1956 Team Speedway Polish Championship
# 1956 Team Speedway Polish Championship

1956 Team Speedway Polish Championship season was the ninth season and is used to determine the Team Polish Champion.

## First League

Race format :

| Heat No | A | B | C | D |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 3 |
| 3 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 4 |
| 9 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 12 |
| 10 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
| 11 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 14 |
| 12 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 1 |

In First League, matches were played with part two teams, with it playing it matches return. Teams were made up of six drivers plus one reserve. The score of heat: 3-2-1-0. Mecz consisted with 12 heats. For winning a game a team received 2 points, draw - 1 point, lost - 0 points. The drivers from main squad started in match four times. The quantity of small points was added up.

The 2 competing teams shall each consist of 7 drivers: 6 drivers having programmed drivers and the seventh driver being a substitute, as follows:

* Home Team (Helmet colour Red and Blue): No 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15,
* Away Team (Yellow and White): No 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.

### Table

| Pos | Team | Match | Points | Won | Draw | Lost | +/- |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Górnik Rybnik | 14 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 2 | ? |
| 2 | Ślęza Wrocław | 14 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 4 | ? |
| 3 | Gwardia Bydgoszcz | 14 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 6 | ? |
| 4 | CWKS Warszawa | 14 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 6 | ? |
| 5 | Kolejarz Rawicz | 14 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 6 | ? |
| 6 | Tramwajarz Łódź | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 8 | ? |
| 7 | Unia Leszno | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ? |
| 8 | Budowlani Warszawa | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | ? |

### Medalists

| Górnik Rybnik | Joachim Maj, Stanisław Tkocz, Marian Philipp, Józef Wieczorek, Jan Błonkała, Bogdan Berliński, Paweł Dziura, Lucjan Siemek |
| - | - |
| Gwardia Bydgoszcz | Mieczysław Połukard, Jan Malinowski, Rajmund Świtała, Marian Mielcarski, Zbigniew Raniszewski, Andrzej Mielcarek, Zbigniew Sander, Witold Kamiński, Bolesław Bonin, Antoni Kowalski, Feliks Błajda |
| Ślęza Wrocław | Edward Kupczyński, Tadeusz Teodorowicz, Alojzy Frach, Jerzy Błoch, Konstanty Pociejkowicz, Zdzisław Biela, Horvath, Alojzy Frach, Mieczysław Kosierb, Roman Wielgosz, Tadeusz Chwilczyński, Adolf Słaboń |

## Second League

Race format :

| Heat No | Home Team | Home Team | Away Team | Away Team |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 6 |

In Second League, matches were played with part two teams, with it playing it matches return. Teams were made up of six riders plus two reserve. The scoring of a heat: 3-2-1-0. Mecz consisted with 9 heats. For winning a game a team received 2 points, draw - 1 point, loss - 0 points. The riders from the main squad started in the match three times. The quantity of small points was added up.

### North Group

| Pos | Team | Match | Points | Won | Draw | Lost | +/- |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Włókniarz Częstochowa | 14 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 1 | ? |
| 2 | Stal Gorzów Wlkp. | 14 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 2 | ? |
| 3 | AMK Katowice | 14 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 6 | ? |
| 4 | Resovia Rzeszów | 14 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ? |
| 5 | Sparta Śrem | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 7 | ? |
| 6 | Gwardia Poznań | 14 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 8 | ? |
| 7 | Start Gniezno | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ? |
| 8 | Kolejarz Piła | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | ? |

### South Group

| Team | Match | Points | Won | Draw | Lost | +/- |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stal Świętochłowice | 14 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 1 | ? |
| Ostrovia Ostrów Wlkp. | 14 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 2 | ? |
| Stal Rzeszów | 14 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 3 | ? |
| LPŻ Lublin | 14 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 6 | ? |
| Gwardia Katowice | 14 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 8 | ? |
| Górnik Czeladź | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ? |
| Ślęza Wrocław II | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | ? |
| AMK Nowa Huta | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ? |

### Play-Offs

Match was played in Ostrów Wlkp.

| Date | Home | | Away |
| - | - | - | - |
| 4 Oct | Częstochowa | 37:16 | Gorzów Wlkp. |
| 4 Oct | Świętochłowice | ? | Ostrów Wlkp. |
| 11 Oct | Częstochowa | 35:19 | Ostrów Wlkp. |
| 11 Oct | Świętochłowice | wo. | Gorzów Wlkp. |

## Sources

* Roman Lach - Polish Speedway Almanac
