Ghostwalker

I am not sure but I do think I read that many foreign riders wouldn't be able available until round 5 so there might be some changes during the season.

Now changed to SEC.

Swedish final.

It was posted on social media by a newspaper and so far I haven't seen it officially published.

SM final start list. https://www.svemo.se/Nyheter/Speedway/SM-finaliSpeedway2020 It will be shown live on " C More Sportkanalen" and on C-more play, but I don't know if it will be available anywhere for viewers outside Sweden. The final is held at Målilla on Thursday next week. 1. Jonathan Grahn, Kumla MSK 2. Alexander Woentin, Vetlanda MS 3. Philip Hellström-Bängs, Masarna SK 4. Peter Ljung, Vetlanda MS 5. Daniel Henderson, Smederna SF 6. Viktor Palovaara, Vetlanda MS 7. Joel Kling, Målilla MK 8. Oliver Berntzon, Målilla MK 9. Ludvig Lindgren, Kumla MSK 10. Pontus Aspgren, Smederna SF 11. Jacob Thorssell, Målilla MK 12. Kim Nilsson, Masarna SK 13. Linus Sundström, Westerviks MSK 14. Joel Andersson, Kumla MSK 15. Filip Hjelmland, Vetlanda MS 16. Mathias Thörnblom, Gislaveds MK Track reserves: 17. Maksymilian Bogdanowicz, Gislaveds MK 18. John Lindman, Westerviks MSK Reserves which will be called in if needed: 1. Christoffer Selvin, Kumla MSK 2. Henrik Bergström, SMK Motala SK 3. Linus Eklöf, Smederna SF 4. Johan Jensen, Vetlanda MS *edit This thread has now reached 1800 replies and over 200 000 views.

Final results Top 8 to the big final. Bogdanowicz first track reserve. Re-run for second track reserve between Lindman, Eklöf, Selvin and Bergström. Eklöf has apparently left the track already. Lindman dives under Bergström on lap 3 and Bergström drifts out and fall. Heat frozen and Lindman will be second track reserve in the big final in Målilla on 23 July. https://ta.svemo.se/Public/Pages/Competition/IndividualDrivingSchedule/CompetitionLiveResult.aspx?Branch=Speedway&Columns=CompetitionInfo,Branch,Name,Arena,FromDateShort&Datefilter=Today&pagesize=6&CompetitionId=11826&ShowAll=true&SortByResults=true

After round 4

After three rounds:

Points after 2 rounds:

Dual citizenship. He represented Sweden in FIM Youth gold trophy in 2013.

Starts in about 6 minutes and weather is looking very good.

Pontus Aspgren will be riding for Indianerna during 2020.

Svemo published two decision protocols (nr 3 and 4 for this year) with some info/confirmation about rule changes/other changes: Only 4 teams in Allsvenskan, Smederna skips Elitserien this season but their Allsvenskan team so that there will be 4 teams in Allsvenskan. ESS have decided to break the agreement with Svemo about providing 3 teams for Allsvenskan. 6 men teams, heat schedule with fixed gates/start positions. No floor average for 2020. 2020 season entry averages will be frozen which means that the averages will change as normal during the season (to determine reserves R/R and such) but will be reverted after the season to what they are now. 7 transfer cards that teams can used before/during the season until that team has completed 75 percent of it's meetings. Every rider is restricted to two complete wheels (4 sides) per meeting. https://www.svemo.se/globalassets/svemo-forbundet/dokumentcenter/protokoll/speedway/2020/beslutsprotokoll_3_track-racing_2020_gallande-elitserien-2020-med-anledning-av-corona-pandemin.pdf https://www.svemo.se/globalassets/svemo-forbundet/dokumentcenter/protokoll/speedway/2020/beslutsprotokoll_4_track-racing_2020.pdf

Vargarna announced today that they pull out of Division to focus on Allsvenskan. Without spectators it would be too costly to have both teams going. https://vargarnaspeedway.se/uncategorized/vargarna-drar-sig-ur-div-1/

The qualifications for the individual championship is held at Avesta on Tuesday. It will be broadcasted live as pay per view (99 SEK) on the link below: https://embed.staylive.tv/livestream/28091?fbclid=IwAR0EqWvgr-UjbWbO61wgA2MIZgNBDhTym287IISMBD8JM-hLtPnehX3WJhw

No not yet, but i know @Gambo is working on it.

