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Poland the 1st team to be announced 1 Kowalski 2 Krawczyk 3 B Banbor 4 Przyjemski 17 RES Cierniak meeting starts at 2pm UK time

The 2 matches postponed last night have been re-arranged for Wednesday 28th August Grindsted v Holsted Fjelsted v Esbjerg

Sunday’s QF 1st leg matches line-ups Poznan v Bydgoszcz Poznan 9 Matias Nielsen 10 Szlauderbach 11 Swidnicki 12 Loktayev 13 Douglas 14 Teska 15 Latala 16 Bydgoszcz 1 Huckenbeck 2 T Sorensen 3 Lyager 4 Szczepaniak 5 Buczkowski 6 Karczewski 7 Gasior 8 Lodz v Ostrow Lodz 9 Becker 10 Kaczmarek 11 Polis 12 Basso 13 Berntzon 14 B Nowak 15 Bartkowiak 16 Ostrow 1 C Holder 2 Musielak 3 Jasinski 4 Jakobsen 5 Chugunov 6 S Szostak 7 Dymowski 8

Sunday’s NON TV SF 1st leg line-ups Opole v Gniezno Opole 9 Thornblom 10 juul Pedersen 11 Skupien 12 Breum 13 Chmiel 14 Fabisz 15 Stepien 16 Gniezno 1 K Fajfer 2 Howarth 3 Saks 4 Henriksson 5 Masters 6 7 Roszak 8 Nagel

Reminder tomorrow is qualifying and Sprint final at 3pm live on Discovery +

Saturday’s QF 1st leg line-up Krosno v Rybnik Krosno 9 Berge 10 Wieszczak 11 Krakowiak 12 Milik 13 K Bjerre 14 S Bandur 15 Swiercz 16 Rybnik 1 Jamrog 2 Tungate 3 Winkler 4 Blodorn 5 Kurtz 6 Borowiak 7 Trzesniewski 8

Saturday’s SF 1st leg line-up Pila v Tarnow( at Bydgoszcz) 9 Ellis 10 Kosciuch 11 Jeppesen 12 Pollestad 13 Trofymov 14 D Grzeszczyk 15 TJ Musielak 16 Tarnow 1 Jeleniewski 2 Levishyn 3 Cyfer 4 Bellego 5 Lahti 6 Heleniak 7 M Grygolec

4 Swiercz 16 Trzesniewski

Poland is now finished for Brennan.

Vargarna RR for NKI- all can take a ride.

Rospiggarna use RR for Huckenbeck- Laguta cannot take a ride. D Johnasson rides at 7 instead of Pludra.

It will be the last Cardiff full stop.

A well deserved break has ensured i come fighting back with the impossible Cardiff spread- start time 5pm on Saturday 17th August. Zmarzlik 14 - 16 Lambert 13 - 15 Lindgren 13 - 15 J Holder 11 - 13 Vaculik 11 - 13 Bewley 11 - 13 Madsen 9 - 11 Fricke 9 - 11 Michelsen 8 - 10 Kubera 8 - 10 Janowski 8 - 10 Wozniak 5 - 7 Huckenbeck 3 - 5 Lebedevs 3 - 5 Brennan 2 - 4 Kvech 2 - 4

8 semi- finalists are Lublin Ostrow Grudziadz Czestochowa Rybnik Bydgoszcz Wroclaw Lodz

Wednesday’s matches line-ups Grindsted v Holsted Grindsted 1 Prem Pawlicki 2 N Pedersen 3 K Bjerre 4 Pollestad 5 Thorst Holsted 1 Jensen 2 Lahti 3 Thorssell 4 Bach 5 B Pedersen Vojens v Region Varde Vojens 1 Thomsen 2 Mads Hansen 3 Rew 4 Andersen 5 Jesper Knudsen Region Varde 1 2 Chugunov 3 T Sorensen 4 Miskowiak 5 Heiselberg Fjelsted v Esbjerg Fjelsted 1 Lebedevs 2 Jakobsen 3 Cierniak 4 Kildemand 5 R Pedersen Esbjerg 1 NKI 2 Jeppesen 3 Matias Nielsen 4 Becker 5 N Jakobsen

