2001 Swedish speedway season explained

The 2001 Swedish speedway season was the 2001 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden.^{[1] [2]}

Individual

Individual Championship

The 2001 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held in Avesta on 1 September. Tony Rickardsson won the Swedish Championship for the sixth time.^{[3] [4] [5]}

width=25px	Pos	width=200px	Rider	width=180px	Team	width=100px	Pts	width=50px	Total
1	Tony Rickardsson	Masarna	(3,3,3,3,3)	15
2	Mikael Karlsson	Valsarna	(3,3,3,2,3)	14
3		Rospiggarna	(2,2,3,3,3)	13
4	Niklas Klingberg	Indianerna	(2,3,2,3,2)	12
5	Stefan Andersson	Team Svelux	(3,1,2,3,1)	10
6	Niklas Karlsson	Vargarna	(2,1,2,2,2)	9
7	Magnus Zetterström	Smederna	(2,0,1,2,3)	8
8	David Ruud	Lejonen	(0,3,0,2,2)	7
9	Peter Karlsson	Kaparna	(3,2,0,1,1)	7
10	Peter Nahlin	Smederna	(1,1,3,1,0)	6
11	Stefan Dannö	Valsarna	(1,2,1,1,1)	6
12	Peter I. Karlsson	Masarna	(1,0,2,0,2)	5
13	Niklas Aspgren	Masarna	(0,2,0,1,0)	3
14		Indianerna	(1,0,1,0,1)	3
15		Indianerna	(0,0,1,0,0)	1
16	Claes Ivarsson	Vetlanda	(0,1,0,0,d)	1

Key

• points per race - 3 for a heat win, 2 for 2nd, 1 for third, 0 for last
• +3 won race off, +2 2nd in race off, +1, 3rd in race off, +0 last in race off
• ef - engine failure
• t - tape touching excluded
• u - fell
• w - excluded

U21 Championship

See main article: Swedish Junior Speedway Championship. David Ruud won the U21 championship.^{[6] [7]}

Team

Team Championship

Rospiggarna won the Elitserien and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the third time. The Rospiggarna team included Greg Hancock, Ryan Sullivan and Andreas Jonsson.^[8] The 2001 season saw the introduction of play offs to determine the Elitserien champions.^{[9] [10]}

Örnarna won the Allsvenskan and Gasarna won the first division.^[11]

Elitserien
width=20	Pos	width=150	Team	width=30	Pts
1		37
2	Masarna	28
3		28
4		26
5		25
6		25
7		17
8		16
9		12
10		10

Allsvenskan
width=20	Pos	width=150	Team	width=30	Pts
1		24
2		22
3		20
4		12
5		6
6		6

Div 1
width=20	Pos	width=150	Team	width=30	Pts
1		20
2	Norbaggarna	14
3		12
4		6
5		4
6	Korparna	4

Play offs

Elitserien
width=20	Stage	width=100	Team	width=100	Team	width=100	Agg Score
SF	Masarna	Västervik	98:94
Final	Rospiggarna	Masarna	95:84

See also

• Speedway in Sweden

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swedish speedway season by season . Speedway.org . 22 March 2023.
2. Web site: Speedway riders, history and results . WWOS Backup . 22 March 2023.
3. Web site: Swedish Individual Championship . Speedway History . 22 March 2023.
4. Web site: 2001 Swedish Championship . Metal Speedway . 22 March 2023.
5. Web site: Tony Rickardsson . World Speedway Riders . 22 March 2023.
6. Web site: Swedish Speedway Junior Championship . Speedway History . 22 March 2023.
7. Web site: Individual Swedish Junior Championships . Speedway Fansite . 22 March 2023.
8. Web site: HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2015 . Speedway History . 22 March 2023.
9. Web site: Swedish Bauhaus Elite League . Speedway Fan Site . 22 March 2023.
10. Web site: Statistik . Elit Speedway Sverige . 22 March 2023.
11. Web site: 2001 season . Speedway.org . 22 March 2023.