SGB Premiership Knockout Cup
{{Short description|British sppedway competition}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2024}}
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| founded = 2017
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| champion =Ipswich Witches
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| formerly = Elite League Knockout Cup
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| divisions = (Div 2) Championship KO Cup
(Div 3) NDL KO Cup
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The SGB Premiership Knockout Cup is a speedway Knockout Cup competition in the United Kingdom for tier one teams.{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwaygb.co/news.php?extend.31552|title=MAJOR REVAMP FOR BRITISH SPEEDWAY|publisher=GB Speedway}} In 2019, the KO Cup was branded as the SGB Supporters Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/news.php?extend.36134|title=Premiership Supporters Cup details|publisher=Speedway GB|date=25 March 2019}}
The event was not held in 2020, 2021 or 2022.{{cite web |url=https://fimspeedway.com/news/new-competitions-in-britains-top-flight |title=NEW COMPETITIONS IN BRITAIN'S TOP FLIGHT |website=FIM |access-date=13 October 2022}}
History
It was renamed the SGB Premiership Knockout Cup in 2017, after formerly being called the Elite League Knockout Cup until 2012 and it was not held from 2013 to 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwaygbarchive.co.uk/kocup17 |title=2017 Knockout Cups |website=British Speedway Archives |access-date=13 October 2022}}
Past winners
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!width=200| Winners !width=200| Runners-up |
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| 2017
|Belle Vue Aces{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwaygb.co/kocup17l|title=2017 Knockout Cup results|publisher=GB Speedway}} |
| 2018
|Somerset Rebels{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/news.php?extend.35746%7|title=Rebels Win KO Cup|date=18 October 2018|publisher= Speedway GB}} |
| 2019
|Swindon Robins{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/news.php?extend.37508|title=Robins Win Supporters' Cup |date=20 September 2019|publisher= Speedway GB}} |
| 2020 ||colspan="2" | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021||colspan="2" |not held |
| 2022||colspan="2" |not held |
| 2023
|Ipswich Witches{{cite web |title=Ipswich Witches target league title following aggregate win in Knockout Cup final |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/speedway/66817672 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=16 October 2023 |date=15 September 2023}} |
| 2024 |
See also
- Knockout Cup (speedway) for full list of winners and competitions
References
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{{Speedway in the United Kingdom}}
{{United Kingdom Speedway Seasons}}
Category:Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom
Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2017