The SGB Championship 2021 was the second tier division, called the
SGB Championship, of the British speedway championship in 2021.
Changes from the last edition of the Championship (held in 2019) were the addition of three teams and the loss of two teams. The 2019 Premiership club
Poole Pirates, were the biggest profile club to join the league after dropping down from the highest league. Also the
Kent Kings
The Kent Royals (formerly Kings) are a British speedway team formed in 2013. Through 2021 they competed in the SGB Championship but also run a junior team in the National League. They were based at Central Park Stadium in Sittingbourne, with ...
and
Plymouth Gladiators
The Plymouth Gladiators are a speedway team in the British SGB Championship. Under several names Plymouth have competed during various seasons from 1932. The club was reformed after a gap of thirty-six years in 2006 by former St Austell Gulls r ...
both joined the league from the
National Development League
The current National Development League formerly the National League was formed in 2009 as the third division of speedway in the United Kingdom, replacing the Conference League. It follows the same rules and regulations as the SGB Premiership ...
.
Sheffield Tigers left the league to move up to the highest division and
Somerset Rebels withdrew from the league altogether.
The league started on 21 May with twelve teams participating and race meetings were covered by
Eurosport
Eurosport is a group of pay television networks in Europe and parts of Asia. Owned by Warner Bros. Discovery through its international sports unit, it operates two main channels— Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2—across most of its territorie ...
. Poole Pirates finished top of the regular season table and secured a place in the play off semi finals. Poole duly won their play off semi final against Leicester and would meet Glasgow in the final. Glasgow, who had finished second in the table, defeated Edinburgh in the other semi final despite being eliminated from the Knockout Cup the week before by their Scottish rivals.
Poole became the champions after a 96–84 aggregate win over Glasgow in the play off final. They also sealed the double winning the division 2
Knockout Cup
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...
for the third time in their history.
Final Table
League scoring system
*Home loss by any number of points = 0
*Home draw = 1
*Home win by any number of points = 3
*Away loss by 7 points or more = 0
*Away loss by 6 points or less = 1
*Away draw = 2
*Away win by between 1 and 6 points = 3
*Away win by 7 points or more = 4
Play Offs
Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in
red
Final
First Leg
Second Leg
Knockout Cup
The 2021 SGB Championship Knockout Cup will be the 53rd edition of the
Knockout Cup
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...
for tier two teams.
Tournament
''HOME TEAM SCORES ARE IN BOLD
OVERALL AGGREGATE SCORES ARE IN
RED
TIE WINNERS ARE IN BOLD''
Final
First Leg
Second Leg
Teams and final averages
Berwick Bandits
* 7.36
* 7.12
* 6.92
* 6.59
* 6.49
* 6.47
* 4.50
Birmingham Brummies
* 8.75
* 8.19
* 7.62
* 6.35
* 6.30
* 6.00
* 4.18
Edinburgh Monarchs
* 9.95
* 8.94
* 8.83
* 6.35
* 4.18
* 5.09
* 3.89
* 1.83
* 1.25
* 0.67
Glasgow Tigers
* 9.44
* 8.71
* 8.24
* 8.18
* 7.11
* 6.88
* 6.82
* 6.32
* 5.02
* 3.71
Kent Kings
* 9.74
* 9.60
* 6.78
* 6.00
* 5.55
* 4.30
* 4.18
* 3.40
* 2.37
Leicester Lions
* 9.13
* 8.66
* 8.54
* 8.44
* 5.95
* 5.85
* 5.00
* 4.76
* 3.09
* 3.00
Newcastle Diamonds
* 7.46
* 6.59
* 6.09
* 6.07
* 6.00
* 5.81
* 1.60
* 0.46
* 0.00
Plymouth Gladiators
* 10.18
* 9.21
* 7.15
* 6.16
* 5.07
* 4.71
* 4.66
* 2.57
* 2.46
* 0.00
* 0.00
Poole Pirates
* 9.73
* 9.12
* 8.71
* 6.21
* 6.09
* 5.88
* 5.53
* 3.47
Redcar Bears
* 9.23
* 9.11
* 8.34
* 8.00
* 5.14
* 5.00
* 4.83
* 4.57
* 0.67
Scunthorpe Scorpions
* 8.00
* 7.83
* 7.57
* 6.77
* 6.71
* 6.49
* 6.46
* 4.49
Eastbourne Eagles (withdrew)
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See also
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List of United Kingdom speedway league champions
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Knockout Cup (speedway)
References
{{United Kingdom Speedway Seasons
SGB Championship
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