2001 Elite League speedway season

In 2001, the league consisted of nine teams and operated on a standard format without play-offs.[3] Oxford Cheetahs won their first title since 1989. Leigh Adams was brought in from King's Lynn to lead the team that retained fellow Australian riders Todd Wiltshire and Steve Johnston, Czech brothers Lukáš Dryml and Aleš Dryml Jr. and Dane Brian Andersen. In a closely fought three way title battle they claimed the crown ahead of Poole and Coventry.[4] Poole were led by three times World Champion Tony Rickardsson who would claim his fourth Speedway World Championship during the season. Jason Crump was runner-up in the World Championship and topped the league averages for King's Lynn.[5]

_{Peterborough v Belle Vue and Belle Vue v Peterborough not held.}

The 2001 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 63rd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Peterborough Panthers were the winners of the competition.[6]

First round

Second round

Semi-finals

Final

First leg

Second leg

Peterborough Panthers were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 93-87.

Jason Crump won the Elite League Riders' Championship for the second time. The final was held at Owlerton Stadium on 20 September.[7]

Pos.	Rider	Pts	Total	SF	Final
1	Jason Crump	3 3 3 3 2	14	x	3
2	Scott Nicholls	3 1 3 2 3	12	x	2
3	Nicki Pedersen	1 3 2 3 2	11	3	1
4	Mikael Karlsson	2 2 2 3 2	11	2	0
5	Craig Boyce	0 1 3 2 3	9	1
6	Tony Rickardsson	3 3 2 1 0	9	0
7	Ryan Sullivan	3 1 1 1 3	9
8	Lee Richardson	2 3 2 2 0	9
9	Leigh Adams	1 2 1 1 3	8
10	Mark Loram	0 2 0 3 2	7
11	Sam Ermolenko	2 1 1 2 1	7
12	Jason Lyons	1 2 3 0 0	6
13	Dean Barker	2 0 0 1 1	4
14	Krzysztof Cegielski	1 0 1 0 1	3
15	Steve Johnston	0 0 0 0 0	0
16	David Norris	0 0 0	0
17	David Howe (res)	1	1
18	Paul Lee (res)	0	0

Belle Vue

Coventry

Eastbourne

Ipswich

King's Lynn

Oxford

Peterborough

Poole

Wolverhampton

• Speedway in the United Kingdom
• List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
• Knockout Cup (speedway)