2010 Elite League speedway season

The 2010 Elite League speedway season was the 76th season of the top division of UK speedway and the 14th since its establishment in 1997.

Summary

The first fixtures of the season took place on 29 March and the season ended on 27 October. The Wolverhampton Wolves were the defending champions from 2009.
The negative side of playoffs was experienced during the 2010 season when Coventry Bees claimed the title. Coventry had finished in the fourth and final play off spot, 26 points behind regular season table winners Poole Pirates, who in turn had finished 20 points ahead of their nearest rivals racking up 78 points in total. Coventry went on to win their semi final and then defeat Poole in the final. Although Poole won the Knockout Cup there was a distinct feeling of an injustice. Poole's Australian contingent of Chris Holder, Darcy Ward, Davey Watt and Jason Doyle had been consistent all season except during the play off final and Coventry's Polish duo of Krzysztof Kasprzak and Przemysław Pawlicki both hit great form on the night.

League table

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 Points

Championship play-offs

Semi-finals
Leg 1
Leg 2
Grand final
First leg
Second leg
Coventry were declared Elite League Champions, on Aggregate 101-79.

Elite League Knockout Cup

The 2010 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 72nd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Poole Pirates were the winners of the competition.
First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
12/04	Wolverhampton	56-39	Ipswich
08/04	Ipswich	43-46	Wolverhampton

Quarter-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
10/06	Swindon	49-41	Peterborough
17/09	Peterborough	58-37	Swindon
05/07	Belle Vue	50-40	Poole
21/07	Poole	57-35	Belle Vue
19/07	Coventry	48-42	Wolverhampton
30/09	Wolverhampton	51-43	Coventry
23/09	Eastbourne	53-41	Lakeside
24/09	Lakeside	45-45	Eastbourne

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
13/10	Poole	58-36	Peterborough
11/10	Peterborough	43-50	Poole
11/10	Wolverhampton	44-46	Eastbourne
10/10	Eastbourne	63-29	Wolverhampton

Final

First leg
Second leg
The Poole Pirates were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 95-90.

Riders' Championship

Freddie Lindgren won the Riders' Championship. The final was held at East of England Arena on 16 October.

Pos.

Rider

Pts

Total

Final

Pairs

The Elite League Pairs Championship was held at the Foxhall Stadium on 4 September and was won by Coventry Bees.

Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Coventry	26	Kasprzak 14, Harris 12
2	Poole	23	Pedersen 12, Holder 11
3	Lakeside	22	Shields 12, Davidsson 10
4	Peterborough	20	Bjerre 10, Iversen 10
5	Swindon	18	Zengota 11, Korneliussen 7
6	Ipswich	17	King 9, Nicholls 8
7	Wolves	15	Klindt 12, Haines 3
8	Eastbourne	13	Kling 9, Woodward 4
9	Belle Vue	8	Wright J 6, Sitera 2

Semi finals

Eastbourne 7 Peterborough 2 - Harris, Kasprzak, Iversen, Bjerre
Poole 7 Lakeside 2 - Holder, Pedersen, Shields, Jacobs

Final

Coventry 5 Poole 4 - Kasprzak, Harris, Holder, Pedersen

Riders & final averages

Belle Vue

8.70
7.44
6.77
6.11
6.08
5.73
4.66
4.47
3.87
3.73
2.80

Coventry

9.02
8.80
7.25
7.08
7.00
6.56
6.29
6.11
4.39
3.65
3.38

Eastbourne

8.29
7.56
7.26
6.27
6.04
5.93
5.44
4.61
4.34

Ipswich

9.34
7.39
6.79
6.56
6.07
5.83
5.67
5.03
3.71
3.69
3.61
2.11

Lakeside

9.35
8.17
7.64
6.87
6.10
5.96
5.49
5.29
4.73
4.64

Peterborough

9.62
7.93
7.48
7.25
6.39
5.04
4.90
4.46
3.95
2.38

Poole

8.83
8.58
8.01
7.93
6.89
6.74
6.25

Swindon

9.90
8.21
6.81
6.62
6.52
5.91
4.39
3.86
3.55

Wolverhampton

10.23
7.54
6.91
6.89
6.72
6.52
5.30
5.26
3.55