# Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

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World speedway event

Speedway Grand Prix Challenge Current season, competition or edition: 2027 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification Sport motorcycle speedway Founded 1995 Most recent champion Dominik Kubera

The **Speedway Grand Prix Challenge** or **Speedway Grand Prix Qualification** is an annual [speedway](/source/Motorcycle_speedway) qualifying tournament to determine the qualifiers for the [Speedway Grand Prix](/source/Speedway_Grand_Prix), which is the World Championship of speedway.[1]

## History

From 1995 the [Individual World Championship](/source/List_of_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship_medalists) was replaced by the Grand Prix system. The 17 qualifiers for the 1995 Grand Prix were the top 10 from the [1994 World final](/source/1994_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship), 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](/source/Continental_Speedway_Final) and [Intercontinental Final](/source/Intercontinental_Final).[3] However, the latter two finals would come to end in 2000 and 2001 respectively.

## Format and winners

Year Format Winner Other qualifiers 1996 8 to qualify Leigh Adams[4] Marvyn Cox, Peter Karlsson, Tommy Knudsen, Joe Screen, Gary Havelock, Craig Boyce, Andy Smith 1997 4 to qualify Simon Wigg[5][6] Leigh Adams, Mikael Karlsson, Andy Smith 1998 4 to qualify Piotr Protasiewicz[7] Stefan Dannö, Leigh Adams, Craig Boyce 1999 8 to qualify Leigh Adams[8] Brian Andersen, Henrik Gustafsson, Andy Smith, Stefan Dannö, Mikael Karlsson, Joe Screen, John Jørgensen 2000 10 to qualify Billy Hamill[9] Mikael Karlsson, Carl Stonehewer, Brian Karger, Henrik Gustafsson, Mark Loram, Andy Smith, Antonín Kasper Jr., Peter Karlsson, Brian Andersen 2001 10 to qualify Peter Karlsson[10] Carl Stonehewer, Nicki Pedersen, Rune Holta, Mikael Karlsson, Piotr Protasiewicz, Jimmy Nilsen, Joe Screen, Brian Andersen, Andy Smith 2002 6 to qualify Greg Hancock[11] Nicki Pedersen, Scott Nicholls, Lukáš Dryml, Carl Stonehewer, Andy Smith 2003 6 to qualify Lee Richardson[12] Bohumil Brhel, Piotr Protasiewicz, Lukáš Dryml, Bjarne Pedersen, Tomasz Bajerski 2004 6 to qualify Piotr Protasiewicz[13] Bohumil Brhel, Bjarne Pedersen, Kai Laukkanen, Aleš Dryml Jr., Jesper B Jensen 2005 2 to qualify Antonio Lindbäck[14] Tomasz Chrzanowski 2006 No qualifying 2007 3 to qualify Wiesław Jaguś[15] Rune Holta, Hans Andersen 2008 3 to qualify Niels Kristian Iversen Lukáš Dryml, Bjarne Pedersen 2009 3 to qualify Kenneth Bjerre Grzegorz Walasek, Sebastian Ułamek 2010 3 to qualify Magnus Zetterström Chris Holder, Jarosław Hampel 2011 3 to qualify Artem Laguta Antonio Lindbäck, Fredrik Lindgren 2012 3 to qualify Antonio Lindbäck Bjarne Pedersen, Piotr Protasiewicz 2013 3 to qualify Krzysztof Kasprzak Matej Žagar, Niels-Kristian Iversen 2014 3 to qualify Niels-Kristian Iversen+ Krzysztof Kasprzak, Kenneth Bjerre, Martin Smolinski 2015 3 to qualify Matej Žagar+ Jason Doyle, Chris Harris, Maciej Janowski 2016 3 to qualify Bartosz Zmarzlik Piotr Pawlicki Jr., Chris Harris 2017 3 to qualify Patryk Dudek Martin Vaculík, Fredrik Lindgren 2018 3 to qualify Przemysław Pawlicki Artem Laguta, Craig Cook 2019 3 to qualify Janusz Kołodziej Niels-Kristian Iversen, Antonio Lindbäck 2020 3 to qualify Matej Žagar Niels-Kristian Iversen, Max Fricke 2021 3 to qualify Matej Žagar Oliver Berntzon, Krzysztof Kasprzak 2022 3 to qualify Paweł Przedpełski Max Fricke, Patryk Dudek 2023 3 to qualify Kim Nilsson Jack Holder, Max Fricke 2024 3 to qualify Jason Doyle Martin Vaculik+, Szymon Woźniak, Jan Kvěch 2025 4 to qualify[16] Brady Kurtz Anders Thomsen, Dominik Kubera, Max Fricke 2026 4 to qualify Dominik Kubera Kacper Woryna, Leon Madsen, Andžejs Ļebedevs+, Michael Jepsen Jensen 2027 4 to qualify

+ Already qualified for the Grand Prix series

## See also

- [Motorcycle speedway](/source/Motorcycle_speedway)

- [Speedway Grand Prix](/source/Speedway_Grand_Prix)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Rules"](https://fimspeedway.com/sgp/rules). *FIM*. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Unfancied Swede gets a taste of big night"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19940822/022/0022). *Birmingham Daily Post*. 22 August 1994. Retrieved 5 January 2023 – via [British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications"](http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/grandprixquali.php). *Speedway History*. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["1995 Individual Championship"](http://www.speedway.org/history/95.htm#1995). *Speedway.org*. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["1996 Individual Championship"](http://www.speedway.org/history/96.htm#1996). *Speedway.org*. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Karlsson wins GP berth"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19961007/021/0021). *Birmingham Daily Post*. 7 October 1996. Retrieved 20 January 2023 – via [British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["1997 Individual Championship"](http://www.speedway.org/history/97.htm#1997). *Speedway.org*. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["1998 Individual Championship"](http://www.speedway.org/history/98.htm#1998). *Speedway.org*. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["1999 Individual Championship"](http://www.speedway.org/history/99.htm#1999). *Speedway.org*. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["2000 Individual Championship"](http://www.speedway.org/history/00.htm#2000). *Speedway.org*. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["2001 Individual Championship"](http://www.speedway.org/history/01.htm#2001). *Speedway.org*. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["2002 Individual Championship"](http://www.speedway.org/history/02.htm#2002). *Speedway.org*. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["2003 Individual Championship"](http://www.speedway.org/history/03.htm#2003). *Speedway.org*. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["2004"](http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/grandprixquali.php#f2004). *Speedway Info*. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["2006"](http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/grandprixquali.php#f2006). *Speedway Info*. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Four 2025 Speedway GP Places on the line at FIM SGP Challenge"](https://www.fimspeedway.com/news/four-2025-speedway-gp-places-on-the-line-at-2024-fim-sgp-challenge). *FIM*. Retrieved 26 January 2024.

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