2005 Elite League speedway season

The 2005 Elite League speedway season was the 71st season of the top division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).

Season summary
In 2005, the league consisted of ten teams, with the title being decided by a play-off between the top four.

Belle Vue Aces topped the regular season table and won the Knockout Cup. Their world champion rider Jason Crump was in superb form throughout the season. Fellow Australian Leigh Adams topped the league averages for Swindon for arguably the second consecutive season but it was Coventry Bees that experienced their first title success since the glory days of the late 1980s.

Coventry had finished bottom of the table during the previous season and with the exception of finishing runner-up in 2003 had been starved of success. The club made a change that proved instrumental, they brought in Scott Nicholls from Ipswich and supported by Andreas Jonsson and Chris Harris the team defeated Belle Vue in the Elite League Play off final.

Play-offs
Semi-final decided over one leg. Grand Final decided by aggregate scores over two legs.

Semi-finals

 * Belle Vue Aces 53-40 Eastbourne Eagles
 * Coventry Bees 55-41 Peterborough Panthers

Final
First leg

Second leg

The Coventry Bees were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate 101-83.

Elite League Knockout Cup
The 2005 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 67th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Belle Vue Aces were the winners of the competition.

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final
First leg

Second leg

The Belle Vue Aces were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 97-83.

Riders' Championship
Nicki Pedersen won the Riders' Championship. The final was held at Abbey Stadium on 28 August.

Pairs
The Elite League Pairs Championship was held at the East of England Arena on 27 March and was won by Swindon Robins for the second consecutive year.

Semi finals
 * Belle Vue 5 Arena Essex 4 - Rickardsson, Screen, Crump, Havelock
 * Swindon 7 Wolves 2 - Adams, Richardson, Max Howe

Final
 * Swindon 6 Belle Vue 3 - Adams, Crump, Richardson, Screen

Riders & final averages
Arena Essex


 * 🇸🇪 Tony Rickardsson 10.06
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Loram 8.14
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gary Havelock 6.43
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leigh Lanham 6.21
 * 🇵🇱 Roman Povazhny 6.05
 * 🇷🇺 Sergei Darkin 5.94
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Hurry 5.66
 * 🇵🇱 Adam Skórnicki 5.09
 * 🇺🇸 Josh Larsen 4.96
 * 🇵🇱 Piotr Świst 4.48
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Phil Morris 4.20

Belle Vue


 * 🇦🇺 Jason Crump 10.35
 * Kenneth Bjerre 7.87
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Screen 7.69
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Simon Stead 7.35
 * 🇦🇺 Jason Lyons 6.95
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Smith 6.36
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Wright	5.09
 * 🇦🇺 Rusty Harrison 4.43
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Masters 1.50
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Krister Marsh 1.43

Coventry


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Scott Nicholls 9.45
 * 🇸🇪 Andreas Jonsson 8.76
 * 🇫🇮 Joonas Kylmäkorpi 7.20
 * 🇵🇱 Sebastian Ułamek 7.20
 * 🇺🇸 Billy Janniro 6.79
 * 🇦🇺 Rory Schlein 6.43
 * Morten Risager 6.22
 * 🇨🇿 Tomáš Topinka 6.00
 * 🇸🇪 Daniel Davidsson 4.20

Eastbourne


 * Nicki Pedersen 10.30
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Norris 7.75
 * 🇦🇺 Davey Watt 7.22
 * 🇦🇺 Adam Shields 7.11
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dean Barker 6.45
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Oliver Allen 4.76
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andrew Moore 4.65
 * Steen Jensen 2.56

Ipswich


 * Hans N. Andersen 9.44
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Louis 8.43
 * 🇵🇱 Piotr Protasiewicz 7.91
 * 🇵🇱 Robert Miskowiak 6.99
 * 🇸🇪 Kim Jansson 5.91
 * 🇵🇱 Mariusz Puszakowski 5.27
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny King 3.82
 * 🇦🇺 Kevin Doolan 3.28
 * 🇵🇱 Karol Baran 3.16

Oxford


 * 🇺🇸 Greg Hancock 9.32
 * 🇺🇸 Billy Hamill 7.95
 * Niels Kristian Iversen 7.45
 * 🇦🇺 Travis McGowan 6.36
 * Jesper B. Jensen 6.24
 * 🇸🇪 Henka Gustaffson 6.22
 * 🇸🇪 Stefan Andersson 5.09
 * Tom P. Madsen 4.15
 * 🇵🇱 Tomasz Bajerski 4.00
 * 🇨🇿 Luboš Tomíček Jr. 3.06
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Mills 2.67
 * 🇩🇪 Tobias Kroner 1.28

Peterborough


 * 🇸🇪 Peter Karlsson 9.48
 * 🇨🇿 Aleš Dryml Jr. 8.19
 * Jesper B. Jensen 7.38
 * 🇫🇮 Joonas Kylmäkorpi 7.21
 * 🇨🇿 Lukáš Dryml 7.10
 * 🇺🇸 Sam Ermolenko 6.62
 * Henning Bager 6.05
 * 🇸🇪 Daniel Davidsson 2.95
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Lee 2.05

Poole


 * Bjarne Pedersen 9.27
 * 🇵🇱 Krzysztof Kasprzak 8.13
 * 🇦🇺 Ryan Sullivan 7.78
 * 🇸🇪 Antonio Lindbäck 7.38
 * 🇸🇮 Matej Ferjan 6.26
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Edward Kennett 5.28
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ricky Ashworth 4.35
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ray Morton 3.69
 * 🇸🇪 Tobias Johansson 2.13

Swindon


 * 🇦🇺 Leigh Adams 10.42
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Richardson 8.85
 * Charlie Gjedde 8.48
 * 🇸🇪 Jonas Davidsson 4.59
 * Mads Korneliussen 4.38
 * 🇫🇷 Sebastien Tresarrieu 4.10
 * 🇸🇪 Sebastian Aldén 3.93
 * 🇸🇪 Peter Ljung 3.89
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Oliver Allen 3.76
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tommy Allen 1.67

Wolverhampton


 * Mikael Max 8.82
 * 🇸🇪 Freddie Lindgren 7.44
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Howe 6.98
 * 🇦🇺 Steve Johnston 6.65
 * 🇺🇸 Ronnie Correy 6.36
 * 🇸🇪 Magnus Karlsson 5.61
 * 🇵🇱 Krzysztof Pecyna 5.23