Knockout Cup (speedway)

British motorcycle speedway competition

Knockout Cup (speedway)Sport| Speedway

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Founded| 1929
Country| United Kingdom

Knockout Cup (sometimes referred to as the KO Cup) is a type of British motorcycle speedway competition, examples of which have run annually since 1929.[1][2][3]

Each tier of British Speedway has its own respective Knockout Cup. The current Knockout Cup competitions are the SGB Premiership Knockout Cup (tier one), the SGB Championship Knockout Cup (tier two) and the National League Knockout Cup (tier three).[4]

The cups have been run in the past under the associated name of the League at the time. For example Elite League Knockout Cup when tier one was the Elite League, a Premier League Knockout Cup when tier two was the Premier League and so on.

## Knockout Cups (chronological order)[edit]

### Tier One[edit]

* National Trophy 1931–1964
* British League Knockout Cup 1965–1967
* British League Division One Knockout Cup 1968–1974
* British League Knockout Cup 1975–1994
* Premier League Knockout Cup 1995–1996
* Elite League Knockout Cup 1997–2012
* not held, 2012-2016
* SGB Premiership Knockout Cup 2017–2019
* not held, 2020-2022
* SGB Premiership Knockout Cup 2023

### Tier Two[edit]

* National Trophy (provincial final) 1936–1937
* National Trophy (qualifying final) 1938–1956
* Provincial League KO Cup 1960–1964
* British League Division Two Knockout Cup 1968–1974
* New National League Knockout Cup 1975–1976
* National League Knockout Cup 1977–1990
* British League Division Two Knockout Cup 1991–1994
* Academy League Knockout Cup 1995
* Conference League Knockout Cup 1996
* Premier League Knockout Cup 1997–2016
* SGB Championship Knockout Cup 2017–present

### Tier Three[edit]

* National Trophy (qualifying final) 1948–1952
* Conference League Knockout Cup 1998–2008
* National League Knockout Cup 2009–present