Confirmed teams from around 5.30pm UK time live updates from 6pm Indianerna v Smederna https://ta.svemo.se/Public/Pages/Competition/DrivingSchedule/CompetitionLiveResult.aspx?Branch=Speedway&Columns=CompetitionInfo,Branch,Name,Organizer,FromDateShort,LiveResult&DateFilter=TODAY&pagesize=10&IsArrangeable=true &ShowSearch=true&Style=SvemoWebsite&CompetitionId=15584 Lejonen v Rospiggarna https://ta.svemo.se/Public/Pages/Competition/DrivingSchedule/CompetitionLiveResult.aspx?Branch=Speedway&Columns=CompetitionInfo,Branch,Name,Organizer,FromDateShort,LiveResult&DateFilter=TODAY&pagesize=10&IsArrangeable=true &ShowSearch=true&Style=SvemoWebsite&CompetitionId=15583 Piraterna v Dackarna https://ta.svemo.se/Public/Pages/Competition/DrivingSchedule/CompetitionLiveResult.aspx?Branch=Speedway&Columns=CompetitionInfo,Branch,Name,Organizer,FromDateShort,LiveResult&DateFilter=TODAY&pagesize=10&IsArrangeable=true &ShowSearch=true&Style=SvemoWebsite&CompetitionId=15585 Vastervik v Vargarna https://ta.svemo.se/Public/Pages/Competition/DrivingSchedule/CompetitionLiveResult.aspx?Branch=Speedway&Columns=CompetitionInfo,Branch,Name,Organizer,FromDateShort,LiveResult&DateFilter=TODAY&pagesize=10&IsArrangeable=true &ShowSearch=true&Style=SvemoWebsite&CompetitionId=15586

Piraterna RR for Piotr Pawlicki - all can take a ride.

Group 2 final round in Czestochowa today Grudziadz 4 Czestochowa 3 Gniezno 1.5 Gorzow 1.5 cumulative scores after the 4 rounds Grudziadz 12- qualify for semi-finals Czestochowa 12- qualify for semi- finals Gniezno 8.5 Gorzow 7.5

Pila v Tarnow Saturday 17th August start time 12.30pm UK time Canal + Sport 5 Opole v Gniezno Sunday 18th August NON TV start time 4pm UK time. 2nd legs 24th/25th August TBA

Liv updates tonight from 5.30pm UK time https://rs.dmusport.dk/loeb/6564

The definitive guide to the Extraleague and Extraleague 2 6 team QF play-offs 3 matches over 2 legs will provide 3 winners (on aggregate) and 3 losers ( if it’s a tie the team finishing higher in the regular season go through).2 tables are created - 1 for the winners and 1 for the losers. These tables are calculated on match points gained( over the 2 matches) then For and against point difference. For the semi- final it will be Winner 1( top) v Loser 1(top= lucky loser) Winner 2 v Winner 3 If there is a tie on match points and F and A difference the higher finisher in the regular season finishes above the other team. Semi winners meet in grand final and in Extraleague only semi-final losers have the 3rd v 4th to decide.

The definitive guide to the Extraleague and Extraleague 2 6 team QF play-offs 3 matches over 2 legs will provide 3 winners (on aggregate) and 3 losers ( if it’s a tie the team finishing higher in the regular season go through).2 tables are created - 1 for the winners and 1 for the losers. These tables are calculated on match points gained( over the 2 matches) then For and against point difference. For the semi- final it will be Winner 1( top) v Loser 1(top= lucky loser) Winner 2 v Winner 3 If there is a tie on match points and F and A difference the higher finisher in the regular season finishes above the other team. Semi winners meet in grand final and in Extraleague only semi-final losers have the 3rd v 4th to decide.

Draw for round 3 1 Thomsen 2 Wolbert 3 Berge 4 Lebedevs 5 Lahti 6 Jensen 7 Kolodziej 8 Milik 9 Blodorn 10 Piotr Pawlicki 11 Dudek 12 Woryna 13 Kostigovs 14 Michelsen 15 Janowski 16 Madsen 17 RES Baumann 18 RES Hyjek

1st Legs Friday 23rd August Zielona Gora v Lublin start time 5pm UK time Eleven Sport 1 Wroclaw v Grudziadz start time 7.30pm UK time Eleven Sport 1 Sunday 25th August Torun v Gorzow start time 6.15pm UK time Canal + Sport 2nd legs Sunday 1st September- all start at 6.15pm Uk time Lublin v Zielona Gora Grudziadz v Wroclaw Gorzow v Torun TV TBA

Play-offs 1st legs Saturday 17th August Krosno v Rybnik start time 3pm UK time Canal + Sport 5 Sunday 18th August Poznan v Bydgoszcz start time 3.30pm UK time Canal + Sport 5 Sunday 18th August Lodz v Ostrow start time 6pm UK time Canal + Sport 5