2005 Elite League speedway season

2005 Elite League speedway season
League	Sky Sports Elite League
Champions	Coventry Bees
Knockout Cup	Belle Vue Aces
Craven Shield	Oxford Silver Machine
Individual	Nicki Pedersen
Pairs	Swindon Robins
Highest average	Nicki Pedersen
Division/s below	Premier League; Conference League
	← 2004; 2006 →;

The 2005 Elite League speedway season was the 71st season of the top division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).^[1]^[2]^[3]

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Home \ Away	AE	BV	COV	EAS	IPS	OX	PET	PP	SWI	WOL
Arena Essex Hammers		43–47	42–51	43–47	57–39	41–49	48–42	61–30	53–42	52–41
Belle Vue Aces	63–30		49–41	49–41	50–43	63–28	58–38	55–37	40–32	53–42
Coventry Bees	53–40	38–53		52–41	47–49	51–43	44–51	47–43	54–40	55–39
Eastbourne Eagles	52–42	53–37	42–51		48–45	55–39	51–40	44–46	56–40	45–45
Ipswich Witches	53–41	48–41	51–42	41–50		56–38	45–45	44–49	55–40	51–44
Oxford Silver Machine	46–48	43–52	40–54	50–41	48–46		49–46	49–41	41–49	50–45
Peterborough Panthers	52–39	52–39	52–43	52–43	40–55	48–42		40–50	55–41	47–43
Poole Pirates	55–40	53–41	57–36	50–44	47–43	54–41	52–41		54–40	46–44
Swindon Robins	53–38	46–44	49–41	48–44	49–44	46–43	46–44	45–45		48–42
Wolverhampton Wolves	49–47	40–50	48–45	46–47	47–43	55–38	55–40	56–38	57–33

Home \ Away	AE	BV	COV	EAS	IPS	OX	PET	PP	SWI	WOL
Arena Essex Hammers		41–51	42–51	43–47	49–41	47–46	39–54	51–44	52–42	36–60
Belle Vue Aces	47–48		51–44	59–35	64–29	52–43	36–39	53–42	52–41	58–38
Coventry Bees	54–42	49–42		58–37	44–46	54–39	53–43	49–44	51–45	48–41
Eastbourne Eagles	56–37	46–43	43–46		58–38	57–35	48–42	46–40	55–39	49–41
Ipswich Witches	64–30	43–47	40–54	55–38		54–40	46–46	51–45	42–42	50–42
Oxford Silver Machine	49–41	41–54	42–52	49–41	45–47		43–47	46–44	51–42	47–43
Peterborough Panthers	61–32	48–42	48–42	62–31	50–43	52–30		48–42	53–43	51–39
Poole Pirates	52–38	53–41	46–47	50–40	44–46	46–44	44–46		50–40	52–43
Swindon Robins	58–35	53–39	47–43	44–46	52–41	54–38	47–43	53–39		48–42
Wolverhampton Wolves	63–31	39–51	38–55	49–41	59–34	45–45	55–41	54–42	53–40

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
21/04	Swindon	60-36	Poole
20/04	Poole	51-41	Swindon
07/04	Ipswich	55-40	Wolverhampton
04/04	Wolverhampton	37-53	Ipswich

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
15/06	Arena Essex	51-40	Ipswich
12/06	Swindon	55-39	Coventry
26/05	Ipswich	52-42	Arena Essex
21/05	Eastbourne	59-36	Peterborough
20/05	Coventry	51-41	Swindon
19/05	Oxford	49-41	Belle Vue
16/05	Belle Vue	59-35	Oxford
13/05	Peterborough	56-37	Eastbourne

Season summary

Pos.	Rider	Pts	Total	SF	Final
1	Nicki Pedersen	1 3 3 2 3	12	x	3
2	Scott Nicholls	0 3 3 2 2	10	2	2
3	Peter Karlsson	3 1 3 1 2	10	3	1
4	Bjarne Pedersen	3 1 2 3 3	12	x	0
5	Charlie Gjedde	3 1 1 3 3	11	1
6	Lee Richardson	2 0 3 2 3	10	0
7	Greg Hancock	2 3 2 0 2	9
8	Jason Crump	2 2 0 2 2	8
9	Krzysztof Kasprzak	0 3 1 3 1	8
10	Billy Hamill	3 2 0 - -	5
11	Mark Loram	2 2 0 1 0	5
12	Aleš Dryml Jr.	0 1 0 3 0	4
13	David Howe	1 2 0 0 1	4
14	Davey Watt	1 0 2 1 0	4
15	Freddie Lindgren	0 0 2 1 1	4
16	Simon Stead	1 0 1 0 1	3