- 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
- See also
- References
{{Infobox speedway league season
| competition = 2013 Sky Sports Elite League
| season = 2013
| winners = Poole Pirates
| promoted =
| relegated =
| domesticcup1 = EL Riders Championship
| domesticcup1 winners = {{flagicon|AUS}} Rory Schlein
| league above = 2013 Premier League
2013 National League
| prevseason = 2012
| nextseason = 2014
}}The 2013 Elite League (also known as the Sky Sports Elite League for sponsorship reasons) took place between March and October 2013.[1] SummaryThe Swindon Robins were the defending champions after winning in 2012.[2] Team LineupsBelle Vue Aces{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||SLO|Matej Zagar}}
- {{player||SWE|Magnus Zetterstrom}}
- {{player||POL|Artur Mroczka}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Craig Cook}}
- {{player||GER|Kevin Wolbert}}
- {{player||FIN|Kauko Nieminen}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||CZE|Aleš Dryml}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}Birmingham Brummies{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Chris Harris}}
- {{player||ENG|Danny King}}
- {{player||ENG|Ben Barker}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||AUS|Jason Doyle}}
- {{player||ENG|Josh Auty}}
- {{player||GER|Martin Smolinski}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||ITA|Nicolas Covatti}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}Coventry Bees{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||POL|Krzysztof Kasprzak}}
- {{player||ENG|Scott Nicholls}}
- {{player||POL|Grzegorz Zengota}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||AUS|Aaron Summers}}
- {{player||ENG|Adam Roynon}}
- {{player||POL|Mateusz Szczepaniak}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||POL|Michal Szczepaniak}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}Eastbourne Eagles{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||DEN|Bjarne Pedersen}}
- {{player||SWE|Simon Gustafsson}}
- {{player||AUS|Adam Shields}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||FIN|Timo Lahti}}
- {{player||AUS|Cameron Woodward}}
- {{player||CZE|Lukas Dryml}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||RUS|Denis Gizatullin}}
{{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||AUS|Rory Schlein}}
- {{player||DEN|Mads Korneliussen}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Simon Stead}}
- {{player||DEN|Nicolai Klindt}}
- {{player||SWE|Sebastian Alden}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||AUS|Kozza Smith}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}Lakeside Hammers{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||SWE|Peter Karlsson}}
- {{player||AUS|Davey Watt}}
- {{player||ENG|Lewis Bridger}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||POL|Piotr Swiderski}}
- {{player||SWE|Kim Nilsson}}
- {{player||ENG|Robert Mear}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Richard Lawson}}
{{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||DEN|Kenni Larsen}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||POL|Norbert Kosciuch}}
- {{player||USA|Ryan Fisher}}
- {{player||DEN|Patrick Hougaard}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||AUS|Dakota North}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}Poole Pirates{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||AUS|Darcy Ward}}
- {{player||AUS|Chris Holder}}
- {{player||POL|Maciej Janowski}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||POL|Robert Miskowiak}}
- {{player||POL|Dawid Stachyra}}
- {{player||AUS|Rohan Tungate}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Kyle Howarth}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}Swindon Robins{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||DEN|Hans N. Andersen}}
- {{player||AUS|Troy Batchelor}}
- {{player||DEN|Peter Kildemand}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Edward Kennett}}
- {{player||AUS|Nick Morris}}
- {{player||POL|Kacper Gomolski}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Ashley Birks}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}Wolverhampton Wolves{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Tai Woffinden}}
- {{player||SWE|Freddie Lindgren}}
- {{player||POL|Adam Skornicki}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||USA|Ricky Wells}}
- {{player||AUS|Ty Proctor}}
- {{player||AUS|Sam Masters}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||SWE|Jacob Thorssell}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}League table| Pos | Club | M | Home | Away | F | A | +/- | Pts | | 3W | 2W | D | L | 4W | 3W | D | 1L | L |
|---|
| 1 | Birmingham Brummies | 28 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1344 | 1218 | | 56 |
|---|
| 2 | Swindon Robins | 28 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1353 | 1216 | 54 | | 3 | Wolverhampton Wolves | 28 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1319 | 1232 | 51 |
|---|
| 4 | Poole Pirates | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1291 | 1236 | 46 |
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| 5 | Kings Lynn Stars | 28 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 1265 | 1273 | 43 |
|---|
| 6 | Lakeside Hammers | 28 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1257 | 1307 | 43 |
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| 7 | Peterborough Panthers | 28 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1293 | 1245 | 40 |
|---|
| 8 | Eastbourne Eagles | 28 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1240 | 1339 | 37 |
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| 9 | Belle Vue Aces* | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1204 | 1309 | 32 |
|---|
| 10 | Coventry Bees | 28 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1185 | 1376 | 30 |
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| Key: |
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| Championship play-offs | |
- Belle Vue were deducted 3 points after a Speedway Control Bureau hearing.
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 =23 September 2013
|time =
|team1 =Wolverhampton Wolves
|score =44 – 46
|team2 =Birmingham Brummies
|stadium =Monmore Green
}}{{footballbox
|date =23 September 2013
|time =
|team1 =Swindon Robins
|score =52 – 42
|team2 =Poole Pirates
|stadium =Abbey Stadium
}}Leg 2{{footballbox
|date =30 September 2013
|time =
|team1 =Birmingham Brummies
|score =55 – 38
|report =
|team2 =Wolverhampton Wolves
|stadium =Perry Barr Stadium
}}{{footballbox
|date =30 September 2013
|time =
|team1 =Poole Pirates
|score = 55 - 38
|report =
|team2 =Swindon Robins
|stadium =Poole Stadium
}}Grand finalFirst leg{{footballbox
|date =7 October 2013
|team1 =Poole Pirates
|score = 57 - 36
|report =
|team2 =Birmingham Brummies
|stadium =Poole Stadium
}}{{clear}}Second leg{{footballbox
|date = 15 October 2013
|team1 =Birmingham Brummies
|score = 43 (79) - 47 (104)
|report =
|team2 =Poole Pirates
|stadium =Perry Barr Stadium
}}The Poole Pirates were declared Elite League Champions, winning on aggregate 104-79. Leading averages[3]| Rider | Team | Average |
|---|
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Tai Woffinden | Wolverhampton | 9.20 | | {{flagicon|DEN}} Niels Kristian Iversen | Kings Lynn | 9.12 | | {{flagicon|AUS}} Darcy Ward | Poole | 9.07 | | {{flagicon|SWE}} Freddie Lindgren | Wolverhampton | 8.94 | | {{flagicon|USA}} Greg Hancock | Poole | 8.77 | | {{flagicon|SVN}} Matej Žagar | Belle Vue | 8.64 | | {{flagicon|DEN}} Kenneth Bjerre | Peterborough | 8.45 | | {{flagicon|DEN}} Hans Andersen | Swindon | 8.34 | | {{flagicon|DEN}} Peter Kildemand | Swindon | 8.25 | | {{flagicon|AUS}} Troy Batchelor | Swindon | 8.21 |
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/leaguetables2013.php|title=2013 league tables|publisher=Speedway GB}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwaygb.co/issues13/el13_final.pdf|title=Greensheet Averages|publisher=Speedway GB}}
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