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SGB Premiership

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SGB Premiership
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event SGB Premiership 2024
SportSpeedway
Founded2017
First season2017
No. of teams7
CountryUnited Kingdom
Most recent
champion(s)
Sheffield Tigers
(2023)
Most titlesSwindon Robins (2)
TV partner(s)Eurosport[1]
Sponsor(s)Sports Insure
Domestic cup(s)SGB Premiership Knockout Cup
Official websitewww.speedwaygb.co.uk
Notes
Leagues Below
SGB Championship
SGB National Development League

The Speedway Great Britain (SGB) Premiership (sponsored by Sports Insure) is the top division of speedway league competition in the United Kingdom, governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB) in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA). It was introduced for 2017 following a restructuring of British speedway.[2]

Teams

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Current teams

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Former teams

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Champions

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Season Champions Second Third
2017 Swindon Robins Wolverhampton Wolves Belle Vue Aces / Poole Pirates
2018 Poole Pirates King's Lynn Stars Belle Vue Aces / Somerset Rebels
2019 Swindon Robins Ipswich Witches Poole Pirates / Wolverhampton Wolves
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
2021 Peterborough Panthers Belle Vue Aces Wolverhampton Wolves / Sheffield Tigers
2022 Belle Vue Aces Sheffield Tigers Ipswich Witches / Wolverhampton Wolves
2023 Sheffield Tigers Ipswich Witches Belle Vue Aces / Wolverhampton Wolves

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NEW TV DEAL FOR BRITISH SPEEDWAY". SpeedwayGB. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  2. ^ "British Speedway Gets Major Revamp", speedwaygb.co, 3 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016
  3. ^ "Official Statement". Speedway GB. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.