Petišovci Stadium
{{Short description|Motorcycle speedway stadium in Slovenia}}
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| location = Rudarska ulica 60, 9220 Lendava, Slovenia
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Petišovci Stadium ({{langx|sl|Stadion Petišovci}}) is a purpose-built motorcycle speedway stadium near Lendava in Slovenia. It is located east of Petišovci and approximately 5 kilometres south of Lendava, off the Rudarska ulica.{{cite web|url=https://www.europlan-online.de/speedway-stadion-peti%25C5%25A1ovci/stadion-65397.html |title=Speedway stadion Petišovci - Petišovci |website=EuroPlan |access-date=8 February 2024}} The facility hosts the Športno Društvo Lendava team.{{cite web |url=https://www.amzs.si/slovenska-avto-moto-drustva/251-sd-speedway-team-lendava |title=Športno Drustvo Spedway Team Lendava |website=amzs.si |access-date=8 February 2024}}
History
The facility has been a significant venue for speedway and hosted many important events, including qualifying rounds of the Speedway World Championship, starting in 1981, when Slovenia was part of Yugoslavia.{{cite web |url=https://dlprezes.pl.tl/SPEEDWAY--_--Indywidualne-mistrzostwa-%26%23346%3Bwiata-----------k1-World-Speedway-Championship-k2-.htm |title=World Championship |website=Metal Speedway |access-date=8 February 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/ |title=World Championship | website=Speedway.org |access-date=8 February 2024}}
The stadium continues to hold important events such as rounds of the 2009 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship and the 2010 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship.{{cite web|title=Ciężka przeprawa Polaków w Lendavie |language=Polish |publisher=SportoweFakty.pl |url=https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/81156/ciezka-przeprawa-polakow-w-lendavie|access-date=8 February 2024}}{{cite web | title = Półfinał IMEJ w Lendavie: wygrana Laguty, awans trzech Polaków! | language = Polish | publisher = SportoweFakty.pl | url = https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/81743/polfinal-imej-w-lendavie-wygrana-laguty-awans-trzech-polakow | access-date=8 February 2024}}
References
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{{Motorcycle speedway tracks}}
Category:Speedway venues in Slovenia
Category:Municipality of Lendava
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