National League Knockout Cup

National League Knockout Cup
Sportmotorcycle speedway
Founded1995
Divisions(Div 1) Premiership KO Cup
(Div 2) Championship KO Cup
CountryUnited Kingdom

The National League Knockout Cup is a motorcycle speedway third tier Knockout Cup competition in the United Kingdom.[1]

The competition was previously known as the Academy League Knockout Cup (1995) and the Conference League Knockout Cup (1996-2008) until it changed name to the National League Knockout Cup.[2]

The 2020 and 2021 editions of the Cup were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Winners

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Year Winners Runners-up
Academy League Knockout Cup
1995 Berwick Bandits Stoke Potters
Conference League Knockout Cup
1996 Linlithgow Lightning Mildenhall Fen Tigers
1998 St Austell Gulls Mildenhall Fen Tigers
1999 St Austell Gulls Newport Mavericks
2000 Boston Barracudas Rye House Rockets
2001 Somerset Rebels Rye House Rockets
2002 Buxton Hitmen Rye House Raiders
2003 Mildenhall Fen Tigers Rye House Raiders
2004 Mildenhall Fen Tigers Boston Barracuda-Braves
2005 Weymouth Wildcats Mildenhall Fen Tigers
2006 Scunthorpe Scorpions Plymouth Devils
2007 Scunthorpe Scorpions Plymouth Devils
2008 Plymouth Devils Boston Barracuda-Braves
National League Knockout Cup
2009 Bournemouth Buccaneers Buxton Hitmen
2010 Buxton Hitmen King's Lynn Young Stars
2011 Mildenhall Fen Tigers Stoke Potters
2012 Mildenhall Fen Tigers Dudley Heathens
2013 Dudley Heathens Isle of Wight Islanders
2014 Cradley Heathens King's Lynn Young Stars
2015 Eastbourne Eagles Cradley Heathens
2016 Eastbourne Eagles Birmingham Brummies
2017 Eastbourne Eagles[4] Mildenhall Fen Tigers
2018 Eastbourne Eagles Mildenhall Fen Tigers
National Development League Knockout Cup
2019 Leicester Lion Cubs Belle Vue Colts
2020 cancelled due to COVID-19
2021 not held[5]
2022 Leicester Lion Cubs Mildenhall Fen Tigers
2023 Mildenhall Fen Tigers Leicester Lion Cubs

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "History Archive". GB Speedway.
  2. ^ "Speedway Archives". Edinburgh Speedway.
  3. ^ "NDL changes explained". Speedway GB. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  4. ^ "2017 Knockout Cup results". GB Speedway.
  5. ^ "NDL changes explained". Speedway GB. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
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