Premier League Knockout Cup

The Premier League Knockout Cup is a motorcycle speedway competition in the United Kingdom governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), The 2015 Competition is sponsored by Travel Plus Tours in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA). The teams from the Premier League, the top tier of league racing between 1995 and 1996 and currently the second tier of three, take part. In the past, similar competitions were staged between teams in the two divisions of the British League. The 2012 holders of the Knockout Cup are the Newcastle Diamonds who gained a 106–74 aggregate victory over the Ipswich Witches over two legs.[1]

Competition format

The competition is run on a knockout principle; teams drawn together race home and away matches against each other, with the aggregate score deciding the result. In the event of the aggregate score being level, the teams again race home and away against each other until the tie is decided by an aggregate win.[2] With the current 14 teams, 12 teams will be drawn into the first round, with two other teams receiving a bye into the next round. Each round is contested with a home and away leg, with the winner on aggregate qualifying for the next round.

Winners

Year Winners Runners-up
Premier League Knockout Cup
1995 Bradford Dukes Belle Vue Aces
1996 Wolverhampton Wolves Peterborough Panthers
1997 Edinburgh Monarchs Oxford Cheetahs
1998 Reading Racers Peterborough Panthers
1999 Edinburgh Monarchs Arena Essex Hammers
2000 Swindon Robins Hull Vikings
2001 Hull Vikings Exeter Falcons
2002 Sheffield Tigers Hull Vikings
2003 Isle of Wight Islanders Sheffield Tigers
2004 Hull Vikings Isle of Wight Islanders
2005 King's Lynn Stars Rye House Rockets
2006 King's Lynn Stars Somerset Rebels
2007 King's Lynn Stars Somerset Rebels
2008 Somerset Rebels Workington Comets
2009 King's Lynn Stars Edinburgh Monarchs
2010 Newcastle Diamonds Edinburgh Monarchs
2011 Newport Wasps Glasgow Tigers
2012[1] Newcastle Diamonds Ipswich Witches
2013 Somerset Rebels Rye House Rockets
2014 Edinburgh Monarchs Ipswich Witches
2015 Somerset Rebels Edinburgh Monarchs

References

  1. 1 2 Oakes, Peter (2013) 2013 British Speedway Yearbook, Frontpage Books, ISBN 9780948882036, p. 152-3
  2. ↑ "SCB Speedway Regulations" (pdf). Speedway Control Board. 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-02.

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