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Founded1995
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champion(s)		Sweden Kim Nilsson

The Speedway Grand Prix Challenge or Speedway Grand Prix Qualification is an annual speedway qualifying tournament to determine the qualifiers for the Speedway Grand Prix, which is the World Championship of speedway.[1]

History[edit]

From 1995 the Individual World Championship was replaced by the Grand Prix system. The 17 qualifiers for the 1995 Grand Prix were the top 10 from the 1994 World final, 5 seeds and 2 wildcards.[2]

From 1996, the leading riders from each Grand Prix series would automatically qualifying for the following year's event. The remaining places would be filled by the leading riders in the Challenge event and qualifiers from both the Continental Speedway Final and Intercontinental Final.[3] However, the latter two finals would come to end in 2000 and 2001 respectively.

Format and winners[edit]

Year Format Winner Other qualifiers
1996 8 to qualify Australia Leigh Adams[4] England Marvyn Cox, Sweden Peter Karlsson, Denmark Tommy Knudsen, England Joe Screen, England Gary Havelock, Australia Craig Boyce, England Andy Smith
1997 4 to qualify England Simon Wigg[5][6] Australia Leigh Adams, Sweden Mikael Karlsson, England Andy Smith
1998 4 to qualify Poland Piotr Protasiewicz[7] Sweden Stefan Dannö, Australia Leigh Adams, Australia Craig Boyce
1999 8 to qualify Australia Leigh Adams[8] Denmark Brian Andersen, Sweden Henrik Gustafsson, England Andy Smith, Sweden Stefan Dannö, Sweden Mikael Karlsson, England Joe Screen, Denmark John Jørgensen
2000 10 to qualify United States Billy Hamill[9] Sweden Mikael Karlsson, England Carl Stonehewer, Denmark Brian Karger, Sweden Henrik Gustafsson, England Mark Loram, England Andy Smith, Czech Republic Antonín Kasper Jr., Sweden Peter Karlsson, Denmark Brian Andersen
2001 10 to qualify Sweden Peter Karlsson[10] England Carl Stonehewer, Denmark Nicki Pedersen, Norway Rune Holta, Sweden Mikael Karlsson, Poland Piotr Protasiewicz, Sweden Jimmy Nilsen, England Joe Screen, Denmark Brian Andersen, England Andy Smith
2002 6 to qualify United States Greg Hancock[11] Denmark Nicki Pedersen, England Scott Nicholls, Czech Republic Lukáš Dryml, England Carl Stonehewer, England Andy Smith
2003 6 to qualify England Lee Richardson[12] Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel, Poland Piotr Protasiewicz, Czech Republic Lukáš Dryml, Denmark Bjarne Pedersen, Poland Tomasz Bajerski
2004 6 to qualify Poland Piotr Protasiewicz[13] Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel, Denmark Bjarne Pedersen, Finland Kai Laukkanen, Czech Republic Aleš Dryml Jr., Denmark Jesper B Jensen
2005 2 to qualify Sweden Antonio Lindbäck[14] Poland Tomasz Chrzanowski
2006 No qualifying
2007 3 to qualify Poland Wiesław Jaguś[15] Norway Rune Holta, Denmark Hans Andersen
2008 3 to qualify Denmark Niels Kristian Iversen Czech Republic Lukáš Dryml, Denmark Bjarne Pedersen
2009 3 to qualify Denmark Kenneth Bjerre Poland Grzegorz Walasek, Poland Sebastian Ułamek
2010 3 to qualify Sweden Magnus Zetterström Australia Chris Holder, Poland Jarosław Hampel
2011 3 to qualify Russia Artem Laguta Sweden Antonio Lindbäck, Sweden Fredrik Lindgren
2012 3 to qualify Sweden Antonio Lindbäck Denmark Bjarne Pedersen, Poland Piotr Protasiewicz
2013 3 to qualify Poland Krzysztof Kasprzak Slovenia Matej Žagar, Denmark Niels-Kristian Iversen
2014 5 to qualify Denmark Niels-Kristian Iversen+ Poland Krzysztof Kasprzak, Denmark Kenneth Bjerre, Germany Martin Smolinski, England Chris Harris
2015 4 to qualify Slovenia Matej Žagar+ Australia Jason Doyle, England Chris Harris, Poland Maciej Janowski
2016 3 to qualify Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik Poland Piotr Pawlicki Jr., England Chris Harris
2017 3 to qualify Poland Patryk Dudek Slovakia Martin Vaculík, Sweden Fredrik Lindgren
2018 3 to qualify Poland Przemysław Pawlicki Russia Artem Laguta, England Craig Cook
2019 3 to qualify Poland Janusz Kołodziej Denmark Niels-Kristian Iversen, Sweden Antonio Lindbäck
2020 3 to qualify Slovenia Matej Žagar Denmark Niels-Kristian Iversen, Australia Max Fricke
2021 3 to qualify Slovenia Matej Žagar Sweden Oliver Berntzon, Poland Krzysztof Kasprzak
2022 3 to qualify Poland Paweł Przedpełski Australia Max Fricke, Poland Patryk Dudek
2023 3 to qualify Sweden Kim Nilsson Australia Jack Holder, Australia Max Fricke
2024 3 to qualify Australia Jason Doyle Slovakia Martin Vaculik+, Poland Szymon Woźniak, Czech Republic Jan Kvěch
2025 4 to qualify[16]

+ Already qualified for the Grand Prix series

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Rules". FIM. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Unfancied Swede gets a taste of big night". Birmingham Daily Post. 22 August 1994. Retrieved 5 January 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications". Speedway History. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  4. ^ "1995 Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  5. ^ "1996 Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Karlsson wins GP berth". Birmingham Daily Post. 7 October 1996. Retrieved 20 January 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "1997 Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  8. ^ "1998 Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  9. ^ "1999 Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  10. ^ "2000 Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  11. ^ "2001 Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  12. ^ "2002 Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  13. ^ "2003 Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  14. ^ "2004". Speedway Info. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  15. ^ "2006". Speedway Info. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  16. ^ "Four 2025 Speedway GP Places on the line at FIM SGP Challenge". FIM. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
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