2001 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

{{infobox sport event |name = 2001 [[Speedway Grand Prix Qualification]] |image = |size = |caption = |date_start = |date_end = |location = |prev = [[2000 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification|2000]] |next = [[2002 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification|2002]] }}

The '''2001 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 [[2001 Speedway Grand Prix]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/00.htm#2000 |title=Individual Championship |website=Speedway.org |access-date=7 January 2023}}</ref> to join the other 10 riders that finished in the leading positions from the [[2000 Speedway Grand Prix]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/grandprixquali.php |title=HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications |website=Speedway History |access-date=7 January 2023}}</ref>

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

[[Peter Karlsson (speedway rider)|Peter Karlsson]] won the GP Challenge.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6627748.speedway-cheetahs-duo-get-gp-qualifying/ |title=Speedway: Cheetahs duo get through GP qualifying |website=Oxford Mail |access-date=7 January 2023}}</ref>

==Format== * First Round - 6 riders from Sweden, 5 from Denmark, 3 from Norway, 2 from Finland to [[Nordic Speedway Final|Scandinavian Final]] * First Round - 27 riders from Continental quarter finals to Continental semi-finals * First Round - 8 riders from British Final to [[Overseas Final]] * First Round - 2 riders from Australian Final to Overseas Final * First Round - 1 rider from New Zealand Final to Overseas Final * First Round - 3 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 Speedway Final|Continental Final]] * Third Round - 11 riders from positions 11-21 from the 2000 Grand Prix, World U21 champion & host rider to GP Challenge * Third Round - 1 rider from the Continental Final to 2001 Grand Prix and 4 to GP Challenge * Third Round - 1 rider from the Intercontinental Final to 2001 Grand Prix and 7 to GP Challenge * Final Round - 10 riders from the GP Challenge to the 2001 Grand Prix

==First round== ===Continental quarter finals=== {{col-begin}} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|QF (30 Apr {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Pozzuolo del Friuli|Terenzano]]) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|6}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Rafał Okoniewski]] ||13+ |- {{speedway color|6}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Adam Skórnicki]] ||13+ |- {{speedway color|6}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Andrea Maida]]||12 |- {{speedway color|6}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Zlatko Krznaric]] ||11 |- {{speedway color|6}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alessandro Dalla Valle]] ||9 |- {{speedway color|6}} |6 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Zoltán Adorján]] ||9 |- {{speedway color|6}} |7 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Bohumil Brhel]]||8 |- {{speedway color|6}} |8 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Lukáš Dryml]]||7 |- {{speedway color|6}} |9 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Simone Terenzani]] ||7 |- {{speedway color|6}} |10 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Aleš Dryml Jr.]] ||7 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|HUN}} [[László Szatmári]] ||7 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Rinat Mardanshin]] ||6 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Tolgat Galeev]] ||3 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Simone Tadiello]] ||3 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Stéphane Trésarrieu]] ||2 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sebastien Trésarrieu]] ||2 |- |17 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Eduard Shajkoulin]] ||1 |} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|QF (14 May {{flagicon|GER}} [[Scheyern|Pfaffenhofen]]) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|6}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Piotr Protasiewicz]] ||15 |- {{speedway color|6}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Joachim Kugelmann]] ||13 |- {{speedway color|6}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Grzegorz Walasek]]||12 |- {{speedway color|6}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Róbert Nagy (speedway rider)|Róbert Nagy]] ||11 |- {{speedway color|6}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergey Darkin (speedway rider)|Sergej Darkin]] ||11 |- {{speedway color|6}} |6 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Mirko Wolter]] ||9 |- {{speedway color|6}} |7 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|LAT}} [[Nikolaj Kokins]]||8 |- {{speedway color|6}} |8 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Antonín Šváb Jr.]]||8 |- {{speedway color|6}} |9 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergej Eroschin]] ||7 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Michal Makovský]] ||7 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Steffen Mell]] ||6 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Toni Pilotto]] ||5 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Attila Stefáni]] ||5 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|LAT}} [[Vladimir Voronkovs]] ||2 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NED}} [[Erik Eijbergen]] ||1 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NED}} [[Uilke Kooistra]] ||0 |- |17 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Stefan Bachhuber]] ||0 |- |18 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Herbert Rudolph (speedway rider)|Herbert Rudolph]] ||0 |} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|QF (14 May {{flagicon|}} [[Krško]]) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|6}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|SVN}} [[Matej Ferjan]] ||15 |- {{speedway color|6}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Robert Sawina]] ||12 |- {{speedway color|6}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Armando Castagna]]||10 |- {{speedway color|6}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Tomasz Bajerski]] ||10 |- {{speedway color|6}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|SVN}} [[Izak Šantej]] ||9 |- {{speedway color|6}} |6 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Piotr Świst]] ||9 |- {{speedway color|6}} |7 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Adrian Rymel]]||9 |- {{speedway color|6}} |8 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|SVN}} [[Tomas Sustersic]]||8 |- {{speedway color|6}} |9 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Tomáš Topinka]] ||8 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Marián Jirout]] ||8 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Pavel Ondrašík]] ||7 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Stefano Alfonso]] ||5 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Thomas Stadler]] ||4 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Emiliano Sanchez]] ||4 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Vladimir Trofimov]] ||1 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Volodymyr Kolodij]] ||1 |} {{col-end}}

