- Summary
- Team Lineups Belle Vue Aces Birmingham Brummies Coventry Bees Eastbourne Eagles Kings Lynn Stars Lakeside Hammers Peterborough Panthers Poole Pirates Swindon Robins Wolverhampton Wolves
- League table
- Championship play-offs Semi-finals Leg 1 Leg 2 Grand final First leg Second leg
- Leading averages
- Elite League Knockout Cup Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
- See also
- References
{{Infobox speedway league season | competition = 2012 Sky Sports Elite League | season =2012 | winners = Swindon Robins | promoted = | relegated = | domesticcup1 =Knockout Cup | domesticcup1 winners = Poole Pirates | domesticcup2 = | domesticcup2 winners = | domesticcup3 =Riders Championship | domesticcup3 winners ={{flagicon|AUS}} Chris Holder | highest average ={{flagicon|AUS}} Chris Holder (9.57) | leagues below = 2012 Premier League 2012 National League | prevseason =2011 | nextseason =2013 }}The 2012 Elite League (also known as the Sky Sports Elite League for sponsorship reasons) took place between March and October 2012.[1] SummaryThe Poole Pirates were the defending champions after winning in 2011.[2] Team LineupsBelle Vue Aces{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||AUS|Rory Schlein}}
- {{player||DEN|Charlie Gjedde}}
- {{player||AUS|Adam Shields}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||DEN|Patrick Hougaard}}
- {{player||DEN|Claus Vissing}}
- {{player||ENG|Chris Shramm}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||SWE|Linus Eklof}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}Birmingham Brummies{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||DEN|Bjarne Pedersen}}
- {{player||POL|Sebastian Ulamek}}
- {{player||ENG|Ben Barker}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Danny King}}
- {{player||GER|Martin Smolinski}}
- {{player||ENG|Josh Auty}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Chris Mills}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}Coventry Bees{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Chris Harris}}
- {{player||ENG|Edward Kennett}}
- {{player||ENG|Scott Nicholls}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||DEN|Kenni Larsen}}
- {{player||ENG|Leigh Lanham}}
- {{player||DEN|Henning Bager}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Adam Roynon}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}Eastbourne Eagles{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||FIN|Joonas Kylmakorpi}}
- {{player||ENG|Lewis Bridger}}
- {{player||SWE|Simon Gustafsson}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||CZE|Lukas Dryml}}
- {{player||AUS|Cameron Woodward}}
- {{player||RUS|Denis Gizatullin}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||FIN|Timo Lahti}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}Kings Lynn Stars{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||DEN|Niels Kristian Iversen}}
- {{player||DEN|Mads Korneliussen}}
- {{player||SWE|Daniel Nermark}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||POL|Maciej Janowski}}
- {{player||GER|Kevin Wolbert}}
- {{player||ENG|David Howe}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||CZE|Filip Sitera}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}Lakeside Hammers{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||SWE|Peter Karlsson}}
- {{player||ENG|Lee Richardson}}
- {{player||AUS|Davey Watt}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Stuart Robson}}
- {{player||ENG|Robert Mear}}
- {{player||SWE|Kim Nilsson}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||AUS|Justin Sedgmen}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}Peterborough Panthers{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||DEN|Kenneth Bjerre}}
- {{player||SWE|Linus Sundstrom}}
- {{player||ENG|Oliver Allen}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||DEN|Lasse Bjerre}}
- {{player||DEN|Jesper B Monberg}}
- {{player||DEN|Michael Jepsen Jensen}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Richard Lawson}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}Poole Pirates{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||AUS|Chris Holder}}
- {{player||AUS|Darcy Ward}}
- {{player||POL|Adrian Miedzinski}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||SWE|Dennis Andersson}}
- {{player||AUS|Sam Masters}}
- {{player||SWE|Ricky Kling}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||AUS|Todd Kurtz}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}Swindon Robins{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||AUS|Troy Batchelor}}
- {{player||DEN|Hans N. Andersen}}
- {{player||ENG|Simon Stead}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||AUS|Jason Doyle}}
- {{player||AUS|Nick Morris}}
- {{player||DEN|Peter Kildemand}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||USA|Kenny Ingalls}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}Wolverhampton Wolves{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||SWE|Freddie Lindgren}}
- {{player||ENG|Tai Woffinden}}
- {{player||DEN|Nicolai Klindt}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||AUS|Ty Proctor}}
- {{player||SWE|Pontus Aspgren}}
- {{player||POL|Lukasz Sowka}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||USA|Ricky Wells}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}League tablePos | Club | M | Home | Away | F | A | +/- | Pts | 3W | 2W | D | L | 4W | 3W | D | 1L | L |
