| Competition: | Elite League |
| Domesticcup1: | Champions |
| Domesticcup1 Winners: | Poole Pirates |
| Domesticcup2: | Elite Shield |
| Domesticcup2 Winners: | Poole Pirates |
| Domesticcup3: | Riders Championship |
| Domesticcup3 Winners: | Troy Batchelor |
| Highest Average: | Niels Kristian Iversen |
| Leagues Below: | 2014 Premier League 2014 National League |
| Prevseason: | 2013 |
| Nextseason: | 2015 |
The 2014 Elite League speedway season was the 80th season of the top division of UK speedway and the took place between March and October 2014. The Poole Pirates were the defending champions after winning in 2013.[1]
This season saw the first team line-up change since 2011, with the Leicester Lions replacing the Peterborough Panthers who dropped down a division. Ahead of the season the BSPA announced a new rule called the "Fast Track Scheme" which means every side has to use two British youngsters at reserve who have passed through the National League - the third tier of British speedway.[2]
Poole Pirates won their second consecutive Elite League title, defeating Coventry Bees 90–71 in the Grand Final.[3] Poole continued their success, their sixth league title in eleven years. Darcy Ward, Maciej Janowski, Przemysław Pawlicki and Josh Grajczonek all returned for Poole and they were backed up by Kyle Newman and Václav Milík Jr.[4]
| Club | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||
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| width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | |||||||||
| 1 | Poole Pirates (Q) | 32 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1542 | 1333 | +209 | 70 | ||
| 2 | King's Lynn Stars (Q) | 32 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1528 | 1346 | +182 | 70 | ||
| 3 | Coventry Bees (Q) | 32 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1489 | 1406 | +83 | 64 | ||
| 4 | Swindon Robins (Q) | 32 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1465 | 1407 | +58 | 55 | ||
| 5 | Eastbourne Eagles | 32 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 1430 | 1460 | −30 | 47 | ||
| 6 | Lakeside Hammers | 32 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1435 | 1445 | −10 | 45 | ||
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wolves | 32 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1398 | 1524 | −126 | 37 | ||
| 8 | Belle Vue Aces | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1372 | 1524 | −152 | 34 | ||
| 9 | Leicester Lions | 32 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 1350 | 1564 | −214 | 25 | ||
| Birmingham Brummies | Club folded, results expunged | ||||||||||||||||
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The Knockout Cup was not held during 2014.
Troy Batchelor won the Riders' Championship. The final was held at King's Lynn Stadium on 25 September.[5] [6]
| width=25px | Pos. | width=200px | Rider | width=100px | Pts | width=50px | Total | width=50px | SF | width=50px | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 3 3 1 3 | 12 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| 2 | 1 3 2 2 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| 3 | 3 1 3 3 2 | 12 | x | 1 | |||||||
| 4 | 3 T/exc 3 3 3 | 12 | x | 0 | |||||||
| 5 | 2 3 3 2 1 | 11 | 1 | ||||||||
| 6 | 3 2 2 2 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||
| 7 | 2 2 1 1 3 | 9 | |||||||||
| 8 | 0 2 2 3 1 | 9 | |||||||||
| 9 | 3 2 1 1 1 | 8 | |||||||||
| 10 | 1 3 0 3 0 | 7 | |||||||||
| 11 | 0 1 1 2 2 | 6 | |||||||||
| 12 | 1 1 2 1 1 | 6 | |||||||||
| 13 | 1 1 0 1 2 | 5 | |||||||||
| 14 | 2 0 1 ret - | 3 | |||||||||
| 15 | 0 0 0 0 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 16 | 0 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 17 | 0 ret ret - - | 0 | |||||||||
| 18 | Scott Campos (res) | 0 0 | 0 |
| width=200 | Rider | width=200 | Team | width=40 | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Lynn | 9.62 | ||||
| Poole | 9.24 | ||||
| Eastbourne | 8.95 | ||||
| Belle Vue | 8.84 | ||||
| Poole | 8.70 | ||||
| Coventry | 8.69 | ||||
| Leicester | 8.67 | ||||
| Coventry | 8.63 | ||||
| Swindon | 8.46 | ||||
| Wolverhampton | 8.36 |
Belle Vue
Birmingham
Coventry
Eastbourne
Kings Lynn
Lakeside
Leicester
Poole
Swindon
Wolverhampton