2008 Swedish speedway season

The 2008 Swedish speedway season was the 2008 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden.[1]

2008 Swedish speedway season
Magnus Zetterström became the Swedish champion.
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Individual

The 2008 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held in Avesta on 8 August. Magnus Zetterström won the Swedish Championship.[2] The final was abandoned due to rain and the scores were taken after heat 16.[3]

PosRiderTeamPtsTotal
1Magnus ZetterströmIndianerna(3,3,1,3,2)10
2Jonas DavidssonSmederna(1,3,2,3,3)9
3Thomas H. JonassonVetlanda(2,2,3,2,2)9
4Mikael MaxPiraterna(2,3,3,0)8
5Peter KarlssonDackarna(2,1,2,3)8
6Sebastian AldénTeam Dalakraft(1,2,2,3)8
7Billy ForsbergVästervik(3,1,3,0)7
8Andreas JonssonDackarna(3,3,1,-,-)7
9Freddie LindgrenDackarna(1,2,3,1)7
10Peter LjungVetlanda(0,2,2,2)6
11Freddie ErikssonGriparna(2,1,0,2,0)5
12Antonio LindbäckVargarna(3,0,1,w,3)4
13Niklas KlingbergÖrnarna(1,0,0,2,1)3
14Magnus KarlssonValsarna(0,0,1,1)2
15Simon GustafssonIndianerna(0,0,0,1)1
16David RuudLejonen(0,1,0,0,1)1
17Linus Eklöf (res)Team Bikab(1)1
18Daniel Davidsson (res)Valsarna(0)0

Key

  • points per race - 3 for a heat win, 2 for 2nd, 1 for third, 0 for last

Ricky Kling won the U21 championship.[4][5]

Team

Lejonen won the Elitserien and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the first time in their history.[6][7][8][9]

Vargarna won the Allsvenskan after winning the play offs.[10]

Play offs

Allsvenskan
StageTeamTeamAgg Score
SFVargarnaÖrnarna114:78
SFValsarnaGriparna100:92
FinalVargarnaValsarna100:92

Division 1
PosTeamPts
1Team Dalakraft36
2Team Bikab26
3Njudungarna Vetlanda26
4Filbyterna22
5Stjarnorna Hallstavik18
6Pirates Motala14
7Vikingarna14
8Gnistora12
9Team Mariestad7
10Eldarna5

References