Knockout Cup (speedway)

Knockout Cup (sometimes referred to as the KO Cup) is a type of British motorcycle speedway competition, examples of which have run annually since 1929.

Each tier of British Speedway has its own respective Knockout Cup. The current Knockout Cup competitions are the SGB Premiership Knockout Cup (tier one), the SGB Championship Knockout Cup (tier two) and the National League Knockout Cup (tier three).

The cups have been run in the past under the associated name of the League at the time. For example Elite League Knockout Cup when tier one was the Elite League, a Premier League Knockout Cup when tier two was the Premier League and so on.

Tier One

 * National Trophy 1931–1964
 * British League Knockout Cup 1965–1967
 * British League Division One Knockout Cup 1968–1974
 * British League Knockout Cup 1975–1994
 * Premier League Knockout Cup 1995–1996
 * Elite League Knockout Cup 1997–2012
 * not held, 2012–2016
 * SGB Premiership Knockout Cup 2017–2019
 * not held, 2020–2022
 * SGB Premiership Knockout Cup 2023

Tier Two

 * National Trophy (provincial final) 1936–1937
 * National Trophy (qualifying final) 1938–1956
 * Provincial League KO Cup 1960–1964
 * British League Division Two Knockout Cup 1968–1974
 * New National League Knockout Cup 1975–1976
 * National League Knockout Cup 1977–1990
 * British League Division Two Knockout Cup 1991–1994
 * Academy League Knockout Cup 1995
 * Conference League Knockout Cup 1996
 * Premier League Knockout Cup 1997–2016
 * SGB Championship Knockout Cup 2017–present

Tier Three

 * National Trophy (qualifying final) 1948–1952
 * Conference League Knockout Cup 1998–2008
 * National League Knockout Cup 2009–present

List of winners
Shared title*

Most Tier One Knockout Cups