Agreement Between Speedway Ekstraliga and BSPA

Speedway Ekstraliga and the British Speedway Promoters’ Association (BSPA) have reached an official agreement regarding league slots for METALKAS 2. Ekstraliga matches in the 2025 season.

Instead of two matches on Thursdays and two on Sundays – which was the preliminary idea considered a year ago – a change and compromise have been introduced.

One METALKAS 2. Ekstraliga match from the new season will be held on Thursdays and will always take priority for players over matches held in the United Kingdom, the next will be on Saturdays, and the remaining two on Sundays.

– If the Ekstraliga Żużlowa can, and I mean no scheduling conflicts, two matches will be played on Saturday, two more on Sunday, and then there will be no match on Thursdays – says Wojciech Stępniewski, President of Ekstraliga Żużlowa.

METALKAS 2. Ekstraliga will play 68 matches in the new season. It will start with a regular round comprising 56 matches for 8 teams (home and away system). After that, the table will be divided into two groups of four (1-4 and 5-8), with 6 matches in each group (play-off and play-down). Importantly, the second team in METALKAS 2. Ekstraliga (the loser of the final double match) will play a play-off double match with the seventh team of the 2025 season in the PGE Ekstraliga.

Let us remember that METALKAS 2. Ekstraliga matches will be viewable on CANAL+ sports channels and on the CANAL+ online service until 2027.

Speedway Ekstraliga and the British Speedway Promoters’ Association (BSPA) are the governing bodies of speedway competitions in Poland and the United Kingdom.