2009 Elite League speedway season
Season | 2009 |
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Champions | Wolverhampton Wolves |
Knockout Cup | Lakeside Hammers |
Pairs Championship | Poole Pirates |
Elite Shield | Eastbourne Eagles |
Elite League Riders Championship | Leigh Adams |
Highest average |
Freddie Lindgren (10.43) |
← Previous season 2008 | |
Next season → 2010 |
The 2009 Elite League (also known as the Sky Sports Elite League for sponsorship reasons) is the 13th since its establishment in 1997. The first fixtures of the season took place on 30 March and the season ended on 12 October. The Poole Pirates were the defending champions from 2008.
League table
Pos | Club | M | Home | Away | F | A | +/- | Pts | |||||||
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3W | 2W | D | L | 4W | 3W | D | 1L | L | |||||||
1 | Swindon Robins | 32 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1602 | 1331 | 79 | |
2 | Wolverhampton Wolves | 32 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1580 | 1361 | 75 | |
3 | Lakeside Hammers | 32 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1511 | 1437 | 54 | |
4 | Coventry Bees | 32 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1451 | 1456 | 52 | |
5 | Peterborough Panthers | 32 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1463 | 1484 | 47 | |
6 | Ipswich Witches | 32 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 1431 | 1498 | 41 | |
7 | Eastbourne Eagles | 32 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1393 | 1527 | 36 | |
8 | Poole Pirates | 32 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1391 | 1526 | 32 | |
9 | Belle Vue Aces | 32 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1373 | 1575 | 32 |
Key: | |
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Championship play-offs | |
Relegation 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
21 September 2009 |
Coventry Bees | 45 – 45+8 | Swindon Robins |
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Rory Schlein 11 | Leigh Adams 10 |
Brandon stadium, Brandon |
21 September 2009 |
Wolverhampton Wolves | 56+4 - 40 | Lakeside Hammers |
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Ty Proctor 12+4 | Jonas Davidsson 15 |
Leg 2
28 September 2009 |
Lakeside Hammers | 44 (84) - (106) 46 | Wolverhampton Wolves |
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Jonas Davidsson 13 | Adam Skornicki 12+2 |
Grand final
First leg
4 October 2009 19.30 |
Wolverhampton Wolves | 54 - 38 | Swindon Robins |
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Freddie Lindgren 14+1 | Matej Zagar 9+1 |
Second leg
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