All 8 teams. It will be team 1 vs. team 8, teams 2 vs. team 7, team 3 vs. team 6 and team 4 vs. team 5. Rond 1 - 11 augusti Lejonen - Masarna Vetlanda Speedway - Dackarna Kumla Indianerna - Rospiggarna Piraterna - Västervik Rond 2 - 13 augusti Västervik - Lejonen Dackarna - Piraterna Rospiggarna - Vetlanda Speedway Masarna - Kumla Indianerna Rond 3 - 18 augusti Lejonen - Rospiggarna Dackarna - Kumla Indianerna Piraterna - Masarna Västervik - Vetlanda Speedway Rond 4 - 20 augusti Vetlanda Speedway - Piraterna Masarna - Dackarna Kumla Indianerna - Lejonen Rospiggarna - Västervik Rond 5 - 25 augusti Dackarna - Lejonen Masarna- Vetlanda Speedway Piraterna - Rospiggarna Kumla Indianerna - Västervik Reservdag - 27 augusti Rond 6 - 1 september Lejonen - Piraterna Vetlanda Speedway - Kumla Indianerna Västervik - Masarna Rospiggarna - Dackarna Rond 7 - 8 september Dackarna - Västervik Lejonen - Vetlanda Speedway Piraterna - Kumla Indianerna Masarna - Rospiggarna Rond 8 - 15 september Västervik - Dackarna Vetlanda Speedway - Lejonen Kumla Indianerna - Piraterna Rospiggarna - Masarna Reservdag - 17 september Slutspel Kvartsfinal, vecka 39 - 22,23,24 september Lag 8 - Lag 1 (Match 1) Lag 5 - Lag 4 (Match 2) Lag 7 - Lag 2 (Match 3) Lag 6 - Lag 3 (Match 4) Semifinal, vecka 40 - 29,30 september Segrare i match 1 och 2 Segrare i match 3 och 4 Final, vecka 41 - 6,7,8 oktober https://www.lejonen.se/artikel/ki44akc0z-305gd/11-augusti-borjar-bauhaus-ligan

With a normal hear schedule Heat 9 and 10 have one reserve from each team. You are also correct that there is no dedicated nr 1 but that teams can choose freely how to place their 5 best riders. Reserves can be non Swedish riders as well. Normally the home team put their best riders at 1,3 & 5. Also unlike Britain, averages are updated after every meeting so reserves can change from one meeting to another. https://ta.svemo.se/Public/Pages/Competition/DrivingSchedule/CompetitionHeatSchema.aspx?Branch=Speedway&Season=2019&Serie=Elitserien&Resultfilter=APPROVED&Columns=FromDateShort,Name,HeatSchema,HeatResult&pagesize=20&CompetitionId=10771 The heat schedule this year will look like this, not sure if there are other rule changes as well due to the new format. Heat 13 -15 will have riders based on their scoring, with the two lowest scoring from each team in h13 and highest scoring in h15.

Well it only says straight series with a bonus Derby round so perhaps I mis calculated and that the bonus round is round 8.

It will only be 8 teams since Smederna have decided to sit out this season. They say that they don't want to risk their finances but doing 9 meetings + -"play offs" without spectators. Each team are supposed to be paid 560 000 SEK (about 50 000 GBP) but apparently Smederna don't consider this to be enough. It will be 6 man teams and 8 rounds with a bonus round to make sure all teams get the same amount of home meetings. https://www.elitspeedway.com/artikel/pwzzakbzk-21mi1/forutsattningarna-for-bauhaus-ligan-klara

The individual SM-final will be held at Målilla on 23 July as planned but with no spectators. https://vimmerbytidning.se/sport/artikel/klart-sm-finalen-i-malilla-kors-som-planerat/8j8z4g4j

Subscription or pay per View. https://www.elitspeedway.com/article/4vppakb7v-21mi1/ess-play-sander-polska-pge-ekstraliga

The league will restart on 11 August. In the press release it says that they are planning on and working on a financial solution that will allow them to run the league without spectators even though spectators to some extent might be allowed once the league starts. https://www.elitspeedway.com/artikel/xekkakb7p-21mi1/bauhaus-ligan-startar-11-e-augusti

I doubt the TV-money will be enough to cover the costs. Speedway isn't football or icehockey.

Latest runout is re-start in August for Elitserien but with 6-rider line ups and no spectators. I don't really understand how they are going to be able to make it financially viable without spectators. Teams outta bleed money like crazy in such case. Https://live.aftonbladet.se/supernytt-sport/news/5edbbe291f2ecd0018e0e2b9