## List of winners[edit]

Year  | Tier one  | Year  | Tier two  | Year  | Tier three

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1931 | Wembley Lions |  | N/A |  | N/A
1932 | Wembley Lions |  | N/A |  | N/A
1933 | Belle Vue Aces |  | N/A |  | N/A
1934 | Belle Vue Aces |  | N/A |  | N/A
1935 | Belle Vue Aces |  | N/A |  | N/A
1936 | Belle Vue Aces | 1936 | Southampton Saints |  | N/A
1937 | Belle Vue Aces | 1937 | Southampton Saints |  | N/A
1938 | Wimbledon Dons | 1938 | Norwich Stars |  | N/A
1939 | Belle Vue Aces &
Wembley Lions* | 1939 | Sheffield Tigers |  | N/A
1946 | Belle Vue Aces |  | N/A |  | N/A
1947 | Belle Vue Aces | 1947 | Middlesbrough Bears |  | N/A
1948 | Wembley Lions | 1948 | Birmingham Brummies | 1948 | Southampton Saints
1949 | Belle Vue Aces | 1949 | Bristol Bulldogs | 1949 | Hanley Potters
1950 | Wimbledon Dons | 1950 | Halifax Dukes | 1950 | Oxford Cheetahs
1951 | Wimbledon Dons | 1951 | Norwich Stars | 1951 | Exeter Falcons
1952 | Harringay Racers | 1952 | Poole Pirates | 1952 | Plymouth Devils
1953 | Wimbledon Dons |  | N/A |  | N/A
1954 | Wembley Lions |  | N/A |  | N/A
1955 | Norwich Stars | 1955 | Poole Pirates |  | N/A
1956 | Wimbledon Dons | 1956 | Southampton Saints |  | N/A
1957 | N/A |  | N/A |  | N/A
1958 | Belle Vue Aces |  | N/A |  | N/A
1959 | Wimbledon Dons |  | N/A |  | N/A
1960 | Wimbledon Dons | 1960 | Bristol Bulldogs |  | N/A
1961 | Southampton Saints | 1961 | Cradley Heathens |  | N/A
1962 | Wimbledon Dons | 1962 | Exeter Falcons |  | N/A
1963 | Norwich Stars | 1963 | Cradley Heathens |  | N/A
1964 | Oxford Cheetahs | 1964 | Newport Wasps |  | N/A
1965 | West Ham Hammers |  | N/A |  | N/A
1966 | Halifax Dukes |  | N/A |  | N/A
1967 | Coventry Bees |  | N/A |  | N/A
1968 | Wimbledon Dons | 1968 | Canterbury Crusaders |  | N/A
1969 | Wimbledon Dons | 1969 | Belle Vue Colts |  | N/A
1970 | Wimbledon Dons | 1970 | Ipswich Witches |  | N/A
1971 | Hackney Hawks | 1971 | Ipswich Witches |  | N/A
1972 | Belle Vue Aces | 1972 | Crewe Kings |  | N/A
1973 | Belle Vue Aces | 1973 | Boston Barracudas |  | N/A
1974 | Sheffield Tigers | 1974 | Birmingham Brummies |  | N/A
1975 | Belle Vue Aces | 1975 | Eastbourne Eagles |  | N/A
1976 | Ipswich Witches | 1976 | Newcastle Diamonds |  | N/A
1977 | King's Lynn Stars | 1977 | Eastbourne Eagles |  | N/A
1978 | Ipswich Witches | 1978 | Eastbourne Eagles |  | N/A
1979 | Cradley Heath Heathens | 1979 | Rye House Rockets |  | N/A
1980 | Cradley Heath Heathens | 1980 | Berwick Bandits |  | N/A
1981 | Ipswich Witches | 1981 | Edinburgh Monarchs |  | N/A
1982 | Cradley Heath Heathens | 1982 | Newcastle Diamonds |  | N/A
1983 | Cradley Heath Heathens | 1983 | Exeter Falcons |  | N/A
1984 | Ipswich Witches | 1984 | Hackney Kestrels |  | N/A
1985 | Oxford Cheetahs | 1985 | Eastbourne Eagles |  | N/A
1986 | Oxford Cheetahs &
Cradley Heath Heathens* | 1986 | Eastbourne Eagles |  | N/A
1987 | Cradley Heath Heathens | 1987 | Eastbourne Eagles |  | N/A
1988 | Cradley Heath Heathens | 1988 | Hackney Kestrels |  | N/A
1989 | Cradley Heath Heathens | 1989 | Berwick Bandits |  | N/A
1990 | Reading Racers | 1990 | Poole Pirates |  | N/A
1991 | Bradford Dukes | 1991 | Arena Essex Hammers |  | N/A
1992 | Bradford Dukes | 1992 | Peterborough Panthers |  | N/A
1993 | Bradford Dukes | 1993 | Glasgow Tigers |  | N/A
1994 | Eastbourne Eagles | 1994 | Glasgow Tigers |  | N/A
1995 | Bradford Dukes | 1995 | Berwick Bandits |  | N/A
1996 | Wolverhampton Wolves | 1996 | Linlithgow Lightning |  | N/A
1997 | Eastbourne Eagles | 1997 | Edinburgh Monarchs |  | N/A
1998 | Ipswich Witches | 1998 | Reading Racers | 1998 | St Austell Gulls
1999 | Peterborough Panthers | 1999 | Edinburgh Monarchs | 1999 | St Austell Gulls
2000 | King's Lynn Stars | 2000 | Swindon Robins | 2000 | Boston Barracudas
2001 | Peterborough Panthers | 2001 | Hull Vikings | 2001 | Somerset Rebels
2002 | Eastbourne Eagles | 2002 | Sheffield Tigers | 2002 | Buxton Hitmen
2003 | Poole Pirates | 2003 | Isle of Wight Islanders | 2003 | Mildenhall Fen Tigers
2004 | Poole Pirates | 2004 | Hull Vikings | 2004 | Mildenhall Fen Tigers
2005 | Belle Vue Aces | 2005 | King's Lynn Stars | 2005 | Weymouth Wildcats
2006 | Coventry Bees | 2006 | King's Lynn Stars | 2006 | Scunthorpe Scorpions
2007 | Coventry Bees | 2007 | King's Lynn Stars | 2007 | Scunthorpe Scorpions
2008 | Eastbourne Eagles | 2008 | Somerset Rebels | 2008 | Plymouth Devils
2009 | Lakeside Hammers | 2009 | King's Lynn Stars | 2009 | Bournemouth Buccaneers
2010 | Poole Pirates | 2010 | Newcastle Diamonds | 2010 | Buxton Hitmen
2011 | Poole Pirates | 2011 | Newport Wasps | 2011 | Mildenhall Fen Tigers
2012 | Poole Pirates | 2012 | Newcastle Diamonds | 2012 | Mildenhall Fen Tigers
2013 | not held | 2013 | Somerset Rebels | 2013 | Dudley Heathens
2014 | not held | 2014 | Edinburgh Monarchs | 2014 | Dudley Heathens
2015 | not held | 2015 | Somerset Rebels | 2015 | Eastbourne Eagles
2016 | not held | 2016 | Glasgow Tigers | 2016 | Eastbourne Eagles
2017 | Belle Vue Aces | 2017 | Peterborough Panthers | 2017 | Eastbourne Eagles
2018 | Somerset Rebels | 2018 | Workington Comets | 2018 | Eastbourne Eagles
2019 | Swindon Robins | 2019 | Redcar Bears | 2019 | Leicester Lion Cubs
2020 | cancelled due to COVID-19 | 2020 | cancelled due to COVID-19 | 2020 | cancelled due to COVID-19
2021 | not held[5] | 2021 | Poole Pirates[6] | 2021 | not held[7]
2022 | not held | 2022 | Poole Pirates | 2022 | Leicester Lion Cubs
2023 | Ipswich Witches | 2023 | Scunthorpe Scorpions | 2023 | Mildenhall Fen Tigers
2024 | tbc | 2024 | tbc | 2024 | not held

