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Edward Jancarz Stadium

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Renovated
  
2007-2011

Capacity
  
17,024

Opened
  
1951

Phone
  
+48 95 728 76 10

Edward Jancarz Stadium

Location
  
Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland

Owner
  
Gorzów Wielkopolski City

Address
  
Kwiatowa 55, 66-400 Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland

Similar
  
Stadion Miejski, MotoArena Toruń, Alfred Smoczyk Stadium, Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, National Stadium Warsaw

Edward Jancarz Stadium (Polish: Stadion im. Edwarda Jancarza) is a multi-use stadium in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland. It is currently used mostly for speedway matches and is the home stadium of Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski in the Speedway Ekstraliga. The stadium has opened in 1951 and has a capacity of 17,000 after recent development to allow it to host a round of the speedway GP series.

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It is named after Edward Jancarz, a former speedway rider from Gorzów Wielkopolski who finished third in the 1968 World Final in Sweden, and helped Poland win the 1969 Speedway World Team Cup at home in Rybnik. Jancarz was murdered by his wife in 1992.

International

  • Speedway Grand Prix: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
  • Speedway World Cup: 2010 (Event One), 2011 (Race-off and the Final)
  • Individual Speedway Junior World Championship: 2000 Final
  • Team Speedway Junior World Championship: 2009 Final

    • Polish Championships

  • Individual Speedway Polish Championship Finals: 1970, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985,
  • Polish Pairs Speedway Championship Finals: 1982, 1992, 1998

    • References

    Edward Jancarz Stadium Wikipedia
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