2002 Swedish speedway season explained

2002 Swedish speedway season
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The 2002 Swedish speedway season was the 2002 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden.^[1] ^[2]

Individual

Individual Championship

The 2002 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held at the Smedstadion in Eskilstuna on 17 August. Niklas Klingberg won the Swedish Championship.^[3] ^[4]

width=25px	Pos	width=200px	Rider	width=180px	team	width=100px	Pts	width=50px	Total
1	Niklas Klingberg	Masarna	(3,3,1,3,3)	13
2	Mikael Karlsson	Valsarna	(2,1,3,3,3)	12
3	Peter Karlsson	Kaparna	(3,2,1,3,2)	11
4	Freddie Eriksson	Rosppigarna	(3,3,0,1,3)	10
5	Tony Rickardsson	Masarna	(3,1,3,2,1)	10
6	Niklas Karlsson	Piraterna	(1,3,0,2,3)	9
7	Magnus Zetterström	Örnarna	(0,3,2,1,2)	8
8	Henrik Gustafsson	Indianerna	(1,2,2,2,0)	7
9	Peter Nahlin	Smederna	(2,0,3,0,1)	6
10	Antonio Lindbäck	Masarna	(1,2,0,3,0)	6
11	Peter I. Karlsson	Valsarna	(d,0,2,2,2)	6
12		Indianerna	(0,1,3,1,0)	5
13		Gasarna	(2,1,1,0,1)	5
14		Piraterna	(2,0,1,u,2)	5
15	Stefan Andersson	Luxo Stars	(0,2,2,0,-)	4
16	Kim Jansson (res)	Kaparna	(1)	1
17	Daniel Andersson	Smederna	(u,0,0,0,0)	0

Key

points per race - 3 for a heat win, 2 for 2nd, 1 for third, 0 for last
+3 won race off, +2 2nd in race off, +1, 3rd in race off, +0 last in race off
ef - engine failure
t - tape touching excluded
u - fell
w - excluded

U21 Championship

See main article: Swedish Junior Speedway Championship. Freddie Eriksson won the U21 championship.^[5] ^[6]

Team

Team Championship

Rospiggarna won the Elitserien and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the fourth time and for the second successive season. The Rospiggarna team included Greg Hancock, Ryan Sullivan and Andreas Jonsson.^[7] ^[8] ^[9]

Vetlanda won the Allsvenskan. Team Svelux became Luxo Stars and Team Viking became Vikingarna.^[10]

Elitserien
width=20	Pos	width=150	Team	width=30	Pts
1		37
2		31
3		29
4		27
5	Valsarna	24
6		21
7		20
8		20
9		12
10		4

Allsvenskan
width=20	Pos	width=150	Team	width=30	Pts
1		22
2		22
3		20
4	Gasarna	10
5	Bysarna	6

Play offs

Elitserien
width=20	Stage	width=100	Team	width=100	Team	width=100	Agg Score
SF	Kaparna	Masarna	105:87
Final	Rospiggarna	Kaparna	118:74

Division 1 east
width=20	Pos	width=150	Team	width=30	Pts
1		14
2	Torshälla	12
3	Eldarna	10
4	Nässjö	2
5		2

Division 1 west
width=20	Pos	width=150	Team	width=30	Pts
1	Kavaljererna	14
2	Gastarna	11
3	Norspeed	10
4		5
5	Korpana	0