2000 Elite League speedway season

2000 Elite League speedway season
League	Sky Sports Elite League
Champions	Eastbourne Eagles
Knockout Cup	King's Lynn Knights
Craven Shield	Coventry Bees
Riders Championship	Ryan Sullivan
Highest average	Leigh Adams
Division/s below	Premier League; Conference League
	← 1999; 2001 →;

The 2000 Elite League speedway season was the 66th season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom. It was the fourth known as the Elite League and was governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).^[1]

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Home \ Away	BV	COV	EAS	IPS	KL	OX	PET	PP	WOL
Belle Vue Aces		52–38	37–53	44.5–45.5	44–46	40–50	47–43	40–50	41–49
Coventry Bees	52–38		50–40	45–45	48–42	55–34	52–26	40–50	45–44
Eastbourne Eagles	55–35	48–43		48–42	50–39	55–35	54–37	56–34	43–29
Ipswich Witches	52–38	47–43	47–43		45–45	52–38	50–40	51–40	53–37
King's Lynn Knights	62–28	56–34	49–41	47–43		49–40	51–42	53–37	49–41
Oxford Cheetahs	47–42	43–47	43–50	43–47	48–42		41–49	42–48	47–43
Peterborough Panthers	56.5–33.5	42–48	41–49	49–43	51–39	56–34		50–40	43–46
Poole Pirates	45–45	45–45	42–48	48–42	47–43	52–38	51–39		42–49
Wolverhampton Wolves	47–43	41–49	45–45	45–44	47–43	51–42	49–41	48–42

Home \ Away	BV	COV	EAS	IPS	KL	OX	PET	PP	WOL
Belle Vue Aces		50–39	37–52	52–38	43–47	n/a	50–43	39–51	45–45
Coventry Bees	57–33		38–52	42–47	48–42	47–43	47–43	46–44	41–49
Eastbourne Eagles	60–30	49–40		51–39	50–42	54–36	48–42	53–37	50–40
Ipswich Witches	57–33	47–45	58–32		34–58	47–43	50–40	45–45	53–37
King's Lynn Knights	60–30	56–34	58–32	47–43		53–37	47–43	49–41	58–32
Oxford Cheetahs	46–44	43–47	46–44	46–44	42–48		41–49	41–29	44–46
Peterborough Panthers	50–40	45–45	44–46	45–45	45–45	59–31		42–48	57–33
Poole Pirates	60–30	45–48	46–44	50–39	41–49	45–45	50–39		48–42
Wolverhampton Wolves	45–45	44–46	41–49	51–39	40–50	43–47	49–41	46–44

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
12/05	Oxford	45-45	Poole
10/05	Poole	47-43	Oxford

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
04/09	Belle Vue	40-44	Coventry
02/08	King's Lynn	52-38	Ipswich
09/06	Peterborough	52-38	Poole
26/06	Wolverhampton	51-39	Eastbourne
24/06	Eastbourne	44-46	Wolverhampton
27/05	Coventry	49-41	Belle Vue
25/05	Ipswich	48-42	King's Lynn
10/05	Poole	47-43	Peterborough

Season summary

Pos.	Rider	Pts	Total	SF	Final
1	Ryan Sullivan	1 3 3 3 2	12	x	3
2	Greg Hancock	3 3 2 2 2	12	x	2
3	Nicki Pedersen	2 3 0 3 1	9	3	1
4	Scott Nicholls	0 2 3 3 2	10	2	0
5	Chris Louis	0 1 2 3 3	9	1
6	Todd Wiltshire	3 3 0 2 1	9	0
7	Mark Loram	3 1 1 1 3	9
8	Jason Crump	2 2 0 2 3	9
9	Billy Hamill	2 2 3 2 0	9
10	Peter Karlsson	3 0 1 1 3	8
11	Paul Hurry	2 1 2 1 1	7
12	Sam Ermolenko	1 0 3 1 1	6
13	Leigh Adams	1 1 1 0 2	5
14	Shane Parker	1 0 2 0 0	3
15	David Norris	1 0 2 0 0	3
16	Matt Cambridge (res)	0 0 0	0
17	Carl Downs (res)	0	0