Shared title*[8]

Most Tier One Knockout Cups

Name  | Titles

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Belle Vue Aces | 14
Wimbledon Dons | 11
Cradley Heath Heathens | 8
Ipswich Witches | 6
Poole Pirates | 5
Bradford Dukes | 5
Wembley Lions | 5

## References[edit]

1. ^ Cox, Richard William; Vamplew, Wray; Jarvie, Grant (2000). Encyclopedia of British Sport. ABC-CLIO. p. 364\. ISBN 9781851093441.
2. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 100\. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
3. ^ "Knockout Cup Final history". Reader Exacteditions .com. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
4. ^ "2018 Knockout Cups". Speedway GB.
5. ^ "LOUIS EXCITED TO GET GOING AS 2021 PLANS CONFIRMED". Ipswich Witches. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
6. ^ "Poole v Edinburgh - Cup Final 2nd Leg". Poole Speedway. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
7. ^ "NDL changes explained". Speedway GB. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
8. ^ "1939 National Trophy". Speedway archive.

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Speedway in the United Kingdom

Current leagues|

* SGB Premiership
* SGB Championship
* National Development League
* List of champions

Former leagues|

* Elite League
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* National League (1932–1964)
* Provincial League (1960–1964)
* British League
* British League Division Two/National League
* Conference League
* National League Division Two
* National League Division Three
* English Dirt Track League/Northern League
* Southern League (1929–1931)
* Southern League (1952–1953)
* Provincial League (1936–1937)
* Southern Area League

Current team competitions|

* Knockout Cup
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* League Fours champions

Former team competitions|

* London Cup
* Midland Cup
* Craven and Young Shields
* Premiership Shield

Current individual competitions|

* British Speedway Championship
* League Riders' champions
* British U-21
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* Scottish Open

Former individual competitions|

* London Riders'
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* Olympique
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See also|

* Speedway
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* Speedway Control Bureau

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Tier One League
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* 1934
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Tier Three League
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* 1947
* 1948
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Champions|

* League champions
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