1948 Team Speedway Polish Championship
# 1948 Team Speedway Polish Championship

1948 Team Speedway Polish Championship season was the first season of the contest used to determine the Polish Champion.

## Rules

Composition First and Second Leagues were established after qualifications with three rounds. Every team consisted of three riders, but only one were exposed to every round. Every event consisted of 20 races. Score was 4–3–2–1 and 0 it no-completion heat. Engine capacity was not considered.

First, Second and Third League included 9 teams. Matches were played with part three teams. Terms were made up of six drivers plus reserve. Game consisted with 9 races. In one day were played 3 three-cornered matches. For winning match team received 3 points, for second place 2 points and for third 1 point. The drivers with the main squad of a team started in the match three times. The quantity of small points was added up.

## First and Second Leagues

| Qualification PosTeamPoints 1PKM Warszawa55 2Motoklub Rawicz48 3LKM Leszno47 4GKM Gdańsk43 5Olimpia Grudziądz41 6Tramwajarz Łódź40 7DKS Łódź39 8KM Ostrów Wlkp.39 9OM TUR Okęcie Warszawa38 10SSM Gdynia37 11RKM Budowlani Rybnik35 12Legia Warszawa31 13Unia Poznań23 14CTCiM Częstochowa22 15Polonia Bydgoszcz18 16Pogoń Katowice9 res.Polonia Bytom- res.Lechia Poznań- | First League PosTeamMatchMatch PtsHeats Pts 1PKM Warszawa41190 2LKM Leszno41182 3Olimpia Grudziądz41082 4KM Ostrów Wlkp.48.569 5Motoklub Rawicz47.565 6OM Tur Okęcie Warszawa4650 7Tramwajarz Łódź4650 8GKM Gdańsk4652 9DKM Łódź4659 | Second League PosTeamMatchMatch PtsHeats Pts 1Polonia Bytom41183 2RKM Budowlani Rybnik41176 3Polonia Bydgoszcz41089 4Pogoń Katowice4859 5Legia Warszawa4765 6Lechia Poznań4762 7CTCiM Częstochowa4658 8SSM Gdynia4654 9Unia Poznań4541 |
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### Medalists

| PKM Warszawa | Jan Wąsikowski, Jerzy Dąbrowski (speedway rider)|Jerzy Dąbrowski, Stanisław Brun, Mieczysław Chlebicz |
| - | - | - |
| Unia Leszno|LKM Leszno | Józef Olejniczak, Antoni Osiecki, Stanisław Przybylski, Alfred Smoczyk, Jan Tomkowiak |
| GTŻ Grudziądz|Olimpia Grudziądz | Jan Najdrowski, Władysław Gątkiewicz, Tadeusz Zwoliński, Jan Matczak, Czesław Szałkowski, B.Nowakowski, Zbigniew Sander, Stanisław Stęplowski |

## Third League (Local)

Only teams from Greater Poland (Poznań district) participated in Poznań District League. (Poznańska Liga Okręgowa). ZZK Poznań played only in first round and was replaced by Unia Zielona Góra.

| Pos | Team | Match | Match Pts | Heats Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Motoklub Rawicz II | 4 | 12 | 95 |
| 2 | LKM Leszno II | 4 | 11 | 89 |
| 3 | Unia Chodzież | 4 | 9 | 71 |
| 4 | Unia Gniezno | 4 | 9 | ? |
| 5 | Unia Gostyń | 4 | 8 | ? |
| 6 | Unia Gorzów Wlkp. | 4 | 6.5 | ? |
| 7 | Unia Zielona Góra | 3 | 5.5 | 50 |
| 8 | ŚKS Śrem | 4 | 5 | ? |
| 9 | HCP Poznań | 4 | 5 | 41 |
| 10 | ZZK Poznań | 1 | 4 | ? |

Race-Off :

| Pos | Team | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Motoklub Rawicz II | 24 |
| 2 | Unia Chodzież | 14 |
| 3 | Unia Gniezno | ? |

## Sources

* Roman Lach – Polish Speedway Almanac
