The Speedway Ekstraliga (pl. Ekstraliga żużlowa) is the top division of speedway in Poland. It has been called the "richest and most popular speedway league in the world" and attracts riders from all over the world. The Ekstraliga has the highest average attendances for any sport in Poland.
With the fall of communism in Poland in the 1990s and the resultant sharp increase in the value of the Złoty, the sport began to attract a wider range of star riders from other countries. The first of these was Denmark’s Hans Nielsen.
In 2000, the First Division was renamed the Ekstraliga, and the number of teams was reduced.
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