2000 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification Explained

2000 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
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The 2000 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 12 riders that would qualify for the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix^[1] to join the other 10 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 1999 Speedway Grand Prix.^[2]

The format changed from the previous year, in that only 2 riders would qualify straight from the Intercontinental and Continental finals and 10 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge.

Billy Hamill won the GP Challenge.^[3]

Format

• First Round - 6 riders from Sweden, 5 from Denmark, 3 from Finland, 2 from Norway to Scandinavian Final
• First Round - 32 riders from Continental quarter finals to Continental semi-finals
• First Round - 8 riders from British Final to Overseas Final
• First Round - 4 riders from Australian Final to Overseas Final
• First Round - 4 riders from United States Final to Overseas Final
• Second Round - 8 riders from Scandinavian Final to Intercontinental Final
• Second Round - 8 riders from Overseas Final to Intercontinental Final
• Second Round - 16 riders from Continental semi-finals to Continental Final
• Third Round - 11 riders from positions 11-21 from the 1999 Grand Prix & World U21 champion to GP Challenge
• Third Round - 1 rider from the Continental Final to 2000 Grand Prix and 5 to GP Challenge
• Third Round - 1 rider from the Intercontinental Final to 2000 Grand Prix and 6 to GP Challenge
• Final Round - 10 riders from the GP Challenge to the 2000 Grand Prix

First round

Continental quarter finals

QF (18 Apr Diedenbergen)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1		13
2		12
3	Attila Stefáni	11
4		11
5		10
6		10
7	Tomasz Sustersic	10
8	Eduard Chajkoulin	9
9		8
10		5
11		5
12		5
13		3
14		2
15		1
16		1
17		1

QF (2 May Daugavpils)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1		14
2		13
3	Zoltán Adorján	13
4		12
5		11
6		10
7	Vladimirs Voronkovs	10
8	Richard Wolff	7
9		6
10		6
11		5
12		5
13		3
14		2
15		2
16		0

QF (2 May Bydgoszcz)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1		15
2		13
3	Piotr Protasiewicz	12
4		10
5		10
6		9
7	Joachim Kugelmann	8
8	Antonín Šváb Jr.	8
9		7
10		6
11		5
12		5
13		3
14		2
15		2
16		2
17		1
18		0

QF (2 May Terenzano)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1		15
2		14
3	Sebastian Ułamek	13
4		11
5		10
6		10
7	Simone Terenzani	8
8	Zdenek Schneiderwind	8
9		7
10		6
11		5
12		3
13		3
14		3
15		2
16		2
17		0

Second round

Overseas Final

See main article: 1999 Overseas Final. 8 riders to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

(13 June 1999 Holsted)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1		14
2		11
3	Gert Handberg	11
4		10
5		9
6		9
7	Ronni Pedersen	9
8	Kai Laukkanen	9
9		8
10		7
11		7
12		6
13		6
14		2
15		1
16		1

Continental semi finals

Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final

width=50% valign=top	SF 13 June 1999 Brokstedt width=25px Pos. width=180px Rider width=40px Points 1 13 2 12 3 Tomáš Topinka 11 4 10 5 10 6 9 7 Michal Makovský 9 8 Bohumil Brhel 8 9 8 10 7 11 7 12 6 13 6 14 3 15 1 16 0	width=50% valign=top	SF 13 June 1999 Ljubljana width=25px Pos. width=180px Rider width=40px Points 1 13 2 13 3 Rafał Dobrucki 12 4 10 5 10 6 10 7 Antonín Šváb Jr. 9 8 Piotr Protasiewicz 9 9 9 10 5 11 4 12 4 13 4 14 3 15 3 16 2
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Third round

• 11 riders from positions 11-21 from the 1999 Speedway Grand Prix & World U21 champion to GP Challenge

Intercontinental Final

See main article: 1999 Intercontinental Final. 1 rider direct to Grand Prix, 6 riders to GP Challenge

Continental Final

• 1 rider direct to Grand Prix, 5 riders to GP Challenge
• 25 July 1999 Wrocław

width=25px	Pos.	width=180px	Rider	width=40px	Points
1		15
2		14
3	Sławomir Drabik	11
4		11
5		10
6		8
7	Roman Povazhny	8
8	Sebastian Ułamek	7
9		7
10		7
11		6
12		5
13		5
14		3
15		2
16		1

Final Round

GP Challenge

10 riders to 2000 Grand Prix

• 17 October 1999 Lonigo

width=25px	Pos.	width=180px	Rider	width=100px	pre-qual	width=80px	qual	width=20px	sf	width=20px	Final
1		x	3, 2	3	3
2	Mikael Karlsson	x	3, 3	2	2
3		2, 2	1, 2, 3	3	1
4		x	3, 2	2	0
5		x	2, 3	1	x
6		3, 1	2, 1, 3	1	x
7		x	2, 0, 2	0	x
8		x	2, 2	0	x
9		x	3, 1, 1	x	x
10		3, 3	0, 2, 1	x	x
11		x	2, 0, 0	x	x
12		1, 3	2, 1, 0	x	x
13		3, 0	3, 0, 1	x	x
14		3, 3	1, 1	x	x
15		2, 2	0, 0	x	x
16		2, 0	3, 0	x	x
17		2, 1	1	x	x
18		0, 2	1	x	x
19		1, 3	0	x	x
20		1, 2	0	x	x
21		0, 1	x	x	x
22		1, 0	x	x	x
23		0, 0	x	x	x
24		0, 1	x	x	x

Notes and References

1. Web site: Individual Championship . Speedway.org . 7 January 2023.
2. Web site: HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications . Speedway History . 7 January 2023.
3. News: Speedway . Daily Record . 18 October 1999 . 7 January 2023 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .