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Elitserien (speedway)
Encyclopedia
Elitserien is the highest league in the league system of speedway
in Sweden
and currently comprises the top 9 Swedish speedway teams. The first season began in 1982
. Before that Allsvenskan was the highest division.
From the 2010 season a riders initial match average is equal to the Calculated Match Average
of the last season the rider competed in the Swedish league system. Before 2010 the last consecutive match average was used.
The first initial match average for a Swedish rider that has not yet competed in the Swedish league system is 2,00. Foreign riders that has not yet competed for a Swedish team get a first initial match average equal to the rider's last official home league average, bonus points excluded. Since some foreign leagues are not of the same quality as the Swedish leagues the initial match averages for foreign riders are modified by multiplying it to a factor according to the table below. However, a foreign rider cannot be awarded a first initial match average below 5,00.
At the start of the season the consecutive match average is equal to the initial match average. The consecutive match average is calculated according to the following formula
Where:
N is the New consecutive match average
C is the Current consecutive match average
M is the total number of league rounds
I is the first consecutive match average of the season. i.e. the Initial match average
p is the total points in the latest match
h is the number of heats the rider participated in in the latest match
The new consecutive match average is rounded down to two decimals.
Example:
A rider has a current consecutive match average (C) on 8,11 and an initial match average (I) on 7,76. In the following match he rides 5 heats (h) scoring 14 points (p). The number of rounds in his league (M) is 12. This leaves the rider with a new consecutive match average on 8,39
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. Before that Allsvenskan was the highest division.
2012 clubs
| Club | Town | First season | No. of seasons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dackarna Dackarna Dackarna is a speedway club from Målilla in Sweden who compete in the Swedish Elitserien. Their home track is at the G&B Stadium which has been used as the venue for the Grand Prix of Scandinavia since 2005.-History:... |
Målilla Målilla Målilla is a locality situated in Hultsfred Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 1,605 inhabitants in 2005.It is more commonly known as the temperature capital of Sweden due to the frequent records, both high and low, being set there. A Swedish record high temperature of +38°C was set on June... |
1987 | 17 |
| Elit Vetlanda Speedway | Vetlanda Vetlanda Vetlanda is a locality and the seat of Vetlanda Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 12,691 inhabitants in 2005.-History:Vetlanda was still nothing more than a village for several centuries. With the 1840s population boom in Småland, and the industrial revolution winning grounds in Sweden,... |
1982 | 25 |
| Indianerna Indianerna Indianerna is a motorcycle speedway team from Kumla, Sweden. The club's official name is Kumla MSK and it was founded in 1936 which makes the club one of the oldest motorsport clubs in Sweden. Indianerna was one of the seven teams that competed in Swedens first speedway league in 1948... |
Kumla Kumla Kumla is a locality and the seat of Kumla Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with 20 456 inhabitants in 2010.-History:Traditionally Kumla was known as a shoemaker town with a history back to the first half of the 19th century.... |
1982 | 28 |
| Piraterna | Motala Motala Motala is a locality and the seat of Motala Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 29,798 inhabitants in 2005. It is the third largest city of Östergötland, following Linköping and Norrköping... |
2004 | 7 |
| Hammarby Speedway | Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area... |
2007 | 5 |
| Valsarna | Hagfors Hagfors Hagfors is a locality and the seat of Hagfors Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 5,403 inhabitants in 2005.Its history is traced to 1873, when it was decided to build two blast furnaces at the location.... |
1994 | 11 |
| Vargarna | Norrköping Norrköping Norrköping is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County. The city has a population of 87,247 inhabitants in 2010, out of a municipal total of 130,050, making it Sweden's tenth largest city and eighth largest... |
1984 | 17 |
| Västervik Speedway Västervik Speedway Västervik Speedway are a motorcycle speedway team from Västervik in Sweden. Västervik were established in 1966 and have raced in the Elitserien, the top league division of Swedish speedway, since 1991. They were Elitserien Champions in 2005 and in 2007 they finished runners-up to Dackarna. The team... |
Västervik Västervik Västervik is a city and the seat of Västervik Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 20,694 inhabitants in 2005.- History :Västervik was first mentioned in 1275. The town was then located at the current location of Gamleby. In 1433 Eric of Pomerania decided to give it a charter and move it to its... |
1991 | 19 |
History
From the start of Swedish league speedway in 1948 until 1981 the highest speedway league in Sweden was Division 1, in those days commonly known as Allsvenskan. But in 1982 Elitserien was formed, consisting of only six teams where the top four teams qualified for the play offs. Getingarna became the first winners after defeating Njudungarna in the finals. The league size was increased to seven teams in 1983 and to eight teams in 1984, a league size that was maintained until the 1996 season when the league expanded to nine teams and then to ten teams the following season. In 1986 the play offs lost its championship status and instead the winner of the league became Swedish champions. However, in 2000, play offs was reintroduced as a championship final.Rules
