2018 Swedish speedway season

2018 Swedish speedway season
Freddie Lindgren was the 2018 Swedish champion and helped Smederna retain the Elitserien.

The 2018 Swedish speedway season was the 2018 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden.^[1]

Individual

Individual Championship

The 2018 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held at the Smedstadion in Eskilstuna on 4 August. Freddie Lindgren won the Swedish Championship.^[2][3][4][5]

Pos	Rider	Team	Pts	Total	SF	Final
1	Freddie Lindgren	Smederna	(3,3,3,2,3)	14		3
2	Oliver Berntzon	Dackarna	2,1,3,3,2)	10	3	2
3	Peter Ljung	Vastervik	(3,2,3,2,2)	12		1
4	Kim Nilsson	Masarna	(3,3,2,3,2)	13		0
5	Linus Sundström	Masarna	(2,2,3,3,1)	11	2
6	Andreas Jonsson	Rospiggarna	(1,3,2,1,3)	10	1
7	Pontus Aspgren	Smederna	(2,2,1,1,3)	9	0
8	Antonio Lindbäck	Masarna	(r,1,1,3,3)	8
9	Jacob Thorssell	Rospiggarna	(3,1,f,2,1)	7
10	Joel Andersson	Masarna	(1,3,2,0,0)	6
11	Victor Palovaara	Indianerna	(0,2,2,1,0)	5
12	Mathias Thörnblom	Lejonen	(1,1,1,0,2)	5
13	Linus Eklöf	Smederna	(0,0,1,2,1)	4
14	Joel Kling	Dackarna	(2,0,0,1,1)	4
15	Ludvig Lindgren	Indianerna	(1,0,0,0,0)	1
16	Daniel Henderson	Vastervik	(0,0,0,0,0)	0

Key

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

U21 Championship

Main article: Swedish Junior Speedway Championship

Joel Kling won the U21 championship.^[6][7]

Team

Team Championship

Smederna won the Elitserien and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the fourth time.^[8][9]

Piraterna won the Allsvenskan.^[10]

Elitserien Pos Team Pts 1 Dackarna 28 2 Rospiggarna 23 3 Smederna 23 4 Vetlanda 23 5 Västervik 16 6 Indianerna 14 7 Lejonen 10 8 Masarna 3

Allsvenskan Pos Team Pts 1 Griparna 23 2 Vargarna 18 3 Piraterna 16 4 Valsarna 9 5 Brassarna Nassjo 9 6 Team Rapid 0

Play offs

Elitserien Stage Team Team Agg Score QF Vastervik Vetlanda 96:84 QF Smederna Indianerna 106:74 SF Smederna Rospiggarna 91:89 SF Dackarna Vastervik 99:81 Final Smederna Dackarna 99:81

Allsvenskan Stage Team Team Agg Score SF Piraterna Vargarna 91:87 SF Griparna Valsarna 111:79 Final Piraterna Griparna 98:82

References

1. "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2015". Speedway History. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
2. "Freddie Lindgren". FIM. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
3. "Swedish Individual Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
4. "2018 Swedish Championship". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
5. "Swedish Final - Eskilstuna - 04.08.18". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
6. "Swedish Speedway Junior Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
7. "Individual Swedish Junior Championships". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
8. "Swedish Bauhaus Elite League". Speedway Fan Site. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
9. "Statistik". Elit Speedway Sverige. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
10. "2018 Swedish Allsvenskan". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 23 March 2023.