piotr Protasiewicz 11, Wiesław Jaguś 15 |
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|2 | align="left"|Unia Tarnów | 21 | Marcin Rempała 8, Janusz Kołodziej 1, Tomasz Gollob 12 |
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|3 | align="left"|Gdańsk | 19 | Tomasz Chrzanowski 12, Robert Kościecha 7 |
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|4 | align="left"|GTŻ Grudziądz | 17 | Mariusz Puszakowski 13, Łukasz Pawlikowski 3, Krzysztof Buczkowski 1 |
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|5 | align="left"|Rzeszów | 16 | Maciej Kuciapa 2, Karol Baran 11, Rafał Trojanowski 2 |
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|6 | align="left"|ZKŻ Zielona Góra | 15 | Piotr Świst 6, Andrzej Huszcza 5, Rafał Okoniewski 5 |
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|7 | align="left"|Włókniarz Częstochowa | 9 | Grzegorz Walasek 11, Sebastian Ułamek 0, Rafał Osumek 0 |
Team
=[[Team Speedway Polish Championship]]=
The 2004 Team Speedway Polish Championship was the 2004 edition of the Team Polish Championship.{{cite web |url=http://rlach.republika.pl/pl_2004.htm |title=2004 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_2004.htm |url-status=dead }} Unia Tarnów won the gold medal for the first time in their history.{{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"| Unia Tarnów | 20 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 197 |
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|2 | align="left"|Atlas Wrocław | 20 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 201 |
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|3 | align="left"|Włókniarz Częstochowa | 20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 128 |
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|4 | align="left"|Apator Toruń | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 12 |
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|5 | align="left"|Unia Leszno | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 36 |
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|6 | align="left"|Polonia Bydgoszcz | 20 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 16 | | |
| 146 | |||||||
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|7 | align="left"|ZKŻ Zielona Góra | 20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 14 | | |
| 178 | |||||||
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|8 | align="left"|RKM Rybnik | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 11| | |
| 250 |
==[[Polish Speedway First League|1.Liga]]==
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|1 | align="left"| Wybrzeże Gdańsk | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 247 | 24 |
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|2 | align="left"|Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 120 | 16 |
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|3 | align="left"|TŻ Lublin | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 16 |
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|4 | align="left"|Stal Rzeszów | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 |
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|5 | align="left"|GTŻ Grudziądz | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 11 |
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|6 | align="left"|Ostrów Wielkopolski | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | | ||
| 60 | 8 | ||||||
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|7 | align="left"|Start Gniezno | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | | ||
| 358 | 0 |
==[[Polish Speedway Second League|2.Liga]]==
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|1 | align="left"|Kolejarz Opole | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 256 | 18 |
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|2 | align="left"|KSŻ Krosno | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 102 | 14 |
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|3 | align="left"|Kolejarz Rawicz | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 |
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|4 | align="left"|SKA-Speedway Lviv {{flagicon|UKR}} | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | -85 | 8 |
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|5 | align="left"|Polonia Piła | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -77 | 7 |
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|6 | align="left"|TŻ Łódź | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | | ||
| 216 | 0 |
==Promotion/relegation play offs==
- Lublin - Zielona Góra 52–38, 31–59
Promotion/relegation additional round
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|1 | align="left"|GTŻ Grudziądz | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 161 | 18 |
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|2 | align="left"|Ostrów Wielkopolski | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 156 | 17 |
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|3 | align="left"|Kolejarz Opole | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 11 |
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|4 | align="left"|KSŻ Krosno | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | | ||
| 44 | 6 | ||||||
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|5 | align="left"|Kolejarz Rawicz | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7| | ||
| 116 | 6 | ||||||
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|6 | align="left"|Start Gniezno | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | | ||
| 202 | 2 |
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Polish speedway teams}}
{{Speedway in Poland}}