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Polonia Pila have been granted a licence and will compete in Div 2 in 2023.

This is the new format racecard to be used in 2023

FIM ICE SPEEDWAY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP INZELL – GERMANY – 18th and 19th March 2023 1 58 Stefan Svensson SVEMO Sweden 2 50 Harald Simon AMF Austria 3 48 Luca Bauer FMI Germany 4 357 Jo Saetre NMF Norway 5 192 Niclas Svensson SVEMO Sweden 6 93 Franz Mayerbüchler DMSB Germany 7 74 Mats Järf SML Finland 8 107 Andrej Divis ACCR Czech Republic 9 100 Franz Zorn AMF Austria 10 16 Johann Weber DMSB Germany 11 24 Max Koivula SML Finland 12 199 Martin Haarahiltunen SVEMO Sweden 13 283 Sebastian Reitsma KNMV The Netherlands 14 81 Jimmy Olsen SVEMO Sweden 15 82 Markus Jell DMSB Germany 16 212 Lukas Hutla ACCR Czech Republic 17 17 Benedikt Monn DMSB Germany 18 18 Max Niedermaier DMSB Germany

Qualifying is normally always open to ticket holders( or one has to buy a separate one)- Warsaw i assume will be on the Friday afternoon/evening.

2 Brits in Terenzano, 1 in Daugavpils, and that`s it.

Some might be streamed- we will know nearer the time. ZIELONA-ENERGIA.COM WŁÓKNIARZ Częstochowa: 19.03.2023 (godz. TBA) ROW Rybnik – ZIELONA-ENERGIA.COM WŁÓKNIARZ Częstochowa 26.03.2023 (godz. TBA) ZIELONA-ENERGIA.COM WŁÓKNIARZ Częstochowa – ROW Rybnik 28.03.2023 (godz. TBA) FOR NATURE SOLUTIONS APATOR Toruń – ZIELONA-ENERGIA.COM WŁÓKNIARZ Częstochowa 29.03.2023 (godz. TBA) ZIELONA-ENERGIA.COM WŁÓKNIARZ Częstochowa – FOR NATURE SOLUTIONS APATOR Toruń 02.04.2023 (godz. TBA) ABRAMCZYK POLONIA Bydgoszcz – ZIELONA-ENERGIA.COM WŁÓKNIARZ Częstochowa EBUT.PL STAL Gorzów: 25.03.2023 (godz. TBA) EBUT.PL STAL Gorzów – FOGO UNIA Leszno 28.03.2023 (godz. TBA) FOGO UNIA Leszno – EBUT.PL STAL Gorzów 02.04.2023 (godz. TBA) BETARD SPARTA Wrocław – EBUT.PL STAL Gorzów 04.04.2023 (godz. TBA) EBUT.PL STAL Gorzów – BETARD SPARTA Wrocław ZOOLESZCZ GKM Grudziądz: 25.03.2023 (godz. TBA) ARGED MALESA Ostrów Wlkp. – ZOOLESZCZ GKM Grudziądz 26.03.2023 (godz. TBA) ZOOLESZCZ GKM Grudziądz – ARGED MALESA Ostrów Wlkp. 01-02.04.2023 dwumecz z H. SKRZYDLEWSKA ORŁEM Łódź (gospodarze do ustalenia) CELLFAST WILKI Krosno: 19.03.2023 (godz. TBA) ABRAMCZYK POLONIA Bydgoszcz – CELLFAST WILKI Krosno 25-26.03.2023 dwumecz z H. SKRZYDLEWSKA ORŁEM Łódź (gospodarze do ustalenia) FOGO UNIA Leszno: 21.03.2023 (godz. TBA) STELMET FALUBAZ Zielona Góra – FOGO UNIA Leszno 23.03.2023 (godz. TBA) FOGO UNIA Leszno – STELMET FALUBAZ Zielona Góra 25.03.2023 (godz. TBA) EBUT.PL STAL Gorzów – FOGO UNIA Leszno 28.03.2023 (godz. TBA) FOGO UNIA Leszno – EBUT.PL STAL Gorzów FOR NATURE SOLUTIONS KS APATOR Toruń: 28.03.2023 (godz. TBA) FOR NATURE SOLUTIONS APATOR Toruń – ZIELONA-ENERGIA.COM WŁÓKNIARZ Częstochowa 29.03.2023 (godz. TBA) ZIELONA-ENERGIA.COM WŁÓKNIARZ Częstochowa – FOR NATURE SOLUTIONS APATOR Toruń BETARD SPARTA Wrocław: 28.03.2023 (godz. TBA) BETARD SPARTA Wrocław – STELMET FALUBAZ Zielona Góra 30.03.2023 (godz. TBA) STELMET FALUBAZ Zielona Góra – BETARD SPARTA Wrocław 02.04.2023 (godz. TBA) BETARD SPARTA Wrocław – EBUT.PL STAL Gorzów 04.04.2023 (godz. TBA) EBUT.PL STAL Gorzów – BETARD SPARTA Wrocław

