Elite League Knockout Cup

Elite League Knockout Cup

Sport	Speedway
Founded	1965
Competitors	9
Country	United Kingdom
Most recent champion(s)	Poole Pirates
Official website	BSPA Website

The Elite League Knockout Cup is a speedway cup competition in the United Kingdom governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB) in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA). The teams from the top division of league racing, the Elite League, take part. Similar competitions were held for clubs in leagues that preceded the Elite League, including the British League Knockout Cup and the Premier League Knockout Cup.

Rules

This competition is run on the knockout principle; teams drawn together race home and away matches, with the aggregate score deciding the result. In the event of the aggregate score being level, the teams again race home and away.^[1]

Winners

Year	Winners	Runners-up
Elite League Knockout Cup
1997	Eastbourne Eagles	Poole Pirates
1998	Ipswich Witches	Coventry Bees
1999	Peterborough Panthers	Poole Pirates
2000	King's Lynn Stars	Coventry Bees
2001	Peterborough Panthers	Ipswich Witches
2002	Eastbourne Eagles	Peterborough Panthers
2003	Poole Pirates	Coventry Bees
2004	Poole Pirates	Ipswich Witches
2005	Belle Vue Aces	Eastbourne Eagles
2006	Coventry Bees	Belle Vue Aces
2007	Coventry Bees	Swindon Robins
2008	Eastbourne Eagles	Poole Pirates
2009	Lakeside Hammers	Coventry Bees
2010	Poole Pirates[2]	Eastbourne Eagles
2011	Poole Pirates	Belle Vue Aces

* The first leg of the final at Cradley was drawn, and the second leg at Oxford was cancelled due to bad weather. The official result was declared a draw and both teams shared the Knockout Cup that year.

References

1. "SCB Speedway Regulations" (PDF). Speedway Control Board. March 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
2. "Poole Pirates beat Eastbourne to win Knockout Cup". BBC Sport. 27 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-29.

External links

• BSPA Website