Five-time Speedway GP world champion Bartosz Zmarzlik raced to a 12-point maximum for Poland as they lifted the European Team Championship in Gdansk on Saturday.
The hosts topped the podium on 50 points, with Denmark taking the silver medals on 43, Sweden winning bronze on 30 and Ukraine finishing fourth with eight points.
Zmarzlik’s total was matched by 12 points from five rides from former world No.2 Patryk Dudek, while former Speedway GP star Przemyslaw Pawlicki tallied 10, his brother Piotr Pawlicki notched nine and SGP2 champion Wiktor Przyjemski scored seven points.
New Danish champion Michael Jepsen Jensen and Frederik Jakobsen led the scoring for the runners-up on 13 apiece, with Speedway GP star Mikkel Michelsen adding eight.
Former Finland international Timo Lahti starred for Sweden on 12, with Virkvarn FIM Speedway GP of Sweden – Malilla wild card Kim Nilsson registering six along with Viktor Palovaara.
Last year’s SGP2 runner-up Nazar Parnitskyi starred for Ukraine on four, with Marko Levishyn collecting three points.