2001 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
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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[1] to join the other 10 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix.[2]
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 won the GP Challenge.[3]
Format
- First Round - 6 riders from Sweden, 5 from Denmark, 3 from Norway, 2 from Finland to 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 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
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Second round
Overseas Final
8 riders to Intercontinental Final
Scandinavian Final
8 riders to Intercontinental Final
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| Pos | Rider | Points | |||
| 1 | Rune Holta | 13 | |||
| 2 | Lars Gunnestad | 13 | |||
| 3 |  Nicki Pedersen | 12 | |||
| 4 |  Stefan Andersson | 11 | |||
| 5 | Niklas Klingberg | 10 | |||
| 6 | John Jørgensen | 9 | |||
| 7 | Peter Nahlin | 9 | |||
| 8 | Bjarne Pedersen | 9 | |||
| 9 | Jesper B Jensen | 9 | |||
| 10 |  Kai Laukkanen | 7 | |||
| 11 | Andreas Jonsson | 6 | |||
| 12 | Claes Ivarsson | 4 | |||
| 13 | Ronni Pedersen | 3 | |||
| 14 | Peter Ingvar Karlsson | 3 | |||
| 15 | Tomi Reima | 1 | |||
| 16 | Björn G Hansen | 1 | |||
Continental semi finals
Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final, Armando Castagna seeded to final
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Third round
- 11 riders from positions 11-21 from the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix, World U21 champion & host rider to GP Challenge
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
Lonigo
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
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| 1 |  Matej Ferjan | 14 |
| 2 |  Piotr Protasiewicz | 14 |
| 3 | Piotr Świst | 13 |
| 4 | Sebastian Ułamek | 11 |
| 5 | Grzegorz Walasek | 10 |
| 6 | Krzysztof Jabłoński | 10 |
| 7 | Adam Skórnicki | 8 |
| 8 |  Bohumil Brhel | 7 |
| 9 |  Armando Castagna | 7 |
| 10 | Tomasz Bajerski | 5 |
| 11 |  Róbert Nagy | 5 |
| 12 | Antonín Šváb Jr. | 4 |
| 13 | Izak Šantej | 4 |
| 14 |  Robert Barth | 3 |
| 15 | Joachim Kugelmann | 3 |
| 16 | Zoltán Adorján | 2 |
Final Round
GP Challenge
10 riders to 2001 Grand Prix
- 8 October 2000
Abensberg
| Pos. | Rider | pre-event | main-event | sf | Final |
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| 1 | Peter Karlsson | x | 2, 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 |  Carl Stonehewer | x | 0, 3, 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Nicki Pedersen | 1, 3, 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Rune Holta | 3, 0, 2 | 1, 2, 3, 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Mikael Karlsson | x | 3, 3 | 1 | x |
| 6 | Piotr Protasiewicz | 2, 0, 3 | 3, 1, 2 | 1 | x |
| 7 | Jimmy Nilsen | x | 2, 2 | 0 | x |
| 8 | Joe Screen | x | 0, 2, 3 | 0 | x |
| 9 | Brian Andersen | 3, 3 | 3, 1, 1 | x | x |
| 10 | Andy Smith | 3, 2 | 2, 0, 1 | x | x |
| 11 | Henrik Gustafsson | x | 2, 0, 0 | x | x |
| 12 | Grzegorz Walasek | 2, 3 | 1, 3, 0 | x | x |
| 13 | Antonín Kasper Jr. | x | 0, 1 | x | x |
| 14 | Rafał Dobrucki | x | 1, 1 | x | x |
| 15 | Sebastian Ułamek | 2, 2 | 0 | x | x |
| 16 | Gary Havelock | 1, 3, 2 | 1, 0 | x | x |
| 17 | Piotr Świst | 3, 1, 1 | x | x | x |
| 18 |  Steve Johnston | 0, 2, 1 | x | x | x |
| 19 | Brian Karger | 2, 1, 0 | x | x | x |
| 20 | John Jørgensen | 0, 2, 0 | x | x | x |
| 21 | Jesper B Jensen | 0, 1 | x | x | x |
| 22 | Andreas Jonsson | 0, 1 | x | x | x |
| 23 | Jason Lyons | 1, 0 | x | x | x |
| 24 | Robert Barth | 1, 0 | x | x | x |