2001 Swedish speedway season

The 2001 Swedish speedway season was the 2001 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden.^[1][2]

2001 Swedish speedway season
David Ruud was the 2001 junior champion
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Individual

Individual Championship

The 2001 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held in Avesta on 1 September. Tony Rickardsson won the Swedish Championship for the sixth time.^[3][4][5]

Pos	Rider	Team	Pts	Total
1	Tony Rickardsson	Masarna	(3,3,3,3,3)	15
2	Mikael Karlsson	Valsarna	(3,3,3,2,3)	14
3	Andreas Jonsson	Rospiggarna	(2,2,3,3,3)	13
4	Niklas Klingberg	Indianerna	(2,3,2,3,2)	12
5	Stefan Andersson	Team Svelux	(3,1,2,3,1)	10
6	Niklas Karlsson	Vargarna	(2,1,2,2,2)	9
7	Magnus Zetterström	Smederna	(2,0,1,2,3)	8
8	David Ruud	Lejonen	(0,3,0,2,2)	7
9	Peter Karlsson	Kaparna	(3,2,0,1,1)	7
10	Peter Nahlin	Smederna	(1,1,3,1,0)	6
11	Stefan Dannö	Valsarna	(1,2,1,1,1)	6
12	Peter I. Karlsson	Masarna	(1,0,2,0,2)	5
13	Niklas Aspgren	Masarna	(0,2,0,1,0)	3
14	Henrik Gustafsson	Indianerna	(1,0,1,0,1)	3
15	Patrick Dybeck	Indianerna	(0,0,1,0,0)	1
16	Claes Ivarsson	Vetlanda	(0,1,0,0,d)	1

Key

• points per race - 3 for a heat win, 2 for 2nd, 1 for third, 0 for last
• +3 won race off, +2 2nd in race off, +1, 3rd in race off, +0 last in race off
• ef - engine failure
• t - tape touching excluded
• u - fell
• w - excluded

U21 Championship

Main article: Swedish Junior Speedway Championship

David Ruud won the U21 championship.^[6][7]

Team

Team Championship

Rospiggarna won the Elitserien and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the third time. The Rospiggarna team included Greg Hancock, Ryan Sullivan and Andreas Jonsson.^[8] The 2001 season saw the introduction of play offs to determine the Elitserien champions.^[9][10]

Örnarna won the Allsvenskan and Gasarna won the first division.^[11]

Elitserien Pos Team Pts 1 Rospiggarna 37 2 Masarna 28 3 Västervik 28 4 Valsarna 26 5 Smederna 25 6 Team Svelux 25 7 Vargarna 17 8 Indianerna 16 9 Kaparna 12 10 Bysarna 10

Allsvenskan Pos Team Pts 1 Örnarna 24 2 Lejonen 22 3 Vetlanda 20 4 Piraterna 12 5 Nässjö 6 6 Karlstad 6

Div 1 Pos Team Pts 1 Gasarna 20 2 Norbaggarna 14 3 Team Viking 12 4 Eldarna 6 5 Getingarna 4 6 Korparna 4

Play offs

Elitserien Stage Team Team Agg Score SF Masarna Västervik 98:94 Final Rospiggarna Masarna 95:84

See also

• Speedway in Sweden