2008 Swedish speedway season

2008 Swedish speedway season
Magnus Zetterström became the Swedish champion.
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The 2008 Swedish speedway season was the 2008 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden. ^[1]

Individual

Individual Championship

The 2008 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held in Avesta on 8 August. Magnus Zetterström won the Swedish Championship. ^[2] The final was abandoned due to rain and the scores were taken after heat 16. ^[3]

Pos	Rider	Team	Pts	Total
1	Magnus Zetterström	Indianerna	(3,3,1,3,2)	10
2	Jonas Davidsson	Smederna	(1,3,2,3,3)	9
3	Thomas H. Jonasson	Vetlanda	(2,2,3,2,2)	9
4	Mikael Max	Piraterna	(2,3,3,0)	8
5	Peter Karlsson	Dackarna	(2,1,2,3)	8
6	Sebastian Aldén	Team Dalakraft	(1,2,2,3)	8
7	Billy Forsberg	Västervik	(3,1,3,0)	7
8	Andreas Jonsson	Dackarna	(3,3,1,-,-)	7
9	Freddie Lindgren	Dackarna	(1,2,3,1)	7
10	Peter Ljung	Vetlanda	(0,2,2,2)	6
11	Freddie Eriksson	Griparna	(2,1,0,2,0)	5
12	Antonio Lindbäck	Vargarna	(3,0,1,w,3)	4
13	Niklas Klingberg	Örnarna	(1,0,0,2,1)	3
14	Magnus Karlsson	Valsarna	(0,0,1,1)	2
15	Simon Gustafsson	Indianerna	(0,0,0,1)	1
16	David Ruud	Lejonen	(0,1,0,0,1)	1
17	Linus Eklöf (res)	Team Bikab	(1)	1
18	Daniel Davidsson (res)	Valsarna	(0)	0

Key

• points per race - 3 for a heat win, 2 for 2nd, 1 for third, 0 for last

U21 Championship

Main article: Swedish Junior Speedway Championship

Ricky Kling won the U21 championship. ^{[4] [5]}

Team

Team Championship

Lejonen won the Elitserien and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the first time in their history. ^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

Vargarna won the Allsvenskan after winning the play offs. ^[10]

Elitserien Pos Team Pts 1 Lejonen 35 2 Dackarna 31 3 Vetlanda 30 4 Piraterna 27 5 Rospiggarna 26 6 Indianerna 19 7 Västervik 17 8 Hammarby 16 9 Smederna 13 10 Masarna 11

Allsvenskan Pos Team Pts 1 Griparna 14 2 Örnarna 14 3 Vargarna 14 4 Valsarna 13 5 Solkatterna 5

Play offs

Elitserien Stage Team Team Agg Score QF Lejonen Indianerna 106:85 QF Dackarna Rospiggarna 115:77 QF Vetlanda Piraterna 104:88 SF Lejonen Piraterna 114:78 SF Vetlanda Dackarna 96:96 Final Lejonen Vetlanda 113:79

Allsvenskan Stage Team Team Agg Score SF Vargarna Örnarna 114:78 SF Valsarna Griparna 100:92 Final Vargarna Valsarna 100:92

Division 1
Pos	Team	Pts
1	Team Dalakraft	36
2	Team Bikab	26
3	Njudungarna Vetlanda	26
4	Filbyterna	22
5	Stjarnorna Hallstavik	18
6	Pirates Motala	14
7	Vikingarna	14
8	Gnistora	12
9	Team Mariestad	7
10	Eldarna	5

References

1. "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2015". Speedway History. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
2. "Swedish Individual Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
3. "2008 Swedish Championship". Metal Speedway. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
4. "Swedish Speedway Junior Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
5. "Individual Swedish Junior Championships". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
6. "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2015". Speedway History. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
7. "Swedish Bauhaus Elite League". Speedway Fan Site. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
8. "Statistik". Elit Speedway Sverige. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
9. "Speedway riders, history and results". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
10. "2008 Swedish Allsvenskan Table". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 23 March 2023.