The 2026 SGB Premiership is the 91st season of the top tier of British speedway and the ninth known as the SGB Premiership. Ipswich Witches were the defending champions, while Leicester Lions were the defending Knockout Cup champions.
Summary The league consisted of six teams after Birmingham Brummies and Oxford Spires left and a new team called Northampton Foxes joined. The Brummies had no home after the closure of Perry Barr Stadium and the Oxford promotion only entered teams for the Championship and NDL.
Ipswich started the season with new owners, the Silverstone based company Mayfield.
The rules remained similar to the previous season except for the play offs, where 2nd and 3rd finishers in the regular season league table would meet to determine who would play the 1st place team in the grand final. A 37 points limit for six riders was agreed, with one rising star place at seven.
League Regular season League table
Club Home Away 1 Belle Vue Aces (Q) 20 10 0 0 5 0 5 1003 796 9 39 +207 2 Leicester Lions (Q) 20 9 0 1 2 0 8 894 906 5 27 -12 3 Sheffield Tigers (Q) 20 9 0 1 1 1 8 913 874 5 26 +39 4 Ipswich Witches (Q) 20 8 0 2 2 0 8 872 926 5 25 -54 5 King's Lynn Stars 20 6 1 3 1 0 9 870 917 5 20 -47 6 Northampton Foxes 20 5 1 4 0 1 9 832 965 1 13 -133
A fixtures
B fixtures
Play Offs
Home team scores are in bold Overall aggregate scores are in red
Final First Leg
Second Leg
Knockout Cup The 2026 Knockout Cup was the 81st edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams.
Group stage Northern Group
Fixtures
Table
Club Home Away 1 Leicester Lions (Q) 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 178 182 1 7 -4 2 Belle Vue Aces 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 179 181 1 5 -2 3 Sheffield Tigers 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 183 177 1 3 +6
Southern Group
Fixtures
Table
Club Home Away 1 Ipswich Witches (Q) 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 193 167 2 10 +26 2 King's Lynn Stars 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 180 178 1 5 +2 3 Northampton Foxes 4 0 0 2 0 0 2 165 193 0 0 -28
Final First Leg
Second Leg
Leading averages Rider Team Average 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 averages include league, play offs & knockout cup, min 6 matches
Squads Averages include 2026 Premiership and Knockout Cup matches.
Belle Vue Aces
(RS)
(C)
Ipswich Witches
(RS)
(C)
King's Lynn Stars
(C)
(RS)
Leicester Lions
(RS)
(C)
Northampton Foxes
(RS)
(C)
Sheffield Tigers
(RS) (C)
(RS) denotes Rising Star (C) denotes team captain
See also 2026 SGB Championship 2026 National Development League speedway season British Speedway League Champions
References