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