2001 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

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]

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

QF (30 Apr Terenzano)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Rafał Okoniewski	13+
2	Adam Skórnicki	13+
3	Andrea Maida	12
4	Zlatko Krznaric	11
5	Alessandro Dalla Valle	9
6	Zoltán Adorján	9
7	Bohumil Brhel	8
8	Lukáš Dryml	7
9	Simone Terenzani	7
10	Aleš Dryml Jr.	7
11	László Szatmári	7
12	Rinat Mardanshin	6
13	Tolgat Galeev	3
14	Simone Tadiello	3
15	Stéphane Trésarrieu	2
16	Sebastien Trésarrieu	2
17	Eduard Shajkoulin	1

QF (14 May Pfaffenhofen)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Piotr Protasiewicz	15
2	Joachim Kugelmann	13
3	Grzegorz Walasek	12
4	Róbert Nagy	11
5	Sergej Darkin	11
6	Mirko Wolter	9
7	Nikolaj Kokins	8
8	Antonín Šváb Jr.	8
9	Sergej Eroschin	7
10	Michal Makovský	7
11	Steffen Mell	6
12	Toni Pilotto	5
13	Attila Stefáni	5
14	Vladimir Voronkovs	2
15	Erik Eijbergen	1
16	Uilke Kooistra	0
17	Stefan Bachhuber	0
18	Herbert Rudolph	0

QF (14 May Krško)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Matej Ferjan	15
2	Robert Sawina	12
3	Armando Castagna	10
4	Tomasz Bajerski	10
5	Izak Šantej	9
6	Piotr Świst	9
7	Adrian Rymel	9
8	Tomas Sustersic	8
9	Tomáš Topinka	8
10	Marián Jirout	8
11	Pavel Ondrašík	7
12	Stefano Alfonso	5
13	Thomas Stadler	4
14	Emiliano Sanchez	4
15	Vladimir Trofimov	1
16	Volodymyr Kolodij	1

Second round

Overseas Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

(18 June 2000 Elgane)
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

SF

22 June 2000 Gdańsk

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Piotr Protasiewicz	11
2	Sebastian Ulamek	10
3	Krzysztof Jabłoński	10
4	Antonín Šváb Jr.	8
5	Adam Skórnicki	7
6	Zoltán Adorján	6
7	Izak Šantej	6
8	Nikolaj Kokins	6
9	Adrian Rymel	6
10	Sergej Darkin	5
11	Mirko Wolter	5
12	Sergej Eroshin	5
13	Zlatko Krznaric	4
14	Tomáš Topinka	4
15	Andrea Maida	2
16	Michal Makovský	1
17	Sándor Tihanyi	0

SF

22 June 2000 Olching

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Matej Ferjan	12
2	Robert Barth	11
3	Piotr Świst	11
4	Róbert Nagy	11
5	Grzegorz Walasek	11
6	Bohumil Brhel	9
7	Joachim Kugelmann	9
8	Tomasz Bajerski	9
9	Alessandro Dalla Valle	7
10	Tomas Sustersic	6
11	Roman Povazhny	6
12	Rafał Okoniewski	6
13	Lukáš Dryml	6
14	Aleš Dryml Jr.	3
15	Armando Castagna	3
16	László Szatmári	0
17	Pavel Ondrašík	0
18	Steffen Mell	0

Pos.	Rider	pre-event	main-event	sf	Final
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

2001 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

First round

Continental quarter finals

Second round

Overseas Final

Scandinavian Final

Continental semi finals

Third round

Intercontinental Final

Continental Final

Final Round

GP Challenge

References

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