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3 hours ago, racers and royals said:

Not sure that is 100% true- Wroclaw it appears  have come in at the last moment with an offer !!!

So I’ve just seen - this is going to get interesting after the agreement on a deal and photo of him in Gorzow colours.

Be a shame if he goes to Wroclaw as could make them even stronger than this year.

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The new play-off format in 2022 as been published- Google translated.

From the 2022 season, a new tournament system will apply in PGE Ekstraliga. The Regulations of the Polish Team Championship 2022 have been published.
What does it mean in practice? More matches - instead of 64, there will be 70 of them, and above all, not 4, but 6 teams participating in the final round, which will consist of 3 parts.

1. The knockout system will be played in the form of two-legged matches, in which the teams will meet once on the own track and on the opponent's track.

2. The tiebreaker victory will be decided in the following order:
1) greater sum of match points,
2) greater sum of running points,
3) higher position in the final table after the main part of the competition.

The winning team will be the team that won the tie-breaker under the rules in 1-3 above. The other two-legged team is defeated.

3. In all rounds of the final part, the host of the first game will be the team ranked lower in the table after the main part of the competition.

4. The following teams meet in the 1st and 2nd round of the competition:
1) (a) first with sixth in the table after the main part,
2) (b) second to fifth in the table after the main part,
3) (c) third to fourth in the table after the main part.

5. Teams which, according to the rules set out in para. 2 won the tie in the 1st and 2nd round of the final part, will be classified according to the sum of match points scored in these rounds, and if the match points are equal - according to the running points; if match and running points are equal, the order in the classification is determined by the higher position of the team in the final table after the main part of the competition.

6. Teams which, pursuant to the rules specified in para. 2 who lost the tie in the 1st and 2nd round of the final part, will be classified according to the sum of match points scored in these rounds, and if the match points are equal - according to the running points; if match and running points are equal, the order in the classification is determined by the higher position of the team in the final table after the main part of the competition.

7. In the 3rd and 4th round of the final part of the competition:
1) (d) the first team in the classification referred to in paragraph 1. 5, with the first team in the classification referred to in paragraph 6,
2) (e) second to third team in the classification referred to in paragraph 5,

8. In the 5th and 6th final round of the competition:
1) (f) The winning teams of (d) and (e) - see par. 7 points 1) and 2),
2) (g) defeated teams of (d) and (e) - see clause 7 points 1) and 2),

the terms "victorious" and "defeated" refer to the principles set out in paragraph 2.

9. The final classification of the teams in the competition will be as follows:
1) the first places will be taken by the winning team from (f) - see paragraph 8 point 1),
2) the defeated team from (f) will take second place - see paragraph 8 point 1),
3) the third place will be taken by the winning team from (g) - see paragraph 8 point 2),
4) fourth place will be taken by the defeated team from (g) - see paragraph 8 point 2),
5) the fifth place will be taken by the second team in the classification referred to in sec. 6,
6) the third team in the classification referred to in sec. 6,
7) the seventh and eighth place will be taken by the teams in the order of places taken after the main part of the competition, subject to the provisions of Art. 703 paragraph 8.

edit this basically says

Play-offs ( 2 legs) round 1

1 v 6 

2 v 5

3 v 4

round 2

1(after round 1) v best loser

2 (after round 1) v 3 ( after round 1)

round 3

 winner 1 v winner 2

loser 1 v loser 2

Edited by racers and royals
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The new U24 Ekstraliga competition will consist of 8 teams. There will be 16 rounds in 2 parts. At the end of the season we will know the Team U24 Ekstraliga Champion.

In the main part of the season, each team will meet each opponent twice, once on their own track and on the opponent's track. The final part will be played in the knockout system with the participation of the two best teams (match and rematch). The U24 Ekstraliga schedule will be given in a separate announcement.

In U24 Ekstraliga matches, teams will participate in teams of 6 to 8 players. Only U24 players from the Ekstraliga team on the match day may be entered into the team composition, except for players who obtained an individual average of 1,400 or more in the season preceding the season before the match. In the case of players competing in the lower leagues in the previous season, the average will be converted in accordance with the regulations. The current list of competitors entitled to start in U24 Ekstraliga will be published in the announcements.

In each team with numbers 1 - 7 or 9 - 15, entries will have to be:

at least 2 national competitors without international licenses
at least 2 competitors with a license issued by a federation other than PZM
Only youth runners (U21) may be entered with the starting numbers 6 and 7 as well as 14 and 15. National or foreign players can be entered with the number 8 for the visiting team and 16 for the host team.

The players will not be able to take part in the PGE Ekstraliga match and the U24 Ekstraliga match on the same day. "Guests" players cannot be entered in the team composition. However, the rules of replacing a player will function in the competition: only with the first, second or third average of the reserve team (similar to PGE Ekstraliga, the sick leave will have to be issued for them for at least 15 days). The so-called ZZ will not apply to U21 players with numbers 6, 7, 8 and 14, 15, 16.

The matches will be played according to the 15-speed system and the running table from the PGE Ekstraliga games.

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The U24 league idea is an absolute belter and will be a great addition to the main league

The play off idea is an absolute shocker and must have been given to them by Rob Godfrey or something. A team can finish 6th in a 8 team league, lose their first round of play off matches and still win the league! I don’t begrudge the top 6 qualifying but surely it has to be 3 v 6 and 4 v 5 with the winners then advancing to meet the 1st and 2nd placed teams. After the roaring success of the play offs this year it seems mad to change the system so drastically.

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On 11/1/2021 at 7:20 AM, Najjer said:

The U24 league idea is an absolute belter and will be a great addition to the main league

The play off idea is an absolute shocker and must have been given to them by Rob Godfrey or something. A team can finish 6th in a 8 team league, lose their first round of play off matches and still win the league! I don’t begrudge the top 6 qualifying but surely it has to be 3 v 6 and 4 v 5 with the winners then advancing to meet the 1st and 2nd placed teams. After the roaring success of the play offs this year it seems mad to change the system so drastically.

I think the U24 league could be good also.

Why does the team at the top of the league not get to choose their opponents?

The team that finished 6th could be the only team to take the bonus point of the team in first so that team could be the last team they would pick (eg Peterborough didn't pick Sheffield this year after Sheffield won at Peterborough but that would have been the seeding if UK took that method)?

There is no real advantage to being top other than having the choice of having the 2nd leg at home.

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Any idea what day will be the race day for the U24 league if the riders can not race on the same day as their Ekstraliga teams?

Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday is the choice for the Ekstraliga at the moment. Very fluent. 

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1 hour ago, IronScorpion said:

Any idea what day will be the race day for the U24 league if the riders can not race on the same day as their Ekstraliga teams?

Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday is the choice for the Ekstraliga at the moment. Very fluent. 

Esktraliga matches are always scheduled for Friday and Sunday - it’s only been some of the rescheduled matches that take place on other nights. 

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6 minutes ago, topsoil said:

According to Speedway star this week, Ekstraliga matches were watched by an average 139,000 viewers per meeting. Wonder how this compares to matches Sweden and Britain? Anybody know the figures from these leagues?  

Looks like 2007/08 were pretty good compared:

https://www.methanolpress.com/sky-sports-british-speedway-viewing-figures-2002-2009/

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