SGB Premiership Knockout Cup

Last updated
SGB Premiership Knockout Cup
Formerly Elite League Knockout Cup
Sport Speedway
Founded2017
Divisions(Div 2) Championship KO Cup
(Div 3) NDL KO Cup
Country United Kingdom
Most recent
champion(s)		 Ipswich Witches

The SGB Premiership Knockout Cup is a speedway Knockout Cup competition in the United Kingdom for tier one teams. [1] In 2019, the KO Cup was branded as the SGB Supporters Cup. [2]

Contents

The event was not held in 2020, 2021 or 2022. [3]

History

It was renamed the SGB Premiership Knockout Cup in 2017, after formerly being called the Elite League Knockout Cup until 2012 and it was not held from 2013 to 2016. [4]

Winners

YearWinnersRunners-up
2017 Belle Vue Aces [5] Wolverhampton Wolves
2018 Somerset Rebels [6] King's Lynn Stars
2019 Swindon Robins [7] Belle Vue Aces
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021not held
2022not held
2023 Ipswich Witches [8] Sheffield Tigers

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "MAJOR REVAMP FOR BRITISH SPEEDWAY". GB Speedway.
  2. ↑ "Premiership Supporters Cup details". Speedway GB. 25 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "NEW COMPETITIONS IN BRITAIN'S TOP FLIGHT". FIM. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "2017 Knockout Cups". British Speedway Archives. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "2017 Knockout Cup results". GB Speedway.
  6. ↑ "Rebels Win KO Cup". Speedway GB. 18 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "Robins Win Supporters' Cup". Speedway GB. 20 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "Ipswich Witches target league title following aggregate win in Knockout Cup final". BBC Sport. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
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