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1 | Poole Pirates | 28 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1355 | 1159 | | 72 |
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2 | Swindon Robins | 28 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1382 | 1173 | 70 | 3 | Birmingham Brummies | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1276 | 1276 | 44 |
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4 | Lakeside Hammers | 28 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1279 | 1290 | 44 |
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5 | Eastbourne Eagles | 28 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1265 | 1277 | 42 |
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6 | Peterborough Panthers | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1266 | 1287 | 42 |
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7 | Kings Lynn Stars | 28 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1278 | 1272 | 36 |
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8 | Coventry Bees | 28 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1217 | 1229 | 32 |
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9 | Wolverhampton Wolves | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1178 | 1286 | 31 |
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10 | Belle Vue Aces | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1072 | 1319 | 15 |
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Key: |
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Championship 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 PointsChampionship play-offsSemi-finalsLeg 1{{footballbox |date =24 September 2012 |time = |team1 =Lakeside Hammers |score =43 – 47 |team2 =Poole Pirates |stadium =Arena Essex Raceway }}{{footballbox |date =1 October 2012 |time = |team1 =Birmingham Brummies |score =35 – 55 |team2 =Swindon Robins |stadium =Perry Barr Stadium }}Leg 2{{footballbox |date =1 October 2012 |time = |team1 =Poole Pirates |score =61 – 30 |report = |team2 =Lakeside Hammers |stadium =Poole Stadium }}{{footballbox |date =4 October 2012 |time = |team1 =Swindon Robins |score = 55 - 37 |report = |team2 =Birmingham Brummies |stadium =Abbey Stadium }}Grand finalFirst leg{{footballbox |date =15 October 2012 |team1 =Swindon Robins |score = 51 - 44 |report = |team2 =Poole Pirates |stadium = Abbey Stadium }}{{clear}}Second leg{{footballbox |date = 22 October 2012 |team1 =Poole Pirates |score = 45 (89) - 44 (95) |report = |team2 =Swindon Robins |stadium =Poole Stadium }}The Swindon Robins were declared Elite League Champions, winning on aggregate 95-89. Leading averages[3]Rider | Team | Average |
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{{flagicon|AUS}} Darcy Ward | Poole | 9.76 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Chris Holder | Poole | 9.67 | {{flagicon|DEN}} Niels Kristian Iversen | Kings Lynn | 8.84 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Tai Woffinden | Wolverhampton | 8.80 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Freddie Lindgren | Wolverhampton | 8.68 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Peter Karlsson | Lakeside | 8.61 | {{flagicon|POL}} Krzysztof Kasprzak | Poole | 8.39 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Lee Richardson | Lakeside | 8.20 | {{flagicon|DEN}} Hans Andersen | Peterborough | 8.18 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Davey Watt | Lakeside | 8.06 |
Elite League Knockout CupThe 2012 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 74th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Poole Pirates were the winners of the competition for the third consecutive year.[4] The Knockout Cup was then suspended four four years until it was held again under the new name 2017 SGB Premiership Team KO Cup. Quarter FinalsDate | Team One | Score | Team Two |
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10/10 | Belle Vue | 35-42 | Birmingham | not staged | Birmingham | | Belle Vue | 02/06 | Lakeside | 38-49 | Coventry | 01/06 | Coventry | 52-41 | Lakeside | not staged | Swindon | | Peterborough | not staged | Peterborough | | Swindon | 30/05 | Poole | 50-43 | Wolverhampton | 21/05 | Wolverhampton | 39-54 | Poole |
Semi FinalsDate | Team One | Score | Team Two |
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25/10 | Peterborough | 50-43 | Poole | 24/10 | Poole | 51-39 | Peterborough | 18/10 | Birmingham | 45-45 | Coventry | 12/10 | Coventry | 51-45 | Birmingham |
FinalDate | Team One | Score | Team Two |
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26/10 | Coventry | 38-52 | Poole | 29/10 | Poole | 50-40 | Coventry |
See alsoList of United Kingdom Speedway League ChampionsReferences1. ^{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/p/compet.html|title=Historic league tables|publisher=Speedway Archive}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwaygb.co/history/leaguetables2012.php|title=2012 league tables|publisher=Speedway GB}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwaygb.co/issues12/el12_issue_27.pdf|title=Greensheet Averages|publisher=Speedway GB}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/08/elite-league-ko-cup-2012.html|title=2012 Elite League Knockout Cup|publisher=Speedway archive}}
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