I reckon it`s 50/50 at the moment if it`s going to be on the Saturday or Sunday. We know that Eleven Sport have the 2 Extraleague matches on the Saturday and Canal sport 5 the 2 on the Sunday. That means that Canal Sport 5 might not be to bothered if a Saturday Div 1 match they are showing overlaps the Extraleague coverage on the other channel. It`s going to be nigh impossible for the 8 matches on Sat/Sun to all be on TV at different times so Canal + might show some Div 1 on the internet only channel.

I’m not sure i understood the question. Those abroad watching the Premiership on Fanseat get the English commentary, likewise i get the foreign commentary when i watch the Swedish and Danish leagues.

Yep

That would be difficult unless you had a foreign VPN - i can subscribe to their Swedish/Danish/ French league coverage but not the Premiership.

It was only on " British Eurosport" - foreign viewers could subscribe to Fanseat.

2023 rules https://www.fim-moto.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/2023/2023_FIM_Speedway_Grand_Prix_World_Championship_rulebook.pdf?t=1677928060

Last line isn`t correct- the team managers can nominate any riders for any of the last 4 heats( 1 ride each although reserve could take more up to maximum rides allowed) Team in 4th will nominate 1st, 3rd 2nd and so on.

SWC 2023 rulebook https://www.fim-moto.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/2023/2023_FIM_Speedway_World_Cup_rulebook.pdf?t=1677925088

Hopefully the place to collate the various federation nominations as they surface- i decided that it`s best in this section Argentina- SGP qualifying Eber Ampugnani Facundo Cuello Argentina- SGP 2 qualifying Joaquin Allivellatore Alex Acuna

From the rules of the comp(translated) 4. In MPPK competitions, the pair (including the reserve ) consists of players from the club's team with the highest SI from the previous season, including no more than one foreign player.

Thanks to Stewmac 2023 team building rules: Teams are made up of 5 riders. Each rider has their own "per race average" which is their final 2022 figure, and is fixed for the 2023 season. The combined total of all 5 riders in any match must be between a minimum of 5.0 and a maximum of 6.7, and one of the riders in each team must be an U21 rider OR a rider with a maximum per race average of 0.8

All the latest team line-ups https://speedwayligaen.dk/officielle-bruttotrupper-for-2023-saesonen/

It has been confirmed that Wadim Tarasienko will be classed as a Polish rider in 2023 for Grudziadz

Luke Becker and Matias Pollestad sign for Esbjerg.

The Promoter of the Grand Final is KF Sports( Speedway Events) from Gdansk in Poland. It wouldn’t surprise me if it changes to a Polish track

Wiktor Lampart gets the wildcard slot.

The PZM have said that the Warsaw track will be altered for 2023. It will be a different wider shape to produce better racing.

Qualifier 1 Terenzano Italy Tuesday April 25th(Bank Holiday) start time 2.15pm UK time Qualifier 2 Daugavpils Latvia Saturday April 29th start time 1.15pm UK time Qualifier 3 Debrecen Hungary Monday May 1st(Bank Holiday) start time 12pm UK time Qualifier 4 Mureck Austria Monday May 1st (Bank Holiday) start time 12pm UK time Challenge final Nagyhalasz Hungary Sunday May 14th start time 1.30pm UK time Final 1 Czestochowa Poland Saturday June 17th Final 2 Gustrow Germany Saturday August 5th Final 3 Bydgoszcz Poland Saturday September 9th Final 4 Pardubice Czech Rep Friday September 22nd No permanent GP riders allowed in competition apart from any qualified from finishing in the top 5 in 2022 1st 4 in each qualifier through to the challenge final- if no Hungarian rider qualifies then 3 only from Qualifier 3 will qualify top 5 in Challenge final will qualify for finals along with the top5 from 2022 - Madsen, Kolodziej, Michelsen, Dudek and Kubera. These will be joined by 5 picks from FIM Europe/Onesport and a meeting wildcard.

The proposed rules for the competition say that each team is allowed to include just one permanent GP rider. A 5th rider can be nominated to take part- he must be U 21 and although no programmed rides can replace 1-4 at any time up to a maximum of 5 rides total. No Jokers allowed but a team 6 points behind the leading team can use 1 tac sub in heats 5-20. heat 17 is lowest scorers race heat 18 is 2nd lowest points scored race heat 19 is 2nd highest points scored race heat 20 is highest scorers race