==Second round== ===Overseas Final=== {{main|2000 Overseas Final}} 8 riders to Intercontinental Final

===Scandinavian Final=== 8 riders to Intercontinental Final {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"| (18 June 2000 {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Varhaug|Elgane]]) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|6}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Rune Holta]] ||13 |- {{speedway color|6}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Lars Gunnestad]] ||13 |- {{speedway color|6}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Nicki Pedersen]]||12 |- {{speedway color|6}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Stefan Andersson (speedway rider)|Stefan Andersson]] ||11 |- {{speedway color|6}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Niklas Klingberg]] ||10 |- {{speedway color|6}} |6 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|DEN}} [[John Jørgensen]] ||9 |- {{speedway color|6}} |7 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Peter Nahlin]]||9 |- {{speedway color|6}} |8 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Bjarne Pedersen]]||9 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Jesper B. Monberg|Jesper B Jensen]] ||9 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kai Laukkanen]] ||7 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Andreas Jonsson]] ||6 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Claes Ivarsson]] ||4 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Ronni Pedersen]] ||3 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Peter Ingvar Karlsson]] ||3 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Tomi Reima]] ||1 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Björn G Hansen]] ||1 |}

===Continental semi finals=== Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final, [[Armando Castagna]] seeded to final {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top|

'''SF''' *22 June 2000 {{flagicon|POL}} [[Gdańsk]] {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%; text-align:center;" ! width=25px|Pos. ! width=180px|Rider ! width=40px|Points |- {{speedway color|6}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Piotr Protasiewicz]] ||11 |- {{speedway color|6}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Sebastian Ulamek]] ||10 |- {{speedway color|6}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Krzysztof Jabłoński]]||10 |- {{speedway color|6}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Antonín Šváb Jr.]] ||8 |- {{speedway color|6}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Adam Skórnicki]] ||7 |- {{speedway color|6}} |6 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Zoltán Adorján]] ||6 |- {{speedway color|6}} |7 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|SVN}} [[Izak Šantej]]||6 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|LAT}} [[Nikolaj Kokins]]||6 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Adrian Rymel]] ||6 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergey Darkin (speedway rider)|Sergej Darkin]] ||5 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Mirko Wolter]] ||5 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergej Eroshin]] ||5 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Zlatko Krznaric]] ||4 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Tomáš Topinka]] ||4 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Andrea Maida]] ||2 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Michal Makovský]] ||1 |- |17 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Sándor Tihanyi]] ||0 |}

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'''SF''' *22 June 2000 {{flagicon|GER}} [[Olching]] {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%; text-align:center;" ! width=25px|Pos. ! width=180px|Rider ! width=40px|Points |- {{speedway color|6}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|SVN}} [[Matej Ferjan]] ||12 |- {{speedway color|6}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Robert Barth]] ||11 |- {{speedway color|6}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Piotr Świst]]||11 |- {{speedway color|6}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Róbert Nagy (speedway rider)|Róbert Nagy]] ||11 |- {{speedway color|6}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Grzegorz Walasek]] ||11 |- {{speedway color|6}} |6 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Bohumil Brhel]] ||9 |- {{speedway color|6}} |7 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Joachim Kugelmann]]||9 |- {{speedway color|6}} |8 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Tomasz Bajerski]]||9 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alessandro Dalla Valle]] ||7 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|SVN}} [[Tomas Sustersic]] ||6 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Roman Povazhny]] ||6 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Rafał Okoniewski]] ||6 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Lukáš Dryml]] ||6 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Aleš Dryml Jr.]] ||3 |- {{speedway color|6}} |15 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Armando Castagna]] ||3 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|HUN}} [[László Szatmári]] ||0 |- |17 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Pavel Ondrašík]] ||0 |- |18 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Steffen Mell]] ||0 |} |- |valign=top| |}

