2012 Elite League speedway season

2012 Elite League speedway season
League 2012 Sky Sports Elite League
Season 2012
Champions Swindon Robins
Knockout Cup Poole Pirates
Riders Championship Australia Chris Holder
Highest average Australia Chris Holder
(9.57)
Division/s below 2012 Premier League
2012 National League
Champions - Swindon Robins

The 2012 Elite League (also known as the Sky Sports Elite League for sponsorship reasons) took place between March and October 2012.[1]

Summary

The Poole Pirates were the defending champions after winning in 2011.[2]

Team Lineups

Belle Vue Aces

Birmingham Brummies

Coventry Bees

Eastbourne Eagles

Kings Lynn Stars

Lakeside Hammers

Peterborough Panthers

Poole Pirates

Swindon Robins

Wolverhampton Wolves

League table

PosClubMHomeAwayFA+/-Pts
3W2WDL4W3WD1LL
1 Poole Pirates 28 10 3 1 0 4 6 0 1 3 1355 1159 72
2 Swindon Robins 28 11 3 0 0 4 4 1 1 4 1382 1173 70
3 Birmingham Brummies 28 7 3 0 4 2 1 1 4 6 1276 1276 44
4 Lakeside Hammers 28 9 2 0 3 1 2 0 3 8 1279 1290 44
5 Eastbourne Eagles 28 9 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 10 1265 1277 42
6 Peterborough Panthers 28 9 3 1 1 0 1 0 5 8 1266 1287 42
7 Kings Lynn Stars 28 6 2 2 4 2 0 0 4 8 1278 1272 36
8 Coventry Bees 28 4 4 1 5 0 1 2 4 6 1217 1229 32
9 Wolverhampton Wolves 28 7 3 0 4 0 0 1 2 10 1178 1286 31
10 Belle Vue Aces 28 3 2 0 7 0 0 0 2 12 1072 1319 15
Key:
Championship play-offs

Home: 3W = Home win by 7 points or more; 2W = Home win by between 1 and 6 points
Away: 4W = Away win by 7 points or more; 3W = Away win by between 1 and 6 points; 1L = Away loss by 6 points or less
M = Meetings; D = Draws; L = Losses; F = Race points for; A = Race points against; +/- = Race points difference; Pts = Total Points

Championship play-offs

Semi-finals

Leg 1

Lakeside Hammers 43 – 47 Poole Pirates
Arena Essex Raceway
Birmingham Brummies 35 – 55 Swindon Robins
Perry Barr Stadium

Leg 2

Poole Pirates 61 – 30 Lakeside Hammers
Swindon Robins 55 - 37 Birmingham Brummies
Abbey Stadium

Grand final

First leg

Swindon Robins 51 - 44 Poole Pirates
Abbey Stadium

Second leg

Poole Pirates 45 (89) - 44 (95) Swindon Robins

The Swindon Robins were declared Elite League Champions, winning on aggregate 95-89.

Leading averages

[3]

Rider Team Average
Australia Darcy WardPoole9.76
Australia Chris HolderPoole9.67
Denmark Niels Kristian IversenKings Lynn8.84
England Tai WoffindenWolverhampton8.80
Sweden Freddie LindgrenWolverhampton8.68
Sweden Peter KarlssonLakeside8.61
Poland Krzysztof KasprzakPoole8.39
England Lee RichardsonLakeside8.20
Denmark Hans AndersenPeterborough8.18
Australia Davey WattLakeside8.06

Elite League Knockout Cup

The 2012 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 74th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Poole Pirates were the winners of the competition for the third consecutive year.[4] The Knockout Cup was then suspended four four years until it was held again under the new name 2017 SGB Premiership Team KO Cup.

Quarter Finals

Date Team One Score Team Two
10/10Belle Vue35-42Birmingham
not stagedBirminghamBelle Vue
02/06Lakeside38-49Coventry
01/06Coventry52-41Lakeside
not stagedSwindonPeterborough
not stagedPeterboroughSwindon
30/05Poole50-43Wolverhampton
21/05Wolverhampton39-54Poole

Semi Finals

Date Team One Score Team Two
25/10Peterborough50-43Poole
24/10Poole51-39Peterborough
18/10Birmingham45-45Coventry
12/10Coventry51-45Birmingham

Final

Date Team One Score Team Two
26/10Coventry38-52Poole
29/10Poole50-40Coventry

See also

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

References

  1. ↑ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. ↑ "2012 league tables". Speedway GB.
  3. ↑ "Greensheet Averages" (PDF). Speedway GB.
  4. ↑ "2012 Elite League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
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