A season consists of 18 rounds where all teams meet twice, once home and once away. Scoring 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss. 1 additional bonus point is awarded the team with the highest rider points aggregate from home and away matches against each team. The six first teams in the league after 18 rounds qualify for the play offs.Play offs
The play offs decides the winner of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship. It is run in three rounds; quarter finals, semi finals and final. The first six teams of the main series are split into two quarter final groups with three teams each. The two best teams in the quarter final groups qualifies for the semi finals. In the semi finals and the final the teams meet once home and once away. The team with the highest rider points aggregate after two matches goes through to the next round.Squads
Each team has a squad of nine riders with an initial match average above 2,00 and an unlimited number of riders with an initial match average of 2,00. In addition most teams has a farm club agreement with a team in another league which makes it possible to farm Swedish riders with an Elitserien initial match average less than or equal to 6,00. A team can use a maximum of two riders from the farm club in each match.Team selection
To each match a team has to select seven riders from its squad. The selected team must include at least one Swedish junior rider (under 21). The total initial match average of the team must not exceed 42,00 and not be lower than 35,00. The two riders with the lowest consecutive match average must be placed as reserves in jackets number 6 and 7. An additional reserve can be added to the team in jacket number 8 if the rider is a Swedish junior rider and has a lower consecutive match average than all other riders in the team. The 8th rider has no scheduled rides.Initial match average
In the beginning of each season, each rider in the league is provided an initial match average by the Swedish motorcycle sports association, Svemo. This average remains unchanged throughout the season and is used for team selection.Calculation of initial match averages
From the 2010 season a riders initial match average is equal to the Calculated Match Average
Calculated Match Average
Calculated Match Averages are calculated for every motorcycle speedway rider.The CMA is calculated from the following:\left \times4...
of the last season the rider competed in the Swedish league system. Before 2010 the last consecutive match average was used.
The first initial match average for a Swedish rider that has not yet competed in the Swedish league system is 2,00. Foreign riders that has not yet competed for a Swedish team get a first initial match average equal to the rider's last official home league average, bonus points excluded. Since some foreign leagues are not of the same quality as the Swedish leagues the initial match averages for foreign riders are modified by multiplying it to a factor according to the table below. However, a foreign rider cannot be awarded a first initial match average below 5,00.
| Factor | League |
|---|---|
| 1,0 | British Elite League Speedway Elite League The Elite League is the top division of Speedway league competition in the United Kingdom and is governed by the Speedway Control Bureau , in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association . It is sponsored by Sky Sports... , Polish Ekstra League Speedway Ekstraliga The Speedway Ekstraliga is the top division of speedway in Poland. It has been called the "richest and most popular speedway league in the world" and attracts riders from all over the world... |
| 0,7 | Polish Division 1, Danish Super League Danish Speedway League The Danish Speedway League is the top division of motorcycle speedway in Denmark.- 2008 season :The 2008 season was won by Slangerup; they beat Esbjerg and Holsted.- 2009 season :- See also :* Sports in Denmark... , Czech Elite League |
| 0,6 | British Premier League Speedway Premier League The Premier League is the second division of Speedway in the United Kingdom and goverened by the Speedway Control Board , in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association . The Premier League was founded in 1995 when it replaced the British League as the first division... |
| 0,5 | Polish Division 2, German Bundesliga, Czech Division 1 |
| 0,4 | All other leagues |
Consecutive match average
A rider's consecutive match average is calculated after each match and is used to determine which riders that are allowed to race as reserves in a match. The last consecutive match average of the season becomes the initial match average for the next season.Calculation of consecutive match average
At the start of the season the consecutive match average is equal to the initial match average. The consecutive match average is calculated according to the following formula
Where:
N is the New consecutive match average
C is the Current consecutive match average
M is the total number of league rounds
I is the first consecutive match average of the season. i.e. the Initial match average
p is the total points in the latest match
h is the number of heats the rider participated in in the latest match
The new consecutive match average is rounded down to two decimals.