==Third round== *11 riders from positions 11-21 from the [[2000 Speedway Grand Prix]], World U21 champion & host rider to GP Challenge

===Intercontinental Final=== {{main|2000 Intercontinental Final}} 1 rider direct to Grand Prix, 7 riders to GP Challenge

===Continental Final=== *1 rider direct to Grand Prix, 4 riders to GP Challenge *9 July 2000 {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Lonigo]] {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%; text-align:center;" ! width=25px|Pos. ! width=180px|Rider ! width=40px|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|SVN}} [[Matej Ferjan]] ||14 |- {{speedway color|6}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Piotr Protasiewicz]] ||14 |- {{speedway color|6}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Piotr Świst]]||13 |- {{speedway color|6}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Sebastian Ułamek]] ||11 |- {{speedway color|6}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Grzegorz Walasek]] ||10 |- |6 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Krzysztof Jabłoński]] ||10 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Adam Skórnicki]]||8 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Bohumil Brhel]]||7 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Armando Castagna]] ||7 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Tomasz Bajerski]] ||5 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Róbert Nagy (speedway rider)|Róbert Nagy]] ||5 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Antonín Šváb Jr.]] ||4 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|SVN}} [[Izak Šantej]] ||4 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Robert Barth]] ||3 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Joachim Kugelmann]] ||3 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Zoltán Adorján]] ||2 |}

==Final Round== === GP Challenge=== 10 riders to 2001 Grand Prix *8 October 2000 {{flagicon|GER}} [[Abensberg]] {| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%; text-align:center;" ! width=25px|Pos. ! width=180px|Rider ! width=100px|pre-event ! width=80px|main-event ! width=20px|sf ! width=20px|Final |- {{speedway color|6}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Peter Karlsson (speedway rider)|Peter Karlsson]] ||x||2, 2||3||3 |- {{speedway color|6}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Carl Stonehewer]]||x||0, 3, 3||3||2 |- {{speedway color|6}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Nicki Pedersen]] ||1, 3, 3||3||2||1 |- {{speedway color|6}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Rune Holta]] ||3, 0, 2||1, 2, 3, 2||2||0 |- {{speedway color|6}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Mikael Max|Mikael Karlsson ]] ||x||3, 3||1||x |- {{speedway color|6}} |6 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Piotr Protasiewicz]] ||2, 0, 3||3, 1, 2||1||x |- {{speedway color|6}} |7 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jimmy Nilsen]] ||x||2, 2||0||x |- {{speedway color|6}} |8 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Joe Screen]] ||x||0, 2, 3||0||x |- {{speedway color|6}} |9 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Brian Andersen]] ||3, 3||3, 1, 1||x||x |- {{speedway color|6}} |10 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Andy Smith (speedway rider)|Andy Smith]] |||3, 2||2, 0, 1||x||x |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Henrik Gustafsson]] ||x||2, 0, 0||x||x |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Grzegorz Walasek]] ||2, 3||1, 3, 0||x||x |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Antonín Kasper Jr.]] ||x||0, 1||x||x |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Rafał Dobrucki]] ||x||1, 1||x||x |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Sebastian Ułamek]] ||2, 2||0||x||x |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gary Havelock]] ||1, 3, 2||1, 0||x||x |- |17 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Piotr Świst]] ||3, 1, 1||x||x||x |- |18 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Steve Johnston]] ||0, 2, 1||x||x||x |- |19 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Brian Karger]] ||2, 1, 0||x||x||x |- |20 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|DEN}} [[John Jørgensen]] ||0, 2, 0||x||x||x |- |21 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Jesper B. Monberg|Jesper B Jensen]] ||0, 1||x||x||x |- |22 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Andreas Jonsson]] ||0, 1||x||x||x |- |23 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jason Lyons]] ||1, 0||x||x||x |- |24 || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Robert Barth]] ||1, 0||x||x||x |}

== References == {{Reflist}}

{{Speedway Grand Prix Qualification}}

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