2004 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
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The 2004 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 6 riders that would qualify for the 2004 Speedway Grand Prix[1] to join the other 16 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 2003 Speedway Grand Prix.[2]
The system introduced the previous year, that of four quarter finals and two semi finals was retained and only 6 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge.
Piotr Protasiewicz won the GP Challenge.[3]
Format
- First Round (64 riders qualifying from respective national championships)
- Quarter finals - 32 riders to semi finals
- Semi finals - 16 riders to GP Challenge
- Final Round - 6 riders from the GP Challenge to the 2004 Grand Prix
Quarter finals
32 riders to semi finals (Andrea Maida & Jarosław Hampel seeded to sf)
Semi finals
16 riders from to GP Challenge
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Final Round
GP Challenge
6 riders to 2004 Grand Prix
- 17 August 2003
Poole
| Pos. | Rider | Total | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Piotr Protasiewicz | 14 | 2, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| 2 |  Bohumil Brhel | 13 | 3, 3, 2, 2, 3 |
| 3 |  Bjarne Pedersen | 12 | 2, 2, 2, 3, 3 |
| 4 |  Kai Laukkanen | 11 | 3, 3, 1, 2, 2 |
| 5 | Aleš Dryml Jr. | 10 | exc, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
| 6 | Jesper B. Jensen | 9 | 1, ef, 3, 3, 2 |
| 7 | Joonas Kylmäkorpi | 7 | 3, 2, 0, 1, 1 |
| 8 |  Simon Stead (R) | 6 | 1, 0, 3, 2, exc |
| 9 | Rafał Dobrucki | 6 | 3, 0, 1, 1, 1 |
| 10 |  Billy Janniro | 6 | 2, 2, 1, 1, 0 |
| 11 |  Roman Povazhny | 5 | exc, 1, 0, 1, 3 |
| 12 | Charlie Gjedde | 5 | 0, 1, 0, 2, 2 |
| 13 | Tomáš Topinka | 5 | 2, 2, 1, 0, x |
| 14 |  Matej Žagar (R) | 5 | 1, -, 2, x, 2 |
| 15 | Sebastian Ułamek | 4 | 1, 1, 2, f, exc |
| 16 |  Theo Pijper | 1 | 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 |
| 17 |  Peter Karlsson | 0 | ef, -, -, -, - |
| 18 | Lukáš Dryml | - | dns+[4] |
+broke his leg and was unable to compete further