Example:
A rider has a current consecutive match average (C) on 8,11 and an initial match average (I) on 7,76. In the following match he rides 5 heats (h) scoring 14 points (p). The number of rounds in his league (M) is 12. This leaves the rider with a new consecutive match average on 8,39
League winners
Swedish championship status in 1986 to 1999- 1982 - Getingarna
- 1983 - Njudungarna
- 1984 - Njudungarna
- 1985 - Getingarna
- 1986 - Vetlanda Speedway
- 1987 - Vetlanda Speedway
- 1988 - Bysarna
- 1989 - Stockholm United
- 1990 - IndianernaIndianernaIndianerna is a motorcycle speedway team from Kumla, Sweden. The club's official name is Kumla MSK and it was founded in 1936 which makes the club one of the oldest motorsport clubs in Sweden. Indianerna was one of the seven teams that competed in Swedens first speedway league in 1948...
- 1991 - IndianernaIndianernaIndianerna is a motorcycle speedway team from Kumla, Sweden. The club's official name is Kumla MSK and it was founded in 1936 which makes the club one of the oldest motorsport clubs in Sweden. Indianerna was one of the seven teams that competed in Swedens first speedway league in 1948...
- 1992 - Örnarna
- 1993 - Örnarna
- 1994 - Örnarna
- 1995 - RospiggarnaRospiggarna- History :The club was founded in 1930 and were named Orion, although it did not compete in the Swedish speedway leagues until 1966. The club joined the Swedish Division Three in 1966 and the team name was changed to Stjärnorna . In 1978 the name was changed again to Rospiggarna which is a...
- 1996 - Örnarna
- 1997 - RospiggarnaRospiggarna- History :The club was founded in 1930 and were named Orion, although it did not compete in the Swedish speedway leagues until 1966. The club joined the Swedish Division Three in 1966 and the team name was changed to Stjärnorna . In 1978 the name was changed again to Rospiggarna which is a...
- 1998 - Valsarna
- 1999 - Valsarna
- 2000 - MasarnaMasarnaMasarnaAvesta is a defunct motorcycle speedway club from Avesta, Sweden. They were the Swedish Elite League champions in 2000 and 2004.-History:...
- 2001 - RospiggarnaRospiggarna- History :The club was founded in 1930 and were named Orion, although it did not compete in the Swedish speedway leagues until 1966. The club joined the Swedish Division Three in 1966 and the team name was changed to Stjärnorna . In 1978 the name was changed again to Rospiggarna which is a...
- 2002 - RospiggarnaRospiggarna- History :The club was founded in 1930 and were named Orion, although it did not compete in the Swedish speedway leagues until 1966. The club joined the Swedish Division Three in 1966 and the team name was changed to Stjärnorna . In 1978 the name was changed again to Rospiggarna which is a...
- 2003 - Smederna
- 2004 - VMS Elit
- 2005 - VästervikVästervik SpeedwayVästervik Speedway are a motorcycle speedway team from Västervik in Sweden. Västervik were established in 1966 and have raced in the Elitserien, the top league division of Swedish speedway, since 1991. They were Elitserien Champions in 2005 and in 2007 they finished runners-up to Dackarna. The team...
