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2001 Elite League speedway season

British motorcycle speedway season

Field	Value
competition	Sky Sports Elite League
domesticcup1	Champions
domesticcup1 winners	Oxford Cheetahs
domesticcup2	Knockout Cup
domesticcup2 winners	Peterborough Panthers
domesticcup3	Craven Shield
domesticcup3 winners	Poole Pirates
domesticcup4	Riders Championship
domesticcup4 winners	Jason Crump
highest average	Jason Crump
leagues below	Premier League
Conference League
prevseason	2000
nextseason	2002

Conference League

The 2001 Elite League speedway season was the 67th season of top division of speedway in the United Kingdom and in 2001 was governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).

Season summary

In 2001, the league consisted of nine teams and operated on a standard format without play-offs. Oxford Cheetahs won their first title since 1989. Leigh Adams was brought in from King's Lynn to lead the team that retained fellow Australian riders Todd Wiltshire and Steve Johnston, Czech brothers Lukáš Dryml and Aleš Dryml Jr. and Dane Brian Andersen. In a closely fought three way title battle they claimed the crown ahead of Poole and Coventry. Poole were led by three times World Champion Tony Rickardsson who would claim his fourth Speedway World Championship during the season. Jason Crump was runner-up in the World Championship and topped the league averages for King's Lynn.

League

Final table

9	Belle Vue Aces	30	7	1	22	1196	1484	15	1	16

Peterborough's home fixtures with Belle Vue were not held.

'A' Fixtures

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'B' Fixtures

Elite League Knockout Cup

The 2001 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 63rd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Peterborough Panthers were the winners of the competition.

First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
04/04	Poole	50-40	Ipswich
17/05	Ipswich	56-34	Poole

Second round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
09/07	Reading	50-40	Exeter
08/07	Stoke	41-48	Hull
12/05	Coventry	39-50	Peterborough
12/05	Eastbourne	50-40	Oxford
11/05	Oxford	53-37	Eastbourne
11/05	Peterborough	50-40	Coventry
09/05	King's Lynn	56-34	Belle Vue
07/05	Belle Vue	39-47	King's Lynn

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
09/10	Ipswich	46-44	Oxford
14/09	Oxford	45-45	Ipswich
14/09	Peterborough	49-41	King's Lynn
12/09	King's Lynn	38-33	Peterborough

Final

First leg Ryan Sullivan 13

Scott Nicholls 14

Second leg Scott Nicholls 14 Craig Boyce 9 Jarek Hampel 8 Jeremy Doncaster 8 Chris Louis 7 Savalas Clouting 2 Carl Baldwin 0 Mark Loram 12 Ryan Sullivan 11 Nigel Sadler 8 Mario Jirout 6 David Howe 4 Shane Parker 1 Sam Tesar r/r

Peterborough Panthers were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 93-87.

Craven Shield

Anglia

3	Ipswich	4	0	0	4	0

Midland

3	Belle Vue	4	0	0	4	0

South

3	Eastbourne	4	1	0	3	2

Final

Leg	Team one	Team two	Team three	Score
1	Peterborough	Poole	Wolverhampton	42–43–23
2	Wolverhampton	Peterborough	Poole	41–39–28
3	Poole	Peterborough	Wolverhampton	46–30–32

Riders' Championship

Jason Crump won the Elite League Riders' Championship for the second time. The final was held at Owlerton Stadium on 20 September.

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Leading final averages

Rider	Team	Average
AUS Jason Crump	King's Lynn	10.39
ENG Scott Nicholls	Ipswich	10.11
AUS Leigh Adams	Oxford	10.08
SWE Tony Rickardsson	Poole	9.66
AUS Ryan Sullivan	Peterborough	9.52
USA Billy Hamill	Coventry	9.26
USA Greg Hancock	Coventry	9.05
DEN Nicki Pedersen	King's Lynn	9.01
SWE Mikael Karlsson	Wolverhampton	9.00
SWE Peter Karlsson	King's Lynn	8.75

Riders & final averages

Belle Vue

8.00
7.78
6.74
6.33
6.14
5.81
4.74
4.21
4.13
4.00
3.79
3.65

Coventry

9.26
9.05
7.90
7.44
5.39
5.17
2.88

Eastbourne

8.16
7.60
6.80
6.70
6.46
6.07
6.00
5.42
5.39
5.06

Ipswich

10.11
8.06
7.79
7.35
6.35
2.66
2.08

King's Lynn

10.39
9.01
8.75
6.76
6.64
5.20
4.71
4.00
2.08
1.83

Oxford

10.08
7.16
6.99
6.75
6.47
6.12
2.73

Peterborough

9.52
8.37
7.31
6.59
6.18
5.86
5.66
5.23
0.38

Poole

9.66
8.34
8.16
6.73
6.53
6.51
5.86
4.87
4.42

Wolverhampton

9.00
7.34
7.33
5.71
5.62
4.70
2.76
1.69

References

"Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
"HISTORY ARCHIVE".
"2001 league tables". Speedway GB.
"Oxford".
"HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK".
"2001 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher.
"2001 Elite League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
(26 October 2001). "Speedway".
"Peterborough lift the cup.".
"2001 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher.
"2001 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher.
"2001 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher.
"Elite League Riders' Championship".

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