- 2006 - VMS Elit
- 2007 - VästervikVästervik SpeedwayVästervik Speedway are a motorcycle speedway team from Västervik in Sweden. Västervik were established in 1966 and have raced in the Elitserien, the top league division of Swedish speedway, since 1991. They were Elitserien Champions in 2005 and in 2007 they finished runners-up to Dackarna. The team...
- 2008 - LejonenLejonenLejonen is a speedway club from Gislaved in Sweden who compete in the Swedish Elitserien. Their home track is at the Axelent Arena which is Sweden's oldest track still in use.-History:...
- 2009 - Elit Vetlanda
- 2010 - DackarnaDackarnaDackarna is a speedway club from Målilla in Sweden who compete in the Swedish Elitserien. Their home track is at the G&B Stadium which has been used as the venue for the Grand Prix of Scandinavia since 2005.-History:...
- 2011 - IndianernaIndianernaIndianerna is a motorcycle speedway team from Kumla, Sweden. The club's official name is Kumla MSK and it was founded in 1936 which makes the club one of the oldest motorsport clubs in Sweden. Indianerna was one of the seven teams that competed in Swedens first speedway league in 1948...
Play off winners
Swedish championship status in 1982 to 1985 and 2000 to 2010- 1982 - Getingarna
- 1983 - Getingarna
- 1984 - Kaparna
- 1985 - Getingarna
- 1986 - Getingarna
- 1987 - Örnarna
- 1988 - Bysarna
- 1989 - IndianernaIndianernaIndianerna is a motorcycle speedway team from Kumla, Sweden. The club's official name is Kumla MSK and it was founded in 1936 which makes the club one of the oldest motorsport clubs in Sweden. Indianerna was one of the seven teams that competed in Swedens first speedway league in 1948...
- 1990 - IndianernaIndianernaIndianerna is a motorcycle speedway team from Kumla, Sweden. The club's official name is Kumla MSK and it was founded in 1936 which makes the club one of the oldest motorsport clubs in Sweden. Indianerna was one of the seven teams that competed in Swedens first speedway league in 1948...
- 1991 - Getingarna
- 1992 - Örnarna
- 2000 - MasarnaMasarnaMasarnaAvesta is a defunct motorcycle speedway club from Avesta, Sweden. They were the Swedish Elite League champions in 2000 and 2004.-History:...
- 2001 - RospiggarnaRospiggarna- History :The club was founded in 1930 and were named Orion, although it did not compete in the Swedish speedway leagues until 1966. The club joined the Swedish Division Three in 1966 and the team name was changed to Stjärnorna . In 1978 the name was changed again to Rospiggarna which is a...
- 2002 - RospiggarnaRospiggarna- History :The club was founded in 1930 and were named Orion, although it did not compete in the Swedish speedway leagues until 1966. The club joined the Swedish Division Three in 1966 and the team name was changed to Stjärnorna . In 1978 the name was changed again to Rospiggarna which is a...
- 2003 - Kaparna
- 2004 - VMS Elit
- 2005 - Västervik SpeedwayVästervik SpeedwayVästervik Speedway are a motorcycle speedway team from Västervik in Sweden. Västervik were established in 1966 and have raced in the Elitserien, the top league division of Swedish speedway, since 1991. They were Elitserien Champions in 2005 and in 2007 they finished runners-up to Dackarna. The team...
- 2006 - VMS Elit
- 2007 - DackarnaDackarnaDackarna is a speedway club from Målilla in Sweden who compete in the Swedish Elitserien. Their home track is at the G&B Stadium which has been used as the venue for the Grand Prix of Scandinavia since 2005.-History:...
- 2008 - LejonenLejonenLejonen is a speedway club from Gislaved in Sweden who compete in the Swedish Elitserien. Their home track is at the Axelent Arena which is Sweden's oldest track still in use.-History:...
- 2009 - LejonenLejonenLejonen is a speedway club from Gislaved in Sweden who compete in the Swedish Elitserien. Their home track is at the Axelent Arena which is Sweden's oldest track still in use.-History:...
- 2010 - Elit Vetlanda
- 2011 - Piraterna